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    Bobbie Faye's Very (very, very, very) Bad Day: A Novel

    By Toni McGee Causey

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    Bobbie Faye Sumrall knows that a day without disaster is a day in someone else's life. Criminals have kidnapped her good-for-nothing brother and are demanding her Contraband Queen tiara--the only thing of her mama's she inherited--as random. So Bobbie Faye has to outwit the police, organized crime, former boyfriends, and a hostage she never intended to take (but who turns out to be damn sexy!), in order to rescue her brother, keep custody of her niece, and get back in time to take her place as Queen in the Lake Charles Contraband Festival (think Mardi Gras, with more drinking and pirates).

    Luckily, Bobbie Faye knows how to handle guns, outsmart angry mama bears, drive a speedboat, and get herself out of--and into--almost every kind of trouble. If only that pesky state police detective (who also happens to be a pissed-off ex-boyfriend) would stay out of her way . . .

    "Bobbie Faye is a true original and Toni McGee Causey a true talent!"
    --Melissa Senate, author of See Jane Date and Love You To Death

    "I love Bobbie Faye's Very (very, very, very) Bad Day by Toni McGee Causey. The tears are still running down my cheeks from laughing. Oh, my. What talent. What verve. What NERVE!"
    --Gayle Lynds, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Spymaster

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Publishers
    Release dateMay 27, 2008
    ISBN9781429919241
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    Bobbie Faye's Very (very, very, very) Bad Day: A Novel
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    Toni McGee Causey

    Toni McGee Causey lives in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She and her husband, Carl, are licensed general contractors and, in order to support her writing addiction, they run their own company, specializing in civil construction. She is the author of books including Bobbie Faye's Very (very, very, very) Bad Day.

