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Ashby Dodd
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An unprofessional with a blog like it's the mid-2000s. No agenda. Just a random and unapologetic love of books, theater, humanity, music... and so much more!

Check out ashbydodd.com, or don't. We're cool either way!
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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
September 8, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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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
September 7, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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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
September 6, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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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
August 2, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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⭐️ 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
August 2, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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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
July 19, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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Currently reading My Name Is Emilia del Valle by Isabel Allende, translated by Frances Riddle 📚💙🔥 #BookSky #NowReading #AIArt
July 15, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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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

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July 13, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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I'm just gonna say it, the Graphic Audio productions of Onyx Storm make the book SO much better 📚💙🔥 #imo #booksky
July 12, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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In case you needed more reasons to love Pedro 📚💙 #BookSky
July 12, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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"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
June 13, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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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
June 1, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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"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 📚💙🔥
June 1, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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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
June 1, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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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
May 18, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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I'm struggling... almost halfway through and this already feels SO much longer than it needs to be! 📚💙🔥 #HotTake #OnyxStorm
May 18, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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My to-read list has just passed the 1,000+ book mark... I really need authors to stop writing for just a little while so I can catch up!!!! 📚💙
May 14, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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"When a world-famous artist dies, phones ring on every continent, people talk about him on the news, people who have never met him cry. Art is so big, so unfathomable, that it teaches us to mourn for strangers."

Fredrik Backman - My Friends 📚💙🔥 #BookSky #CurrentlyReading #ArtSky
May 13, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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Every time this guy scratches his skin, I catch myself scratching too. Can’t wait to see what state my arms are in by the time I finish...

📚💙🔥 #CurrentlyReading #BookSky #FreidaMcFadden #TheTenant
May 9, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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I was tempted to add the new Mark Twain biography (out this month) to my to-read list... but then I noticed the author is Ron Chernow.

Nothing against Chernow at all, but all of his books are a gazillion pages long. Someone tell me if it's worth it first! 📚💙❓ #BookSky #ComingSoon #ToRead
May 2, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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Sometimes I pick an audiobook just because Edoardo Ballerini is narrating - which is exactly how I ended up starting Gandolfini. But now that I’m in it… I’m actually kind of fascinated! 📚💙⭐🎧📺🎥🎬 #CurrentlyReading #JustStarted #JamesGandolfini #Sopranos #Biography #EdoardoBallerini #Audiobooks
April 29, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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I might have a celebrity crush on Matt Murphy… is that weird considering I associate him with murder cases?! 😅🔪💙📚🔥

Almost done with The Book of Murder: A Prosecutor's Journey Through Love and Death #BookSky #TrueCrime #CurrentlyReading #MattMurphy #TheBookOfMurder #AlmostDone #BookClub
April 21, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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Finally... 📚💙💜
#SunriseOnTheReaping #CurrentlyReading #BookSky
March 29, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Nicole Cuffy is a fascinating writer and one of my new(ish) favorite authors!🔥

I found Dances a while back and really enjoyed it, but I just started O Sinners! and I CANNOT put it down. So different, so good! 📚💙

#NicoleCuffy #CurrentlyReading #BookClub #BookSky #Cult #JustStarted #OSinners
Book cover for O Sinners! by Nicole Cuffy Book cover for Dances by Nicole Cuffy Author Nicole Cuffy
March 19, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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I love that Kelly Bishop does not give a f*ck in her memoir! True idol! 🏆💙📚🎧 #BookSky

#CurrentlyReading The Third Gilmore Girl #Audiobook
March 16, 2025 at 10:01 PM