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🦇 Ashley 🦇 @redhairedash.bsky.social · 1d

First v. Favorite pt. 2

Slide 5 features my first book by Anna Hackett, Gladiator, and my favorite book by Hackett, Marcus.

Slide 6 features my first book by Jennifer Estep, Spider’s Bite, and my favorite book, Kill the Queen.

Slide 7 features my first book by Hailey Turner, In the Wreckage, and my favorite book by Turner, A Veiled and Hallowed Eve.

Slide 8 features my first book by G. A. Aiken, Dragon Actually, and my favorite book by Aiken, The Blacksmith Queen. In tiny font under the cover for Dragon Actually, it says “But also this one is my favorite too.”

ARC Review: Brushed by Moonlight by Anna Lowe

🦇 Ashley 🦇 @redhairedash.bsky.social · 1d

After seeing this kind of post going around I wanted to do one for myself. So here is the first book I read by an author and my favorite book by the same author.

Have you read any of these authors? What is your favorite book by them?

Part 1
#BookSky #FavoriteAuthors #FavoriteBooks

A purple box with the text ‘First v. Favorite Author Edition” written inside it. The background features spines of books.

Slide 2 featuring my first book by Patricia Briggs, Moon Called and my favorite book by Briggs, Silence Fallen.

Slide 3 features my first book by Ilona Andrews, Magic Bites and my favorite book by Andrews, Burn For Me.

Slide 4 features my first book by Jeaniene Frost, Halfway to the Grave, and my favorite book by Frost, Once Burned

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🦇 Ashley 🦇 @redhairedash.bsky.social · 1d

ARC Review: Brushed by Moonlight by Anna Lowe
#NewRelease #ChâteauNocturne #ParanromalRomance
redhairedashreads.com/2025/10/09/a...

Title: Brushed by Moonlight Author: Anna Lowe Series: Château Nocturne #1 Pages: 317 Releases: October 9, 2025 3 stars – I liked it When Mina inherits a crumbling Chateau in the remote corner…

Review: Gentlemen Prefer Villains by C. Rochelle

🦇 Ashley 🦇 @redhairedash.bsky.social · 1d

Review: Gentlemen Prefer Villains by C. Rochelle
#VillainousThings #MMRomance #ParanormalRomance #Superheroes #Villains #FatedMates
redhairedashreads.com/2025/10/07/r...

Title: Gentlemen Prefer Villains Author: C. Rochelle Series: Villainous Things #2 Pages: 448 5 stars – I loved it! Wolfgang has taken over as head of his family after the death of his p…

Review: Immortal Nights by Lynsay Sands

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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 4d

This photo (c.1901) shows two boys exposed to smallpox. Only the boy on the right had been vaccinated.

Smallpox is one of the deadliest & most contagious diseases known to man. The virus killed over half a billion people in the 20th century—three times more than all that century’s wars combined.

A black and white photo of two boys. The boy on the left has a severe case of smallpox, with pustules all over his face and chest and arms. The boy on the right has no pustules.

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🦇 Ashley 🦇 @redhairedash.bsky.social · 4d

Review: Immortal Nights by Lynsay Sands
#Argeneau #FatedMates #ParanormalRomance #VampireRomance
redhairedashreads.com/2025/10/06/r...

Title: Immortal Nights Author: Lynsay Sands Series: Argeneau #24 Pages: 351 2 stars – it was ok Abigail Forsythe attempts to spend quality time with her childhood friend and pilot, Jet, but t…

ARC Review: Morgana and Oz, Vol. 3 by Miyuli

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🦇 Ashley 🦇 @redhairedash.bsky.social · 9d

ARC Review: Morgana and Oz, Vol. 3 by Miyuli
#MorganaAndOz #GraphicNovels #Webtoon
redhairedashreads.com/2025/09/30/a...

