High school senior Justina Griffith was never the girl who dreamed of going to prom. Designer dresses and strappy heels? Not her thing. So she neve...
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Jan 11, 2012
Savannah (Books With Bite)
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This is such a cute story that left me laughing and smiling so much! I adored that characters and her story-telling of what happened that night. It 's so crazy and exciting that it totally leaves you smiling!
This story starts off with a girl crazy in love, swirling into a turn of events that will have you laughing. One thing I enjoyed about this book is the main character Justina. After fighting her feelings about Ian, things have turn out not what she expected. I enjoyed reading about More...
This story starts off with a girl crazy in love, swirling into a turn of events that will have you laughing. One thing I enjoyed about this book is the main character Justina. After fighting her feelings about Ian, things have turn out not what she expected. I enjoyed reading about More...
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Feb 13, 2012
Jodi
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Prom is the last thing Justina would ever plan on attending. However, when her best friend Ian asks her to be his date, she finds it impossible to resist. She can't deny her overwhelming feelings for Ian and decides that prom will provide the perfect opportunity to go from good friends to boy/girl friend - not to mention provide the right ambiance for a long awaited kiss. Rather than consult with friends or teen magazines, Justina allows her mother to plan her outfit - resulting in a horr
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Feb 08, 2012
Carmel
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Ditched begins literally when Justina Griffith wakes up in a ditch at 6:15 a.m and struggles to remember just how she ended up there (after what was meant to be the best prom night ever) in an lustrous blue dress full of stains. She finds herself at the closest 7-11 reliving her night of disaster to the cashier and an overly regular customer.
Justina, as a character appealed and did not appeal to me. She is like most other girls, dreaming of having a perfect moment with that guy More...
Justina, as a character appealed and did not appeal to me. She is like most other girls, dreaming of having a perfect moment with that guy More...
Feb 07, 2012
Sarai
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I did not love this book. The storyline was implausible. The parts with Gilda and Donna I just started skipping because I wanted to read the main story. The main character irritated me because she was constantly jumping to conclusions and never verifying her information, just getting mad about it. And the whole smelling guys thing turning her to jelly - that reminded me of a scene from Porky's (if you've seen it, you know which scene and if you haven't, you're probably better off). I did like Se
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Feb 05, 2012
Lisa
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Never let your mom pick out your prom dress. This the first think I want to tell Justina. Somehow I think her whole night would have been a lot simpler if Justina would have followed those prom magazines and not let her mom dress her in head-to-toe blue, with shoes dyed to match and a blue corsage. Next I want to tell her to bring a tide pen with her. This poor girl gets into more incidents with food and she's got the stains to prove it.
Justina had the prom night from hell. She More...
Justina had the prom night from hell. She More...
Dec 28, 2011
Melissa
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OMG! I was laughing so hard throughout this whole book! There is SO much going on in this book and it will keep you reading, laughing and in some parts crying.
I will start with Justina WOW! She is the true definition of "hot mess". She is freaking crazy and I love her! She is a real character, someone to relate to and what happens to her in this book could have or could happen to us in the future. i about died throughout this whole book. So Justina is going to prom with Ian More...
I will start with Justina WOW! She is the true definition of "hot mess". She is freaking crazy and I love her! She is a real character, someone to relate to and what happens to her in this book could have or could happen to us in the future. i about died throughout this whole book. So Justina is going to prom with Ian More...
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Dec 23, 2011
Sharon
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Ditched by Robin Mellom is a young adult novel scheduled for release on January 10 2012. The story opens with high school senior Justina Griffith waking up in a ditch and struggling to remember just how she came to be there in a iridescent blue gown and matching footwear. When she notices the stains on her gown, and remembers how her prom night began, she is not quite sure she wants to remember the events that led to her situation. She stumbles to the closest store, a 7-Eleven, and begins to put
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Dec 13, 2011
Bailey (IB Book Blogging)
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DITCHED is a cute and lively YA debut that had me giggling the whole way through! Justina is a vivacious protagonist that I couldn't help put feel for. The absolute ridiculousness of her situation makes for a hilarious and crazy story that fans of contemporary will love! It isn't at all serious, but it is right up your alley if you want a light and fluffy read.
Justina came off a bit annoying at first, but the more her story continues, the more I understood where she was coming More...
