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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 Stacy’s Followers (275)
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Melissa Stacy
Goodreads Author
Born
in Cincinnati, Ohio, The United States
May 02, 1980
Website
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Member Since
February 2013
URL
https://www.goodreads.com/melissastacy
Today Is the Winter Solstice: Here’s a Christmas Story
Dear friends and readers,
As I type these words on December 21, 2021, it is the Winter Solstice, a celebration of the longest night of the year.
It has also been just over three years since I posted anything on my blog, and I thought it was time to fix that.
Earlier this month, I had a chance to spend some time with my family, and watch my favorite holiday shows. We turned on the classic Christmas ca
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The Etiquette of Wolves
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2013
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5 editions
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Love and Student Loans and Other Big Problems
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2013
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4 editions
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Bloodshade of the Goddess
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2017
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3 editions
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Mark of the Pterren: Book 1
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Kinned to the Sea
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Melissa’s Recent Updates
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Melissa Stacy
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Waywardsamm's review
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Separation of Church and Hate: A Sane Person's Guide to Taking Back the Bible from Fundamentalists, Fascists, and Flock-Fleecing Frauds:
"4.5 stars
EXCELLENT read. Man oh man did this make me hate Paul even more than I did before. As I’ve said maybe a million times: Jesus the guy? Super cool, we’d get along. His fan club? Awful, possibly illiterate, and would run Jesus out of town. I di" Read more of this review » |
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"In Outline, a writer named Faye (perhaps not unlike Rachel Cusk herself) travels to Athens for a few days to lead a writing workshop. Along the way, she engages in conversations with several people--her seatmate on the plane, other teachers and stude"
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"Damn you, Rachel Cusk. This book was absolutely infuriating. As I was reading it, I kept telling myself that I hated it. And so, I burned through it in a a little more than 24 hours. It bears little resemblance to any other novel I've ever read. The "
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"Reading Outline is like spying on an author in the process of auditioning characters for a future novel. In other words it is indeed an outline, an outline for a work that it still shadowy in the writer’s mind. Cusk interviews her potential character"
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**spoilers** **warning: spoilers** In 1909, an 11-year-old white girl steals the name of a Choctaw Indian girl (age 13) -- who is still alive -- and claims the Native girl's tribal land allotment as her own. Later, that 11-year-old changes her name aga ...more |
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I didn't like this one, either. Good review!
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A fine story. Short, and very well done. Five stars. |
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“Everything in the world is about sex except sex. Sex is about power.”
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“Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.”
― Foundation
― Foundation
“We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all the power we need inside ourselves already.”
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“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
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“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.”
― Anne Frank's Tales from the Secret Annex: A Collection of Her Short Stories, Fables, and Lesser-Known Writings
― Anne Frank's Tales from the Secret Annex: A Collection of Her Short Stories, Fables, and Lesser-Known Writings
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Hey, Melissa! Thanks for accepting my friendvite! Looking forward to talking about books :)Also, have a wonderful New Year!
Also, have a wonderful New Year!"
Thanks for reaching out to me, Vibur! Hope you have a wonderful New Year as well! ^.^