Title: Morgana and Oz, Vol. 3 Author: Miyuli Series: Morgana and Oz #3 (Episodes 40-58) Pages: 288 Releases: September 30, 2025 4 stars – It was really good This picks up right where we left off in…

Review: Not All Himbos Wear Capes by C. Rochelle

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🦇 Ashley 🦇 @redhairedash.bsky.social · 9d

September Favorites!
#FavoriteBooksOfSeptember #SeptemberFavorites #FavoriteBooks @crochelleauthor.bsky.social #Monstress #VillainousThings #TokyoFearsRhapsody #Ghostland #OverMyDeadBody #nonfiction #audiobooks #manga

Two rows of September’s favorite books on a yellow background with fall leaves on it. Top row left to right: Not All Himbos Wear Capes by C. Rochelle, Gentlemen Prefer Villains by C. Rochelle, and Putting Out for a Hero by C. Rochelle. Bottom row L to R: Monstress Book Three by Marjorie M. Liu (ARC, out now), Tokyo Fears Rhapsody, Vol. 2 by Akira Sagito (ARC, releases 10/21/25), Over My Dead Body by Greg Melville, and Ghostland by Colin Dickey.

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🦇 Ashley 🦇 @redhairedash.bsky.social · 8d

Review: Not All Himbos Wear Capes by C. Rochelle
#VillainousThings #ParanormalRomance #MMRomance #QueerRomance #Superheroes #Villains
redhairedashreads.com/2025/10/02/r...

Title: Not All Himbos Wear Capes Author: C. Rochelle Series: Villainous Things #1 Pages: 401 5 stars – I loved it! Xander is just trying to live his life but since he is a villain, he finds h…

Review: Her Orc Warrior by Zoe Ashwood

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🦇 Ashley 🦇 @redhairedash.bsky.social · 7d

Review: Her Orc Warrior by Zoe Ashwood
#BellhavenClan #FantasyRomance #OrcRomance #FatedMates
redhairedashreads.com/2025/10/03/r...

Title: Her Orc Warrior Author: Zoe Ashwood Series: Bellhaven Clan #3 Pages: 256 3 stars – I liked it Hazel is determined to escape with her daughter and make her way to a safer town. She fina…

Review: Her Orc Warrior by Zoe Ashwood

🦇 Ashley 🦇 @redhairedash.bsky.social · 7d

Review: Her Orc Warrior by Zoe Ashwood
#BellhavenClan #FantasyRomance #OrcRomance #FatedMates
redhairedashreads.com/2025/10/03/r...

Title: Her Orc Warrior Author: Zoe Ashwood Series: Bellhaven Clan #3 Pages: 256 3 stars – I liked it Hazel is determined to escape with her daughter and make her way to a safer town. She fina…

Review: Not All Himbos Wear Capes by C. Rochelle

🦇 Ashley 🦇 @redhairedash.bsky.social · 8d

Review: Not All Himbos Wear Capes by C. Rochelle
#VillainousThings #ParanormalRomance #MMRomance #QueerRomance #Superheroes #Villains
redhairedashreads.com/2025/10/02/r...

Title: Not All Himbos Wear Capes Author: C. Rochelle Series: Villainous Things #1 Pages: 401 5 stars – I loved it! Xander is just trying to live his life but since he is a villain, he finds h…

WWW Wednesday | October 1, 2025

🦇 Ashley 🦇 @redhairedash.bsky.social · 9d

September Favorites!
#FavoriteBooksOfSeptember #SeptemberFavorites #FavoriteBooks @crochelleauthor.bsky.social #Monstress #VillainousThings #TokyoFearsRhapsody #Ghostland #OverMyDeadBody #nonfiction #audiobooks #manga

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🦇 Ashley 🦇 @redhairedash.bsky.social · 9d

WWW Wednesday | October 1, 2025
redhairedashreads.com/2025/10/01/w...

WWW Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Sam from Taking on a World of Words. The three questions to answer are: What are you currently reading? What did you recently finish reading? What do you th…

ARC Review: Morgana and Oz, Vol. 3 by Miyuli

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🦇 Ashley 🦇 @redhairedash.bsky.social · 9d

ARC Review: Morgana and Oz, Vol. 3 by Miyuli
#MorganaAndOz #GraphicNovels #Webtoon
redhairedashreads.com/2025/09/30/a...

