Reading | Melanie Richards

2025

Finished: 7 | Did not finish: 1

It's Easier Than You Think Sylvia Boorstein 5 stars
Horrostör Grady Hendrix 2.75 stars
Lincoln in the Bardo George Saunders stars
Butter Asako Yuzuki DNF
The Second Delightful Graham Annable Doodle Collection Graham Annable 3.5 stars
Hell Bent Leigh Bardugo 3.75 stars
Project Hail Mary Andy Weir 2.5 stars Book club
Cracking the PM Career (people mgmt section) Gayle Laakmann McDowell, Jackie Bavaro 4 stars

2024

Finished: 54 | Did not finish: 10

Fave Nettle & Bone T. Kingfisher 5 stars
Beautiful Ugly Alice Feeney 3.75 stars
Confessions Kanae Minato stars
The Making of a Manager Julie Zhuo 4 stars
Death in the Family Tessa Wegert DNF
The Snow Child Eowen Ivey DNF Book club
Fave The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches Sangu Mandanna 4.5 stars
The Serviceberry Robin Wall Kimmerer 3.5 stars
Fave Meditations for Mortals Oliver Burkeman 5 stars
This Is How You Lose the Time War Amal El-Mohtar,Max Gladstone 3.75 stars
The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching Thích Nhất Hạnh stars
Sisters of the Lost Nation Nick Medina 4 stars Book club
The Examiner Janice Hallett 3.5 stars
Turning to Stone Marcia Bjornerud 4 stars
Fave Hidden Pictures Jason Rekulak 4.5 stars
Model Home Rivers Solomon DNF
Ninth House Leigh Bardugo 4 stars
The Sabbath Abraham Joshua Heschel 4 stars
The Underworld: Journeys to the Depths of the Ocean Susan Casey DNF
The September House Carissa Orlando 4 stars Book club
The Ministry of Time Kaliane Bradley 3 stars
Make Time Jake Knapp, John Zeratsky 4 stars
A Talent for Murder Peter Swanson DNF
The God of the Woods Liz Moore 4 stars
Better the Blood Michael Bennett 3 stars
The Venture Mindset Ilya Strebulaev,Alex Dang DNF
Fave Feel-Good Productivity Ali Abdaal 4.5 stars
None of This is True Lisa Jewell 4 stars
Land of Milk and Honey C. Pam Zhang 3.5 stars
Fave A House with Good Bones T. Kingfisher 4.5 stars
Happy-Go-Lucky David Sedaris 2.5 stars Book club
The Creative Act: A Way of Being Rick Rubin 4 stars
Penance Eliza Clark 3 stars
The Hunter Tana French 3.5 stars
Atomic Habits James Clear 4 stars
A Psalm for the Wild-Built Becky Chambers 3 stars Book club
Fave Evidence-Guided Itamar Gilad 4.5 stars
The Familiar Leigh Bardugo 3.75 stars
Making Comics Lynda Barry 3.5 stars
Fave How Far the Light Reaches Sabrina Imbler 5 stars
Year of Yes Shonda Rimes 3.5 stars
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes Suzanne Collins DNF
The Night Watchman Louise Erdrich 3.5 stars
Piranesi Susanna Clarke DNF Book club
A Religion of One’s Own Thomas Moore 3 stars
Nona the Ninth Tamsyn Muir 3.5 stars
Morgan Is My Name Sophie Keetch 3.75 stars Book club
Fave Then She Was Gone Lisa Jewell 4.5 stars
Signal to Noise Silvia Moreno-Garcia 3.5 stars
Legends & Lattes Travis Baldree 3.5 stars
The Lazy Genius Way Kendra Adachi 2.5 stars
Roaming Mariko Tamaki, Jillian Tamaki 3.5 stars
The Hill We Climb Amanda Gorman 3 stars
Slewfoot Brom DNF
Four Thousand Weeks Oliver Burkeman 4 stars
Daisy Jones & The Six Taylor Jenkins Reid 2.75 stars
Fave Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers Jesse Q. Sutanto 4.5 stars
What You are Looking For is in the Library Michiko Aoyama 4 stars
Unreasonable Hospitality Will Guidara 4 stars
Skim Mariko Tamaki, Jillian Tamaki 3.5 stars
Dr. Bloodmoney Philip K. Dick DNF Book club
The Last Devil to Die Richard Osman 4 stars
Starling House Alix E. Harrow 3.75 stars
Catboy Benji Nate 4 stars

