Melydia
Age 45
Joined Tuesday, September 9, 2003
Recent Book Activity
A Girl Like Any Other
The Warlock in Spite of Himself
Cold Sassy Tree
New Skies
A Christmas Carol
Love, theoretically
Before There Was Mozart
Itty-Bitty Animals
The Story of George Washington Carver
The Story of Jackie Robinson
The Story of Harriet Tubman
The Story of Wilma Rudolph
Skin Again
Trapped
Tricked
hammered
Rich People Problems
Dinosaurs Before Dark
Once Upon a Tim
Hooper Finds a Family
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books registered | 0 | 4,143 |
released in the wild | 0 | 4,037 |
controlled releases | 0 | 349 |
releases caught | 1 | 997 |
controlled releases caught | 0 | 249 |
books found | 0 | 2,416 |
tell-a-friend referrals | 0 | 576 |
new member referrals | 0 | 40 |
forum posts | 0 | 2,929 |
Extended Profile
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My username is the name of the villain in Castle Perilous by John DeChancie. The book itself is pretty mediocre, but I got an online handle out of it which I've been using since around 1993. It's all one word: muh-LID-ee-uh. My name is not Lydia. :)
As of 18 October 2024...
Longest time between release and catch: 16 years, 3 months
Check out my wild catches.
Currently Reading:
* Communication Failure by Joe Zeija (unabridged audiobook)
* A Red Herring Without Mustard by Alan Bradley (unabridged audiobook)
* Hammered by Kevin Hearne
* Smoking Ears and Screaming Teeth by Trevor Norton
The ever-growing TBR pile.
Books Read in 2024:
1. Calvin by Martine Leavitt
2. Seeing Me Naked by Liza Palmer
3. A Girl Like Any Other by Sophie Labelle
4. Good Night Turtles by Adam Gamble
5. I Can Has Cheezburger by Eric Nakagawa
6. Artsy Cats Board Book by Angie Rozelaar
7. Peep On a Perch by Andrea Posner-Sanchez
8. Excuse Me While I Disappear by Laurie Notaro
Audiobooks Listened to in 2024:
1. Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
2. Emma by Jane Austen
3. The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
4. The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore
5. Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
6. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
7. The Midnight Palace by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
8. Mrs. Pollifax and the Whirling Dervish by Dorothy Gilman
9. Caste by Isabel Wilkerson
10. Deathless Divide by Justina Ireland
11. Never After: The Thirteenth Fairy by Melissa de la Cruz
12. The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag by Alan Bradley
13. Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood
14. Mechanical Failure by Joe Zeija
15. Have Sword, Will Travel by Garth Nix
16. When Hitler Took Cocaine and Lenin Lost His Brain by Giles Milton
17. Rust in the Root by Justina Ireland
18. Cress by Marissa Meyer
19. Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer
20. How We Got to Now by Steven Johnson
21. Legendborn by Tracy Deonn
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My username is the name of the villain in Castle Perilous by John DeChancie. The book itself is pretty mediocre, but I got an online handle out of it which I've been using since around 1993. It's all one word: muh-LID-ee-uh. My name is not Lydia. :)
As of 18 October 2024...
Longest time between release and catch: 16 years, 3 months
Check out my wild catches.
Currently Reading:
* Communication Failure by Joe Zeija (unabridged audiobook)
* A Red Herring Without Mustard by Alan Bradley (unabridged audiobook)
* Hammered by Kevin Hearne
* Smoking Ears and Screaming Teeth by Trevor Norton
The ever-growing TBR pile.
Books Read in 2024:
1. Calvin by Martine Leavitt
2. Seeing Me Naked by Liza Palmer
3. A Girl Like Any Other by Sophie Labelle
4. Good Night Turtles by Adam Gamble
5. I Can Has Cheezburger by Eric Nakagawa
6. Artsy Cats Board Book by Angie Rozelaar
7. Peep On a Perch by Andrea Posner-Sanchez
8. Excuse Me While I Disappear by Laurie Notaro
Audiobooks Listened to in 2024:
1. Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
2. Emma by Jane Austen
3. The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
4. The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore
5. Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
6. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
7. The Midnight Palace by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
8. Mrs. Pollifax and the Whirling Dervish by Dorothy Gilman
9. Caste by Isabel Wilkerson
10. Deathless Divide by Justina Ireland
11. Never After: The Thirteenth Fairy by Melissa de la Cruz
12. The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag by Alan Bradley
13. Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood
14. Mechanical Failure by Joe Zeija
15. Have Sword, Will Travel by Garth Nix
16. When Hitler Took Cocaine and Lenin Lost His Brain by Giles Milton
17. Rust in the Root by Justina Ireland
18. Cress by Marissa Meyer
19. Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer
20. How We Got to Now by Steven Johnson
21. Legendborn by Tracy Deonn
Previous years: 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | Review Archive