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I have failed every Cannonball Read that I've ever participated in, except my very first one. I am consistent, I'll give myself that much.

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In a Weird Confluence of Events…I Now Get to Thank Ellesfena!

December 11, 2020 by Melina 4 Comments

Well, well, well…what a surprise! Ellesfena and I got each other in this gift exchange! At first I was completely confused because it’s been 84 years of me being in my house (or at school teaching) and I don’t know what the outside world is like these days.  I am so excited for all three books but particularly Daughter of Smoke & Bone…my son who never reads despite my avid harping on him (that totally works, right?) scuttled away with The Mysterious Benedict Society (don’t […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Cannonball Gift Exchange, CBR Gift Exchange, ellesfena

Genres: Fiction · Tags: Cannonball Gift Exchange, CBR Gift Exchange, ellesfena ·
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Get a New Line of Work?

Bitter Falls (Stillhouse Lake Book #4) by Rachel Caine

January 23, 2020 by Melina Leave a Comment

I am a sucker for a series with a strong, capable woman.  Add the fact that she’s a mom on a mission? I’m alway sold.  I’m easy…always have been.  To catch you up, the Stillhouse Lake series is about a woman, Gina Royal, who comes home to find out that her husband was a serial killer and that he had been killing people under her nose for years (in a sound proof hobby room in the garage).  People did not believe that she wasn’t aiding […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Bitter Falls, cbr12, cults, Gwen Proctor, Melina, mystery, Rachel Caine, serial killers, Stillhouse lake book 4

Melina's CBR12 Review No:9 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Bitter Falls, cbr12, cults, Gwen Proctor, Melina, mystery, Rachel Caine, serial killers, Stillhouse lake book 4 ·
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Such a Perfect Wife by Kate White

January 15, 2020 by Melina Leave a Comment

        Such a Perfect Wife is about the abduction and murder of Shannon Blaine…and then it isn’t…at all. True Crime writer Bailey Weggins comes to Lake George to write about the unfolding mystery of the disappearance and possible death of Shannon Blaine, 34, gorgeous, wife, mother, and physically fit runner. She disappears while running, which is why I don’t run. I kid, I kid. I don’t run because I ran so much in high school sports my knees are shot. And no, […]

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Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: cbr12, kate white, Melina, mystery, such a perfect wife

Melina's CBR12 Review No:8 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: cbr12, kate white, Melina, mystery, such a perfect wife ·
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GET OUT OF THERE!!!

Lock Every Door by Riley Sager

January 13, 2020 by Melina 1 Comment

Jules Larsen just needs a break.  On the same day, she loses her job and comes home to her boyfriend having sex with another woman on the couch.  Up to her eyeballs in college loan debt and nowhere to live, she’s elated when she sees an ad on Craigslist offering $4000 a month to stay in the Bartholomew, a very fancy NYC apartment building that caters to the rich and famous as an apartment sitter.  When she’s shown the space she’s also told the rules:  […]

Filed Under: Horror, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: Lock Every Door, Melina, mystery, Riley Sager, Suspense

Melina's CBR12 Review No:7 · Genres: Horror, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: Lock Every Door, Melina, mystery, Riley Sager, Suspense ·
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All Girls Summer Camp? Sounds like a bad idea to me

The Last Time I Lied: A Novel by Riley Sager

January 13, 2020 by Melina Leave a Comment

15 years ago, Emma went to summer camp for the very first time.  Being late to arrive, the 13 year old was placed with three girls who were older and were friends already.  There was the queen bee, Vivian, bitchy when she wanted to be, always adventurous and determined.  Natalie and Allison played the role of the queen’s attendents, doing whatever Vivian told them to do. Emma?  Emma just idolized Vivian.  Having been at the camp only two weeks and falling in line with the […]

Filed Under: Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: Melina, mystery, Riley Sager, summer camp, Suspense, The Last Time I Lied

Melina's CBR12 Review No:6 · Genres: Mystery, Suspense · Tags: Melina, mystery, Riley Sager, summer camp, Suspense, The Last Time I Lied ·
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It’s Basically a Hallmark Movie…and I Was OK with That

Small Town Rumors by Carolyn Brown

January 13, 2020 by Melina Leave a Comment

CW: Stillbirth Small Town Rumors is about exactly that…our main character Jennie Sue returns from New York to her hometown in Texas after her husband leaves her for another woman and attempting to evade the FBI because of the diamond trade? I’m not totally sure on that one…but just know, he’s an awful human being, who gets no development other than he’s terrible.  Jennie Sue’s mother only sees a woman who hasn’t been keeping up with her hair, nails and weight and actively harasses her […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: Carolyn Brown, cbr12, Melina, Romance, small town rumors

Melina's CBR12 Review No:5 · Genres: Romance · Tags: Carolyn Brown, cbr12, Melina, Romance, small town rumors ·
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