2023

Finished: 80

The Paradox of Getting Better Raven Lyn Clemens 2.5 stars
Illustrators’ Sketchbooks Martin Salisbury stars
We Sold Our Souls Grady Hendrix 4 stars
The Lighthouse Witches C.J. Cooke 4 stars
Real Self-Care Pooja Lakshmin 4 stars
In Pursuit of Inspiration Rae Dunn stars
Sketch Now, Think Later Mike Yoshiaki Daikubara 4 stars
Rooted Lyanda Lynn Haupt 4 stars
In a Holidaze Christina Lauren 2.5 stars Book club
Loose Woman Sandra Cisneros stars
Hell Phone Benji Nate 4 stars
The Way Through the Woods Long Litt Woon 4 stars
The 12 Week Year Brian P. Moran, Michael Lennington stars
Pet Sematary Stephen King 3 stars Book club
Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone Benjamin Stevenson 3 stars
Buddhism without Beliefs Stephen Batchelor 3.5 stars
Blood, Bones, & Butter Gabrielle Hamilton stars
Sakana, Vol. 3 Mad Rupert 5 stars
A Head Full of Ghosts Paul Tremblay 4 stars
Slightly Jet Lagged Mike Lowery 4 stars
All My Rage Sabaa Tahir 3.5 stars Book club
Fave Red Queen Juan Gómez-Jurado 4.5 stars
Sakana, Vol. 2 Mad Rupert 5 stars
Your Best Year Ever Michael Hyatt stars
The Measure Nikki Erlick 2.5 stars Book club
Sakana, Vol. 1 Mad Rupert 5 stars
The Only One Left Riley Sager 3.75 stars
Understanding Comics Scott McCloud 4 stars
The Good Enough Job Simone Stolzoff 3.5 stars
Sharks in the Rivers Ada Limón stars SPL Book Bingo
Enchantment Katherine May 4 stars
Fave Natural Beauty Ling Ling Huang 4.5 stars
Die with Zero Bill Perkins 3 stars
Fave Factory Girls Michelle Gallen 4.5 stars SPL Book Bingo
Ander and Santi Were Here Jonny Garza Villa 3 stars SPL Book Bingo
The Ocean at the End of the Lane Neil Gaiman 3 stars Book club
Bad Cree Jessica Johns 3.5 stars SPL Book Bingo
The Push Ashley Audrain 4 stars
Fave VenCo Cherie Dimaline 5 stars SPL Book Bingo
The Bandit Queens Parini Shroff 4 stars
The Gulf Jack Emerson Davis stars SPL Book Bingo
The Guest List Lucy Foley 3.75 stars SPL Book Bingo
Koshersoul Michael W. Twitty stars
If We Were Villains M.L. Rio 3 stars SPL Book Bingo
Hip Hop Family Tree, Vol. 1: 1970s-1981 Ed Piskor stars SPL Book Bingo
The Anomaly Hervé Le Tellier 4 stars
We Hereby Refuse Tamiko Nimura, Frank Abe stars SPL Book Bingo
For Small Creatures Such As We Sasha Sagan 3.75 stars
Escaping the Build Trap Melissa Perri 4 stars
Himouto! Umaru-Chan Vol. 1 Sankakuhead 2 stars SPL Book Bingo
All That Is Mine I Carry with Me William Landay stars SPL Book Bingo
Make Your Art No Matter What Beth Pickens 3.5 stars
Shed No Tears Caz Frear 4 stars
Her Body and Other Parties Carmen Maria Machado 3 stars
Naked Statistics Charles Wheelan 4 stars
Lone Women Victor LaValle 4 stars
The Shadow of the Wind Carlos Ruiz Zafón stars
There Is No Right Way to Meditate Yumi Sakugawa stars
Miss Don't Touch Me Kerascoët, Hubert stars
Harrow the Ninth Tamsyn Muir 4 stars
Contemporary Weaving Allyson Rousseau 4 stars
Fave In the Dream House Carmen Maria Machado 5 stars
The Happiness Trap Russ Harris 4 stars
The Imperfectionists Tom Rachman 3.5 stars
Fave Our Wives Under the Sea Julia Armfield 4.5 stars
I Left The House Today! Cassandra Calin stars
Fave Continuous Discovery Habits Teresa Torres 5 stars
The Return of the King J.R.R. Tolkien 2.5 stars Book club
Fave Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow Gabrielle Zevin 5 stars
Gallant V.E. Schwab 3.75 stars
Fave How to Sell a Haunted House Grady Hendrix 5 stars
Hench Natalie Zina Walschots 3.5 stars
Light from Uncommon Stars Ryka Aoki 3.5 stars
The Wood for the Trees Richard Fortey 3 stars
Fave Now Is Not the Time to Panic Kevin Wilson 4.5 stars
We Have Always Lived in the Castle Shirley Jackson 3 stars
Why I Wake Early Mary Oliver stars
One Last Stop Casey McQuiston 4 stars
Fave Inclusive Design Communities Sameera Kapila 5 stars
The Two Towers J.R.R. Tolkein 3.5 stars Book club

