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For today, I'm going to share another book review of a novel about one of the most prominent women in history,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-180164/@ridgette/not-the-son-he-wants-a-book-review-on-mary-bloody-mary</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-180164/@ridgette/not-the-son-he-wants-a-book-review-on-mary-bloody-mary</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-180164]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ridgette]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 30 Mar 2024 06:24:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/FUkUE5bzkAZT3HzV5tJDiU2ik81PCd4JCyhWnRcDN8XJsVFY3UNB8DCbcZy1hXgikQos8bs99QPRdny5oTa5RtajEZGepPadYwJfbAm8kKKsRGSVzV6RGKAJfk4NdEmp6vXmQf1bJj4EMUfZ2AdpHEyAedywQaY1wDAW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[All the Light We Cannot See: A Miniseries That Will Stay with You Long After You've Finished Watching It]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hello hivers I thought that I would write about the films or series that I recently watched and like. Here is my first pick that I finished watching in one go. 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Funny really is that I was rearranging my bookshelves and saw my really old copy of Whirlwind. With the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-180164/@metapiziks/a-review-of-whirlwind-by</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-180164/@metapiziks/a-review-of-whirlwind-by</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-180164]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[metapiziks]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 30 Oct 2023 12:43:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNbFzApDTmvFYJczLb7FJz3TaMfBugj2VfPksopMwDMf3k9WX7U3ez6uenjyrr8B9i8hB45TT5DVQequVLLpM47Q17sYPAe7qYfA8gWGKK1pYe?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book review: Lapvona - Ottessa Moshfegh]]></title><description><![CDATA[Introduction Lapvona is a small fiefdom in a past unbeknownst to us. Tragedy lurks and misfortune dwells among the people. Famine and drought leave the people near death. 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The Evening and The Morning by Ken Follet is a story predominantly centered around a smart, visionary, and an upright young boy named Edgar from a seafront called]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-180164/@macchiata/complex-turbulent-yet-a-gripping-tale-from-10th-century-the-evening-and-the-morning-by-ken-follet</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-180164/@macchiata/complex-turbulent-yet-a-gripping-tale-from-10th-century-the-evening-and-the-morning-by-ken-follet</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-180164]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[macchiata]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 22 Oct 2022 19:22:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/NTy4GV6ooFRmaCXZ8UYgPhoud1kjiNX8QokLEZtbBKLuLWQ9yt7K3o4PG7qiS2SfyUvr6dYcfaWwGLq51eNUM9r7a7qcWCDeJ78XKPsSscrq2iJAMDQb6zx11xKuWg5itdrVmTYNpPWgbCuCLPUJJwV3D52aUpfLRzzbthyY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[QuarterReads Story Five: Korea 1950]]></title><description><![CDATA[Korea 1950 The platoon had been a new one. Raw recruits, soft and unused to the rigors of combat. Against the overwhelming numbers which swept south it wouldn’t have made a difference. “You are a journalist.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-199275/@stuartcturnbull/quarterreads-story-five-korea-1950</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-199275/@stuartcturnbull/quarterreads-story-five-korea-1950</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-199275]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[stuartcturnbull]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2022 05:15:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/pBMyo3B2Sao45kGEB1kRY9cJBFGQnrPp2qChGHkgVjzu1y6XFCd4yc3bGsTbJ6JCcCM5zyozaJtyas8nJnD2pwNPnkCCQj4YLF2jYPvJr7ZzwPUwWMNgXdKXLLVjXXFMFgFWt1h7368Pv7GwJTjLQ2WtQbij5D6HoimxwD5ZRwLwJGyL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just Quaranthings: My love for the History Genre, Historical Fiction and Heneral Luna]]></title><description><![CDATA[and by historical fiction, I don't mean Abraham Lincoln the Vampire Slayer types. 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That lecture mentioned that both are written works. It has author/authors,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-148441/@macchiata/my-love-to-historical-fiction-novels</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-148441/@macchiata/my-love-to-historical-fiction-novels</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-148441]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[macchiata]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2020 05:58:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/PB8ro82ZpZP35bVGjGoE93K3E4U5KX8KtMBJ2rgQSap7Jhu2wwEB26pzqVpyYYez6yYe96EtVdpcWLZjXfUBAGr4GhnV63pWAz9NkSazAs8enikn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chapter 6 - The Cell Phone Towers Fall]]></title><description><![CDATA[My favorite books to read are young adult dystopias. Hunger Games, The Testing, Gone, The Giver are all part of the family favorites. 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If you enjoy it, please leave a review on Amazon (that helps us small authors]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/books/@phoenixwren/thank-you</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/books/@phoenixwren/thank-you</guid><category><![CDATA[books]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[phoenixwren]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2018 23:31:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/JvFFVmatwWHRfvmtd53nmEJ94xpKydwmbSC5H5svBACH81ToXTn2eih35NRJ9BirkqXLuwbLtTuE7WwgfZ85pjvKmW5FQKkxyJay7TXV6bFvofbpbZhWNvBxGXtWVUVLQuuemLTtra?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>