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I Guess I Just Wanted the Forest to be Darker

May 28, 2015 by Melina Leave a Comment

Hazel and her brother Ben live a small town that edges up against the land of the fairies. As children  they were the best of friends, often going off on dangerous adventures in the woods together taking down monsters in a badass brother/sister duo where the brother is the musician who stuns the wild creatures and Hazel, who is the knight who slays the beasts.  But even as children, Ben realizes the danger the two of them are in and wants to quit before they […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: CBR7, darkest part of the forest, fairies, fantasy, Holly Black, Melina

Melina's CBR7 Review No:40 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: CBR7, darkest part of the forest, fairies, fantasy, Holly Black, Melina ·
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Pandora Didn’t Ask for the Box

May 27, 2015 by Melina 1 Comment

  Malin’s review of The Girl with all the Gifts inspired me to read it (as with many of the books from my CBR this year, because you all write such intriguing reviews).  I was not disappointed by the suggestion of this book, it was such a fresh and inventive book that I think will stick with me for a bit.  It was horror in the lightest sense of the word, most of the horror has already occurred…and then again, much of the horror is only […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: CBR7, horror, M.R. Carey, Melina, The Girl with All the Gifts

Melina's CBR7 Review No:39 · Genres: Uncategorized · Tags: CBR7, horror, M.R. Carey, Melina, The Girl with All the Gifts ·
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Melt Your Face Off Awesomeness

May 21, 2015 by Melina Leave a Comment

This is the lackluster review that occurs after someone’s computer crashes mere seconds before her hand hovers over the mouse and thinks, “I should save this…” but I didn’t…so here you go! I had to take a small break from reading recently because my husband said, “It feels like you’re taunting me with how much you’ve been reading” as he continued to dig ditches in the yard, weed gardens, build a new stand for my mailbox, clean the basement etc.  So…I thought it only fair […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: bad moon rising, balls to wall awesomeness, CBR7, horror, Jonathan Maberry, Melina, pine deep trilogy book 3

Melina's CBR7 Review No:38 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: bad moon rising, balls to wall awesomeness, CBR7, horror, Jonathan Maberry, Melina, pine deep trilogy book 3 ·
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I Wasn’t THAT Panicked…

May 4, 2015 by Melina Leave a Comment

I finally got around to reading Panic after being burned by the “-ium” series (Delirium, Requiem, and Pandemonium…actually I don’t even think I ever even finished the series, something that shocks me. I can’t not read a book I start (usually), but man, were they baaaaddddd.  Anyways, I have fond memories of Before I Fall and I saw some decent reviews here and elsewhere of Panic, I thought I’d go for it. It helped too, that I’m looking for books for myself and a reluctant teen […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: CBR7, justehhhh, Lauren Oliver, Melina, Panic

Melina's CBR7 Review No:36 · Genres: Fiction, Suspense · Tags: CBR7, justehhhh, Lauren Oliver, Melina, Panic ·
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Secret Electricity Seems Like Scary Electricity

April 27, 2015 by Melina Leave a Comment

I used to be a Stephen King junkie around 5th-8th grade.  Seriously, one summer I stayed up every night until about 3 am reading by flashlight (and ruining my damn eyes) so that I could finish IT (I still remember the crushing feeling of disappointment at the end of that novel for me…but that’s ok, I read something else and I was sated). I’ve always continued to like Stephen King but I haven’t actively sought out any of his newer books (aside from Joyland and […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: CBR7, Melina, Revival, science fiction, Stephen King

Melina's CBR7 Review No:35 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction, Suspense · Tags: CBR7, Melina, Revival, science fiction, Stephen King ·
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Dennis Lehane Makes a Money Grab Like a Chechan Mobster

April 27, 2015 by Melina 2 Comments

  I have always loved Dennis Lehane. He’s one of my absolute favorite writers, so when my library had a book of his on the “New” shelf, I grabbed it thinking it was odd that I hadn’t read it before.  Immediately as I started reading, I realized that I saw a movie trailer for this but then never heard anything about it again…The book isn’t bad, you can tell it’s by Lehane, it has his tempo, his lingo and of course, Boston as the ever […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: CBR7, Dennis Lehane, disappointed, Melina, The Drop

Melina's CBR7 Review No:34 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: CBR7, Dennis Lehane, disappointed, Melina, The Drop ·
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