2022

Finished: 60

The Wonder Emma Donoghue stars
Home Carson Ellis stars
Design Origin: Germany Victionary (editor) stars
Critical Chips Zainab Akhtar 2.5 stars
The Year of the Witching Alexis Henderson 3 stars
The Fellowship of the Ring J.R.R. Tolkien 3 stars Book club
The Art of the Travel Journal Abbey Sy stars
Shutter Ramona Emerson 3 stars
Draw Yourself Calm Amy Maricle stars
Ducks Kate Beaton 5 stars
Heart Berries Terese Marie Mailhot 4.5 stars
Things to Look Forward To Sophie Blackall stars
The Bullet That Missed Richard Osman 4.5 stars
Jackal Erin E. Adams 2.5 stars
The Graveyard Book Neil Gaiman 3 stars
The Golden Compass Philip Pullman 5 stars
Empire of Wild Cherie Dimaline 4 stars
These Women Ivy Pochoda stars
The Maid Nita Prose stars
Poetry Is Useless Anders Nilsen 3 stars
(In a Sense) Lost and Found Roman Muradov 2 stars
Turtles All the Way Down John Green 4 stars Book club
Stone Cold Heart Caz Frear 4 stars
The ABCs of Journaling Abbey Sy 4 stars
The Authoritative Calvin and Hobbes Bill Watterson 5 stars
The Wander Society Keri Smith 2 stars
The House Across the Lake Riley Sager 2 stars
Sweet Little Lies Caz Frear 4 stars
Art Before Breakfast Danny Gregory stars
Where the Deer and the Antelope Play Nick Offerman 4 stars
Fave The Sentence Louise Erdrich 5 stars Book club
Your Illustrated Guide to Becoming One with the Universe Yumi Sakugawa stars
Freud Corinne Maier 4 stars
Seven Days in June Tia Williams 4 stars
Gender Queer Maia Kobabe 4 stars SPL Book Bingo
Gideon the Ninth Tamsyn Muir 4 stars
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running Haruki Murakami stars
The Secret History Donna Tartt stars
The Joy of Movement Kelly McGonigal stars
Ladies Drawing Night Julia Rothman, Leah Goren, Rachael Cole stars
Refuse to Choose! Barbara Sher stars
A Court of Thorns and Roses Sarah J. Maas 3 stars
Hotbox Matt Lee, Ted Lee stars
Cherish Farrah Bethany C. Morrow stars
The Only Good Indians Stephen Graham Jones 4 stars
House of Leaves Mark Z. Danielewski 2 stars Book club
Angelic Layer, Vol. 2 CLAMP stars
A Slow Fire Burning Paula Hawkins 2 stars
The House in the Cerulean Sea TJ Klune 3 stars
Angelic Layer, Vol. 1 CLAMP stars
Weaving Katie Treggiden 4 stars
Moomin Book One Tove Jansson stars
Ruin and Rising Leigh Bardugo 3 stars
The Final Girl Support Group Grady Hendrix 2 stars
Cracking the PM Career Gayle Laakmann McDowell, Jackie Bavaro 4 stars
A Deadly Education Naomi Novik stars
Food in History Reay Tannahill 4 stars
Waking Up Sam Harris 2 stars
Real Life Brandon Taylor 3 stars Book club
Fantasy Sports Sam Bosma stars

