<?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>Sun, 26 Apr 2026 10:28:42 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/contemporaryfiction/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: Normal People by Sally Rooney]]></title><description><![CDATA[Normal People by Sally Rooney didn’t feel like just reading a novel—it felt like eavesdropping on two people’s lives so closely that I ended up feeling a little exposed myself. It’s quiet, almost deceptively]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-180164/@seunruth/book-review-normal-people-by</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-180164/@seunruth/book-review-normal-people-by</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-180164]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[seunruth]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2025 12:00:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBNvuPpuJoWwfXPpi5ckcLESTB3nmmnJXW9cFV3NekkwjTytmQx36uGTND1Tc8bNCvW4WkqLfbH9G35UQjTAjjYyX4WcV2mWGYpK79hbcvKuguFhL8zD3C?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>