"Had to use a trick to get used to C J Critt!"
I do like the Stephanie Plum Series and plan to follow it through to the end. Yes, I will check out some of Evanovich's other books.
Truth is I haven't actually read one quite like this before although there are some other good ones I really like. Jim Butcher's Dresden File Series are awesome and comparable to this one, though set in a sci-fi kinda world. I usually read more sci-fi books, like Butcher's and one's like the Jeannine Frost's, Kat and Bone Series. Frost's books have lots of excitement and comedy too, although there is much more erotica. I also like Molly Harper's books, all of them. Laura Wright's, Eternal Series are really interesting too, although some of her language choices left me with the feeling you get when a large vitamin gets stuck in the back of your throat on its way down. Darynda Jones', Charlie Davidson's books are good too.
At first, I felt C. J. was the second worst narrator I had ever heard, but now, since these books took me on the "Goldi Lockes" hunt for the perfect narrator, I believe she was actually the best reader of the Stephanie Plum Series! Critt did at least make the exciting fight scenes exciting, and Grandma Mazur's comic relief scenes comical. So, yes, I would listen to another book narrated by C. J. Critt. I found a trick for listening to good stories read by narrator's who have reading styles that irritate me. I choose to think of them as a favorite aunt or uncle telling me about their life experience. This mental view makes me more patient and accepting of the narrator's vocal flaws. Most of the time it works!
I did see the One for the Money movie, and was disappointed at the character choices for Marelli, Lula, and Grandma Mazur. Glad the actors had work but sorry they were in those roles. With different actor's for those roles, perhaps someone like Adrian Paul as Marelli, Queen Latifah as Lula, and Betty White as Grandma Mazur, the movie would be an awesome series and I would definitely go to see it.
