Good fun with her family and friends. Good balance with the men in her life. Kept the mystery going. Enjoyed it to the end. ( )

I’ve read so many of Janet Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum novels, they’re all starting to run together. During a couple of the books, I wrote things down that I liked and disliked – maybe I should do that for all of them. I just finished the book last night and I forget a lot of what happened.

From the get go, Stephanie thinks Spiro is back – so, from the get go, I hate it. I hated Spiro the first time, hated him this time.

This book stressed me out a little bit. I know I have a lot to look forward to when Mikey and I start planning our wedding, but Valerie and the Klaughn’s wedding stressed me out. If Mikey starts getting sloshed and staying at work, maybe we won’t get married either. Yikes.

I’m glad Stephanie finally decided to trade in her stun gun. Yes, I thought it was cool that she was a bounty hunter, but I really don’t want her to get killed. Ends up, crazier stuff happens when she has a desk job than when she was chasing the bad guys. Imagine that.

One thing I can’t stop thinking about, Mama Macaroni. She still scares me … and her mole, I keep dreaming about Moley Moley Moley! Not cool!

I need something huge to happen and stick in my mind in the next couple of books. They’re good, but they’re all running together. So, for that reason, I only give Eleven on Top 2 bookmarks. ( )

I think I've reached my limit on Stephanie Plum. Someone is trying to kill her AGAIN. She blows up several cars AGAIN. And it was not her fault AGAIN. She can't make up her mind between Ranger and Joe STILL. Her whacky antics with Lula gave me a few laughs but I'm ready for a little growth from Stephanie and it's just not happening. I'm not sure I will try the next one or not. Unless I hear that there is something different I'll probably just pass on it. (Grade: C) ( )

This is like bounty hunter meets Lucy Ricardo. I just love all the Stephanie Plum Novels, and this one is no exeption. Ranger is still sexy and flirty; Morelli is still gorgeous and yummy, Stephanie is still inexperienced...professionally. Luckly she has these two tough guys on her side...romantically and professionally. ( )

Stephanie Plum is tired of her bounty hunter job. She's had enough of chasing after criminals, being shot at, her apartment always being broken into, and having her car blown up, so she quits her job. She has no problem finding a job, several jobs, in fact, but keeping them is a problem, as she manages to get fired as quickly as she is hired. Finally, Ranger hires her to work for him and she hopes her life will have some stability. But one of her past cases comes back to haunt her. Someone keeps blowing up her cars (again!) and leaving her threatening notes. She's not sure who's doing it, but she thinks it might be linked to some men missing from the `burg. And as if that wasn't enough, she has to get through her sister Val's wedding in a dress that makes her look like an eggplant!

This was a much better book than the last one if the Stephanie Plum series, the disappointing "Ten Big Ones". All the old favorite characters are here: Joe Morelli, Ranger, Grandma Mazur, Lula, and Albert Kloughn. There are many humorous scenes; especially funny is the confrontation between Stephanie's Grandma Mazur and Joe's Grandma (at a wake, naturally!); a scene featuring a missing facial mole; and a scene involving Stephanie, her mother, Grandma Mazur and a wedding cake, which causes Stephanie to give up sugar, causing Joe much suffering. Stephanie's attempts at her various short term jobs are equally hilarious.

What I liked about this book is how the characters have matured. Having Stephanie quit her job as a bounty hunter was a good move, opening up new storylines and forcing Evanovich to write something else besides the somewhat tired routines of Stephanie and Lula trying to catch FTA's. Evanovich does throw in a couple of bounty hunting scenes that easily could have been left out of the book, but perhaps she thought readers would be disappointed if they were to disappear altogether. Stephanie and Joe's relationship is also maturing, which I liked, even if it does lessen the sexual tension between Stephanie and Ranger. There was a real mystery as part of the plot. And, while some might find the blowing up of cars a bit old, I found some of the scenes funny, especially the attempt to blow up the Buick.

One last thought. While it's nice that Evanovich has a contest to let her readers name the next book in the series, I hate the "numbers" theme of these titles. The first three or four titles were somewhat amusing, but using numbers in each title is restricting and the titles have nothing to do with the books, which I find annoying.

Aside from that, I loved this book and highly recommend it. ( )

The bounty hunter, Stephanie Plum, concludes that she needs and wants a job with a little less excitement, so she pursues other avenues of employment. While seeking out job opportunities, Stephanie is harassed by an old client. All the familiar characters in Stephanie's life are present and accounted for in this typical light and fun, adventurous read.

