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Melissa’s 2019 Year in Books
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Melissa McShane
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Melissa McShane
When I'm blocked on one book, I move on and write another. I once wrote an entire novel because I wasn't making progress on a different book.
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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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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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Exile of the Crown (The Crown of Tremontane #2.5)
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2015
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The Book of Secrets (The Last Oracle #1)
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2018
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5 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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Agent of the Crown (The Crown of Tremontane, #3)
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2016
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3 editions
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The Summoned Mage (Convergence, #1)
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2017
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The Book of Mayhem (The Last Oracle, #3)
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2019
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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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"This is the first Esslemont book in the "recommended" reading order of the Malazan books. I did like how this was more of a narrative style. The book mostly focuses on two different citizens of Malaz during the time when Surly become the empress, and"
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Melissa McShane
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Returning to Friendship (Friendship #1):
"So I read the first chapter and couldn't shake the feeling that I'd boarded the Stereotype Express headed to Tropeville. Coffee is "the blessed elixir of life" with its "rich chocolate flavor" filling her nostrils. Her best friend is gay, obviously, "
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The Lord of Castle Black (Khaavren Romances, #3: The Viscount of Adrilankha, #2)
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| This volume of The Viscount of Adrilankha picks up almost right where the first book, The Paths of the Dead, leaves off, which makes sense because the three volumes are all one big story. Where the first book was maneuvering for position, the second ...more | |
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The Paths of the Dead (Khaavren Romances, #3: The Viscount of Adrilankha, #1)
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| I'm torn about how to rate this one. It really is the first volume of a longer work, and ends rather abruptly, so I feel like I'd rate the overall story higher than each of its parts. So four stars makes sense, but it doesn't account for so much of w ...more | |
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| I'm upping my rating to five stars upon re-reading this sequel to The Phoenix Guards, mostly because this time I more fully appreciated Brust's genius in fitting his invented history of the Dragaeran Empire to the framework of Dumas' novels. Where Th ...more | |
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| I love Steven Brust's work, and this one is near the top of my favorites list. Riffing off The Three Musketeers, Brust manages to fit this story into the world of Dragaera so neatly I almost never remember it's technically a derivative work. The conc ...more | |
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Melissa McShane
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Tadiana ✩Night Owl☽'s review
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Vittoria Cottage (Dering Family, #1):
"3.5 stars, more if you're a fan of cozy, old-timey family dramas with a little romance. If you've read any other D.E. Stevensen novels, this is fairly typical of her work: small English town life in the mid-20th century, often with WWII as a backdrop"
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Melissa McShane
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Jacob Proffitt's review
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Bound to the Battle God (Aspect and Anchor #1):
"Part of me doesn't want to admit that I gave this a shot. It is every bit as schmaltzy as that cover indicates. And I stuck it out way longer than I would have expected given how little Dixon cares about worldbuilding or characterization. The thing i"
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It was the Incas, dear. But your point stands.
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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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“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 :)
