925 books
—
614 voters
Melina
https://www.goodreads.com/melinamartin
“What the Chronics are - or most of us - are machines with flaws inside that can't be repaired, flaws born in, or flaws beat in over so many years of the guy running head-on into solid things that by the time the hospital found him he was bleeding rust in some vacant lot. ”
― One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
― One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
“No, my friend. We are lunatics from the hospital up the highway, psycho-ceramics, the cracked pots of mankind. Would you like me to decipher a Rorschach for you?”
― One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
― One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
“While it is always possible to wake a person who's sleeping, no amount of noise will wake a person who is pretending to be asleep.”
― Eating Animals
― Eating Animals
“The answer must be, I think, that beauty and grace are performed whether or not we will or sense them. The least we can do is try to be there.”
― Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
― Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
“The best of all possible cages.' Ben stepped back to regard the job with a sad smile. 'What more can one ask?”
― Sometimes a Great Notion
― Sometimes a Great Notion
Graphic Novel Reading Group
— 5425 members
— last activity May 06, 2026 11:13PM
This is a place where lovers of the Sequential Art form of Literature (graphic novels, comic books, manga, etc.) can get together and talk about their ...more
The Guttering Flame
— 75 members
— last activity Nov 28, 2011 08:35PM
This is a little society, a cadre, a coterie of the unlike-minded. Here we discuss Comic Books (or Graphic Novels, if you prefer) as art, aesthetic, l ...more
On Reading Graphic Novels
— 1821 members
— last activity May 15, 2026 10:04AM
Let's talk about the wide array of graphic novels and which ones you enjoy reading. Maybe you like reading memoirs in the graphic format like Brooklyn ...more
Reading the Classics
— 4042 members
— last activity May 10, 2025 07:28AM
This is a group for people who want to read the classics and discuss them as a group. Each month we will choose as a group a book to read. Everyone is ...more
Melina’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Melina’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Melina
Lists liked by Melina




























































