iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Melanie/Mel @melonreads.bsky.social · 52m

Simmer down Telegraph, you don’t have to try so hard to sell me on it, I was already planning on watching this movie.

Screenshot of the headline of The Telegraph stating: Olivia Colman re-enacts the Kama Sutra with a sentient basket

2132

Melanie/Mel @melonreads.bsky.social · 4h

133. The Killing Game by Toni Anderson Read: 10/8/26-10/12/26 #Romancelandia

Screenshot of The Killing Game by Toni Anderson with an image of a man and a woman, their backs to us, on the side of a jagged snow covered cliff, cloudy skies, backpacks on their backs. The image is in black and white, the font of the title is in red.

020

Melanie/Mel @melonreads.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

132. Who Needs Mistletoe? by Sarah Estep Read 🎧: 10/8/26-10/11/26 #Romancelandia

Screenshot of Who Needs Mistletoe? by Sarah Estep with an illustrated cover of a dark haired white woman in a purple winter coat and jeans and winter boots being lifted off her feet in an embrace by a dark haired white man in a long gray winter coat and dark pants, in the snow, with a house lit with holiday decorations and outside evergreen trees all covered in twinkly lights.

130

Melanie/Mel @melonreads.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

My kid turned 16 yesterday (16!!!) and I baked her a 2 layer chocolate cake.

4530

Melanie/Mel @melonreads.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

131. Have This Wish by Hannah Murray Read: 10/6/26-10/7/26 #Romancelandia

Screenshot of Have This Wish by Hannah Murray with a blonde white guy in a gray v-neck t-shirt and a dark haired white lady with black rimmed glasses wearing a black tank top.

230

Melanie/Mel @melonreads.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

130. Edge of Survival by Toni Anderson Read 🎧: 10/4/26-10/7/26 #Romancelandia

Screenshot of Edge of Survival by Toni Anderson with a shirtless white man holding a white woman, his face not pictured, underneath them, it either looks like a body of water or rocks, hard to tell.

120

Melanie/Mel @melonreads.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

129. You, Me, & the Conspiracy by Emma Barry Read: 10/1/26-10/5/26 #Romancelandia

Screenshot of You, Me, & the Conspiracy by Emma Barry with an illustrated cover of a white woman with long wavy light brown/dark blonde hair standing in between shelves of books, holding what appears to be either a book or a map, a brown haired white man is standing next to her, he has a messenger bag. She is wearing a green jacket and leggings and a purple top and he's got a white button down and a green vest and light colored pants. They appear to be standing on the face of a clock and there are loose papers floating in the air.

1110

Melanie/Mel @melonreads.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

128. The Shippers by Katherine Center Read 🎧: 10/1/26-10/3/26 #Romancelandia

Screenshot of The Shippers by Katherine Center with an illustration of a white woman with long flowing blonde hair in a red sleeveless gown being held by a dark haired white man in a blue button down and dark pants, a lifebuoy behind her.

141

Melanie/Mel @melonreads.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

127. Cold Rage by Toni Anderson Read 🎧: 9/27/26-9/29/26 #Romancelandia

Screenshot of Cold Rage by Toni Anderson with a blonde haired white woman in a white tank top embracing a shirtless white man,, there are evergreen trees around them.

231

Melanie/Mel @melonreads.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

126. The Friendsgiving Pact by Elizabeth Davis Read: 9/27/26-9/29/26 #Romancelandia

Screenshot of The Friendsgiving Pact by Elizabeth Davis with an illustrated cover of a blonde haired white woman in a red sweater and jeans embracing a dark haired white guy in a brown jacket and jeans, on a street surrounded by fall leaves and pumpkins and houses.

110

Melanie/Mel @melonreads.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Current read, I love this series so much and I waited to make this my final audio read of the month. It is GRIPPING.

Screenshot of Cold Rage by Toni Anderson with a blonde haired white woman and a shirtless white man embracing against the backdrop of evergreen trees.

1112

Melanie/Mel @melonreads.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

125. Mrs. Milner Gets A Kitchen by Jane Hadley Read: 9/24/26-9/27/26 #Romancelandia

Screenshot of Mrs. Milner Gets A Kitchen by Jane Hadley with a black and white illustrated cover of a dark haired white woman in a 50s style housedress standing in front of her kitchen and another of a white man installing a stove.

