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Melanie/Mel
@melonreads.bsky.social
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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
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.
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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Melanie/Mel @melonreads.bsky.social · 16h
I made plenty!
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Melanie/Mel @melonreads.bsky.social · 16h
Dinner
Vietnamese caramelized pork bowls with rice and jalapeño peppers and cucumber salad
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Melanie/Mel @melonreads.bsky.social · 21h
Where’s the lie?
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Melanie/Mel @melonreads.bsky.social · 21h
ghosts her and uses his best friend's credit card to book her hotel room. She's BIG MAD. Enter Apollo, who is tired of his best friend's shenanigans and shit gets messy, she gets petty, they both catch feelings while having some really hot sex, and Malik (the one who ghosted) gets what he deserves.
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Melanie/Mel @melonreads.bsky.social · 21h
This is a new to me author and I picked up her book because I happened to see Naima Simone raving about it on FB and the title caught my attention. I love a messy, petty heroine and this book more than lived up to its title.

Basically, she goes to Miami to meet up with the guy she's dating but he
melonreads.bsky.social Melanie/Mel @melonreads.bsky.social · 21h
183. Petty AF by Asha Mara

Read: 10/24/25-10/25/25
Screenshot of Petty AF by Asha Mara with a Black woman in a short red dress sitting on a couch. She's also got red high heels on . You can't see her face, just her body from the chest down. Her legs are crossed, one over the other.
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Melanie/Mel @melonreads.bsky.social · 21h
184. The Takedown by Lily Chu

Read 🎧: 10/23/25-10/26/25

#Romancelandia
Screenshot of The Takedown by Lily Chu with an illustration of an East Asian woman with short dark hair with her back to us, her face in profile. She is wearing a Sukajan bomber jacket in orange and black with flowers and a tiger on the back.
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Melanie/Mel @melonreads.bsky.social · 21h
184. The Takedown by Lily Chu

Read 🎧: 10/23/25-10/26/25

#Romancelandia
Screenshot of The Takedown by Lily Chu with an illustration of an East Asian woman with short dark hair with her back to us, her face in profile. She is wearing a Sukajan bomber jacket in orange and black with flowers and a tiger on the back.
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Melanie/Mel @melonreads.bsky.social · 21h
183. Petty AF by Asha Mara

Read: 10/24/25-10/25/25
Screenshot of Petty AF by Asha Mara with a Black woman in a short red dress sitting on a couch. She's also got red high heels on . You can't see her face, just her body from the chest down. Her legs are crossed, one over the other.
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Melanie/Mel @melonreads.bsky.social · 21h
183. Petty AF by Asha Mara

Read: 10/24/25-10/25/25
Screenshot of Petty AF by Asha Mara with a Black woman in a short red dress sitting on a couch. She's also got red high heels on . You can't see her face, just her body from the chest down. Her legs are crossed, one over the other.
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Melanie/Mel @melonreads.bsky.social · 22h
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Melanie/Mel @melonreads.bsky.social · 1d
Oh I love that book!
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Melanie/Mel @melonreads.bsky.social · 1d
I’ll take both!
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Melanie/Mel @melonreads.bsky.social · 1d
Can I please get some recommendations for romantic suspense novels, preferably with high heat? I asked for this on Twitter a long time ago but then I became a twitter quitter and never saved that list. So I’m hoping my #romancelandia friends can help. Here’s a pic of my cute puppy as thanks.
Roxie the mini labradoodle puppy
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Melanie/Mel @melonreads.bsky.social · 1d
Oh wow. Aside from brown butter, mine were pretty basic lol.
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Melanie/Mel @melonreads.bsky.social · 2d
Admittedly, I hadn’t made Rice Krispies treats in a long time. And so, yesterday, I learned after almost 16 years of marriage that my spouse cannot resist warm, gooey Rice Krispies treats. He was like a little kid and it was pretty cute.
melonreads.bsky.social Melanie/Mel @melonreads.bsky.social · 2d
It’s been a rough week emotionally so I’m making some comfort food - shepherds pie (fun fact, if you make it with lamb, it’s called shepherds pie, if you make it with beef, it’s apparently cottage pie). And I’m making a childhood favorite my mom used to make for me - rice krispies treats but I’m
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Melanie/Mel @melonreads.bsky.social · 2d
making brown butter Rice Krispies treats. I like the homemade more than the prepackaged and I haven’t made it in a couple of years but now that my kid has her braces off, I can make them for her and sneak a couple of squares for myself.
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Melanie/Mel @melonreads.bsky.social · 2d
It’s been a rough week emotionally so I’m making some comfort food - shepherds pie (fun fact, if you make it with lamb, it’s called shepherds pie, if you make it with beef, it’s apparently cottage pie). And I’m making a childhood favorite my mom used to make for me - rice krispies treats but I’m
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Melanie/Mel @melonreads.bsky.social · 3d
The way I immediately one clicked
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Melanie/Mel @melonreads.bsky.social · 3d
I adored this book. Soft and sweet and tender with Karl and his penchant for saying the F word and making physiologically impossible threats and his long standing love for Molly, this was adorable and fairly low angst. There's a part in this book relating to Karl's obit that made me laugh cry.
melonreads.bsky.social Melanie/Mel @melonreads.bsky.social · 3d
182. Second Chance Romance by Olivia Dade

