Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time
| Log in
  1. Follow us on Facebook
  2. Follow us on Instagram
  3. Follow us on Bluesky
  4. Follow us on Goodreads
  5. RSS Feeds

  • Home
  • About
    • Getting Started in CBR17
    • Rules of Respect
    • Cannon Book Club
    • Diversions
    • Fan Mail
    • Holiday Book Exchange
    • Book Bingo Reading Challenge
    • Participation Badges
    • AlabamaPink
    • About Cannonball Read
  • Our Team
    • The CBR Team
    • Leaderboard
    • Recent Comments
    • Participant Interviews
    • Cannonballer Location Maps
    • Our Volunteers
    • Meet MsWas
  • Categories
    • Review Genres
    • Tags
    • Star Ratings
    • Featured Review Archive
  • Fight Cancer
    • How We Fight Cancer
    • Donate
    • CBR Merchandise
  • FAQ
  • Contact
    • Contact Form
    • Suggest a Review
    • 2025 Registration
    • Newsletter Sign Up
    • Newsletter Archive
    • Social Media

About Melina

CBR 6
CBR 7
CBR 8
CBR  9
CBR10 participant
CBR11 participant
CBR12 participant
CBR15 Participant
CBR16 Participant
CBR17 Participant

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.

Melina's Reviews:

This Will Make a Great Lifetime Movie–That’s Not A Slam

April 1, 2016 by Melina 4 Comments

  On the night of their high school graduation, Kathryn’s best friend Jennifer says that she’ll be right back and never returns to the bonfire.  She’s never heard from and no body ever turns up.  She simply disappeared from the woods, leaving questions and secrets behind.  Ten years later, Kathryn is returning home after a divorce to stay at her childhood home and regroup.  Everything that was never dealt with that night will be, as Kathryn is asked to write a follow up article on […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: CBR8, Christina Kline Baker, Fiction, i have a good husband, lifetime movie, mystery, Suspense

Melina's CBR8 Review No:26 · Genres: Uncategorized · Tags: CBR8, Christina Kline Baker, Fiction, i have a good husband, lifetime movie, mystery, Suspense ·
Rating:
· 4 Comments

It’s Not You, It’s Me

March 22, 2016 by Melina Leave a Comment

For the first time in my adult life the phrase, “It’s not you, it’s me” is finally true.  Sure, I said it to the creepy body builder guy who liked to read me children’s books after sex and stroke my hair (I was shocked after the first time, I knew I had to get out after the second time. He did introduce to me to Harry Potter…that’s the only nice thing I have to say about that guy… he wore Jesus sandals and always was […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction, Suspense

Melina's CBR8 Review No:25 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Suspense · Tags: ·
Rating:
· 0 Comments

My Teenage Angst Looks Like a Cakewalk Now

March 15, 2016 by Melina 2 Comments

  Thank you Even Stevens! You are a wonderful, wonderful person.  A few weeks ago, this post showed up on Cannonball Read: “The darkest minds tend to hide behind the most unlikely faces” And I took notice…because the book looked bad ass!  And Even Stevens was so enthusiastic about it–it was quickly moved up on my must read list (so much so that I neglected my book club book and focused on this instead). Let me tell you what? I loved it too!  Something has […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: Alexandra Bracken, CBR8, Melina, The Darkest Minds

Melina's CBR8 Review No:24 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Suspense · Tags: Alexandra Bracken, CBR8, Melina, The Darkest Minds ·
Rating:
· 2 Comments

Test Tube Mutant Baby

March 11, 2016 by Melina 13 Comments

  Remember when I told you that for some reason I was mildly enamored with this strange little book? She Has a Blow Hole! So then I decided that I would read the second book because I was majorly hooked! (Remind me never to smoke crack because clearly I have zero impulse control). Book two can be summed up in one word: UGGGH. Love, Lattes and Danger offered up very little love, ZERO lattes, and actually so much danger that it was annoying.  This book […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: CBR8, dolphboy, le sucks, love lattes danger, Love Lattes Mutants, Melina, mutant baby, Sandra Cox

Melina's CBR8 Review No:23 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Suspense · Tags: CBR8, dolphboy, le sucks, love lattes danger, Love Lattes Mutants, Melina, mutant baby, Sandra Cox ·
Rating:
· 13 Comments

She Has a Blow Hole!

March 9, 2016 by Melina 6 Comments

I picked up this snappily titled free book fully expecting to hate-read it, but I found that I didn’t actually hate it.  I even posted the blurb on fb and dared people to read it (all smug like).  But no one took me up on my jerky offer so I had to do it myself.  And you know what?  It offered everything the title said:  I got love,  I got lattes, and I was introduced to a mutant (in the form of a dolphgirl–yup, half […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance, Science Fiction Tagged With: CBR8, dolphgirl, dolphin, Fiction, Love Lattes Mutants, love triangles, Melina, mutants, Sandra Cox, YA lit

Melina's CBR8 Review No:22 · Genres: Fiction, Romance, Science Fiction · Tags: CBR8, dolphgirl, dolphin, Fiction, Love Lattes Mutants, love triangles, Melina, mutants, Sandra Cox, YA lit ·
Rating:
· 6 Comments

Journal of Meh

March 8, 2016 by Melina Leave a Comment

Sarah Gladstone knew a bad storm was coming and so she goes to stay with her mother in the small town of Sunbury.  The storm turned out to be worse than expected and the town is cut off from the outside world with floods, downed trees, no electricity or cell towers.  This is key because during the clean up, they learn that someone has broken into the priest’s home, tossed the place and the priest is nowhere to be found.  However, journals–tons of them are […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: CBR8, darryl donaghue, Death, journal of sin, Melina, murder, mystery, priest

Melina's CBR8 Review No:21 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: CBR8, darryl donaghue, Death, journal of sin, Melina, murder, mystery, priest ·
Rating:
· 0 Comments
  • « Previous Page
  • 1
  • …
  • 14
  • 15
  • 16
  • 17
  • 18
  • …
  • 29
  • Next Page »


Recent Comments

  • Zirza on A Gothic Classic for a ReasonIt's one of those wish-you-could-read-it-again-for-the-first-time books. I loved it.
  • Emmalita on “It came to something when you found yourself hoping that the footsteps you heard were ghosts.”I loved the ending! I don’t think it’s been out long enough to talk about why though.
  • Dixie on Track Her Down by Melinda LeighI am just starting Track Her Down and I have read them all in order till now and thought I...
  • Roland of Gilead on How can you give us the gift of a crazy character named Rando Thoughtful and then just as suddenly take that gift away? We need to talk, Uncle Stevie.I came across this randomly years after it was written because I was searching "Random Thoughtful. But I have the...
  • Emmalita on “Only you, Em, would refer to heartbreak as a distraction. I think I would have a more sympathetic response if I asked to marry a bookcase.”Oh my goodness, Gallifrey was beautiful. I’m sure her mittens were gloriously murdery.
See More Recent Comments »

Support Our Mission

  • Support Our Mission: Donate Today!
  • FAQ
  • Shop
  • Volunteers
  • Leaderboard
  • AlabamaPink
  • Contact

Help Our Mission

You can donate to CBR via:

  1. PayPal
  2. Venmo

The reviews and comments posted on this site reflect the opinions of individual posters and do not reflect the views of Cannonball Read.

© 2025 Cannonball Read Inc., a registered 501(c)(3) | Log in