160

Melanie/Mel @melonreads.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

124. Hidden by Laura Griffin Read 🎧: 9/25/26-9/26/26 #Romancelandia

Screenshot of Hidden by Laura Griffin with a white woman with long hair, her face unseen.

120

Melanie/Mel @melonreads.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Fall means fall baking (we’ll ignore the 90° temps this week) so I made an invisible apple cake (Gâteau Invisible aux Pommes):

2231

Melanie/Mel @melonreads.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

123. Big Girl Blitz by Danielle Allen Read 🎧: 9/20/26-9/24/26 #Romancelandia

Screenshot of Big Girl Blitz by Danielle Allen with an illustrated cover of a Black woman in a cropped purple football jersey with the number 90 and sweatpants holding a football, and being held by a Black man in a white t-shirt and dark pants, in a park of some kind, surrounded by green grass and trees.

110

Melanie/Mel @melonreads.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

122. Succubus by Kate Fox Read: 9/20/26-9/23/26 #Romancelandia

Screenshot of Succubus by Kate Fox with an illustrated cover of a neighborhood with a row of houses next to each other, trees in the background, a starry sky, some of the windows and porches are lit.

211

Melanie/Mel @melonreads.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

121. Concrete Evidence by Rachel Grant Read 🎧: 9/17/26-9/19/26 #Romancelandia

Screenshot of Concrete Evidence by Rachel Grant with an illustration of the shadow of a woman in a skirt or a dress with her hair in a bun and on the other side, a shadow of a person in scuba gear.

162

Melanie/Mel @melonreads.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

120. Back Where We Started by Becca Freeman Read: 9/16/26-9/18/26 #Romancelandia

Screenshot of Back Where We Started by Becca Freeman with an illustrated cover with a white woman with blond hair in a blue dress on a red carpet on the left half of the cover and a dark haired white man in a red sweater and pants standing outside on a wintery street with Christmas decorations around him.

111

Melanie/Mel @melonreads.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

119. Leather & Lark by Brynne Weaver Read 🎧: 9/10/26-9/16/26 #Romancelandia

Screenshot of Leather & Lark by Brynne Weaver with a black background and teal images of a guitar and skulls and musical notes and bones and a knife and a jacket and birds.

110

Melanie/Mel @melonreads.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

118. Love in the Time of Wildfires by Janine Amesta Read: 9/13/26-9/15/26 #Romancelandia

Screenshot of Love in the Time of Wildfires by Janine Amesta with an illustrated cover of a dark haired white man embracing a dark haired woman, he's in a black T-shirt with pants and red suspenders and she's in a white tank and black pants, behind them, some kind of outdoor scenery, I think.

120

Melanie/Mel @melonreads.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

This morning’s walk//this morning’s audio book:

Screenshot of audio book of Leather & Lark by Brynne Weaver

090

Melanie/Mel @melonreads.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

117. Smoke on the Water by Harper Jackson Read 🎧: 9/7/26-9/9/26 #Romancelandia

Screenshot of Smoke on the Water by Harper Jackson with a woman with long dark hair in a white tank top and jeans embracing a white guy with dark hair in a white t-shirt and jeans, with the ocean and the sunlit sky behind them, surrounded by sea grass on either side.

110

Melanie/Mel @melonreads.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

116. The Best Shot by Asha Mara Read: 9/7/26-9/9/26 #Romancelandia

Screenshot of The Best Shot by Asha Mara with a Black woman holding a pink daisy up to one eye, surrounded by pink flowers and wearing something pink, with a pink sparkly background.

120

Melanie/Mel @melonreads.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

115. Damned If I Do by Alexandria Bellefleur Read: 9/1/26-9/6/26 #Romancelandia

Screenshot of Damned If I Do by Alexandria Bellefleur with an illustrated cover of a dark haired white woman in a leather outfit of some sort leaning up against a table, holding on to a dark haired white man in a plaid flannel shirt and jeans, framed by a stained glass window.

121

Melanie/Mel @melonreads.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

114. One for the Road by Elliot Fletcher Read 🎧: 9/1/26-9/6/26 #Romancelandia

One for the Road by Elliot Fletcher with a white woman with long blond hair in what looks like a red corset dress being embraced from behind by a brown haired white guy in glasses, in a white button down shirt. They look to be outside with the water and the sky behind them and surrounded by a garden of some sort.

