Melissa W

http://myreadingtable.blogspot.com/

https://www.goodreads.com/melissaw

Melissa’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (412)
currently-reading‎ (0)
read‎ (578)
did-not-finish‎ (0)
guilty-pleasures‎ (575)
z_2023-tbr-and-reading-challenges‎ (137)
z_2024-tbr-and-reading-challenges‎ (103)
2025-tbr-and-reading-challenges‎ (95)

z_2021-tbrs-and-challenge-reads‎ (94)
z_2022-tbrs-and-challenge-reads‎ (74)
z_2017-tbrs-and-challenge-reads‎ (72)
z_2018-tbrs-and-challenge-reads‎ (70)
z_2020-tbrs-and-challenge-reads‎ (69)
z_2019-tbrs-and-challenges-re‎ (66)
z_2015-tbrs-and-challenge-reads‎ (65)
z_2016-tbrs-and-challenge-reads‎ (62)

mystery‎ (59)
advanced-read‎ (35)
bluegrass-k-brooks‎ (33)
suspense-thriller‎ (22)
children‎ (18)
chick-lit‎ (14)
2026-reading-challenges-and-trb‎ (13)
z_2024-ss-book-bingo‎ (12)

fantasy‎ (11)
4th-grade-battle-of-the-books‎ (7)
5th-grade-battle-of-the-books‎ (5)
go-back-to‎ (5)
biography-autobiography‎ (4)
politics‎ (4)
ss-exchange‎ (3)

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Melissa’s Quotes

“Listen, and you will realize that we are made not from cells or from atoms. We are made from stories.”
― Mia Couto

tags: humanity, stories, storytelling

1044 likes

“I am beginning to learn that it is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all.”
― Laura Ingalls Wilder

2596 likes

“I'm sure the universe is full of intelligent life. It's just been too intelligent to come here.”
― Arthur C. Clarke

tags: extraterrestrials, humor, intelligent-life, life, science, universe

4061 likes

“Our finger prints don't fade from the lives we touch.”
― judy blume

2302 likes

“She wasn't a person to whom things happen. She did all the happenings.”
― Muriel Spark, Aiding and Abetting

1690 likes

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SSReaders — 30 members — last activity Mar 07, 2017 11:25AM
This group is an extension of the Surfing Sisters online alumnae chapter who love to read and discuss books in a number of different genres.

Coffee with Mystery-writer Sandra Balzo — 63 members — last activity Sep 26, 2014 05:25AM
Join award-winning mystery writer Sandra Balzo, author of the Maggy Thorsen Coffeehouse Mysteries and Main Street Murders for a little Q&A. Murder on ...more

DZReaders — 14 members — last activity Sep 29, 2008 02:47AM
Extenstion of our online book club, DZ Readers

readers advisory for all — 5732 members — last activity Mar 10, 2026 04:29AM
life's too short to read crappy books. this is why readers' advisory exists. feel free to join if you are looking for "a book like____" or "a book tha ...more

2015 Reading Challenge [Closed] — 2225 members — last activity Apr 16, 2023 10:38AM
Our challenge is based of the Popsugar's Reading Challenge for 2015. Each week, the members read the book of their choice in the right category. This ...more

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