Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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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:

My Bad Habits Lead to Late Nights and Murders…

Bad Habits by Amy Gentry

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If you participated in post graduate studies particularly in the humanities you know these characters inherently. Some of them are earnestly seeking “their truth” and yearn to discuss what they believe to be complex ideas. Some want to impress their professors. Some want to sleep with their professors. Some achieve that goal. Some want to become validated for their giant brains, to be the wunderkind–the voice of a generation to speak on a topic in a way that no one has ever done before…and some […]

The Firm But With Ladies

Please Join Us by Catherine McKenzie

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I was kind of young when The Firm came out with Tom Cruise as the main character but I vaguely remember a secret organization of high powered men pulling strings and using their influence to get what they wanted and uses blackmail as a tactic when members aren’t behaving in the ways they should.  Please Join Us has pretty much the exact same plot. When our main character Nicole finds out that she hasn’t had enough billable hours and that her firm seems to be moving […]

Momstrocities, Every Last One of Them

The Hunting Wives by Mae Cobb

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The tagline for The Hunting Wives was “How far would you go to fit in?” And before I talk about the plot of the book and my recommendation I want to talk about my personal feelings of isolation as a mother.  It began almost immediately when I had children because my friends and I had kids at different times. Some started earlier, so they were busy. Then it was me, and no one wanted to hang out with me because either they were busy with […]

Just Regular Height Spirits

High Spirits by Carol J Perry

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I recently read and reviewed Be My Ghost and thought it to be a cute little palate cleanser, not a perfect book but cute enough. It was a cozy murder mystery in the vein of the Aurora Teagarden books except with a little bit of a supernatural element.  In the first one, our main character Maureen inherits an inn in Haven, Florida from a complete stranger; a stranger who had a picture of her catching a fish when she was a child visiting Haven years […]

Sure, I’ll Be Your Ghost

Be My Ghost by Carol J Perry

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Maureen Doherty isn’t having the best time as the store that she’s worked as a buyer for (and a decorator of?) goes out of business. She’s smart, savvy, and has an awesome dog so things aren’t too terrible for her though for very long, because as soon as she gets home she learns that she has inherited an inn in Haven, Florida from a woman she doesn’t even know.  After verifying that it’s not a hoax, she packs up her things and begins the road […]

There Are Some Weird Deeds Here

Dangerous Deeds;The Westport Mysteries. Lizzie Book 1 by Beth Prentice

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  I am an avid fan of Book Bub because it allows me to try and read some things that I probably wouldn’t spend full price on.  Sometimes that’s a great thing, others not so much. At present, I’m still trying to process how the book cover (which I’m guessing first enticed me) goes with the actual book. It doesn’t, so I should stop trying to figure it out.  This book series will probably be chosen by Hallmark Movies and Mysteries to replace all the […]



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