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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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Cinderella
by The Brothers Grimm

April 12, 2024 · Fairytales & Fables

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The Soot-Stained Saint: When prayer grew a tree and the birds called out the frauds! Darlin’, I picked up the Grimm Brothers’ Cinderella thinkin’ I was in for a simple short story of sorcery and secret romance—maybe a gentle moral…

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Alice in Wonderland
by Lewis Carroll

March 22, 2024 · Chapter Deep Dive, Fairytales & Fables

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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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Rapunzel
by The Brothers Grimm

January 20, 2022 · Fairytales & Fables

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From Garden to Grief: The Sin That Grew Into a Tower Because sin never stays small—and neither do its consequences Okay, saints and sinners, gather ’round—because today’s tale isn’t just a fairy story, it’s generational trauma wrapped in garden herbs…

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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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Rebecca Brown: The Author that gives Main Character Energy

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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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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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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