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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Creepy People Gonna Creep…and a Girl is Gonna Disappear

I am Watching You by Teresa Driscoll

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Sarah and Anna are best friends, excited to be done school, ready to blow off some steam in the city before they take their A Levels later that summer.  Full of verve and vivacity, they catch the eye of Ella Longfield, a middle aged mom headed off to attend a florist’s convention.  They also catch the eye of two handsome young men that seem very taken by the ladies, buying them beer, flirting and to the horror of Ella, sharing honestly that they had both just been released from prison.  Having overheard where the girls are from, she considers calling […]

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2/26/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:6 |

…if It Wasn’t For You Meddling Kids…

Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero

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  The show Scooby Doo holds a very special place in my heart in all of its iterations because I love it just that much. Fun fact, I saw that there was going to be a Scooby Doo/Supernatural crossover show and having watched no Supernatural at all, I watched 13 straight seasons so I could know what was going on.  The joke was on me, because I didn’t know that there were stand alone episodes and that Scoobynatural was one of them.  It’s fine, I fell in love with Dean along the way and now I get about 13% more cultural […]

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2/19/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:5 |

Entitled White Rich Kid Thinks He Can Do What He Wants…Or Maybe It Wasn’t Him?

All We Ever Wanted by Emily Giffin

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  Nina Browning has everything. She lives in a house that cost over 4 million dollars, a handsome and extremely successful husband, a son who was recently accepted into Princeton and she gets to spend most of her nights going to charity galas and “making a difference” in the ritzy part of Nashville’s scene.  While at one of these galas, Nina’s life is completely upended when she’s shown a photo that her son supposedly shared from a party.  This makes her take a hard look at her marriage, her values, her parenting and questioning whether or not she is actually […]

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2/4/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:4 |

Just Take What You Want

The Secrets She Keeps by Michael Robotham

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Agatha is a young pregnant woman working at a convenience store when she sees and is dazzled by the also pregnant but elegant, Meg.  Meg has everything that Agatha could want; money, a handsome husband, and two gorgeous and perfect children. In comparison, Agatha feels like a failure–she has lost several babies, her ex-husband left her (partially because of it), her current boyfriend isn’t speaking to her and doesn’t even know she’s pregnant because he’s in the Royal Navy and she doesn’t have that much money.  Of course, it would be easy to be jealous and want what Meg has…and […]

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2/4/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:3 |

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 |


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