<?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[Recommended Reads]]></title><description><![CDATA[Recommended Reads 1]]></description><link>https://www.recommendedreads.org/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2026 11:50:34 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.recommendedreads.org/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Welcome to Recommended Reads!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hi! My name is the Book Girl and I am the creator of Recommended Reads. 	I wouldn't be who I am today if I hadn't grown up, for the most part, friendless and alone. I blame my dad. When I was about six he took it upon himself to make me literate, something I think he's regretted ever since, because I don't think I looked up from a book until about 7th grade. He probably realized his mistake when I started going half-blind at age ten because of how many nights I had spent squinting at pages in...]]></description><link>https://www.recommendedreads.org/post/welcome-to-recommended-reads</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a81ff0c40f3daf10ba5a95a</guid><pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 21:44:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>The Book Girl</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>