<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 21:25:37 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@vickystory/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The Divine fury --- To embrace Evil | Movie Review 🎥]]></title><description><![CDATA[I can honestly say I've never watched a movie that's combine MMA and exorcisms, but now I want to. But i was like Damn! Those sleepless demons 🤦🏼 It felt like a punch to the soul—equal parts faith, fury,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-121744/@vickystory/the-divine-fury-to-embrace</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-121744/@vickystory/the-divine-fury-to-embrace</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-121744]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[vickystory]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2025 09:17:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2FFvzA2zeqoVPgRCnRzbu6rj6tCWHWVCA9ZaKB4ZqvveNYQZTQ13v1hDpeiWYAXbENVefW6nDEz2PmRuVbpjUSFCkYETZzfXPPj6pHRfrfWbnYpdEabsJNhyWrke2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Arrow of God Novel by Chinua Achebe -- Colonial intrusion is not only political | My Honest Opinion]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the shadows of sacred trees, in the words people whisper when they think no one is listening you feel it—a tension lurking under the sun-baked villages. It’s a thriller not because of guns or chases,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-180164/@vickystory/arrow-of-god-novel-by</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-180164/@vickystory/arrow-of-god-novel-by</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-180164]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[vickystory]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2025 18:14:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2FFvzA2zeqoVPgRCnRzbu6rj6tCWHWVCA9ZaKB4ZqDg2Fba48bjb6HF7VtZTxTWFgEfKpMGeRbZnZr8xhbRKoNWARKLJUANvxqqZ3iLn6e1ExVNcuVaPeAjs8tqP4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Idiot Novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky -- The danger lies in human nature | My Honest Thoughts]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Idiot hits you like stepping into a frozen river—you expect clarity, serenity even, and instead you’re submerged in icy, unpredictable currents that keep dragging you under. From the very first moment,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-180164/@vickystory/the-idiot-novel-by-fyodor</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-180164/@vickystory/the-idiot-novel-by-fyodor</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-180164]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[vickystory]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2025 20:00:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2FFvzA2zeqoVPgRCnRzbu6rj6tCWHWVCA9ZaKB4ZqhtHTWHMTosXHGS9bM6dkqMU8JftcNQnCJ37WD3JZXG3dYCaYYbiPkCCjJ7vQ87MGvZjNikodVoGkeEr4NvhC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston --- The silence of desperation]]></title><description><![CDATA[From the very first pages, I was pulled into Janie Crawford’s life, a life that feels at once intimate and epic, tender and relentless. Hurston doesn’t ease you in; she drops you straight into the texture]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-180164/@vickystory/their-eyes-were-watching-god</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-180164/@vickystory/their-eyes-were-watching-god</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-180164]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[vickystory]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2025 17:12:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2FFvzA2zeqoVPgRCnRzbu6rj6tCWHWVCA9ZaKB4ZqH7UGsXV1AxaH3BbYuUhpTToodxpwKSnyQc3DejiVcYdPyn9FxbyRgpQvpLqekK2Fq7pPYWtYHnUTPRYLrdU2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is Having a Boyfriend Embarrassing Now?]]></title><description><![CDATA[I just came across this article by Vogue, read it and tell me what you think.; If someone so much as says “my boyf–” on social media, they’re muted. There’s nothing I hate more than following someone for]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-124452/@vickystory/is-having-a-boyfriend-embarrassing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-124452/@vickystory/is-having-a-boyfriend-embarrassing</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-124452]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[vickystory]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2025 05:11:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2FFvzA2zeqoVPgRCnRzbu6rj6tCWHWVCA9ZaKB4ZqmUGvMqTgk9cPARG6r5fYjXzPE9ZPPi3MfsvWHvQM6Mq8AbFyEQaLeLuAzkjPUvf4acNj1UaYhJXunNjaaWYN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Half of a Yellow Sun by chimamanda Ngozi Adiche -- The Biafran War isn’t just history on a page | My Honest Opinion]]></title><description><![CDATA[You ever pick up a book and within the first few pages feel the air shift around you, like the world you thought you knew has been peeled back to reveal something raw, vulnerable, and terrifyingly human?]