Smokin' Seventeen by Janet Evanovich

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Genre - Humour

Bodies are being mysteriously deposited at Vincent Plum Bail Bonds temporary location and Stephanie's been cursed by Morelli's Grandmother. Not an ordinary curse, mind you...it's a sex curse...leading to some humourous situations with Ranger. Add to the mix a vampire and a bear and you've got a pretty good read, although I must admit I haven't stayed up for hours reading these last few like I used to.

I'm not sure how much longer Evanovich can keep spinning out these stories but I truly love the characters.

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Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon

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Genre - Science Fiction


Lou Arrendale is a high-functioning autistic man working for a pharmaceutical company doing patterns analysis. A new manager, who disagrees with the supportive environment given to Lou and the other autistic people in his section, threatens their jobs unless they sign up for an experimental treatment designed to cure their autism.

Speed of Dark challenges the ideas of what it is to be "normal" and societies attitudes to individuals who are different. The reader struggles with the difficult decision facing Lou and his colleagues. Mostly told from Lou's POV, it is an interesting insight into the autistic mind.

This won the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 2003 and I highly recommend it.

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Plum Spooky by Janet Evanovich

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Genre - Comedy/Mystery


Everyone's favourite female bounty hunter is back in Plum Spooky, a between the numbers novel. I haven't been a big fan of the Plum novels that come between the main series featuring Diesel, but with this one I've seriously changed my mind.

Diesel, a young bounty hunter with some questionable skills and special powers, drops back into Stephanie's life while he's on the trail of his cousin. His search collides with Stephanie's search for her latest FTA with some scary and hilarious results. There's monkeys, mud, rockets, trashed cars, explosions, food fights and the fire farter. Plenty of laugh-out-loud moments.

It's not essential that you've read all of the previous novels. Evanovich is the master of catching you up on the history of the characters.

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