<?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[Dorado Books]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dorado Books LLC is an urban cultural publishing home, sharing real stories rooted in lived experience, culture, and truth —an urban storytelling home]]></description><link>https://www.doradobooks.com/book-excerpts</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 15:20:39 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.doradobooks.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Coming Soon! I Don't Exactly Remember... by Reina Dorado]]></title><description><![CDATA[HER
It starts the same way every time.
Not with some particular day in mind, or any special place.
Just a feeling…
A feeling like my mind is reaching for a picture of us that never actually got taken.
I’m sitting at the kitchen table when it hits me again.
There is laundry that still needs folding.
Something in the kitchen that probably needs wiping down.
My husband is somewhere close enough that I can hear him moving through the house.
My life is happening all around me.
A real life.]]></description><link>https://www.doradobooks.com/book-excerpt-from/coming-soon-i-don-t-exactly-remember-by-reina-dorado</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a808e3340f3daf10ba29405</guid><category><![CDATA[Coming Soon!]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 16:20:28 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6dc012_faf1e9ceb46448329dee3bf2549a88bb~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Dorado Books </dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dorado Books Excerpt Library ✨]]></title><description><![CDATA[There’s something special about opening a book for the first time.

You don’t know the characters yet. 

You don’t know what they’ve survived.

 And you can't wait to find out what they’re hiding, who they’re going to love, and they may possibly lose because of it.

Maybe you’re about to meet somebody who feels a little too familiar, or perhaps unfamiliar. ‍♀️

Then you start reading...]]></description><link>https://www.doradobooks.com/book-excerpt-from/dorado-books-excerpt-library</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a7de81dd791ff6850b4f92b</guid><category><![CDATA[Coming Soon!]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 16:01:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6dc012_9e771eafcead4dc8a9a1ee7495f2a63e~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_763,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Dorado Books </dc:creator></item></channel></rss>