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-180164/@vickystory/half-of-a-yellow-sun</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-180164/@vickystory/half-of-a-yellow-sun</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-180164]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[vickystory]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2025 16:07:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2FFvzA2zeqoVPgRCnRzbu6rj6tCWHWVCA9ZaKB4Zpjuczp823EERbnnmBJK5Jbqy6j6q1HHuMDKuLCKjmfymC1qkDRdRexi6M1R59jGYkmy9gGJDcyCQU2TG2YCjG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Woman In Cabin 10 -- Sinking into the black water]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Woman in Cabin 10 feels. Not just a movie—it’s like your mind being slowly pulled apart thread by thread while you sit there trying to decide what’s real, what’s imagined, and whether you’d even know]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-121744/@vickystory/the-woman-in-cabin-10</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-121744/@vickystory/the-woman-in-cabin-10</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-121744]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[vickystory]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2025 01:07:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2FFvzA2zeqoVPgRCnRzbu6rj6tCWHWVCA9ZaKB4ZpkMPRutaFexm29NpvpFyMoyvYEsLJ4nrVab9BUQMujk8sWyMxBf13zDHSpNr2BBCpE98GK7LcvLvjxpag8fan?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt -- labyrinth of grief, guilt, and survival | My Honest Thoughts]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Goldfinch hits like a slow-burning storm that creeps in and never really leaves you. From the very first pages, Tartt pulls you into Theo Decker’s world—a life ripped apart in an instant, a boy witnessing]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-180164/@vickystory/the-goldfinch-by-donna-tartt</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-180164/@vickystory/the-goldfinch-by-donna-tartt</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-180164]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[vickystory]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2025 02:20:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2FFvzA2zeqoVPgRCnRzbu6rj6tCWHWVCA9ZaKB4Zpkhj7bJQVeC9X6bm5ehMertMXQZTfudVD9fjiYjtPSRmgW4mDwpptmzq8j9e88qD3cH6HRNK7zkvBY76ZW14J?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara --- You are not the witness | Book Review]]></title><description><![CDATA[I don’t know if you ever fully recover from this book. 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You know when a story just grabs you by the throat and doesn’t let go, not because of explosions or]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-180164/@vickystory/east-of-eden-by-john</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-180164/@vickystory/east-of-eden-by-john</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-180164]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[vickystory]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2025 15:50:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2FFvzA2zeqoVPgRCnRzbu6rj6tCWHWVCA9ZaKB4Zpz38Mu2PzARf5rR2LAfw4bWmuaCijtEtMVEN2nXfS2h5aoUbCeEJ8z2mEfHW48WNZUqVw3PASxsQcpt2Gqzzi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dear Ijeawele by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie --+ Fifteen tips toward raising a feminist child | My Honest Review]]></title><description><![CDATA[Reading Dear Ijeawele you nearly feel like you are entering a room where Adichie is sitting in her seat, sipping a cup of tea, and talking to you and to the world she is creating. Even in the first lines]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-180164/@vickystory/dear-ijeawele-by-chimamanda-ngozi</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-180164/@vickystory/dear-ijeawele-by-chimamanda-ngozi</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-180164]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[vickystory]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2025 02:04:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2FFvzA2zeqoVPgRCnRzbu6rj6tCWHWVCA9ZaKB4ZppBX2KDWYPYs7oxEG5GZT2sWzjboRvFyu5GhzBKPwpRZCCi8pEvtB5NfXSeFHQDpAHsecxvm1YrX1RSrA2stz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tron: Ares -- Red and blue trails cutting into darkness | Movie Review 🎥]]></title><description><![CDATA[When i first saw this movie flyer i was like "Y'all better