Melina – Page 2 – Cannonball Read 17

Tennis, Anyone?

Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid

October 1, 2023 by Melina Leave a Comment

I played a lot of sports in middle school and high school and somehow, I had never touched a tennis racket until about two years ago. I promptly put that racket back after that first outing, because I was absolutely terrible. I have read a lot of TJR’s books and really loved The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, I like Daisy Jones and the Six, and I enjoyed the rest of her oeuvre enough to read them on the beach. So it shouldn’t have been […]

My Bad Habits Lead to Late Nights and Murders…

Bad Habits by Amy Gentry

May 19, 2023 by Melina Leave a Comment

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

May 15, 2023 by Melina Leave a Comment

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

May 10, 2023 by Melina Leave a Comment

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

May 5, 2023 by Melina Leave a Comment

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

May 2, 2023 by Melina Leave a Comment

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 […]

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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.

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