2021

Finished: 76

The Thinnest Air Minka Kent 3 stars
Girls on Fire Robin Wasserman stars
The Notebooks Jean-Michel Basquiat stars
Snow John Banville stars
You Are Here (for Now) Adam J. Kurtz stars
Fave Braiding Sweetgrass Robin Wall Kimmerer 5 stars
The Man Who Died Twice Richard Osman 5 stars
Cultish Amanda Montell 3 stars
The Tea Dragon Society K. O'Neill 4 stars
The Book of Form and Emptiness Ruth Ozeki 4 stars
Displacement Lucy Knisley stars
Hidden Cities Moses Gates stars
French Milk Lucy Knisley stars
Siege and Storm Leigh Bardugo 4 stars
Draw Your World Samantha Dion Baker 3 stars
The Girl from the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún Vol. 1 Nagabe 3 stars
Safari Honeymoon Jesse Jacobs 4 stars
The Glass Woman Caroline Lea 4 stars
Kindred Spirits Rainbow Rowell stars
Hilda and the Mountain King Luke Pearson 4 stars
Dune Frank Herbert 3 stars Book club
Never Saw Me Coming Vera Kurian 4 stars
Fave Shadow and Bone Leigh Bardugo 4 stars
The Ravenmaster Christopher Skaife stars
How to Relax Thích Nhất Hạnh stars
What It Is Lynda Barry 3 stars
Fave The Thursday Murder Club Richard Osman 4 stars
Klara and the Sun Kazuo Ishiguro 3 stars
The Witch Elm Tana French stars
The Other Black Girl Zakiya Dalila Harris stars
Fave Four Thousand Weeks Oliver Burkeman 4 stars
The Library of the Dead T.L. Huchu 4 stars
Fave Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line Deepa Anappara 4 stars
Slightly Jet Lagged Mike Lowery 4 stars
Norwegian Wood Haruki Murakami stars Book club
Free Food for Millionaires Min Jin Lee 3 stars
The Secret to Superhuman Strength Alison Bechdel stars
Mindful Crafting Sarah Samuel 4 stars
The Survivors Jane Harper 3 stars
The Ten Thousand Doors of January Alix E. Harrow stars Book club
Dial A for Aunties Jesse Q. Sutanto stars
The Forest of Stolen Girls June Hur 허주은 3 stars
Shortcomings Adrian Tomine 2 stars
Fave Check, Please! Book 2: Sticks & Scones Ngozi Ukazu 4 stars
Mr. Mercedes Stephen King stars
The Mercies Kiran Millwood Hargrave 4 stars Book club
Hildafolk Luke Pearson 5 stars
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek Annie Dillard stars
Fave Check, Please! Book 1: #Hockey Ngozi Ukazu 4 stars
Stages of Rot Linnea Sterte 4 stars
Fave The Cooking Gene Michael W. Twitty 5 stars
Ninth House Leigh Bardugo 4 stars
Sailor Moon, Vol. 3 Naoko Takeuchi stars
Midnight's Children Salman Rushdie stars Book club
A Primer for Forgetting Lewis Hyde 3 stars
Hidden Valley Road Robert Kolker 4 stars
Show Your Work! Austin Kleon stars
The Power of Ritual Casper ter Kuile 3 stars
Fave American Fire Monica Hesse 4 stars
The Ride Home Joey Weiser stars
One by One Ruth Ware 4 stars
The Hard Tomorrow Eleanor Davis 4 stars
Felicity Mary Oliver 3 stars
Fave Rewire Your Anxious Brain Elizabeth M. Karle, Catherine M. Pittman 5 stars
Earthlings Sayaka Murata stars
Keep Going Austin Kleon 4 stars
Why We Sleep Matthew Walker 4 stars
Solutions and Other Problems Allie Brosh 4 stars
Fave Winter Counts David Heska Wanbli Weiden 5 stars
Mexican Gothic Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2 stars
The City We Became N.K. Jemisin stars
The Psychopath Test Jon Ronson stars
Ms. Marvel, Vol. 1 G. Willow Wilson stars
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue V.E. Schwab 4 stars
The Silent Patient Alex Michaelides 3 stars
Normal People Sally Rooney 4 stars Book club

