The Perks Of Being A Book Lover Podcast

Season 5 Ep. 96 Mastering the Meet Cute with guest Melonie Johnson 7-14-21


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Today we chat with author Melonie Johnson. She is the author of the “Sometimes in Love” romance series but her newest release which hit bookstores last week is a little bit of a departure; it is a romantic comedy called Too Good To Be Real. Melonie said she strived to write something light and fluffy that would take her and other people’s minds off the hard year that was 2020 and the pandemic. She wanted to make readers laugh. And as you will see as you listen, we laugh a lot in this interview.

Before becoming a full-time writer, Melonie was a high school English teacher, a stay at home mom, and the founder of a children's theater company. But then she tried her hand at writing during NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month with a mom’s group in her area and enjoyed the process. Now she takes her love of romance novels that she has had since age 10 and funnels it into her novels and her romance facebook group, The Reading Lushes.

 

Books mentioned--

1- Too Good to Be Real by Melonie Johnson
2- Subtract: The Untapped Science of Less by Leidy Klotz
3- Sunfire romance series
4- Austenland by Shannon Hale
5- Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam (audiobook)
6- Hang the Moon by Alexandria Bellefleur
7- Flowers From the Storm by Laura Kinsale
8- As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales From The Making of The Princess Bride by Cary Elwes (audiobook)
9- Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid (audiobook)
10- Sense and Sensbility: The Screenplay and Diaries by Emma Thompson

 

Movies mentioned--

1- Austenland 
2- Sleepless in Seattle
3- 10 Things I Hate About You
4- Set It Up
5- The Princess Bride
6- Star Wars

Podcasts mentioned--

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