Justina came off a bit annoying at first, but the more her story continues, the more I understood where she was coming More...
Dec 09, 2011
Amanda
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Ditched seemed cute, but it is actually more lighthearted than I expected. It reminded me a lot of the classics—Pretty in Pink, Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club etc. It has that fast paced, silly charm that those movies have, and it was a lot of fun to read.
The only thing I didn’t enjoy was the main character, and I think if she had been a bit different, I would have liked it a lot more. Justina didn’t seem consistent. She’s a girl who didn’t even want to attend prom and dresses More...
The only thing I didn’t enjoy was the main character, and I think if she had been a bit different, I would have liked it a lot more. Justina didn’t seem consistent. She’s a girl who didn’t even want to attend prom and dresses More...
Oct 11, 2011
Katy Book Corner
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I'm usually a sucker for cute, fun reads, and I thought this would be what I was looking for, but I was wrong. I gave it a two rating for being "okay."
I mean the concept of falling for your best friend is cute, and her crazy adventures were funny, but I thought the MC was super annoying with her personality and the constant interruptions. And I don't like it when books are narrated in this ditzy tone a lot of chick-lits tend to do. The story was told in flashbacks (like the H More...
I mean the concept of falling for your best friend is cute, and her crazy adventures were funny, but I thought the MC was super annoying with her personality and the constant interruptions. And I don't like it when books are narrated in this ditzy tone a lot of chick-lits tend to do. The story was told in flashbacks (like the H More...
Aug 26, 2011
Rachael
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Justina Griffith is not the type of girl to get excited about prom. She could care less about fancy dresses and heels. In fact, she’d have to admit that she doesn’t even know the first thing about formal attire. But when her best friend Ian Clark asks her to prom, Justina realizes that she’ll have to put all her fears and doubts about prom aside because, well, Ian’s kind of amazing. But that doesn’t explain why Justina finds herself on the side of the road on the morning after prom with bruises,
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Aug 08, 2011
Alex
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At First Sight: Justina Griffith wasn't the kind of girl who dreamed about prom night, until her best friend Ian Clark asked her to their senior prom.
So, she left behind her black clothes and decked herself out in a royal blue dress - with matching shoes, watch and bag - and hoped the night would be magical. The night when she and Ian would finally cross the friend barrier.
Instead, she ends up in a ditch, miles from home, without her phone, her purse or More...
Jan 11, 2012
BookWhisperer
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Justina is not like most girls, but when she agreed to attend prom with none other than her best friend Ian is promises to be a night she will remember. Anticipating the best night of her life, she never anticipated what the night would actually hold. When the night goes terribly a rye, and she finds herself in a ditch the following morning she left to decipher how she ended up here. After months of secretly admiring Ian she had a plan, but nothing turns out the way she thought it would. Ditched
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Jul 02, 2011
Amie
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Prom is supposed to be every girl’s dream, right? Except Justina’s. Prom really isn’t her thing, but she agrees to go with her best friend, Ian Clark. Justina is hoping that tonight will be the night, the night a girl will remember forever, the night that maybe things with Ian will change. But instead, she ends up ditched, literally and figuratively, and explaining what happened to her, and her dress, to two ladies in a 7-Eleven. If she can piece it all together, she might be able to figure ou
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Jan 10, 2012
Jac
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Ditched had me at dyed iridescent shoes! Justina is pretty much everything I was in high school (except she's cool and I was kind of a giant geek with my thrift store shopping at my "rich side of town" school.) And she gets to go to prom with her dream date!
I could tell you my prom story, but I won't. My Junior Prom kind of sucked. But after Justina's story? I'll quit complaining. This poor girl, she had me both shaking my head at her choices and wanting to pull her under m More...
I could tell you my prom story, but I won't. My Junior Prom kind of sucked. But after Justina's story? I'll quit complaining. This poor girl, she had me both shaking my head at her choices and wanting to pull her under m More...
Aug 27, 2011
Lisa
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3 and a half stars
I really enjoyed this. I thought that it was a funny, cute story and it kept my interest. It's nice to read a cute romantic comedy now and then. It wasn't as good as "Anna and the french kiss" by Stephanie Perkins or "Amy and Roger's epic detour" by Morgan Matson(for example) but it was quite sweet.
