Thanksgiving

Megan Murphy met new resident and pediatrician Patrick Hunter when his lop eared rabbit roommate Tibbles tried to turn her skirt into lunch. She met him again when she went to his home, and returned said rabbit after finding him unaccompanied on the street. While visiting with Megan, one of Patrick's patients Tilly Coogin came and left her baby with them stating she would be back as soon as she could to get him. Patrick was going to call social services to intervene because with his patient load, didn't have time to care for little Tim. Megan told him they couldn't do that to little Timmy, so she would baby-sit him during the day, and then bring him to Patrick for the night shift. It wasn't until after she got his agreement that she realized that was his plan all along. Patrick had ulterior motives, as he had plans of getting to know Megan's body much better! As they settle into a routine of sorts with Tim, both of them start feeling like they have a little family. When both sets of parents invade for Thanksgiving, Megan and Patrick really start to get attached and feel like they belong together. They even start planning a wedding. Then Tilly shows up, and both of them are devastated that they have to give Tim up. They start to wonder - is what they had real? Can their fragile relationship survive the loss of Tim?

Megan and Patrick were funny together, and the rest of their families complemented the looney bin nicely.

Having read every Stephanie Plum book and raved about them to everyone, I was shocked at how boring this book was. Perhaps because it was first published in 1988, Janet Evanovich was just starting out. If you took page after boring page of sex talk and sexual encounters out you could read this book in thirty minutes. I downloaded it on my kindle and got a finger cramp from skipping over the pointless sexual banter. The story is shallow, silly, and empty. The characters lack any debt and the ending seems like Ms. Evanovich herself got tired of the book and just wrote, The End. It had such promise but never got off the ground. If this had been my first Evanovich book it would have been my last. Skip this turkey and head straight for the Plum pudding.

Having read every Stephanie Plum book and raved about them to everyone, I was shocked at how boring this book was. Perhaps because it was first published in 1988, Janet Evanovich was just starting out. If you took page after boring page of sex talk and sexual encounters out you could read this book in thirty minutes. I downloaded it on my kindle and got a finger cramp from skipping over the pointless sexual banter. The story is shallow, silly, and empty. The characters lack any debt and the ending seems like Ms. Evanovich herself got tired of the book and just wrote, The End. It had such promise but never got off the ground. If this had been my first Evanovich book it would have been my last. Skip this turkey and head straight for the Plum pudding.

Oh goodness what I can say about this book. Lol. Thanksgiving has some of the most ridiculous dialogue I’ve ever read. The characters talk like they are Peanuts characters or like they are spoofing a 50s sitcom. I don’t know. It was real bad. Plus the plot was ludicrous. But it was super short and about halfway through, I was leaning into the ridiculousness and having a good time laughing at how terrible it was. I give this book two big shrugs and a big guffaw.

I had enjoyed Evanovich's Plum series, but this book is a waste of shelf space.

This book is a reprint of an older romance novel this author wrote when writing in that style. It is dated and out of character with the authors current books. I know I should have rersearched a bit before assuming that this may be a new mystery novel by this author but, knowing nothing about her previous writing experiences, didn't think it needed to be researched. Re-releasing old material is a cheap shot. I expected better.

'Thanksgiving', by Janet Evanovich, really captures the emotions as you follow a random couple charged with caring for a young baby...through those wonderful and awful moments guaranteed with such an adventure.

This book isn't about Stephanie Plum, but it has the hallmark JE "notes" of laughter, tears, and rolling good time. I greatly enjoyed it!

This was a waste of my money. Picked it up at the airport and thought it would be a fun, light read but it was boring and not funny at all. I left it unread in the plane.

While this is a reprint of an older story of Evanovich it still holds together nicely. A fun, light heart read that is timeless. It's setting in Williamsburg helps a lot. Bunnies, babies, a fun guy and a soft heart gal what's not to like. Read it when it was first printed and the reprint was just a good. Buy it. I did twice.