Cannonball Read 11

Sticking it to Cancer One Book at a Time

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Melina

As a four time participant and the time Cannonball Read failure, I stand before you ready to kick ass, read books and somehow keep my children clean and sign their homework books daily (well that's never going to happen, so let's hope I can at least read 52 books this year). Teacher of 160 seniors, mom of 3 kids/ two dogs, and wife to one pretty great husband. I need a nap and some Calgon (substitute Calgon with rum) so that I can rinse and repeat this insanity on a daily basis.

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Melina's Reviews:

I Don’t Know How Anyone Calls This Suspenseful

The Doll House by Phoebe Morgan

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  I guess this is another one of those books where I am apparently too picky.  It got many great reviews on Amazon and Goodreads alike with buzzwords like, “Thrilling!” “Tense” “Suspenseful!” and “Keeps You Guessing Until the End!” None of those things are true from my reading experience.  At all.  Ok, maybe it was a little tense…but not really. (To me) it was not thrilling, suspenseful nor did it keep me guessing until the end, in fact, I figured out the whole situation out in the first chapter, and I knew where it was going. It might’ve taken me […]

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1/16/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:2 |

Marry Groundhog Day With Clue and Quantum Leap…and then do weird stuff

The 7 and 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

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Aiden wakes up not knowing who he is or where he is…he’s told three rules: Evelyn Hardcastle will be murdered at 11 pm. There are eight days and eight witnesses that Aiden will physically inhabit in order to find clues. He can only leave Blackheath House once he can tell “them” who killed Evelyn Hardcastle. This book sounds amazing, right?!? And it was recommended by a person whom I really like and admire her taste in books so I was excited to read it and I even chose it for my book club selection since I’m up this month.  Unfortunately, […]

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1/16/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:1 |

FRAMED FOR MURDER!!! (Yawn)

The Guilty Wife by Elle Croft

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The Guilty Wife was an okay book.   That’s where I’d like to leave this review, but I guess that’s against the rules.  The Guilty Wife, like all books labeled a “psychological thriller” post Gone Girl attempts to be sly and have at least one (possibly two or three) twists.  And quite frankly?  I’m sick of the twists…especially when you can see the big old twist a mile away down the road.  I teach a fiction writing course and I always tell the kids that there’s nothing wrong with telling a straight forward, honest story…but nope, there’s almost always a […]

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9/12/2018 's CBR10 Review No:21 |

Nobody’s Perfect

The Perfect Mother by Aimee Molloy

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A bunch of women get together and call themselves the “May Mothers” after meeting on an online chat group for first time expectant parents.  One by one each of the women become mothers and work to deal with the specific challenges that motherhood can present. In this book we see women trying to balance their careers while still being a “good mom”, the trouble with breastfeeding for some, post partum depression (and perhaps even psychosis), achieving intimacy with a partner, and just being able to take a few minutes to yourself without feeling guilty or feeling like you’re doing something […]

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6/12/2018 's CBR10 Review No:20 |

I Blame Christopher Pike

Ten by Gretchen McNeil

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Who wouldn’t be excited to be invited to an exclusive party by one of the most popular people?  And she said keep it a secret…so they did, from all their friends and families.  Unfortunately, almost as soon as they arrive they find themselves facing peril–bad weather, power outages, no reception and oh…everyone is slowly getting murdered one by one.  Some of them are friends, some are strangers to one another, what connection do they have? Why are they being murdered and which one of the them is the murderer? I saw this on BookBub the other day and I also saw […]

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5/30/2018 's CBR10 Review No:19 |

More Dead Girls

The Names of Dead Girls by Eric Rickstad

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  One of my favorite authors is Dennis Lehane. He’s a hard author for many because he goes so deep into the violent and depraved nature of people that most of us are blissfully unaware of. He shines a spotlight on the real boogeymen of the world and we can close the book when we’re done and say, “I’m glad this was just a book” and can go back to our normal lives.  I feel like Eric Rickstad is a similar author with similar subject material and he handles it as deftly as Lehane does, although his character Frank Rath […]

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5/24/2018 's CBR10 Review No:18 |

Silent Girls Can’t Tell Who Killed Them

The Silent Girls by Eric Rickstad

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After his sister and brother in law were brutally slain in their home, Frank Rath gave up his badge to raise his months’ old niece as his daughter.  But with his skills and instincts he never truly strayed that far from the job, taking up the profession of private detective, often having his daughter Rachel help him see the pieces of the puzzle he was missing.  When his friend from the force comes to him asking him to investigate what has happened to his gorgeous niece Mandy, whose car was left abandoned on the side of the road and no […]

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5/17/2018 's CBR10 Review No:17 |

Neither Character Is As Awful As I Thought They Were In the Last Book

The Case For Jamie by Brittany Cavallero

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Ahhh what glowing praise I’ve bestowed upon the characters in my title. hahaha. I won’t be able to talk much about the plot of this book unless I was willing to talk about some major plot points from the second book because you might want to read that book.  I personally never want to read that book ever again as it destroyed two characters that I loved in the first book, A Study in Charlotte.  I disliked The Last of August so very much that I wasn’t sure if I was going to continue with the series but I am pretty glad […]

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5/17/2018 's CBR10 Review No:16 |


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