Some people might not like the main character but I did. She's just a girl trying to get rid of a "reputation", basically a girl try More...
I really enjoyed this. I thought that it was a funny, cute story and it kept my interest. It's nice to read a cute romantic comedy now and then. It wasn't as good as "Anna and the french kiss" by Stephanie Perkins or "Amy and Roger's epic detour" by Morgan Matson(for example) but it was quite sweet.
Some people might not like the main character but I did. She's just a girl trying to get rid of a "reputation", basically a girl try More...
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Feb 08, 2012
Lucille
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Awwww! This book is so cute and ironic, it had me laughing in every scene. The story is really good--but I can't say the same for Justina.
Justina is just--okay, this is gonna sound wrong, but I really like her--stupid. In a good way, and a bad way. I mean, who wears blue sandals and blue dress in prom? Never let your mom choose your prom dress, you can ask for her opinion but don't let her have her way with it! I bet she's wearing black because it's easier than trying to match color More...
Justina is just--okay, this is gonna sound wrong, but I really like her--stupid. In a good way, and a bad way. I mean, who wears blue sandals and blue dress in prom? Never let your mom choose your prom dress, you can ask for her opinion but don't let her have her way with it! I bet she's wearing black because it's easier than trying to match color More...
Jan 03, 2012
Christina (A Reader of Fictions)
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Justina's story begins on the morning after Prom. She indulges in a bit of temporary amnesia, for the audience's benefit, not hers. She wonders about a tattoo, a bruise in the shape of a french fry and the various stains on her dress, even though it soon becomes apparent that she remembers everything. This is definitely the low point of the novel. It certainly does grab your interest, but I didn't appreciate the pretense that she didn't know what had happened.
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However, even as her cle More...
Dec 22, 2011
Alissa
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I know why Ditched was ditched. When it comes down to it all - the story, the purpose... it's all rather lacking. I went into Ditched thinking it'd be a cute, fun read. And while it's a bit cute (the latter half of the story), it's not very fun. The story has no feel-good emotions. It's mostly a downer. Justina being ditched at prom turns into one exhausted exaggeration after the next.
As a character, Justina makes little sense. She's strong, she's weak, she's flirty, she's rese More...
As a character, Justina makes little sense. She's strong, she's weak, she's flirty, she's rese More...
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Dec 15, 2011
Jen Bigheart
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3.5 stars
Justina isn't the prom type, but she has promised her best friend, Ian, that she would go. Lately, Ian is looking a little fetching and Justina thinks it's about time to end her no kissing streak. They have both danced around the subject of getting together and Justina thinks the prom is the perfect opportunity to lay it all out there. Things don't exactly go her way and she ends up jumping out of a moving car and limping to 7-11 at 6am...with no date. How she gets there is More...
Justina isn't the prom type, but she has promised her best friend, Ian, that she would go. Lately, Ian is looking a little fetching and Justina thinks it's about time to end her no kissing streak. They have both danced around the subject of getting together and Justina thinks the prom is the perfect opportunity to lay it all out there. Things don't exactly go her way and she ends up jumping out of a moving car and limping to 7-11 at 6am...with no date. How she gets there is More...
Jan 15, 2012
Lydia
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I had expectations of The Funny with this one, but what I got was a good dose of The Hilarious. This book is everything I love about romantic comedies, which often disappoint, tending to be neither romantic nor comedic. The romance in Ditched is quite swoon-worthy (two words: toe dip), and the comedy is so well done that I seriously canNOT wait for this author's next book (two words: Mike and Other Mike).
Ditched takes you on a wild ride through the disastrous events of Justina's prom n More...
Ditched takes you on a wild ride through the disastrous events of Justina's prom n More...
Oct 06, 2011
Cleffairy
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Review date: 7th Oct 2011
Review link: http://cleffairy.wordpress.com/2011/10/06/ditched/
Reading ‘Ditched’ by Robin Mellom makes me feel like a teenage girl once again. It is not only refreshing, but it’s also highly entertaining. It’s definitely an easy read and it’s that sort of book that you’d like to pick up whenever you had a bad day in school or thinks that you had just screwed up your math test.
