Reflective Essay: How Stephanie Plum Changed My Life

Have you ever listened to someone reading a book and absolutely loved the way the person seemingly animated hundreds of words on the page? This was exactly me while traveling to Ohio when I was approximately ten years old. My grandma was driving she and I to Ohio, we decided instead of changing the radio every 10 minutes we would listen to a book she had rented for our trip. She had many books that I could choose from so I chose one that would turn out to be one of my favorite series I have ever read. It was about an amateur bounty hunter hired by her cousin to make ends meet after she was laid off. The bounty hunter, Stephanie Plum, is from a large Italian family and is seen having multiple love interests with a cop that she grew up with and a professional bounty hunter. As we listened to the suspense and drama that the character goes through that book had me hooked and forever instilled my love of the Stephanie Plum series.
As I put To The Nines in the CD …show more content…
I lived for the suspense and for the knowing what Stephanie's crazy grandma might say or do next. The love for that character reminded me so much of my family from her shooting the turkey on the dining room table or dating a man that she should never had. These things made my life exciting and made me love my family even more. At least they went as crazy as the book was. I was hooked on these books and wanted to get them all and read all the time. There was such a suspension between what guy she would choose this book or what kind of criminal she had to deal with. This book became my life and my enjoyment in middle school. Spending my time in this series was some of the best part of my day. I floated off and saw what was happening right in front of me. I was able to see myself as this character when I was in my late 20's. She was my imagination and myself just older and had more