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Dashley is Currently Reading

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Weavingshaw

by Heba Al-Wasity

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Mar 08, 2026 09:19AM

Dashley is currently reading

Morning Star (Red Rising Saga, #3)

by Pierce Brown (Goodreads Author)

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read in February 2019

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Dashley said: " 2nd reread

"Slag that. Death will have to earn it's bounty."

Morning Star, the navigator. A new book has emerged in the series so I thought I would freshen up. I swear every time I think I remember what happened Pierce Brown blows my mind again. This s 2nd reread

"Slag that. Death will have to earn it's bounty."

Morning Star, the navigator. A new book has emerged in the series so I thought I would freshen up. I swear every time I think I remember what happened Pierce Brown blows my mind again. This series is seriously epic. You can't take it all in with just one read.

The Red Rising Saga is about war and the horrors it entails but the singular thing that keeps me going even when hope is lost, is the comradery. The bonds these people share. Victra kept on wiggling into my heart. Her fierce determination and loyalty warmed me. And who couldn’t love Ragnar especially paired with Sevro. Some of the most memorable scenes are them all bickering like family. It makes me wish I could join in. Hoooooowl

With war sometimes comes false media. One of the most horrific things to me if I am to be honest. Easily turning people on each other and destroying a society from within. So even with all the humor and fun the book was equally horrible. Many twists and turns, triumphs and losses.

War ages a person so we often forget how young Darrow is. He forgets himself and where he comes from. That all slaves are united. He let fear reach him and became selfish for an instant and it cost him. But that's what draws me to Darrow. He is not perfect, he is not the best, but he is a natural born leader. Darrow sees, he listens, he calculates. He might forget his way from time to time but he doesn't forget the people who got him there.

These characters feel like my friends, so proud, loyal, people I would die for who would die for me. It's a crazy feeling after reading and coming back to reality. I thoroughly enjoy this series never knowing where it might take me. The world and character building continue to go above and beyond almost as if I watched this on screen instead of reading it. Honor sometimes gets lost in real life but to have a leader like Darrow who you want to follow, who holds nothing back, who takes the punishments and failures with you. That is how the world should be that would be someone I could follow. 🐺 The ending was a shot in the heart.

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'Tradition is the crown of the tyrant'.

'But they have created a society of fear. Where men and women must attach themselves to a rising star to survive.' ...more "

Feb 23, 2026 07:20AM · see review

Dashley’s Notes & Highlights

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Venomous (Alien Warrior, #1) by Penelope Fletcher

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Watch me as I make our mate happy with words.’ He straightened and smiled with fangs. ‘My Lumen, will you date with me?’ ‘Date with me too,’ Fiercely said at speed fingering his quills. ‘If you want to. If not, I will wait here while you ...more

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Dashley’s Quotes

“I've lived too long with pain. I won't know who I am without it.”
― Orson Scott Card, Ender’s Game

tags: ender-wiggin, identity, pain

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“Can you imagine life without the horror genre? There would be no monsters. Only a**holes.”
― Michael A. Arnzen

tags: alternate-universe, horror, humorous, monsters

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“This is how it works. I love the people in my life, and I do for my friends whatever they need me to do for them, again and again, as many times as is necessary. For example, in your case you always forgot who you are and how much you're loved. So what I do for you as your friend is remind you who you are and tell you how much I love you. And this isn't any kind of burden for me, because I love who you are very much. Every time I remind you, I get to remember with you, which is my pleasure.”
― James Lecesne

tags: friendship

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“I would request that my body in death be buried not cremated, so that the energy content contained within it gets returned to the earth, so that flora and fauna can dine upon it, just as I have dined upon flora and fauna during my lifetime”
― Neil deGrasse Tyson

tags: death, earth, science

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