Read: 10/19/25-10/23/25
Screenshot of Second Chance Romance by Olivia Dade with a white woman with long brownish hairina blue button-down shirt with a white v neck sweater and brown pants sitting on a table with a white guy with reddish hair and a beard and mustache in a blue sweater and jeans with a white apron standing in front of her between her thighs. He's got his hands on her thighs and she's got a hold of him by his apron. There are baked goods on the table and on a rolling cart behind him.
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Melanie/Mel @melonreads.bsky.social · 3d
182. Second Chance Romance by Olivia Dade

Read: 10/19/25-10/23/25
Screenshot of Second Chance Romance by Olivia Dade with a white woman with long brownish hairina blue button-down shirt with a white v neck sweater and brown pants sitting on a table with a white guy with reddish hair and a beard and mustache in a blue sweater and jeans with a white apron standing in front of her between her thighs. He's got his hands on her thighs and she's got a hold of him by his apron. There are baked goods on the table and on a rolling cart behind him.
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Melanie/Mel @melonreads.bsky.social · 3d
182. Second Chance Romance by Olivia Dade

Read: 10/19/25-10/23/25
Screenshot of Second Chance Romance by Olivia Dade with a white woman with long brownish hairina blue button-down shirt with a white v neck sweater and brown pants sitting on a table with a white guy with reddish hair and a beard and mustache in a blue sweater and jeans with a white apron standing in front of her between her thighs. He's got his hands on her thighs and she's got a hold of him by his apron. There are baked goods on the table and on a rolling cart behind him.
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Melanie/Mel @melonreads.bsky.social · 4d
181. The Comeback by Lily Chu

Read 🎧: 10/19/25-10/22/25

#Romancelandia
Screenshot of The Comeback by Lily Chu with an illustrated cover of an East Asian woman wearing a black hat with a large brim edged in white and a black turtleneck and white framed sunglasses. There is a city skyline (perhaps of Toronto) at her back.
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Melanie/Mel @melonreads.bsky.social · 4d
181. The Comeback by Lily Chu

Read 🎧: 10/19/25-10/22/25

#Romancelandia
Screenshot of The Comeback by Lily Chu with an illustrated cover of an East Asian woman wearing a black hat with a large brim edged in white and a black turtleneck and white framed sunglasses. There is a city skyline (perhaps of Toronto) at her back.
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Melanie/Mel @melonreads.bsky.social · 6d
My mom’s bday (and my parents anniversary) is tomorrow. It’s been almost 3 years since she passed away. I am just deep in my sad feelings right now and keeping busy all day kept it at bay for a bit but now it’s just hitting me.
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Melanie/Mel @melonreads.bsky.social · 6d
😂😂
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