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Ashby Dodd @ashbydodd.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The scenery is gorgeous, the relationships are a disaster, and everyone could probably use a long nap and a TED Talk on boundaries. Welcome to The Plunge by Lila Raicek! 📚💙🔥 Read the full #bookreview at: ashbydodd.com/the-plunge-b...

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Ashby Dodd @ashbydodd.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

⭐⭐⭐ Joyce Carol Oates has a talent for finding the exact moment an ordinary day starts to go very, very wrong. The Frenzy: Stories is dark, unsettling, and full of people making the kinds of choices you desperately wish you could stop... 📚💙🔥 Read my full #bookreview: ashbydodd.com/the-frenzy-s...

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Mariah 🇺🇸🦋🇺🇸🦋🇺🇸🦋 @mariahbrown.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Remembering Robin Williams on the anniversary of his passing. His humor, kindness, and incredible talent continue to touch our hearts and inspire us every day. (July 21, 1951 – August 11, 2014)

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Ashby Dodd @ashbydodd.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

⭐⭐⭐ Three sisters, one beloved beach house, and enough emotional baggage to sink the family boat. Down With the Shipmans has all the ingredients for juicy summer drama, but I kept waiting for the story to make bigger waves... 📚💙🔥 Read the full #bookreview at ashbydodd.com

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Ashby Dodd @ashbydodd.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Thanks for the recommendation! It just comes down to the fact that I'm very stingy with my five stars, it came close though

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Ashby Dodd @ashbydodd.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Housewife by Natalie Barelli: A perfect Beverly Hills marriage, a dead first wife, and one very suspicious housewife. I thought I knew where The Housewife was going, but this twisty domestic thriller had other plans 📚💙🔥 Read my full #bookreview: ashbydodd.com/the-housewif...

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Ashby Dodd @ashbydodd.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

⭐⭐⭐ A luxury influencer yacht, a billionaire boss, and a hurricane trapping everyone at sea? The Last Time We Drowned turns curated paradise into a claustrophobic nightmare with better lighting. 📚💙🔥 Read my #bookreview: ashbydodd.com/the-last-tim...

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Ashby Dodd @ashbydodd.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

⭐⭐⭐⭐ An orc, a coffee shop, and a second chance at peace. Legends & Lattes: The Graphic Novel is cozy fantasy at its sweetest 📚💙🔥 🗓 Available October 6th! Read my full #bookreview: ashbydodd.com/legends-latt...

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Ashby Dodd @ashbydodd.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

I'll write a review sometime soon... but I'm so sad and disappointed with Queen Esther from author John Irving. Irving's past books have meant so much to me, but this one was just ok at best... and I think that's pretty generous. I kind of wish I hadn't read it 📚💙

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Ashby Dodd @ashbydodd.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

⭐⭐⭐⭐ Competitive chess has never felt this scandalous. Checkmate from Ben Mezrich turns ambition, ego, and one explosive cheating accusation into a nonfiction thriller that’s nearly impossible to put down.📚💙🔥 Read my full #bookreview: ashbydodd.com/checkmate-by...

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Ashby Dodd @ashbydodd.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Next Time Will Be Our Turn by Jesse Q. Sutanto delivers a sweeping, emotionally heavy love story about identity, sacrifice, and the secrets families carry across generations. Find out why I gave the book 3.75/5 stars 📚💙🔥 Read more: ashbydodd.com/next-time-wi...

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Ashby Dodd @ashbydodd.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Eleanor Dash really needs to stop going on vacation, because this time her relaxing Bahamas weekend starts with a body in her hotel room. Catherine Mack’s latest is witty, chaotic, and very meta 📚💙🔥 Read my review of This Weekend Doesn't End Well for Anyone: ashbydodd.com/this-weekend...

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Ashby Dodd @ashbydodd.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

A husband disappears into a beam of light in the desert. Sounds like a setup for sci-fi or an unhinged Dateline ep. But it's Steven Rowley, so Take Me With You is less about aliens and more about being left after 30 years of loving someone 📚💙🔥 Read my full review: ashbydodd.com/take-me-with...

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Ashby Dodd @ashbydodd.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Reading This Weekend Doesn't End Well for Anyone by Catherine Mack, and I LOVED the Euphoria reference! 📚💙🔥📺

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Woman Asks: Is This Play About Us?

