My Favorite Reads -- 6/24

This meme is hosted by Alyce over at At Home With Books.

My Favorite Read this week is the fantastically funny The Spellman Files by Lisa Lutz. Here is the Barnes and Noble description:

Meet Isabel "Izzy" Spellman, private investigator. This twenty-eight-year-old may have a checkered past littered with romantic mistakes, excessive drinking, and creative vandalism; she may be addicted to Get Smart reruns and prefer entering homes through windows rather than doors -- but the upshot is she's good at her job as a licensed private investigator with her family's firm, Spellman Investigations. Invading people's privacy comes naturally to Izzy. In fact, it comes naturally to all the Spellmans. If only they could leave their work at the office. To be a Spellman is to snoop on a Spellman; tail a Spellman; dig up dirt on, blackmail, and wiretap a Spellman.

It is a such a great book! I even gave it 5 stars in my review! What is your favorite read?

It's Monday! What are you reading? -- 6/1

Currently Reading: The Luxe by Anna Godbersen and Beach Trip by Cathy Holton

Read Last Week (reviews to come): Without a Backward Glance by Kate Veitch, Love Walked In by Marisa del los Santos, Tantalize by Cynthia Leitich Smith, and Wicked Lovely by Melissa MarrReviewed last week (click on title to read review): Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side by Beth Fantaskey, The Spellman Files by Lisa Lutz, and What Would Jane Austen Do? by Laurie Brown

What are you reading this week? (What to play along? Go to J.Kaye's Book Blog)

Review -- The Spellman Files

The Spellman Files
by Lisa Lutz
Published by Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group, 2007
368 pages

Summary: Izzy Spellman has worked for her parent's detective agency since she was a young teenager. P.I. work seems to be in her blood -- at the expense of her personal life. When she starts secretly dating a dentist, her parents hire her teenage sister Rae to spy on her and all hell breaks loose.

Review: This has to be one of my favorite books of the year so far. The Spellman Files is funny, fast paced, and amazingly entertaining. Izzy is the perfect main character, part of a completely dysfunctional family yet a unique individual on her own. All of the Spellmans are intriguing characters whose antics will make you laugh out loud. A wonderfully comedic character piece filled with action, The Spellman Files is not to be missed. Rating: ***** out of 5.