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    • 4/5
      Yeehaw ! What a ride this book was. This girl Bobbie Faye, has the worst and the best kind of luck all thrown into a hurricane and then flung at her. She is southern fried, hot headed, stubborn and smart and willing to face whatever she has too full on. Her love life is a mess, her home life is a mess, now her whole life is a mess. it all began with a water leak, a rotten brother and a tiara. There are Cops, FBI, Gunrunners, Voodo-ists, bank robbers and a couple sexy men to liven things up a bit.
      This book did not have a dull moment. I was lucky to catch my breath between disasters. It was fun, light and very entertaining. I plan of reading the rest of her adventures.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 1/5
      Too dark to read. Also, didn't appreciate the foul language. Good writers actually have better vocabularies.
    • 5/5
      Hilarious; better than any action-packed movie ever.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 4/5
      The Silent Shore is the first book in a quartet about four sisters who live near the Quantock Hills in Somerset. The Purcells are orphaned by their mother's death in 1910. Seven year old Sarah is younger than her sisters - or any of their guardian's family, the Mackenzies. The older Purcells are artists and painters, more interested in art than traditional education, but Sarah is bookish and academic. She has lessons (including Latin and Greek) with Mr Mackenzie and his youngest son, climbs trees, and lies around reading books and eavesdropping on the others' conversations. Her mostly-idyllic childhood is changed by the outbreak of WWI.The Silent Shore is poignant and picturesque. It has an artist's eye for detail - and I imagine many scenes as if they were one of France's paintings, with the light, seasons and weather all being important. It captures a landscape - Hillcrest and its garden, the villege, the Quantock Hills beyond, as well as an era - the 1910s and (some of) the ramifications of WWI.But mostly, it is about the Purcells and the Mackenzies, and more particularly, Sarah's experiences of growing up and trying to make sense of the world.The subsequent books in this quartet cover a similar time-frame to The Silent Shore, but from the perspective of one of Sarah's sisters. Since the Purcells all have quite different experiences of WWI and these books are about relationships, characters and characters' reactions to events, rather than those events themselves, reading all the books together is like putting the pieces of a jigsaw together.So while The Silent Shore stands on its own, perhaps what I love most is how it is in dialogue with its sequels. Together they paint a much bigger picture. I can't think of anything else quite like them.
    • 4/5
      This book sat on my to-read list for so long that it actually changed names! This used to be called Bobbie Faye’s Very (very, very, very) Bad Day. I have no idea why the books in this series changed titles… It’s very (very, very, very) confusing.Regardless of the title, this was a story I enjoyed. It’s non-stop action from the first page to the last, with a whole lot of humor and a touch of heart. Bobbie Faye reminds me a little of Stephanie Plum, only more of a disaster. The “testimonials” at the start of each chapter, where Bobbie Faye’s dangerousness is exclaimed, are more than a little over the top. In fact, everything about Bobbie Faye is over the top, and I wish she had been toned down a bit. I also wish we had a little more time to get to know Bobbie Faye in her normal world before everything went to hell. There is just no room to breathe in the story.But overall, it was an entertaining read. I’ll be reading the next book, no matter the title.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 2/5
      I tried - but truly, I can't get into a book that has someone's whole house destroyed and everyone around her accepts it as normal and not one bothers to even say I'm Sorry. The reviews on this book are mostly outstanding, but I can't get past page 27. The main character may be appealing, but not to me and so far all of the supporting characters are jerks (except the cute niece, her I like). So, this one I'm not even trying to finish.
    • 4/5
      Think "One for the Money" set on warp drive. The story follows Bobbie Faye through a single day. Guaranteed to cheer you up.
    • 5/5
      I was a little leery about the book...all the action talked about on the back of the book, and it was all in a day? I didn't think it could be carried out very well, but the author surprised me. Bobby Faye has become a favorite character, right up there with Izzy Spellman and Stephanie Plum. There was enough history to keep the story and plot going, and how can you not love the characters? I was left pining for Cal, of course. The humor and familial drama was well spun into the story. I can't wait for the next installment, on my to do list for tomorrow =)
    • 3/5
      I really did enjoy this book as a light and witty read. Bobbie Faye is an interesting character and her relationship with Cam is one I would like to read more about. I almost wish I had read this in the summer on the beach, since it felt like that type of read; Light hearted but action filled.
    • 5/5
      Too funny! Bobbie Faye is a walking disaster zone, and she's having a very, very bad day. Lake Charles, Louisiana may never be the same. Bank robbers, gun runners, the CIA, voodoo and the mob - it's a thrill a minute, but hold on because the trip is worth it.Janet Evanovich watch out - Toni McGee Causey's fierce competition.
    • 4/5
      If you like over the top tall tales then this is the book for you! Bobbie Faye is (apparently) known throughout Louisiana for causing disasterous mayhem wherever she goes. So a day where she wakes up to a flooded trailer seems just about normal to her--until she discovers that her brother has been kidnapped by thugs. Suddenly Bobbie Faye is in a desperate race to save her brother, helped by a mysterious (and sexy) stranger who may or may not be in cahoots wtih the bad guys. On her tail is the local sherriff, who happens to be her ex-boyfriend, and helping her in the background are a colorful assortment of friends. This book was a hoot to read, it's like a modern day tall tale where you can't believe the ridiculous situations the author comes up with, one right after the other.
    • 4/5
      Bobbie Faye starts the day in a flooded trailer and the day just gets worse from there. She has to save her kidnapped brother by giving up the Contraband Queen tiara,which is supposedly worthless, in order to save her brother. Along the way she kidnaps a sexy stranger and leads her ex-boyfriend,a cop, and the FBI on a chase across the Bayou. This book is over the top crazy. I really enjoyed watching Bobbie Faye go from one impossible situation to the next. She is not your average chick lit heroine, not a designer shoe in site.
    • 3/5
      Funny! Over the top , but we can all relate to having very very very bad days. This is the southern girls version of Murphy's law!
    • 4/5
      Bobby Faye is a character that it's hard not to like. She's tough and goofy and surrounded by a cast of characters that love her despite the fact that she's a walking jinx. Bobby encounters more situations that threaten life or limb before lunch than most people experience in their entire lives. This book is a fun piece of escape fiction that will keep you laughing and turning the pages to see what trouble Bobby could possibly get into next.
    • 4/5
      An enjoyable first novel. I would recommend this novel to anyone who wants a laugh (several, actually). The only drawback is the potential for Bobbie Faye to have the same Stephanie Plum problem (which is really Evanovich's writing herself in a tiny corner problem) of having two suitable, good men to choose from for a romantic partner. The action sequences are in a Bourne-style, meaning over-the-top-unbelievable, but you are rooting for Bobbie Faye to triumph anyway. Good cast of characters, with believable motivations; plenty of fodder for many more stories.
    • 3/5
      Very, very, very annoying. Too long, too mny details. The title quotes,however, were fabulous!July 2007