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Ashby Dodd @ashbydodd.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Starting Checkmate - I love it when Ben Mezrich tackles non-fiction! 📚💙🔥

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Ashby Dodd @ashbydodd.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Favorites in May 2026: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Ghost Town by Tom Perrotta ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Anniversary by Alex Finlay ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Vagabond by Tim Curry ⭐⭐⭐ Caller Unknown by Gillian McAllister ⭐⭐⭐ Good Joy, Bad Joy by Mikki Brammer

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Ashby Dodd @ashbydodd.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

One night in 1992. A decade of wreckage. Read my review of The Anniversary by Alex Finlay and find out why I gave the book 4.25/5 stars... ashbydodd.com/the-annivers...

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Ashby Dodd @ashbydodd.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

I bought Maria Ressa's book "How to Stand Up to a Dictator" - I can't wait to get started! 📚💙🔥 Have you watched her interview with Jon Stewart on The Daily Show? Brilliant.

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Ashby Dodd @ashbydodd.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

I'm not really into physical violence, but damn, I just want to punch this dude in the face! Like, over and over again... halfway through Don't Let Him In by Lisa Jewell 📚💙🔥 #BookSky #BookClub #AmReading #NowReading

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Ashby Dodd @ashbydodd.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

Aftertaste by @darialavelleauthor.bsky.social is about a ghost kitchen - not the kind on DoorDash, but a kitchen for ghosts... or a restaurant, actually. This book is a total surprise - unique premise, unpredictable storyline -🤞hoping it sticks the landing! #BookSky #NowReading #BookClub

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Ashby Dodd @ashbydodd.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

⭐⭐⭐ Loved the premise. Liked the book. Nikki Erlick’s The Poppy Fields asks: what if you could sleep through grief? A speculative, emotional novel about loss, healing, and hope - read my review 🔥📚💙 #BookSky #BookReview #BookClub #ReadingList

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The Poppy Fields by Nikki Erlick [Book Review]

Nikki Erlick’s The Poppy Fields asks: what if you could sleep through grief? A speculative novel about loss, healing, and hope—read my review.

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Ashby Dodd @ashbydodd.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Took a much-needed break from reading & socials for most of August. It was time to reset, refresh, and get excited about my reading list again! ⭐Standouts: 📚 Not Quite Dead Yet - Holly Jackson 📚 An Oral History of Atlantis - Ed Park #BookSky #ReadingList #BookClub

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Ashby Dodd @ashbydodd.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Favorite books from July include: ⭐ The Message - Ta-Nehisi Coates ⭐ A Thousand Natural Shocks - @omarhussain10.bsky.social ⭐ Babel - R.F. Kuang ⭐ Agents of Change - @christinahillsberg.bsky.social ⭐ John Lewis: In Search of the Beloved Community - Raymond Arsenault 💙📚🔥 #BookSky #BookClub

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Ashby Dodd @ashbydodd.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

⭐️ 3.25/5 - The Unraveling of Julia by Lisa Scottoline: murder, mystery, a hint of the paranormal, and a Tuscan villa full of secrets. A bit overstuffed at times, but never dull! 📚💙🎧 #BookSky #BookClub #Audiobook #JustFinished

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Ashby Dodd @ashbydodd.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

It's all about timing. I'd enjoy the book Charlottesville by Deborah Baker more if it were 2024. It's well written and interesting, but so far, for me, it just feels depressing in the current political and social climate 📚💙 #booksky #charlottesville #nowreading #bookclub #nonfiction #imho

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Ashby Dodd @ashbydodd.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

1st Stephen King book I read was Eyes of the Dragon in 6th grade. Then The Talisman blew my mind 🤯 They showed me not to be scared of his books and what an incredible storyteller he is. Can’t wait to see what the Stranger Things team and Netflix do with The Talisman series! 📺💙📚🔥 #BookSky #TVSky

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Stephen King’s The Talisman: Will Netflix Finally Get It Right?

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Ashby Dodd @ashbydodd.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

this is the first book I've read by Allende and I am so impressed!

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Ashby Dodd @ashbydodd.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Currently reading My Name Is Emilia del Valle by Isabel Allende, translated by Frances Riddle 📚💙🔥 #BookSky #NowReading #AIArt

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Ashby Dodd @ashbydodd.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

Would you live in a mall? It was my childhood dream… but now that it's actually a real possibility, I'm not so sure 🛍️🤔 #dreamhome #childhooddream #mallrats #homesweethome #midjourneyart #aiart ashbydodd.com/whats-it-rea...

