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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
"A classic.
In some ways completely relevant, in others a bit dated. I *am* reading this as an adult, so a kid's mileage may vary. Still absolutely worth the read. " |
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Melissa McShane
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kris's review
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Appointment in Bath (Somerset Stories, #4):
"While out for a ride, Ivo Beresford discovers neighbor Meg Burton-Smythe with a sprained ankle after taking a fall off her horse. He proposes they be friends, their parents' bitter feud be damned. Meanwhile, Ivo wants there to be trains in town so he"
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Melissa McShane
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Terence's review
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Unintended Cultivator: Volume Five (Unintended Cultivator, #5):
"Sen's body cultivation is killing him and he has only one hope...to find the nascent soul cultivator Fu Ruolan. Even if he does find her, he has to hope that she has a copy of the manual needed to save his life.
Unintended Cultivator Volume 5 started " Read more of this review » |
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"2ish stars.
The Hunger Games was never this cringey was it? I remember The Hunger Games being kind of badass. Have I become a snob, or is this actually as lame as I think it is?" |
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Melissa McShane
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the poll: All right, I promise I'll leave y'all alone after this and won't become one of those annoying pollers. First and last time I do a poll.
Do you read fairy tale retelliings? And would you be willing to answer a private poll about it for a project of mine?
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I used to read retellings, but I haven't for several years. Is that the kind of experience you're looking for, or not?
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Jacob Proffitt
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Still staring at the dead woman, Sam tried to feel…something, anything. But try as she might, she couldn’t feel remorse for Banta. “What have I become?” She asked herself, “Am I so callous now the violent death of a sapient life form right in front of my eyes doesn’t even register with my emotions?” She knew Banta intended to kill her and probably her friends too, maybe not initially, but judging from the look of pure hatred on her face moments ago, it was apparent she decided to murder them at some point. Sam truly hoped it was that knowledge that was keeping her from feeling empathy for the
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So stupid! Someone tries to kill you, you kill them right back! Have we learned nothing from Malcolm Reynolds?!?
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I said to me it was a mystery, and reading it as a political novel is also accurate. :)
At this point you've read enough to know if you want to continu ...more " |
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My daughter came home from her college library with this. She'd never read anything by Stephen King before, and she said she idly started it while waiting for us to pick her up, and it hooked her. So when she finished, I thought I'd give it a try. It ...more |
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Melissa McShane
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For an explanation of why I read this book, click here. Either I was in the wrong mood, or I didn't have the patience, but I bounced off this one. Smith doesn't give a ton of detail about past events or worldbuilding, not to the extent of making the b ...more |
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For an explanation of why I read this book, click here. This was... okay, I guess? It's different, because it's set in ancient Egypt in an actual historical period, not alt-history or historical fantasy. But the mystery is only so-so, and I didn't lik ...more |
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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 :)
