![Checkmate: Genius, Lies, Ambition, and the Biggest Scandal in Chess by Ben Mezrich [Book Review]](https://ashbydodd.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Checkmate-hero-1500x500.png "Checkmate: Genius, Lies, Ambition, and the Biggest Scandal in Chess by Ben Mezrich [Book Review]")
Competitive chess has never felt this scandalous. Checkmate turns ambition, ego, and one explosive cheating accusation into a nonfiction thriller that’s nearly impossible to put down.
![Next Time Will Be Our Turn by Jesse Q. Sutanto [Book Review]](https://ashbydodd.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Next-Time-Will-Be-Our-Turn-hero-1500x500.png "Next Time Will Be Our Turn by Jesse Q. Sutanto [Book Review]")
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...
Banana bread and cinnamon rolls just got folded into one gooey, frosting-drenched breakfast situation. Get the recipe.
A fun review of Catherine Mack’s This Weekend Doesn’t End Well for Anyone, a witty, chaotic vacation mystery perfect for your next beach read.
![Take Me With You by Steven Rowley [Book Review]](https://ashbydodd.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Take-Me-With-You-hero-1500x500.png "Take Me With You by Steven Rowley [Book Review]")
Read my review of Take Me With You by Steven Rowley, a warm, strange, and bittersweet novel about grief, marriage, loneliness, and starting over.
![The Poppy Fields by Nikki Erlick [Book Review]](https://ashbydodd.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/PoppyFields-hero-585x300.png "The Poppy Fields by Nikki Erlick [Book Review]")
![Unknown Number: The High School Catfish [What Was That?!]](https://ntvb.tmsimg.com/assets/p30832741_v_h10_aa.jpg?w=1280&h=720 "Unknown Number: The High School Catfish [What Was That?!]")
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(990x168:992x170)/the-woman-in-cabin-10-movie-keira-knightley-novel-main-split-013025-512da3e0953f4b179b0b8ec09e361c32.jpg "All Aboard: The Woman in Cabin 10 Hits Netflix October 10th")
![A Thousand Natural Shocks by Omar Hussain [Book Review]](https://ashbydodd.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/a-thousand-natural-shocks-585x300.jpg "A Thousand Natural Shocks by Omar Hussain [Book Review]")