130

Melanie/Mel @melonreads.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

113. Scoundrel Take Me Away by Louisa Darling Read 🎧: 8/27/26-8/31/26 #Romancelandia

Screenshot of Scoundrel Take Me Away by Louisa Darling with a white blond haired man in formal clothing holding a dark hared white woman in a red gown in his lap, the night sky with a full moon behind them.

110

Melanie/Mel @melonreads.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

112. If Not You by Ellen O'Clover Read: 8/25/26-8/29/26 #Romancelandia

Screenshot of If Not You by Ellen O'Clover with an illustrated cover divided into 3 horizontal sections.

The top 1/3 is a man and a woman standing with their backs to each other, the Chicago skyline behind them.

The middle 1/3 is a white man and a white woman walking in a mountain landscape with a big resort behind them.

The bottom 1/3 is the white man kissing the white woman with an ocean in the background.

110

Melanie/Mel @melonreads.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

111. Leave and Come Back by Lavanya Lakshmi Read 🎧: 8/23/26-8/26/26 #Romancelandia

Screenshot of Leave and Come Back by Lavanya Lakshmi with a cartoon illustration of leaves and wedding garlands and various Indian characters dressed up in saris and sherwanis, including a bride and groom.

152

Melanie/Mel @melonreads.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Omg that hair was AWFUL. A precursor to Uma Thurman in Pulp Fiction a year later who did it much much better.

King Louis in The Three Musketeers (1993) wearing a white blouse and beige pants and a vest

130

Melanie/Mel @melonreads.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

110. Hers by Summer's End by Kat Sterling Read: 8/23/26-8/24/26 #Romancelandia

Screenshot of Hers by Summer's End by Kat Sterling with a white woman with long curly brown hair in a blue and white gown standing in a garden surrounded by dahlias.

131

Melanie/Mel @melonreads.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

109. Storm Warning by Toni Anderson Read 🎧: 8/19/26-8/22/26 #Romancelandia

Screenshot of Storm Warning by Toni Anderson with a story sea with big waves, a lighthouse in the distance and a white woman with white blond hair.

130

Melanie/Mel @melonreads.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

108. Prey for Me by Allie Oleander Read: 8/16/26-8/21/26 #Romancelandia

Screenshot of Prey for Me by Allie Oleander with an illustrated cover of the middle of a forest with the black outline of a couple embracing, her leaning back against a tree.

120

Melanie/Mel @melonreads.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

What the inside of this glorious cake looks like.

Inside of a Lemon ricotta cake with an apricot jam glaze

1100

Melanie/Mel @melonreads.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

107. Sea of Suspicion by Toni Anderson Read 🎧: 8/16/26-8/18/26 #Romancelandia

Screenshot of Sea of Suspicion by Toni Anderson with a stormy sky and a rough sea with a woman in a white slip dress of some kind with her back to the audience.

110

Melanie/Mel @melonreads.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

When you discover you inexplicably have 3 full containers of ricotta in your fridge, the only thing left to do is make a lemon ricotta cake with an apricot jam glaze

Lemon ricotta cake with an apricot jam glaze

2425028214

Melanie/Mel @melonreads.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

106. Blue Jean Summer by Maggie C. Gates Read: 8/9/26-8/15/26 #Romancelandia

Screenshot of Blue Jean Summer by Maggie Gates with an illustration of a picturesque winding road with flowers and grassy meadows and trees on either side with a red car driving down the road, a just married sign on the back of the car. Off in the distance are hills and a pretty colorful sky. There are farm animals grazing on the fields.

240

Melanie/Mel @melonreads.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

105. Married with Benefits by Ellie Palmer Read 🎧: 8/9/26-8/13/26 #Romancelandia

Screenshot of Married with Benefits by Ellie Palmer with an illustrated cover of a white woman with long red hair standing arm in arm with a dark haired white guy with dark glasses, their backs to the audience, in the middle of some sort of clearing, a house in front of them.

