Melanie/Mel
@melonreads.bsky.social
Romance reader, reviews @ Smexybooks.com, leaning enthusiast, these mashed potatoes are so creamy, she/her
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Melanie/Mel
@melonreads.bsky.social
· Nov 9
a cat is laying on a white blanket with the words `` hello ! it 's me ! ''
Alt: a dog is laying on a white blanket with the words `` hello ! it 's me ! ''
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Uh. I woke up to about 200 more followers than I had when I went to bed. So. Hello.
I should add, I talk a lot about romance novels. And my favorite movies are The Sound of Music and While You Were Sleeping.
I might talk a lot about capybaras, specifically the one who was in Top Gun Maverick.
I should add, I talk a lot about romance novels. And my favorite movies are The Sound of Music and While You Were Sleeping.
I might talk a lot about capybaras, specifically the one who was in Top Gun Maverick.
This is my annual recommendation of one of my favorite romance novellas ever, A Midnight Feast by Emma Barry and Genevieve Turner. It’s a marriage in trouble set against the backdrop of the 1960s space race between astronaut Mitch and his frustrated wife Margie left alone over Thanksgiving weekend.
November 27, 2025 at 1:32 AM
This is my annual recommendation of one of my favorite romance novellas ever, A Midnight Feast by Emma Barry and Genevieve Turner. It’s a marriage in trouble set against the backdrop of the 1960s space race between astronaut Mitch and his frustrated wife Margie left alone over Thanksgiving weekend.
I have cooked a lot of things today including, back by special demand,
tear + share apple fritter focaccia. My kid loved it so much the last time I made it, she begged me to make it again for thanksgiving and even offered to help.
tear + share apple fritter focaccia. My kid loved it so much the last time I made it, she begged me to make it again for thanksgiving and even offered to help.
November 26, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I have cooked a lot of things today including, back by special demand,
tear + share apple fritter focaccia. My kid loved it so much the last time I made it, she begged me to make it again for thanksgiving and even offered to help.
tear + share apple fritter focaccia. My kid loved it so much the last time I made it, she begged me to make it again for thanksgiving and even offered to help.
Started prepping for Thursday and my 15 yo made the cranberry sauce (we have homemade and the ridged canned version on our table since we are a family divided on that). It’s great having a kid who is willing to help with the cooking.
November 26, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Started prepping for Thursday and my 15 yo made the cranberry sauce (we have homemade and the ridged canned version on our table since we are a family divided on that). It’s great having a kid who is willing to help with the cooking.
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November 25, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I read this and reviewed it for smexy (review will drop tomorrow) and it was, in typical Olivia fashion, delightful and charming and hilarious and witty and tender and sweet.
SECOND CHANCE ROMANCE is warm, cozy, & out today. I hope you love it! 💗
The story: A cranky baker's erroneous obituary brings the woman who got away back into his life--& now he needs to convince her to stay.
The heat level: steamy!
The baked goods: plentiful!
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The story: A cranky baker's erroneous obituary brings the woman who got away back into his life--& now he needs to convince her to stay.
The heat level: steamy!
The baked goods: plentiful!
www.harpercollins.com/products/sec...
November 25, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I read this and reviewed it for smexy (review will drop tomorrow) and it was, in typical Olivia fashion, delightful and charming and hilarious and witty and tender and sweet.
I finished my Goodreads reading challenge last night with 37 days left to go. Which is both a reflection on how much of this year has been me completely disassociating from reality through romance novels and…well, no, that’s it, actually.
November 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I finished my Goodreads reading challenge last night with 37 days left to go. Which is both a reflection on how much of this year has been me completely disassociating from reality through romance novels and…well, no, that’s it, actually.
When you get the cutest little surprise in the mail but you don’t know who to thank bc they had it shipped directly from the shop they ordered it from. Whoever it is surely knows about my deep and abiding love for While You Were Sleeping.
November 24, 2025 at 11:12 PM
When you get the cutest little surprise in the mail but you don’t know who to thank bc they had it shipped directly from the shop they ordered it from. Whoever it is surely knows about my deep and abiding love for While You Were Sleeping.
A question for readers of The Palace of Rogues series by Julie Anne Long: do we think she’ll give us a Dot/Pike book? Or even a novella? They’re clearly endgame, right?
November 24, 2025 at 8:59 PM
A question for readers of The Palace of Rogues series by Julie Anne Long: do we think she’ll give us a Dot/Pike book? Or even a novella? They’re clearly endgame, right?
An entire speech on decorum from Sean from MTVs The Real World whose own party did a whole insurrection four years ago.
Duffy on his demand that air travelers not wear slippers or pajamas: "It honors our country ... don't take your shoes off and put your feet on the chair ahead of you"
November 24, 2025 at 8:39 PM
An entire speech on decorum from Sean from MTVs The Real World whose own party did a whole insurrection four years ago.
All of the grocery shopping is done (I went super early this morning and it was already quite crowded) and I don’t plan to leave my house until Sunday when we have to go celebrate my FIL’s bday.
