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Melissa’s 2020 Year in Books
Take a look at Melissa’s Year in Books. The long, the short—it’s all here.
10,060 books
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Melissa McShane
Goodreads Author
Born
in Portland, Oregon, The United States
Website
Genre
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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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7 editions
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Servant of the Crown (The Crown of Tremontane, #1)
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2015
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6 editions
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The Book of Secrets (The Last Oracle, #1)
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2018
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7 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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Wondering Sight (The Extraordinaries, #2)
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2017
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7 editions
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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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Exile of the Crown (The Crown of Tremontane, #2.5)
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2015
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2 editions
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The Book of Lies (The Last Oracle, #4)
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2019
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2 editions
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The Book of Peril (The Last Oracle, #2)
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2018
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7 editions
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Pretender to the Crown (The Saga of Willow North, #1)
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2017
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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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"Gorgeously written mythic fiction set in contemporary Somerset (quite near where I lived for a while, which made it even more fun on my end! - but that's certainly not necessary context for new readers). The protagonists are four adult sisters, all o"
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"Beautiful story about growing up, and the decisions that change our futures. Angie Thomas' writing is so spare, yet evocative, that with just a few words she can paint a whole picture of a person, a life, a neighborhood. When I read The Hate U Give, "
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Melissa McShane
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The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2):
"Obvs still one of the all time classics. It feels silly to give it a rating.
This time around I was grateful for the movie because the buildup to and battle at Helms Deep was so so boring to read. Whenever there isn't a hobbit in focus, when we're lef" Read more of this review » |
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Francesca Forrest's status update
Francesca Forrest
is 69% done with The Goblin Emperor: OMG
Well after the first 60 percent of the book THAT was quite the development. It made me more tense, reading, than any other reading experience has made me in some time. Yowsers. Maia was brave and made good tactical moves, plus his innate kindness helped him. V. much liked the interactions with Idra--and Idra's interactions w/his own mother. |
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| I can almost exactly place the moment where I fell out of love with epic fantasy. It was in late October of 1998, just after the release of Robert Jordan's book The Path of Daggers. I got to the end of the book, thought about it for a minute, and sai ...more | |
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Micah wrote: "I agree on this entirity of this review. This is exactly how I felt. Even on the Senelac parts. My new favorite character is now Senrid"
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| The second volume of the complete series picks up right where the first leaves off, with the Yamada family moving to a new apartment. This one is every bit as delightful as the first, with the addition of several new animal characters as Chi gets to ...more | |
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| I picked this up on the recommendation of a friend who is studying Japanese, and then it turned out my kids used to read it as a web comic. So they were thrilled at this bit of the past showing up in their house. It's the truly delightful story of a ...more | |
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Josh Rios is many things, but a natural morning person is not one of them. Before his first cup of coffee, he’s basically a beautiful Puerto Rican coma patient.
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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 & Guilt & The Meaning Of Life, Etc
― Love & Guilt & 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 :)
