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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. I just discovered the genre. It's just not my genre: kind of like a graphic novel without the pictures. The characters are bi- dimensional, everything is over the top, as is the protagonist. Southern mystery chick lit, apparently. (  ) crnfva | Jul 25, 2009 |  I was so excited to received this as an early reviewer! I ran out and bought the 1st in the sequel, Bobbie Faye's Very (very, very, very) Bad Day: A Novel, only because I like to read books in sequence. I almost wished I hadn't in this case. The 1st book was so much fun, similar to the Stephanie Plum novels by Janet Evanovich. Bobbie Faye as a character is funny, smart, witty, love her. The second book was really hard to get into though. I think there were too many characters, it was hard to keep track of who was who. I did enjoy meeting her wacky aunt and some of her other relatives. I hope if there is a 3rd Bobbie Faye book, there are a lot less characters! (  ) debweeva | Sep 2, 2008 | tinylittlelibrarian | Aug 17, 2008 | A funny, sparkling novel similar to the Stephanie Plum novels by Janet Evanovich. The heroine is snapping with wit and misadventure as she goes from one disaster to the next. Bobbie Faye takes on the FBI, nefarious criminals and wayward family members as casually as a walk in the park albeit with a few well-chosen and colorful words thrown in. This was the first ARC I received and it provided enough entertainment value that I was motivated to buy the 1st book in the series and have enjoyed that one as well. (  ) Myckyee | Jul 11, 2008 | i didn't read the first one.......let me start by saying that.....at some point i will go back and read it. so i had to take this book on it's merit. and on its own...it stood up just fine. there were a few times when they talked about the first book...but did it in a way that i didn't feel like i was missing big chunks of anything. i find that i always read with the idea of would this be a good film. (probably has something to do with the business i am in!) and this would be a great movie.....the characters are rich and well rounded....i tend to also read southern novels with a southern accent in my head and this was no exception. if you like southern chick lit i would say that this is the book for you! quick and easy read....lot's a fun.....it was non stop action....i felt exhausted after i read it......not just from the all the action...but from all the laughing......totally worth the read whether you read the first one or not.... (  ) szferris | Jul 7, 2008 |  no reviews | add a review
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Praise for Bobbie Faye's Very (very, very, very) Bad Day
“Causey doesn't miss a beat in this wonderful, wacky celebration of Southern eccentricity.”--Publisher’s Weekly, starred review
“It's about time women had an Amazon to look up to… Bobbie Faye is a hurricane-force heroine who makes this novel the perfect adventure yarn.”-- The Tampa Tribune
“If you like Janet Evanovich, if you're looking for a lot of unlikely action (when is the last time someone you know escaped a burning boat by lassoing an oil rig?), or if you're simply having a bad day, go out and find Bobbie Faye. She's an outrageous hoot.”--The New Orleans Times-Picayune
"Bobbie Faye, Southern, eloquent, kick-ass, highly accomplished and just plain nuts, is a magnet for the most colorful collection of riff-raff and the most sexually compelling males south of Minneapolis. Throw in an unlikely MacGuffin and you've got a very, (very, very, very) entertaining book."--Harley Jane Kozak, Agatha, Anthony, and Macavity award-winning author of Dating Dead Men
It had been a whole freaking month since Bobbie Faye Sumrall had blown up anything or been shot at, and that was almost a new record. Then her diva cousin Francesca waltzed up to where she manned the gun counter in Ce Ce's Cajun Outfitter and Feng Shui Emporium and everything just went to hell. Fast.
Francesca's mom has disappeared with exceptionally valuable diamonds swiped from Francesca's dad (difficult marriage) so of course Francesca broadcast to every insane psycho that Bobbie Faye could recover the ersatz family jewels.
Accused of one man’s murder, Bobbie Faye’s on the run as an unintentional Pied Piper to a rabid band of thieves. She has to find the diamonds, figure out the motives of the dead sexy FBI agent who's pressing her for more than just the jewels, all while racing to side-step her steamy (and steamed) detective ex-boyfriend before the deadline arrives and the diamonds disappear.
Bobbie Faye Sumrall is back in fighting form in this second installment of crazy, wacky adventure through Cajun country.
Toni McGee Causey lives in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She and her husband, Carl, are licensed general contractors and, in order to support her writing addition, they run their own company, specializing in civil construction. You can visit Toni and Bobbie Faye at: www.bobbiefaye.com.
(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:02 -0400)
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