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Ashby Dodd @ashbydodd.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

I'm just gonna say it, the Graphic Audio productions of Onyx Storm make the book SO much better 📚💙🔥 #imo #booksky

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Ashby Dodd @ashbydodd.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

In case you needed more reasons to love Pedro 📚💙 #BookSky

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Ashby Dodd @ashbydodd.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

⭐⭐⭐⭐ A Thousand Natural Shocks by @omarhussain10.bsky.social This surprised me in the BEST way! It's a thriller, but also kind of a family drama, and has scenes reminiscent of Saw movies, with sci-fi elements... WHAT a ride! 📚💙🔥 #BookSky #BookClub #ReadThis Read my review on @thestorygraph.com

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Review by ashbydodd - A Thousand Natural Shocks

When I picked up A Thousand Natural Shocks, I didn't know what I was getting into. The cover w...

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Ashby Dodd @ashbydodd.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

“Earth is 4.6 billion years old…If you scale that down to 46 years, do you know how long human beings have been here?..we humans have been on this planet for a mere 4 hours...Yet we humans believe God created all this just for us.” - @harlancoben.bsky.social Nobodys Fool 📚💙🔥 #booksky #bookclub

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Ashby Dodd @ashbydodd.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

I just added so many of these books to my to-read list at once - I think my goodreads and storygraph friends might be a bit concerned right now! 🔪😱🕵️‍♂️ 💙📚🔥 #BookSky #TrueCrime #ToRead

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Why are true crime books so popular? Traci Thomas shares her top picks

True crime books, podcasts and documentaries capture audiences everywhere.

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Ashby Dodd @ashbydodd.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

"Admitting you were afraid always took more guts than pretending you weren’t. Being willing to make a mistake got you further than never trying. The world had decided that to be fallible was weak. But we are all fallible. The strong ones are the ones who accept it." #BookSky #Atmosphere #BookClub

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Ashby Dodd @ashbydodd.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

⭐⭐⭐ Julie Chan Is Dead by Liann Zhang was a decent read, and there were sections I really liked, but it wasn't my favorite. If you're interested, read my full review on @thestorygraph.com 📚💙 #BookSky #BookReview #BookClub

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Review by ashbydodd - Julie Chan Is Dead

Julie Chan Is Dead lures you in with a killer premise (pun fully intended) and then tosses yo...

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Ashby Dodd @ashbydodd.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

And thank you for writing such an intriguing book!

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Ashby Dodd @ashbydodd.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

As I begin The Memory Collectors by Dete Messerve, I can't help but wonder: if I could go back in time to one specific hour in my past, what would it be? What hour would you return to? 📚💙 #BookSky #BookClub

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Ashby Dodd @ashbydodd.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

"War breaks us down to nothing more than our most selfish will to survive—but when we rise above that instinct, miracles can still happen... This, my friend, is how we find the best of humanity during times when the worst of humanity may seem to have the upper hand." - The Things We Cannot Say 📚💙🔥

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Ashby Dodd @ashbydodd.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

of course! The praise is well earned. Congrats on a such a fascinating book!

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Ashby Dodd @ashbydodd.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

May 2025 was a good month for reading! Favorites: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ My Friends - Fredrick Backman ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Tenant - Freida McFadden ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Gandolfini - @jasondashbailey.com ⭐⭐⭐⭐ My Documents - @knguyen.bsky.social ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Book Club for Troublesome Women - @mariebostwick.bsky.social 📚💙 #BookSky #BookClub

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NPR @npr.org · 26/05/2025

This novel stands apart from other tales of mothers stretched too thin. Jessica Stanley weaves family frustrations with British politics and global events because our life and our times are connected.

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'Consider Yourself Kissed' by this rich, relatable story of an overwhelmed mom

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Ashby Dodd @ashbydodd.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

I'm only 25% in (disclaimer), but... DO NOT sleep on Kevin Nguyen! I can't put My Documents down. In so many ways, it's terrifyingly relevant 📚💙🔥👀 #BookSky #CurrentlyReading #BookClub #ReadThis

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Ashby Dodd @ashbydodd.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

I'm struggling... almost halfway through and this already feels SO much longer than it needs to be! 📚💙🔥 #HotTake #OnyxStorm

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 16/05/2025

So happy for @marthawells.com and all the rest of us that Murderbot the TV series is now out in the world!

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