Title: Morgana and Oz, Vol. 3 Author: Miyuli Series: Morgana and Oz #3 (Episodes 40-58) Pages: 288 Releases: September 30, 2025 4 stars – It was really good This picks up right where we left off in…

Meet the Scientist Digitizing Millions of Fossilized Pollen Grains to Reveal Earth’s Climate History

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🦇 Ashley 🦇 @redhairedash.bsky.social · 10d

Meet the Scientist Digitizing Millions of Fossilized Pollen Grains to Reveal Earth’s Climate History
#archives #pollen
www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/nation...

Smithsonian researcher Ingrid Romero studies fossil pollen to reconstruct ancient climates and predict future changes

www.smithsonianmag.com

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🦇 Ashley 🦇 @redhairedash.bsky.social · 11d

ARC Review: The Witch’s Altar Book by Lindsey Squire, Rachel Patterson and Nicole Weiss
#Witchcraft #Nonfiction
redhairedashreads.com/2025/09/29/a...

ARC Review: The Witch’s Altar Book by Lindsey Squire, Rachel Patterson and Nicole Weiss

Title: The Witch’s Altar Book: The Definitive Guide to Modern Witchcraft Authors: Lindsay Squire, Nicole Weiss, and Rachel Patterson Pages: 256 Releases: September 30, 2025 3 stars – I liked …

Review: Runaway Vampire by Lynsay Sands

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🦇 Ashley 🦇 @redhairedash.bsky.social · 14d

Review: Runaway Vampire by Lynsay Sands
#Argeneau #VampireRomance #paranormalRomance #FatedMates
redhairedashreads.com/2025/09/26/r...

Title: Runaway Vampire Author: Lynsay Sands Series: Argeneau #23 Pages: 360 3 stars – I liked it While running from his kidnappers, Dante Notte doesn’t expect to suddenly find his life …

ARC Review: Monstress Book Three by Marjorie Liu

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🦇 Ashley 🦇 @redhairedash.bsky.social · 15d

ARC Review: Monstress Book Three by Marjorie Liu
#Mosntress #Horror #GraphicNovels
redhairedashreads.com/2025/09/25/a...

Title: Monstress Book Three Author: Marjorie Liu Illustrator: Sana Takeda Series: Monstress Ch. 36-54 Pages: 528 Released: August 5, 2025 4 stars – It was really good This omnibus covers chapters 2…

ARC Review: JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Part 7 – Steel Ball Run, Vol. 3 by Hirohiko Araki

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🦇 Ashley 🦇 @redhairedash.bsky.social · 17d

ARC Review: JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Part 7 – Steel Ball Run, Vol. 3 by Hirohiko Araki
#JojosBizarreAdventure #SteelBallRun #Manga
redhairedashreads.com/2025/09/23/a...

Title: JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Part 7 – Steel Ball Run, Vol. 3 Author: Hirohiko Araki Series: Steel Ball Run, Vol. 3 (Ch. 24-30) Pages: 400 Releases: September 23, 2025 3.5 stars &#82…

Review: Her Orc Guardian by Zoe Ashwood

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🦇 Ashley 🦇 @redhairedash.bsky.social · 18d

Review: Her Orc Guardian by Zoe Ashwood
#BellhavenClan #OrcRomance #FantasyRomance
redhairedashreads.com/2025/09/22/r...

Title: Her Orc Guardian Author: Zoe Ashwood Series: Bellhaven Clan #2 (formerly Black Bear Clan) Pages: 244 3 stars – I liked it At her father’s dying wish, Poppy crosses the realm looking fo…

Historians hurriedly photograph national park signs at risk of removal

🦇 Ashley 🦇 @redhairedash.bsky.social · 13d

Historians hurriedly photograph national park signs at risk of removal
#NationalParks #History
www.sfgate.com/national-par...

The project has garnered more than 10,000 submissions from concerned visitors.

www.sfgate.com