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Melissa’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Melissa’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Melissa McShane
Goodreads Author
Born
in Portland, Oregon, The United States
Website
Genre
Influences
Member Since
July 2008
URL
https://www.goodreads.com/melissamcshane
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Burning Bright (The Extraordinaries, #1)
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2016
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11 editions
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Servant of the Crown (The Crown of Tremontane, #1)
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2015
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9 editions
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The Book of Secrets (The Last Oracle, #1)
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2018
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8 editions
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The Book of Peril (The Last Oracle, #2)
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The Book of Mayhem (The Last Oracle, #3)
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2019
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4 editions
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Wondering Sight (The Extraordinaries, #2)
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2017
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9 editions
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Rider of the Crown (The Crown of Tremontane, #2)
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2015
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3 editions
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The Book of Lies (The Last Oracle, #4)
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2019
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3 editions
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The Book of Betrayal (The Last Oracle, #5)
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2019
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3 editions
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The Book of Havoc (The Last Oracle, #6)
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2020
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3 editions
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My 2019 Reading Favorites
I read 79 books in 2019, which is lower than last year. Considering that I read a lot of my own books (either in editing or in preparing to write something new in a series) that number is actually more like 67. In looking at my spreadsheet where I track my reading, I see long weeks where I didn’t read anything at all. That’s the tradeoff for me as a writer–either I’m reading or I’m writing, but I’
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Melissa’s Recent Updates
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| I'm getting to a point where the rapid release of these books is overwhelming. I enjoyed it a lot while reading, but much of the plot (yes, it's a comic strip, the plots are short) has vanished from memory. Even so--it's still fun. ...more | |
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| So it turns out it's been a really long time since I last read this, which makes my spotty memory reasonable. I knew all the big points (Greebo!) but was still surprised by details. And it's a good story, deeper than Wyrd Sisters but not ponderous in ...more | |
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| My daughter requested that this be the next Discworld series we listen to together, so here we are. I think this is probably the first Discworld book (chronologically) that I unreservedly loved. To me, it's the first point where Pratchett parodies so ...more | |
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Re-read (audiobook) 2/5/26: I admit unreservedly that the elves in this book were one of the inspirations for the elves in my Living Oracle series. I enjoyed coming back to this one. Read (again) 9/17/12: I read this aloud to my family. It's fun, read ...more |
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| Re-read 2/13/26: I was more outraged by how the opera people mistreat Agnes at the end than I remembered. And Indira Varma's narration is a pure delight. I've liked all the readers for these new audiobooks, but I feel like she really gets Pratchett's ...more | |
"This is an interesting cyberpunk style LitRPG with fascinating worldbuilding. Shiro is barely scraping by as a petty thief with minor gang affiliations when she stumbles onto a crashed shuttle. She takes what she can easily carry (and hide) and flees"
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"There were a couple of times where I thought I was going to have a breakdown over what I thought might have happened to characters I loved, but I’m still here and I loved this book! From the beginning, I started saying, “Eli sucks.” And later one, “E"
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Melissa McShane
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Either Side of the Strand (Alysha Forrest, #4):
"This is fourth in a sci-fi series. You don't need to read in order as the author does a good job keeping you up, but I highly recommend it, not least as this is the culmination where we see Alysha's troublesome past, at least somewhat.
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Teleri and I just started listening to Wyrd Sisters, one of the new Penguin Audio releases, and it's been a great experience--haven't read it in years
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“it’s because you’re a different person, every time you re-read a book, and you learn things your earlier self wouldn’t have noticed or wouldn’t have cared about. Or sometimes it’s just because the story is an old favorite, and it’s a comforting reminder of good things.”
― Servant of the Crown
― Servant of the Crown
“It gives me pleasure to walk through a room full of books and know that one of them might be the next story I fall in love with.”
― Servant of the Crown
― Servant of the Crown
“My people believe bathing weakens you,” Gerrard said. “But my people are well known to be uncivilized.” “Your people don’t believe in drinking coffee. That’s a fair definition of uncivilized.”
― Emissary
― Emissary
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“It struck me as pretty ridiculous to be called Mr. Darcy and to stand on your own looking snooty at a party. It's like being called Heathcliff and insisting on spending the entire evening in the garden, shouting "Cathy" and banging your head against a tree.”
― Bridget Jones’s Diary
― Bridget Jones’s Diary
“Strength is the capacity to break a Hershey bar into four pieces with your bare hands - and then eat just one of the pieces.”
― Love and Guilt and the Meaning of Life, Etc.
― Love and Guilt and the Meaning of Life, Etc.
“It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism, while the wolf remains of a different opinion.”
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“The truth is that the world is full of dragons, and none of us are as powerful or cool as we’d like to be. And that sucks. But when you’re confronted with that fact, you can either crawl into a hole and quit, or you can get out there, take off your shoes, and Bilbo it up.”
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“I meant," said Ipslore bitterly, "what is there in this world that truly makes living worthwhile?"
Death thought about it.
CATS, he said eventually. CATS ARE NICE.”
― Sourcery
Death thought about it.
CATS, he said eventually. CATS ARE NICE.”
― Sourcery
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Thanks for adding me Melissa. Happy reading to you :)