2020

Finished: 65

The Searcher Tana French 4 stars
Luster Raven Leilani 5 stars
How to Ruin a Queen Jonathan Beckman 4 stars
The Child Finder Rene Denfeld 2 stars
Syllabus Lynda Barry stars
Wrecked Hearts Luca Oliveri, Mathilde Kitteh 4 stars
The Ghost Bride Yangsze Choo 3 stars Book club
Vampire Cousins Alexandre Fontaine Rousseau, Cathon 4 stars
Kuhaku & Other Accounts from Japan Bruce Rutledge, Kozyndan 2 stars
From Here to Eternity Caitlin Doughty 4 stars
Chobits, Vol. 8 CLAMP stars
Chobits, Vol. 7 CLAMP stars
Chobits, Vol. 6 CLAMP stars
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires Grady Hendrix stars
Chobits, Vol. 5 CLAMP stars
Fave Eternal Life Dara Horn 5 stars Book club
Chobits, Vol. 4 CLAMP stars
Chobits, Vol. 3 CLAMP stars
One for the Money Janet Evanovich stars
Hilda and the Stone Forest Luke Pearson 4 stars
Fave Eat a Peach David Chang, Gabe Ulla 4 stars
The Road to Jonestown Jeff Guinn stars
Wytches, Volume 1 Scott Snyder 2 stars
We Ride Upon Sticks Quan Barry 4 stars
The Urban Sketching Handbook Stephanie Bower 4 stars
Bellevue David Oshinsky stars
Such a Fun Age Kiley Reid 4 stars
Chobits, Vol. 2 CLAMP stars
Chobits, Vol. 1 CLAMP stars
Fave The Vanishing Half Brit Bennett 5 stars
Houses of the Holy Caitlin Skaalrud stars
Magic for Liars Sarah Gailey 4 stars
Women, Race, & Class Angela Y. Davis stars
Fave Sourdough Robin Sloan 4 stars
Say Nothing Patrick Radden Keefe 4 stars
Kitchen Confidential Anthony Bourdain 4 stars
My Friend Anna Rachel DeLoache Williams 2 stars
Dream Work Mary Oliver 4 stars
Fave There There Tommy Orange 5 stars
The Astonishing Color of After Emily X.R. Pan stars
Self-Compassion Kristin Neff stars
Bluebird, Bluebird Attica Locke 5 stars
Dead Wake Erik Larson 4 stars
The Painted Art Journal Jeanne Oliver stars
Tiny Habits Doug Abrams, B.J. Fogg stars
Bird Brain Chuck Mullin stars
The Yellow House Sarah M. Broom 4 stars
Happiness, Vol. 1 Shuzo Oshimi 4 stars
Fave Stir Jessica Fechtor 5 stars
The Trespasser Tana French 5 stars
Other Minds Peter Godfrey-Smith 3 stars
Cardcaptor Sakura, Book 1 CLAMP stars
Fave Cork Dork Bianca Bosker 5 stars
Fave Little Fires Everywhere Celeste Ng 5 stars
History of White People Nell Irvin Painter stars
Draw Your Day Samantha Dion Baker stars
Akata Warrior Nnedi Okorafor 4 stars
Fave Akata Witch Nnedi Okorafor 5 stars
10% Happier Dan Harris 5 stars
The Pillow Book Sei Shōnagon 3 stars
The Miracle of Mindfulness Thích Nhất Hạnh 4 stars
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead Olga Tokarczuk 3 stars
The Obstacle Is the Way Ryan Holiday stars
One of Us Åsne Seierstad stars
The Dream of a Common Language Adrienne Rich stars