have Tron himself show up, last we saw of him was in Legacy where he fell into the digital sea after regaining his program." Oh man,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-121744/@vickystory/tron-ares-red-and-blue</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-121744/@vickystory/tron-ares-red-and-blue</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-121744]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[vickystory]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2025 20:09:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2FFvzA2zeqoVPgRCnRzbu6rj6tCWHWVCA9ZaKB4Zpyhgx6V9pu3ohe6kP9bemGymYRwwjLia3UKxLwZFLJRbN4Jhf596fJjbi59KdGv8mNM371Q7iiauEJBEA3mhg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides--- The burden of family and of secrets | My Honest Thoughts ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Oh, Middlesex—where do I even start without feeling like I’m unpacking a lifetime of human complexity and contradiction in one sitting? From the very first pages, Eugenides grabs you by the shoulders and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-180164/@vickystory/middlesex-by-jeffrey-eugenides-the</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-180164/@vickystory/middlesex-by-jeffrey-eugenides-the</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-180164]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[vickystory]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2025 17:25:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2FFvzA2zeqoVPgRCnRzbu6rj6tCWHWVCA9ZaKB4ZpvXutgwaXANoK9Vk8fAUw4gEzJYjFxJAHBgzRyuTojthDfZWZHy3wiWGsxg6R5YRiXhkmFMFAcTEk7LvspNPY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why You Apologize When You Did Nothing Wrong -- “I’m sorry.” That wasn’t my fault.”]]></title><description><![CDATA[“I’m sorry.” But what happens when you realize that constant apology isn’t kindness — it’s a quiet betrayal of yourself? You’re not even sure what you’re apologizing for, but it’s almost instinct. Like]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-124452/@vickystory/why-you-apologize-when-you</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-124452/@vickystory/why-you-apologize-when-you</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-124452]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[vickystory]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2025 05:01:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2FFvzA2zeqoVPgRCnRzbu6rj6tCWHWVCA9ZaKB4ZpsYCX3VXS6XmM1fzPMoRGtZZQYig85CoZH3rBgnQjGs2qJ5f6b94XjGmw2XTUeUdfamu7r3RaKRjFKGDvXANa?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Crime and Punishment Novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky -- It’s one man, alone | Book Review ]]></title><description><![CDATA[The thing about Raskolnikov is he’s not some cackling villain. He’s brilliant, proud, drowning in theories. Crime and Punishment doesn’t walk into your life like a story—it crawls under your skin like]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-180164/@vickystory/crime-and-punishment-novel-by</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-180164/@vickystory/crime-and-punishment-novel-by</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-180164]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[vickystory]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 19 Oct 2025 21:25:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2FFvzA2zeqoVPgRCnRzbu6rj6tCWHWVCA9ZaKB4ZqsibUZvPHAvgMQXndBSEgWneksT12jVM9CckLG7BpwHX63LFyPDwiq4MX3WAwkhifBZNh3ReThghRi6fFGPev?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Narcissists Train You to Doubt Your Worth -- They make a weapon out of thy softness]]></title><description><![CDATA[It doesn’t happen overnight. That’s the cruel part. At first, they adore you. They make you feel like the most extraordinary person in the room. 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Instead, it drops us right]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-180164/@vickystory/the-horse-and-his-boy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-180164/@vickystory/the-horse-and-his-boy</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-180164]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[vickystory]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2025 17:44:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2FFvzA2zeqoVPgRCnRzbu6rj6tCWHWVCA9ZaKB4Zq3WM7G6xv9MsoC3uPWsXFnjvy2btV8CSQM3MAPnnTjoY6BKMC9Spo18i1bfV3dHDVoyroiWk8CskJSW7b572N?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Notes on Grief by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie --- Grief is a Cruel kind of Education | Book Review ]]></title><description><![CDATA[The book also explores the universality and particularity of grief simultaneously. 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