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Review date: 7th Oct 2011
Review link: http://cleffairy.wordpress.com/2011/10/06/ditched/
Reading ‘Ditched’ by Robin Mellom makes me feel like a teenage girl once again. It is not only refreshing, but it’s also highly entertaining. It’s definitely an easy read and it’s that sort of book that you’d like to pick up whenever you had a bad day in school or thinks that you had just screwed up your math test.
This story was told in a very p More...
Oct 03, 2011
Prom is one of those important high school traditions. Even as a girl who didn't participate much in high school (I was more of a get in, get diploma, get out type of girl), I feel a tiny twinge of regret at never going to Prom. It just sounds nice to play dress-up for one night, buy a pretty dress and shoes, get all fancy. I understand how the main character of Ditched feels in wanting a perfect Prom, and I understand why she's so disappointed with how everything turns out.
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Dec 31, 2011
Donna
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Well, I will say I liked the voice. Mellom carried it off with a quirkiness that didn't feel contrived or disingenuous to the character. That voice alone could have carried the story without the ridiculous TV sitcom-like execution of the plot itself shoving the story ahead with dangling tease after dangling tease after dangling tease. That voice, in my opinion, was quite frankly fantastic. It would have been enough. It alone would have made all of the wacky elements that happened in Justina's ni
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Jan 20, 2012
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Ditched:A Love Story by Robin Mellom Was
Fun, Fun, FUN!
Looking at the cover of Robin Mellom's teen debut novel, Ditched, leaves the reader with countless questions;
-What on earth happened to this poor girl's prom dress?
-Where did she get THAT dress? It's so 1980's!
-What kind of trouble does one have to get into to come out looking like that...and still have a positive expression o More...
Ditched:A Love Story by Robin Mellom Was
Fun, Fun, FUN!
Looking at the cover of Robin Mellom's teen debut novel, Ditched, leaves the reader with countless questions;
-What on earth happened to this poor girl's prom dress?
-Where did she get THAT dress? It's so 1980's!
-What kind of trouble does one have to get into to come out looking like that...and still have a positive expression o More...
Jan 03, 2012
Paige
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Feb 14, 2012
Kristilyn
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Ditched: A Love Story by Robin Mellom was the first book I purchased for my new Kobo. Every single book review blog I read raved about it, which made me want to read it even more. Once I started reading it, I was so glad I bought it.
Ditched is one of those stories that takes place in one night. I’m always amazed at writers who can do that, write a whole story about one night — there are so many details that they would have to pay attention to and Robin Mellom does an amazing job of it. More...
Ditched is one of those stories that takes place in one night. I’m always amazed at writers who can do that, write a whole story about one night — there are so many details that they would have to pay attention to and Robin Mellom does an amazing job of it. More...
Feb 17, 2012
Doreen
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This book is very very cute. I absolutely love Ian. He is funny and not jealous and kind and caring and he doesn't stuck up despite the fact that he is handsome (the most popular girl wants him!). I also like Justina. She is sarcastic and her thoughts are halarious. I really couldn't have said what she said better. The way that she handled most of her situations was the way that I would have. Last but not least, I love the way that it was written. There were alot of side thoughts. Plus I liked t
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Feb 09, 2012
Sara (upon a love story)
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A very cute and funny read. This book was wonderful from start to finish. There wasn't a dull moment. I couldn't put the book down because I kept wonder what was going to happen next. When Justina is piecing together her prom night at 7-Eleven with Gilda and Donna stain by stain I couldn't help but laugh. You can't put the book down because you just have to know where that next stain came from and where the french fry looking bruise came from on her leg. I love that each chapter pertains to a di
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Jan 09, 2012
Kate
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I read this ARC via Netgalley.
Justina has just been ditched. Literally. Not only did her prom date ditch her last night, she is in a ditch, her dress covered in many a stain. When she finds her way to a gas station convenience store, the cashier demands to know the entire story of Justina's terrible prom night. Justina decides that the stains in her dress will tell the story.
This was such a cute novel that I really did have to put it on my "chicklit" shelf. More...
Justina has just been ditched. Literally. Not only did her prom date ditch her last night, she is in a ditch, her dress covered in many a stain. When she finds her way to a gas station convenience store, the cashier demands to know the entire story of Justina's terrible prom night. Justina decides that the stains in her dress will tell the story.
This was such a cute novel that I really did have to put it on my "chicklit" shelf. More...
