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About Melina

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As a four time participant and the time Cannonball Read failure, I stand before you ready to kick ass, read books and somehow keep my children clean and sign their homework books daily (well that's never going to happen, so let's hope I can at least read 52 books this year). Teacher of 160 seniors, mom of 3 kids/ two dogs, and wife to one pretty great husband. I need a nap and some Calgon (substitute Calgon with rum) so that I can rinse and repeat this insanity on a daily basis.

Melina's Reviews:

My Teenage Angst Looks Like a Cakewalk Now

March 15, 2016 by Melina 2 Comments

  Thank you Even Stevens! You are a wonderful, wonderful person.  A few weeks ago, this post showed up on Cannonball Read: “The darkest minds tend to hide behind the most unlikely faces” And I took notice…because the book looked bad ass!  And Even Stevens was so enthusiastic about it–it was quickly moved up on my must read list (so much so that I neglected my book club book and focused on this instead). Let me tell you what? I loved it too!  Something has […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: Alexandra Bracken, CBR8, Melina, The Darkest Minds

Test Tube Mutant Baby

March 11, 2016 by Melina 12 Comments

  Remember when I told you that for some reason I was mildly enamored with this strange little book? She Has a Blow Hole! So then I decided that I would read the second book because I was majorly hooked! (Remind me never to smoke crack because clearly I have zero impulse control). Book two can be summed up in one word: UGGGH. Love, Lattes and Danger offered up very little love, ZERO lattes, and actually so much danger that it was annoying.  This book […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: CBR8, dolphboy, le sucks, love lattes danger, Love Lattes Mutants, Melina, mutant baby, Sandra Cox

She Has a Blow Hole!

March 9, 2016 by Melina 6 Comments

I picked up this snappily titled free book fully expecting to hate-read it, but I found that I didn’t actually hate it.  I even posted the blurb on fb and dared people to read it (all smug like).  But no one took me up on my jerky offer so I had to do it myself.  And you know what?  It offered everything the title said:  I got love,  I got lattes, and I was introduced to a mutant (in the form of a dolphgirl–yup, half […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance, Science Fiction Tagged With: CBR8, dolphgirl, dolphin, Fiction, Love Lattes Mutants, love triangles, Melina, mutants, Sandra Cox, YA lit

Journal of Meh

March 8, 2016 by Melina Leave a Comment

Sarah Gladstone knew a bad storm was coming and so she goes to stay with her mother in the small town of Sunbury.  The storm turned out to be worse than expected and the town is cut off from the outside world with floods, downed trees, no electricity or cell towers.  This is key because during the clean up, they learn that someone has broken into the priest’s home, tossed the place and the priest is nowhere to be found.  However, journals–tons of them are […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: CBR8, darryl donaghue, Death, journal of sin, Melina, murder, mystery, priest

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