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The Odd DUck Society
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Jessamy Aubertine is too much for her university classmates, too little for her overstressed mum, and nothing in between. Then a mysterious letter signed by Jane Austen brings her back to her family’s fading tea shop and a pair of unlikely comrades. Will they find the letter writer—and perhaps discover themselves along the way? Or will their friendship fade with The Muses?
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about rachel
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Rachel Leitch is a certified weird girl who writes young adult fantasy. Right now, she writes novels that capture the immersive comfort of your favorite fandom.
Rachel lives in northern Indiana with her family. During the school year, she tricks students into being bookish as an elementary paraprofessional. During the summer, she volunteers at an off-Broadway theater (no, not as an actress). In her (very limited) free time, she’s trying to fit all her reads on her shelf in a somewhat organized manner, consuming a level of chai that borders on hazardous, or nerding out over her fandom of the week. |
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On reading with biblical convictions
may 25, 2026
Maybe you saw it, maybe you didn’t. I wouldn’t blame you if you scrolled right past it. After all, Bookstagram is always fussing over one drama or another.
I scrolled past the first few posts, but after the fifth video, I took notice. Because, well, I like Bookstagram, and I like other people’s drama.
But what was the drama?
A bookstagrammer with a substantial following posted about how she would now only read books with “biblical convictions.”
That’s great, right? We support people finding their own convictions around here!
But upon closer inspection, those “biblical convictions” were “get rid of all secular books and anything I don’t like.” And the majority of those books specifically dealt with underrepresented people groups and topics. As more information came out, her post looked more and more like a PR stunt to attract followers—which it did.
I’m not here to speculate about whether her convictions are real or not. I’m not here to judge whether her convictions were good or not. Nowhere in this post do I intend it to come across that I look down on or don’t support people who choose to read only clean books or only Christian books.
But I am here to discuss how this controversy reveals some toxic ideas that lurk in Christian and clean fiction spaces.
I scrolled past the first few posts, but after the fifth video, I took notice. Because, well, I like Bookstagram, and I like other people’s drama.
But what was the drama?
A bookstagrammer with a substantial following posted about how she would now only read books with “biblical convictions.”
That’s great, right? We support people finding their own convictions around here!
But upon closer inspection, those “biblical convictions” were “get rid of all secular books and anything I don’t like.” And the majority of those books specifically dealt with underrepresented people groups and topics. As more information came out, her post looked more and more like a PR stunt to attract followers—which it did.
I’m not here to speculate about whether her convictions are real or not. I’m not here to judge whether her convictions were good or not. Nowhere in this post do I intend it to come across that I look down on or don’t support people who choose to read only clean books or only Christian books.
But I am here to discuss how this controversy reveals some toxic ideas that lurk in Christian and clean fiction spaces.
