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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

Melina's CBR8 Review No:22 · Genres: Fiction, Romance, Science Fiction · Tags: CBR8, dolphgirl, dolphin, Fiction, Love Lattes Mutants, love triangles, Melina, mutants, Sandra Cox, YA lit ·
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A Million Times Better Than the Movie

April 19, 2015 by sabian30 1 Comment

Jumper by Steven Gould (1993) – I can’t believe I’ve actually read two good books in a row.  I would probably give this one five stars if it had a real ending. When I picked this one up, I thought, “This can’t be the book from that awful movie,” but it was.  Imagine my surprise when I discovered it was a million times better.  The author has two great things going for him – he is a seventeen year old runaway with a special ability […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: heroes, juvenile science fiction, mutants, science fiction

sabian30's CBR7 Review No:19 · Genres: Uncategorized · Tags: heroes, juvenile science fiction, mutants, science fiction ·
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