he/him, 22, i talk about books📓 🪕🪟🌄🌾🌝🪻🃏🪶 nonpracticing poet. country music enjoyer. rural southern jew. certified hater, 7 days a week, 24 hours a day.https://bsky.app/profile/dawnsmp3.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/dawnsmp3.bsky.social/post/3manklqjrj22yattempting to be a reading focused account when you're reading a popular book is like being a jester doing the same routine every other jester has done. i promise you i have nothing worthwhile to add about braiding sweetgrass23 Dec 2025 10:38 +0000at://did:plc:5pcbjzhua52xt2stu5bbuhiz/app.bsky.feed.post/3manklqjrj22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/dawnsmp3.bsky.social/post/3mankamktqk2afor the past five days i have looked forward with longing to the evening where i take a nice long shower and read three chapters of braiding sweetgrass. and unfortunately each evening i have seven million things to do and then go to bed immediately after all of them.23 Dec 2025 10:31 +0000at://did:plc:5pcbjzhua52xt2stu5bbuhiz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mankamktqk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/dawnsmp3.bsky.social/post/3m75hzuytps2vanyway why fascists fear teachers was, as i called it in my substack "a tepid, neoliberal undergraduate essay"04 Dec 2025 07:44 +0000at://did:plc:5pcbjzhua52xt2stu5bbuhiz/app.bsky.feed.post/3m75hzuytps2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/dawnsmp3.bsky.social/post/3m75hww3eis2tthe absolute worst reading experience isn't a book that is just straight up bad but a book that has a TERRIBLE argument for something you agree with04 Dec 2025 07:42 +0000at://did:plc:5pcbjzhua52xt2stu5bbuhiz/app.bsky.feed.post/3m75hww3eis2thttps://bsky.app/profile/dawnsmp3.bsky.social/post/3m2y7pyl6r22dreading why fascists fear teachers. so far a little too much american exceptionalism for my tastes but i think there's some good points12 Oct 2025 07:51 +0000at://did:plc:5pcbjzhua52xt2stu5bbuhiz/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2y7pyl6r22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/dawnsmp3.bsky.social/post/3ltgwzq6hw22xlake vacation for the next three days. shot of my tbr pile with caption "dawn of the final day" and an ominous soundtrack08 Jul 2025 09:04 +0000at://did:plc:5pcbjzhua52xt2stu5bbuhiz/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltgwzq6hw22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/dawnsmp3.bsky.social/post/3ltgw6b3oek2xi am still thinking of alice isnt dead and how of its time it was. and how even though things have altogether gotten a lot worse since that time, politically, my biggest critique seems to be the pessimism with which it handles its politics08 Jul 2025 08:49 +0000at://did:plc:5pcbjzhua52xt2stu5bbuhiz/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltgw6b3oek2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/dawnsmp3.bsky.social/post/3lrub2knc3k2qalso, i'm aware that like southernmost, we're dealing with a portrayal of mental health that is almost ten years old. but i'm so sick of anxiety being portrayed in such a trite way.18 Jun 2025 05:18 +0000at://did:plc:5pcbjzhua52xt2stu5bbuhiz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrub2knc3k2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/dawnsmp3.bsky.social/post/3lruaqcmims2qi will say alice isn't dead is another perfect example of an adaptation not understanding the strength of the original medium. in podcast format, keisha's purposefully speaking to us. everything she says is a careful glimpse into her character.18 Jun 2025 05:12 +0000at://did:plc:5pcbjzhua52xt2stu5bbuhiz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lruaqcmims2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/dawnsmp3.bsky.social/post/3lruaawnp3s2qi'm sorry i'm so close to finishing alice isnt dead and it's taking my full strength to convince myself to actually do it because reading it is so draining. this story is so nothing18 Jun 2025 05:03 +0000at://did:plc:5pcbjzhua52xt2stu5bbuhiz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lruaawnp3s2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/dawnsmp3.bsky.social/post/3lqtuihni4c2ci've been imagining keisha as a beautiful fat stud but no one else shares my vision because they're haters. disappointing05 Jun 2025 08:08 +0000at://did:plc:5pcbjzhua52xt2stu5bbuhiz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqtuihni4c2chttps://bsky.app/profile/dawnsmp3.bsky.social/post/3lqtt5exgrc2n100ish pages into alice isnt dead. this reads exactly like a podcast in a bad way05 Jun 2025 07:43 +0000at://did:plc:5pcbjzhua52xt2stu5bbuhiz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqtt5exgrc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/dawnsmp3.bsky.social/post/3lqc3exvjck25as a fan of southern literature, horror, and historical fiction, i'm getting very sick of people recommending "books to read if you liked sinners" that MAYBE involve two of 1. people of color 2. horror elements 3. set in generally the past29 May 2025 06:23 +0000at://did:plc:5pcbjzhua52xt2stu5bbuhiz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqc3exvjck25https://bsky.app/profile/dawnsmp3.bsky.social/post/3lqc2wzbqfc25reading of beale street could talk now. i really loved reading a book to movie adaptation with the nickel boys so i'm excited to do another one. also love james baldwin's poems so excited to check out his novels29 May 2025 06:15 +0000at://did:plc:5pcbjzhua52xt2stu5bbuhiz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqc2wzbqfc25https://bsky.app/profile/dawnsmp3.bsky.social/post/3lqc2ua3x4225finished vampires of el norte. very nice light read. i don't think it was supposed to be light but i thought so. way more than house in the cerulean sea, which was way too infuriating to be light-29 May 2025 06:14 +0000at://did:plc:5pcbjzhua52xt2stu5bbuhiz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqc2ua3x4225https://bsky.app/profile/dawnsmp3.bsky.social/post/3lq7rrpj6qk2vi'm trying to ban myself from using the word interesting in my reviews because every time i do i hear viggo mortenson in captain fantastic say "interesting is a nonword"28 May 2025 08:26 +0000at://did:plc:5pcbjzhua52xt2stu5bbuhiz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lq7rrpj6qk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/dawnsmp3.bsky.social/post/3lpxzb7gfek2j(pg 327 of vampires of el norte) néstor does of course give me what i want in a male lead which is to be screaming crying throwing up wanting nena so bad it makes him look stupid. man knew one girl at 13 and then she "died" and he was like i guess i'll just wallow literally forever25 May 2025 06:18 +0000at://did:plc:5pcbjzhua52xt2stu5bbuhiz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpxzb7gfek2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/dawnsmp3.bsky.social/post/3lpxz4gd3zk2jpage 327 of vampires of el norte. book is good by the metrics of a perfect backhandspring is scored lower than a slightly off triple layout25 May 2025 06:16 +0000at://did:plc:5pcbjzhua52xt2stu5bbuhiz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpxz4gd3zk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/dawnsmp3.bsky.social/post/3lpje6rp6yk2fnext book is vampires of el norte. i read the first 100 pages on an unexpected 8 hour overnight layover19 May 2025 10:24 +0000at://did:plc:5pcbjzhua52xt2stu5bbuhiz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpje6rp6yk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/dawnsmp3.bsky.social/post/3lpayatoak22eno one can stop me [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 May 2025 02:29 +0000at://did:plc:5pcbjzhua52xt2stu5bbuhiz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpayatoak22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/dawnsmp3.bsky.social/post/3lp4qtmpcmc2tjust saw a photo of chief justice john roberts. really horrible news to my mind that thought he looked like this14 May 2025 10:06 +0000at://did:plc:5pcbjzhua52xt2stu5bbuhiz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp4qtmpcmc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/dawnsmp3.bsky.social/post/3lp4qliabvs2ti have listened to so much of the 5-4 podcast i can effortlessly picture all of them in my head. could not tell you what a single supreme court justice looks like14 May 2025 10:01 +0000at://did:plc:5pcbjzhua52xt2stu5bbuhiz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp4qliabvs2thttps://bsky.app/profile/dawnsmp3.bsky.social/post/3lp4qgny6tc2t147 pages into the nickel boys i do not think elwood is elwood. i may be crazy but i think turner stole his identity or smthn. there's noticeable gaps on certain moments and we know elwood kept a journal of everything that happened. turner could've gotten to it14 May 2025 09:59 +0000at://did:plc:5pcbjzhua52xt2stu5bbuhiz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp4qgny6tc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/dawnsmp3.bsky.social/post/3lozyupzsvc2wokayyy fine. page 71 of the nickel boys. i think the way any trial or explanation for elwood is entirely exempt from the narrative was ingenious and makes a point of using a readers indignant "that's not fair!" response against them.13 May 2025 07:52 +0000at://did:plc:5pcbjzhua52xt2stu5bbuhiz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lozyupzsvc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/dawnsmp3.bsky.social/post/3lozyq3lk422whaven't been tweeting about the nickel boys bc i have a hard time articulating things i like. what am i supposed to say. l + ratio + the meeting of the craft of writing and the medium and the narrative are purposeful and seamless ?13 May 2025 07:49 +0000at://did:plc:5pcbjzhua52xt2stu5bbuhiz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lozyq3lk422whttps://bsky.app/profile/dawnsmp3.bsky.social/post/3losoe2p7u22ksorry i read sunrise on the rapping and it was good but putting it up against adult fiction and nonfiction is really weird [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 May 2025 09:55 +0000at://did:plc:5pcbjzhua52xt2stu5bbuhiz/app.bsky.feed.post/3losoe2p7u22k