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Melissa is Currently Reading

Melissa is currently reading

The Eye of the Bedlam Bride (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #6)

by Matt Dinniman (Goodreads Author)

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— Mar 14, 2025 06:30PM

Mar 15, 2025 09:44PM

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The Monk

by Matthew Gregory Lewis

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Nov 22, 2025 06:06PM

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Cat + Crazy Volume 1

by Wataru Nadatani

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Aug 16, 2025 09:13PM

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Melissa’s Quotes

“Why is this ship so old and shitty?”
― Martha Wells, Exit Strategy

tags: humor, murderbot, science-fiction

3 likes

“If you need somebody else to tell you that you are special, then you have not done anything to earn it in your own mind.”
― Shwetabh Gangwar, The Rudest Book Ever

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“You’re scaring Amena.” Ugh, I needed to be honest or this wouldn’t help. I added, “You’re scaring me.”
― Martha Wells, Network Effect

tags: murderbot, network-effect, secunit, the-murderbot-diaries

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“Gurathin turned to me. "So you don't have a governor module, but we could punish you by looking at you."

I looked at him. "Probably, right up until I remember I have guns built into my arms.”
― Martha Wells, All Systems Red

tags: funny, guns, murderbot, robots

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“There was a big huge deal about it, and Security was all “but what if it takes over the station’s systems and kills everybody” and Pin-Lee told them “if it wanted to do that it would have done it by now,” which in hindsight was probably not the best response.”
― Martha Wells, Fugitive Telemetry

tags: murderbot

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