Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum Series

I have been re-reading Janet Evanovich's series about the character Stephanie Plum. There are fourteen books and I have been reading them one after the other starting at One for the Money. I am currently waiting for Hard Eight to arrive. I have convince Mandy to read them too. She loves them as much as I do and we are having a great time laughing our way through the books.

Stephanie is a wonderful character. She is of course the main character of the books and she is torn between loving two men, Ranger and Joe Morelli. I love them both as well. Ranger is perfection. He has the body of a weight lifter and wears expensive all black clothes. He drives expensive cars and never makes mistakes. Everything about him is sexy and smoking hot. Joe is from Stephanie's neighborhood and has a hot Italian temper. They fight and make up, they have known one another their entire lives and seem inevitable. Yet, a part of Stephanie doesn't want to become her mother and marry Joe in a way feel like becoming her mother.

Stephanie is a bounty hunter. Her life is dangerous and fun. She is seemingly not wanting to grow up and punch a clock. Liking the adventure of her current profession. I like reading about it too. Her hero is wonder woman. Mine too.

Instead of Stephanie, I feel like I most closely identify with her mother. Lord help me. I have been inspired to wash windows, and get the dinner on the table by six every night. Stephanie's mom is so cool. She rocks as a home maker. The house is spotless and the meals are so great that her grown daughter can't help but stop by and for dinner several times per week. I have always been a little laissez faire about housework and cooking. I mean I do it, but I don't put my heart and soul into it. Lately I have been putting more effort into it and I am feeling really good about how great our house looks and how great we are eating. I have even been making homemade from scratch desserts, yum.

I used to be a bit of a wild child. Liking adventure and danger. Now I am getting excited about learning how to make a pineapple upside down cake. Doesn't that sound good? I have never had one. But, it is Stephanie's favorite. I am not even ashamed about not identifying with Stephanie so much as with her mother. Although I would much rather read a book about Stephanie than about her mother.

What about you? Do you miss your inner Wonder Woman? Or are you still finding the bad boys and the adventure in life to be most alluring?