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    <body><![CDATA[I’ve been waiting for this book for a decade!<br/><br/>I read The Ethical Slut by Dossie Easton and Catherine A. Liszt in 1998, but found the information they provided rather basic. I’ve waited ten years to read something even more enlightening and instructive. Tristan Taormino has made my wish ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46492609">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I recommend this book to anyone thinking of starting an open relationship or anyone that has been doing open relationships for years.  It's interesting, to the point, and covers all kinds of relationships while encouraging the reader to find their boundaries and choose the kind of relationship that ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65467915">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Tristan Taormino presents a very un-biased book on the many forms open relationships may take.  The book has a gentle approach, providing terminology and ideas without being overly shocking or in your face.   Ms. Taormino has also managed to avoid coming across as more evolved or better than others....<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56246390">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[If you're interested in starting an open relationship or simply want to know more about the subject this book is an excellent and exhaustive resource. I read The Ethical Slut a while back and found myself somewhat disappointed. That book has excellent commentary on what works for a small group of pe...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50284461">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A bit prescriptive at times, but as a friend of mine mentioned, it feels like a more succinct manner of putting a lot of POVs and/or actualizations on my POV that I have already come to. I really would have loved to hear more about Tristan's personal perspective, having become a fan of her many-year...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42873862">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[What a relief!  Every kind of love is real.  This book was like being pet on the head by an understanding grown-up who says, yes, it's ok to want what you want, now let's talk about how to make it work.  Thanks, Tristan.  So relaxing!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Basically the Strunk and White of polyamory. One of the best, most comprehensive guides to the topic, from all angles.  Extraordinarily great advice, filled with real world experience, and extremely easy to read.  ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Hand down this is the best book out there on open relationships. It contains none of the arrogance of <em>The Ethical Slut</em> and none of the useless (to me) tantric and self-help babble of <em>Polyamory: The New Love Without Limits</em>. I don't want to define it by what it doesn't have, though, as the book is ful...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65802077">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Oh Tristan.<br/>This is the polyamory college thesis you've been wanting to write for years, huh.  Well, congratulations, you did it.  <br/>The anecdotes, while interesting, were sourced from the same handful of people and often repetitive, making it tough to flow through the book.  I kept stumbli...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48803488">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[from the library<br/><br/>from the library computer:<br/>Library Journal Reviews<br/>If you are looking for an everyday, run-of-the-mill relationship guide, this introduction to the world of nonmonogamy is probably not for you. Village Voice sex columnist Taormino, who has authored or edited a h...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56856799">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[About halfway in. Discusses in specific detail, pros and cons, a lot of different styles of open relationships. At this point, has largely been review of many points of analysis I've already come to, but it's thorough enough that I periodically come across new tidbits from an angle I hadn't previous...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42808363">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[O hay, book I wish I had read several months before I finally got around to it. A lot of good insight in here for anyone who thinks monogamy might not be the thing for him or her. This book, unlike many others on the subject, gives a fairly balanced perspective on various types of arrangements, and ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72139316">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[An intelligent, research-based, nuanced, and common-sense book on non-monogamy and polyamory??  Amazing.  It reminds me of some of my favorite teaching resources - simultaneously acknowledges that there are no &quot;right answers&quot; AND that there are concrete skills and lessons that can support ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72995408">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The best book on polyamory and how to do it that I've read so far. My only fault would be that I would have liked more on relationship transitions, break-up kind of stuff. Otherwise totally excellent!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Not just for open relationships. Good general information to help you communicate with people you love. (but also a great diversity of stories from alternative relationships)]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is very broad, covering various styles of nonmonogamy. Swinging and polyamory and various groupings. Trying to be as open minded as possible, Taormino interviewed 126 people about how their relationships work and sometimes don't work. <br/><br/>It's a very honest treatment. Everything is...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35205727">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[gotta love tristan t. basically covers all topics regarding this subject. not as great as the ethical slut but i think i'm biased since it was the first one that i read.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Good stuff, goes from beginner to hxc. I wonder when we're going to get to the point where books about open relationships don't have to have four or five beginning chapters that justify their motivations to exist in the first place.]]></body>
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