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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.
Melissa McShane’s Followers (858)
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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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Melissa McShane
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Beth's review
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Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (George Smiley, #5; Karla Trilogy, #1):
"What an odd tangle of a book: extremely well plotted, and mostly about reading old documents - tense and suspenseful, and also predictable - a bizarre mix of intertwined elements which don’t stand on their own, and cannot be removed, but which also d"
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"I picked this one up from the library because it was the only option on the GoodReads Star Selections Challenge that I hadn't already read and that actually looked like something I might enjoy. Definitely a slow burn and I nearly abandoned it a few t"
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"DNF
Got about halfway through. This book was much the same as the first Peter Vornado book but it doubled down on the parts of the previous book I didn't like. LOOOOOOONG pages of exposition relating the history of some dude, or describing the physical" Read more of this review » |
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Melissa McShane
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Fen’s review
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Dealing with Dragons (Enchanted Forest Chronicles, #1)
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I just bought the audiobooks for my youngest, so I've been thinking about the series recently. I think my rating is a little low for this one.
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Melissa McShane
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3 other people
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Fen's review
of
Dealing with Dragons (Enchanted Forest Chronicles, #1):
"This was my choice for a book published in 1990 that I had never read before... and I found it absolutely delightful. The plot was fun and the characters were interesting and I loved the little twists on fairy tale lore. I actually had no idea it was"
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Melissa McShane
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| I am a big fan of Tim Powers, so not loving his more recent books is discouraging (specifically Hide Me Among the Graves and My Brother's Keeper). This one, however, was deeply satisfying and finally felt like one of his books. (I haven't read the Vi ...more | |
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| Re-read 2/24/26: Having re-read Abounding Might, I decided on a whim to look at this one again. It's the lowest rated of the series, and I knew going in that Sophia would be a hard sell. And then I found out both my boss and my second daughter like i ...more | |
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Melissa McShane
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| Re-read 2/22/26: Audiobook. Indira Varma continues to delight as a narrator, though I'm glad they brought someone else in to voice the Nac Mac Feegle (very strong, almost unintelligible Scottish accent). There's so much about this book to love, as be ...more | |
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Melissa McShane
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For an explanation of why I read this book, click here. Living in India has some benefits when it comes to book buying. My favorite is how India is still closely connected to the UK publishing world, which means books difficult to find in the US are n ...more |
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| I had so much going on at the end of last year I didn't realize I hadn't written a review for this book. Belatedly, I can only say this is among my favorites not only of this series, but of all my books. It was satisfying to see Aderyn and her friend ...more | |
“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 :)
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