Even though one knows exactly what to expect from a Stephanie Plum escapade, it still has its moments of just plain, silly fun. When in need of a light mystery, intertwined with some goofy antics, this is a perfect choice. (3.5/5)

Originally posted on: "Thoughts of Joy..." ( )

Stephani tries to give up bounty hunting while someone else is trying to kill (or at least-harras her). Morelli & Ranger both try to help & save her. Very good. ( )

This is airplane stuff....a quick fun/funny read. What a cast of characters!! ( )

By the end of the eleventh book I'm beginning to feel as though I've known Stephanie my whole life. Her antics and friends are familiar and riotous. The fact that someone is trying to murder her, again, never gets old. Another triumph that had me immediately picking up book twelve the minute I finished eleven. ( )

A quick read but a major hoot. ( )

Stephanie Plum is my favorite popcorn. This batch is salty and hot. Nuff said. ( )

Humorous ( )

The best of the newer books, by far, IMO. ( )

Stephanie Plum's adventures are not quite as funny as they were, but I enjoy popping into her life once in a while. ( )

I thought this was one of the funniest Stephanie Plum books I've read so far. Everything keeps exploding around her, and she's so unfazed by it all. The sexual tension between her and the 2 men who currently keep her enthralled, Morelli and Ranger, add to the entertainment value.

Keep us guessing and keep us laughing, Janet Evanovich ... I am surely hooked on your Plum novels. ( )

This is the 11th book in the Stephanie Plum series, and it was
a good one. It's pretty much the same formula, but like knowing exactly
where your cinnamon sugar is in the cabinet so if you get a craving for
cinnamon toast in the middle of the night, sometimes formulas are wonderful
things. Especially when they work as well as this one did.

Stephanie has decided to throw in the towel and quit Vinnie's Bail Bonds.
She's had it with rolling in the garbage, being shot at and missed, spit at
and hit, and she's just ready for a change in her life. She'd like a normal
job where you just go to work, get paid and go home like everybody else.
But after spectacularly brief "careers" at the button factory, the dry
cleaners and Cluck-In-A-Bucket, where she seems to be the target of hatred
from someone in her past who has returned from the dead to kill her. With a
little help from Ranger and Morelli, she's hot on the trail, but is it a
wild goose chase?

Ok, Cheryl was right (a little bit) about this back and forth between Ranger
and Morelli being tiresome after a while. But they are two such delicious
men, I'm not complaining. Stephanie will probably never get married anyway.
But this book was a lot of fun and I laughed all the way through it.
Grandma Mazur, Joe's grandmother Bella, Stephanie's wildly disfunctional
family, all combine to make this a great vacation of a book. Imagine
Grandma Mazur and Bella having a fist fight at Stiva's funeral home in the
middle of a veiwing.... Read this. Laugh. You know you want to.

High 5 for this one. ( )

Stephanie decides to quit being a bounty hunter, but trouble continues to follow her. Pretty good.

What can I say that hasn't been said before. I loved the book! She has a way with creating characters that are colorful and wacky. She makes me stay up late just to find out what happens next. ( )

Pulp mystery at its most mediocre. Can something even be the best at being mediocre? Is that a true contradiction? If you haven’t read Evanovich’s earlier Plum novels, it’s really not worth reading this one and I wouldn’t start now. It’s like Gilligan’s Island. It’s not funny, but you know the characters and so you’ll tune in for an episode that has about as much drama and tension as cartoon fish, just because you know the characters. Stephanie Plum is like that.

(Full review at my blog) ( )

I am always amazed at Evanovich's ability to come up with fun, original plots and characters after all this time. Eleven on Top is, obviously, the eleventh book in the series and I think the Stephanie Plum books are just getting better and better. Usually what I find is that series tend to start to collapse under their own weight, that there is so much emotion or unresolved issues hanging over from previous books that it tends to hijack the whole plot. And, while there is emotion and unresolved issues from previous books, it never gets in the way of new, fresh material. (Hurrah!)

Eleven on Top starts out with Stephanie almost back where she started at the beginning--unemployed and with few prospects. As she bounces from one crap job to another, she is chased by a bomb-building maniac from one of her past cases. As usual, hilarity ensues. The men in her life--Morelli and Ranger--put in great appearances. When I was reading this, it was late at night and I had to keep stifling my laughs. I love books that can make me laugh out loud. Sure, the Stephanie Plum books are brain candy, but I adore them. :)

For anyone who hasn't read any of the Stephanie Plum books, I highly recommend them. Start with One for the Money. I guarantee you will be hooked. Thank God she writes at least one a year, and publishes parts of the first chapters on her web site (www.evanovich.com) every June before the next book comes out.

Somebody is trying very hard to koll Stephanie Plum, single, owner of a pet hamster, a former pricehunter in the USA. It's hilariosly fun, exciting action, out of a feminist view. ( )

One of the funniest of the Plums Series. Laugh out loud funny!

Stephanie Plum has had it with bounty hunting and quits. ( )

See my review for the softcover ( )

Stephanie Plum quits the bounty hunter business, but she's not suited for much else. After a series of distressingly short career changes, she takes a job with Ranger and learns more about the man and his operation than ever before. ( )

Laughed and enjoyed stephanie's life and work. Her family was just as funny. The two men in her life did the book justice because they were so opposite, yet sweet, kind and funny. Being a bounty hunter suited her, but I loved her "in & out" jobs! ( )