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He Came to Set the Captives Free
by Rebecca Brown

September 2, 2025 · NON-FICTION

From Baby Blood to High Priestess: Hell’s Contract and How Elaine Was Recruited, Robed, and Ruined! Rebecca Brown’s He Came to Set the Captives Free is not your cute little hospital drama, bless your heart. Nope — this book hands…

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Rebecca Brown: The Author that gives Main Character Energy

August 28, 2025 · Behind the Pen, Chapter Deep Dive

There’s Something About Rebecca ICU intern, accidental demon fighter, and part-time prayer warrior Hospitals are supposed to feel predictable, like a bad rerun of Grey’s Anatomy on loop — not like Hell itself punched the time clock and decided to…

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Lewis Carroll: The Real Alice and the Man who Told her Tall Tale

August 25, 2025 · Behind the Pen

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The Miss Behind the Madness: How Wonderland Was Born (Hint: Trauma, Tea, and a Little Girl Who Was So Over Fish and Weeds) ✍️ Meet Mr. Dodgson… Before Wonderland was a global brand with tea parties and merch, it was…

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The Death of Thelma Todd in
BOMBSHELL
by Mike Rothmiller

August 21, 2025 · NON-FICTION

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Before there was Marilyn… How a silver-screen starlet, the mob, and a beachside café foreshadowed Hollywood’s darkest déjà vu. If you’re the kind of reader who likes your true crime served up with a twist of scandal, a splash of…

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The Beauty and the Beast
by Madame de Villeneuve

August 11, 2025 · FICTION

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A Royal Hot Mess Not Written for Kids: What if I told you Beauty and the Beast were kissing cousins?! If you’ve been thinking Beauty and the Beast is just that cute Disney romance, bless your heart — you’ve been…

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A Soul to Keep
by Opal Reyne

August 5, 2025 · FICTION

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Monster Romance is Having a Moment, but I Drew the Line at a Demon Boyfriend: My Near-Read of A Soul to Keep and How It Made Me Revisit the Original Beauty and the Beast I’m book obsessed—let’s just get that…

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Welcome to my blog... this is where we talk about the books that totally wrecked our mascara and maybe our morals. If I finish a novel and don’t instantly feel the urge to drop a voice note in my group chat like, ‘Y’all. This book!’—did I even read it?” Expect full-on, spoiler-rich breakdowns with a spiritual side-eye, character judgments, and the occasional “bless her heart” moment. If you’ve ever read a story and immediately wanted to whisper about it in the church kitchen—this is your sanctuary.

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The Last Unicorn
by Peter S. Beagle

Welcome to the Midnight Carnival: The hag that outshined the whole dang thang… bless it. When I picked up The Last Unicorn, my heart was already galloping. This was the story behind one of my favorite childhood films—talking butterflies, enchanted forests, a…

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Alice in Wonderland
by Lewis Carroll

When Nursery Rhymes Turn Violent Step into Chapter 6, where child care is chaos, dinner may kill you, and the cat’s the only one with any sense.   I cracked open Alice in Wonderland thinking I was in for a…

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Hamlet
by William Shakespeare

Killer Dress… The Death of House Hamlet: In the royal court of Denmark, Ophelia was a fragile bloom caught amidst a thicket of ungodly men, whose hearts were poisoned with pride, greed, lust, and wrath. Like a lamb among wolves,…

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