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    <body><![CDATA[As a dog owner, I found this book hilarious and strangely informative.<br/><br/>Did you ever think you could understand what your dog is saying to you?  My beagle is constantly saying things like, &quot;Take me out now please!&quot; or &quot;I <em>really</em> would like some of that organic uncured turkey ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41658986">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a cute one.  It's about a girl who has a horrible dysfunctional family and keeps making bad choices.  She works at a doggy day care.  One day, after her boyfriend walks out on her, her dog (and all the other dogs) start talking to her, giving her advice, telling her to follow her instincts....<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50026319">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is wonderful for all the dog lovers out there. I just couldn't put it down! It rang so true b/c my dog was such a part of my family and I talked to her all the time. As I read the book I was laughing my butt off the whole time:) It did make me sad that my baby Girl is not living with me an...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17715532">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this right after <em>Speaker For The Dead<em> by Orson Scott Card, so I was definitely up for something lighter, and for a short while my mood and the humor of the book carried me along quite nicely.<br/><br/>Then the characters started to get on my nerves. The protagonist is a whiny doormat. If sh...</em></em><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60003395">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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