Book #57 was To the Nines, the ninth book in Janet Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum series. The back of the book reads:

Stephanie Plum’s got rent to pay, people shooting at her, and psychos wanting her dead every day of the week (much to the dismay of her mother, her family, the men in her life, the guy who slices meat at the deli…oh, the list goes on). An ordinary person would cave under the pressure.

But hey, she’s from Jersey.

Stephanie Plum may not be the best bounty hunter in beautiful downtown Trenton, but she’s pretty darn good at turning bad situations her way…and she always gets her man. In To The Nines, her cousin Vinnie (who’s also her boss) has posted bail on Samuel Singh, an immigrant who becomes an illegal alien by violating his Visa and extending his stay in the United States. When the elusive Mr. Singh goes missing, Stephanie is on the case. But what she uncovers is far more sinister than anyone imagines and leads to a group of killers who give new meaning to the word “hunter…”

In a race against time that takes her from the Jersey Turnpike to the Vegas strip, Stephanie Plum is on the chase of her life.

Just to emphasize how much I’ve been reading, I read both this book and the previous one yesterday. And 155 pages of the next one. I think my stress level is finally dropping, so maybe I can do something else with my life soon.

Book count: 57
Pages in book: 352
Page count: 20,259

15,000 page goal reached 6/14/05!
50 book goal reached 7/19/05!