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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.

Melina's Reviews:

Never Going to Romania…Sorry, Not Sorry

January 27, 2016 by Melina 1 Comment

Follow You Home follows (see what I did there?) Daniel and Laura as they are wrapping up what is supposed to be a trip of a lifetime.  After this, these thirty somethings are going to settle down, have a baby and live an uneventful but happy life in London.  But you know what they say about best laid plans right?  Yeah, everything pretty much goes to hell.  The happy couple find themselves on a train travelling through Romania.  There’s already a little tension because Daniel […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: aintgoingthere, CBR8, Follow You Home, Mark Edwards, Melina, mystery, Romania, Suspense

Melina's CBR8 Review No:14 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: aintgoingthere, CBR8, Follow You Home, Mark Edwards, Melina, mystery, Romania, Suspense ·
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Comoran and Robin Complete Me

January 27, 2016 by Melina 4 Comments

The third installment of the Comoran Strike series begins with yet another gory mystery.  Someone delivers a woman’s severed leg to Robin.  While she’s sickened by this (you know, like people are wont to do when they receive body parts in the mail), Strike is less grossed out and more concerned that someone from his past is sending a very clear message that Robin’s life is in danger.  While the police are focusing their investigation on one of the four people Comoran believes it could […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: career of evil, CBR8, Comoran strike, enthusiastic five stars, Melina, Robin

Melina's CBR8 Review No:13 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: career of evil, CBR8, Comoran strike, enthusiastic five stars, Melina, Robin ·
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Sisters Seem Fun Sometimes, Sometimes Not So Fun

January 27, 2016 by Melina Leave a Comment

                          So this is final Liane Moriarty book until she publishes something new!  Excuse me while I experience some sadness.  Ok, done. Having just finished the Last Anniversary and the Hypnotist’s Love Story and being mildly disappointed with them both (they were good, not great), I wasn’t sure what I was going to get with Three Wishes.  I’m happy to report that I wasn’t let down.  Three Wishes tells the story of the […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: CBR8, infertility, infidelity, Liane Moriarty, Melina, pregnancy, Relationships, Sisters, three wishes

Melina's CBR8 Review No:12 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: CBR8, infertility, infidelity, Liane Moriarty, Melina, pregnancy, Relationships, Sisters, three wishes ·
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A Stalker with a Heart of Gold and a Perfect Dead Wife (This Book has It All)

January 19, 2016 by Melina Leave a Comment

I realized I had a few more Liane Moriarty books to check off my list to be a completionist– having just finished The Last Anniversary last week, I think I’m down to just one book left.   And that’s sad because I can’t say that I loved this book, i’m really hoping that my last book will be better and give me a little reminder of what I loved from her other books.  Because this one?  I  just felt majorly perplexed by it. We start […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: a little suspense, CBR8, Fiction, Liane Moriarty, Melina, romance, The Hypnotist's Love Story

Melina's CBR8 Review No:11 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: a little suspense, CBR8, Fiction, Liane Moriarty, Melina, romance, The Hypnotist's Love Story ·
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Looking for Love, Looking for Answers, Looking for Peace

January 15, 2016 by Melina Leave a Comment

I think the second book I read last year for my very first CBR was Big Little Lies and with that, I fell in love with Liane Moriarty…for the most part (I still have two books to read of hers).  I loved both Big Little Lies and What Alice Forgot so much. I liked Her Husband’s Secret but didn’t love it because I didn’t really connect with the characters and the “secret” was apparent from the beginning (in my opinion). I think what Moriarty does […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: CBR8, Liane Moriarty, Melina, The Last Anniversary

Melina's CBR8 Review No:10 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: CBR8, Liane Moriarty, Melina, The Last Anniversary ·
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Can Monsters Still Stalk in the Light?? Uh, YES.

January 14, 2016 by Melina Leave a Comment

I did it! Thanks to a double ear infection, a sinus infection  AND strep I was able to read this six book series in seven days.  It was a bumpy ride.  All the books were good, but they were all full of suffering, pain, death, murder, suicide, (a little bit of love) and not a whole lot of hope.  But I made it through them all and I’m glad that I did because this was a pretty solid series.  Book seven, Light, has a couple […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: book 6 Gone series, CBR8, Gone series, Light, Melina, Michael Grant, sci-fi

Melina's CBR8 Review No:9 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: book 6 Gone series, CBR8, Gone series, Light, Melina, Michael Grant, sci-fi ·
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