160

Melanie/Mel @melonreads.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

104. The Twelve Loves of Christmas by multiple authors Read: 8/2/26-8/8/26 #Romancelandia

Screenshot of The Twelve Loves of Christmas by multiple authors with 12 windows with festive scenes of people and Christmas decor in each one.

250

Melanie/Mel @melonreads.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

103. Into the Blue by Emma Brodie Read 🎧: 8/1/26-8/7/26 #Romancelandia

Screenshot of Into the Blue by Emma Brodie with a purplish deep space with glittering stars

140

Melanie/Mel @melonreads.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Haven’t done this in a while: Currently reading with my eyes//reading with my ears :

Screenshot of Twelve Loves of Christmas by multiple authors featuring an illustrated cover with a red background with 12 windows and random people and Christmas decor featured in each window.

Screenshot of Into the Blue by Emma Brodie with an image of space with glittering stars.

180

Melanie/Mel @melonreads.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

102. Mutual Discord by Liana De la Rosa Read: 7/30/26-7/31/26 #Romancelandia

Screenshot of Mutual Discord by Liana De la Rosa with a Puerto Rican woman in a red dress and long dark curly hair holding a dark haired Puerto Rican man in a dark suit, he has scruff on his face. They are surrounded by different kinds of cacti.

151

Melanie/Mel @melonreads.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

101. Where Have All the Scoundrels Gone by Louisa Darling Read 🎧: 7/27/26-7/31/26 #Romancelandia

Screenshot of Where Have All the Scoundrels Gone by Louisa Darling with a blonde haired white woman in a pink gown standing close to a dark haired white man in a white shirt and tan trousers and boots, their hands clutched, surrounded by a profusion of flowers in a garden.

160

Melanie/Mel @melonreads.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

100. World's Okayest Oracle (Reluctantly) Seeks Demon by Olivia Dade Read: 7/26/26-7/29/26 #Romancelandia

Screenshot of World's Okayest Oracle (Reluctantly) Seeks Demon by Olivia Dade with a illustrated cover of a white woman with long red hair in a braid in a light purple sweatshirt and pants and shoes standing with her back to a white man with dark hair and dark facial hair with a white button down shirt and dark pants, holding a flame in his hand. There are flames and purple hearts surrounding them. She's holding some kind of a knife.

1100

Melanie/Mel @melonreads.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Dinner consists of heirloom tomatoes and basil from my backyard

Heirloom tomatoes, mozarella, basil drizzled with olive oil and balsamic vinegar

3473

Melanie/Mel @melonreads.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

99. Don't Let Your Dukes Grow Up to Be Scoundrels by Louisa Darling Read 🎧: 7/19/26-726/26 #Romancelandia

Screenshot of Don't Let Your Dukes Grow Up to Be Scoundrels by Louisa Darling with a brown haired white woman in a yellow gown being twirled around by a dark haired white man in a white shirt and vest and dark trousers.

150

Melanie/Mel @melonreads.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Hilariously I’m listening to this book RIGHT NOW.

Fated Mates Random Romance Recommender with Don’t Let Your Dukes Grow Up to be Scoundrels by Louisa Darling

1161

Melanie/Mel @melonreads.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

That baby just beat that dude to win the World Cup.

Baby Lamine Yamali in a bathtub being bathed by Leo Messi in a white top and black pants.

0120

Melanie/Mel @melonreads.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

98. Dark Waters by Toni Anderson Read 🎧: 7/14/26-7/18/26 #Romancelandia

Screenshot of Dark Waters by Toni Anderson with a dark haired woman with her back to the viewer, facing a body of water and mountains surrounded the water.

150

Melanie/Mel @melonreads.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

97. Dangerous Waters by Toni Anderson Read 🎧: 7/9/26-7/13/26 #Romancelandia

Screenshot of Dangerous Waters by Toni Anderson with half of a white woman's face cast in red shadows and a black and white image of a boat on a body of water, with a dense forest of trees along the coastline.

160

Melanie/Mel @melonreads.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

96. Something Like Desire by Marie Hoy-Kenny Read: 7/12/26-7/13/26 #Romancelandia

Screenshot of Something Like Desire by Marie Hoy-Kenny with a white woman with brown hair in a purple dress standing in front of a white man in a suit and tie, his hand on the strap of her dress, pushing it down or pulling it up, hard to tell.

150