November 24, 2025 at 8:37 PM
All of the grocery shopping is done (I went super early this morning and it was already quite crowded) and I don’t plan to leave my house until Sunday when we have to go celebrate my FIL’s bday.
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November 23, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I need my kid to wake up and learn about both McLaren drivers being DQd from last night’s Vegas Grand Prix bc yes, we are a F1 family and holy moly she will have a lot to say about it. Verstappen is now 24 points away from the drivers championship lead (I mean, so is Piastri but he’s fallen apart).
November 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I need my kid to wake up and learn about both McLaren drivers being DQd from last night’s Vegas Grand Prix bc yes, we are a F1 family and holy moly she will have a lot to say about it. Verstappen is now 24 points away from the drivers championship lead (I mean, so is Piastri but he’s fallen apart).
The most annoying thing when you’re reading a romance and up until the first 75%, it’s a perfectly good 4 star read and then one of the MCs makes such a bad decision that the rating plummets all the way down to a 2 star read. Irritated over this beyond belief right now.
November 23, 2025 at 8:20 AM
The most annoying thing when you’re reading a romance and up until the first 75%, it’s a perfectly good 4 star read and then one of the MCs makes such a bad decision that the rating plummets all the way down to a 2 star read. Irritated over this beyond belief right now.
Boy that mercury is retrograding hard.
This is the first time I’ve seen him wear something like this… I think it’s a knit scarf, but he probably didn’t have any turtleneck sweaters in his closet.
Gotta see if @dieworkwear.bsky.social weighed in.
Gotta see if @dieworkwear.bsky.social weighed in.
November 23, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Boy that mercury is retrograding hard.
This was an absolutely gut wrenching read.
Meanwhile, her cousin, RFK Jr. is dismantling the health care system in this country and cutting funding for critical medical research.
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Meanwhile, her cousin, RFK Jr. is dismantling the health care system in this country and cutting funding for critical medical research.
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A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.
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November 22, 2025 at 9:08 PM
This was an absolutely gut wrenching read.
Meanwhile, her cousin, RFK Jr. is dismantling the health care system in this country and cutting funding for critical medical research.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
Meanwhile, her cousin, RFK Jr. is dismantling the health care system in this country and cutting funding for critical medical research.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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suspects of being a traitor and setting him up to be captured by the French.
The missing fiancee has escaped her horrible fiancee after he rapes her and the way the romance unfolds between Christian and Aurelie is so beautiful and epic and tender.
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The missing fiancee has escaped her horrible fiancee after he rapes her and the way the romance unfolds between Christian and Aurelie is so beautiful and epic and tender.
16/
November 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
suspects of being a traitor and setting him up to be captured by the French.
The missing fiancee has escaped her horrible fiancee after he rapes her and the way the romance unfolds between Christian and Aurelie is so beautiful and epic and tender.
16/
The missing fiancee has escaped her horrible fiancee after he rapes her and the way the romance unfolds between Christian and Aurelie is so beautiful and epic and tender.
16/
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Whoops, finished another Palace of Rogues book and forgot to post about it.
This was excellent, a bit darker than the previous ones and both an instalove and also a slow burn between a wrongfully imprisoned English spy hired to find the fiancee of the man who he
15/
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This was excellent, a bit darker than the previous ones and both an instalove and also a slow burn between a wrongfully imprisoned English spy hired to find the fiancee of the man who he
15/
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November 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Whoops, finished another Palace of Rogues book and forgot to post about it.
This was excellent, a bit darker than the previous ones and both an instalove and also a slow burn between a wrongfully imprisoned English spy hired to find the fiancee of the man who he
15/
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This was excellent, a bit darker than the previous ones and both an instalove and also a slow burn between a wrongfully imprisoned English spy hired to find the fiancee of the man who he
15/
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November 22, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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Who remembers those early Palantir trades
November 22, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Who remembers those early Palantir trades
I literally have not spent much time online today so to come online and in the span of 10 minutes, learn about the Mamdani WH visit and the MTG news is really a lot.
November 22, 2025 at 3:49 AM
I literally have not spent much time online today so to come online and in the span of 10 minutes, learn about the Mamdani WH visit and the MTG news is really a lot.
Valid question
man what the fuck is happening today
November 22, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Valid question
Not even gonna ask if anyone had this one on their bingo cards.
BREAKING: Marjorie Taylor Greene says she's resigning from Congress — effective January 5, 2026.
November 22, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Not even gonna ask if anyone had this one on their bingo cards.
I have read and reviewed all my 2025 ARCs on netgalley.
a woman sitting on a couch with her hand up and the words nailed it written below her
Alt: a brown haired white woman wearing glasses (Tina Fey) sitting on a couch with her hand up and she slaps it with her other hand, giving herself a high five and the words nailed it written below her
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November 21, 2025 at 5:25 AM
I have read and reviewed all my 2025 ARCs on netgalley.
No focaccia this week but I did bake some bread
November 20, 2025 at 10:29 PM
No focaccia this week but I did bake some bread