Sorry, I forgot to add that this is a hard back book, although reasonably lightweight - if that makes a difference to your postage budget. I'm happy for anyone to use the cheapest form of postage if they wish. Regards Sheelagh http://www.bookcrossing.com/mybookshelf/Vespa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sheelagh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 15, 2005 10:24 AM Subject: [BookCrossing] Ring: Metro Girl Janet Evanovich
> anyone want to join a ring for this book? PM me with shipping preferences if > you do. > > From Publishers Weekly > "Just because I know how to change a guy's oil doesn't mean I want to spend > the rest of my life on my back, staring up his undercarriage." From the word > go, Evanovich delivers her usual goods, albeit in a different vehicle. After > 10 Stephanie Plum novels, each more successful than the last, Evanovich > introduces Alexandra Barnaby, aka Barney. Barney hails from Baltimore rather > than New Jersey, but she's from the same slice of working-class life as > Stephanie; she donned mechanic's overalls in her father's garage during > summer breaks from college. Her younger brother, Wild Bill, shares her > passion for cars, and now he's disappeared from Miami, along with NASCAR > star Sam Hooker's boat, the Happy Hooker. Evanovich doesn't mind showing her > romance roots, as Barney and Sam start off snarling at each other; as any > reader can tell, they have to team up (a) to save Bill and (b) to enjoy > delicious sex. As in the Plum books, plot takes a back seat to riffs, > roughups and dialogue-and in the last lies the book's most notable > distinction. If Stephanie bids fair to be New Jersey's Dorothy Parker, > Barney is Baltimore's echo of Robert Parker. Conversation is terse and > coded, full of sexual innuendo, with a high premium on toss-away lines > uttered under duress. Despite the amazing quantity of physical jeopardy, > there's little tension; it's all about hanging out with Metro Girl and > NASCAR Guy-which may be just what millions of Evanovich fans will want. > > > Sheelagh > http://www.bookcrossing.com/mybookshelf/Vespa > > > > > > Have you told a friend today? http://bookcrossing.com/tellafriend > > Archives and email list settings: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BookCrossing > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > Have you told a friend today? http://bookcrossing.com/tellafriend Archives and email list settings: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BookCrossing Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BookCrossing/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
