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About Melina

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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.

Melina's Reviews:

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

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

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

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

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