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    <body><![CDATA[What a great Book!! Reading this book put me back into reading comic books about Superheros, which I haven't done for a very long time! And I think if anyone is looking to read something about fighting evil forces, this would be the one! I was actually surprised that I finished this book in one day,...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16662050">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[WOW!  That was SO INCREDIBLY CHEESY, it should win a cheese award!  But a GOOD cheese award (cheddar/mozzarella/swiss/provolone)... as opposed to a BAD cheese award (Kraft Singles/Velveeta).  <br/><br/>This book was FUNNY and CUTE and SILLY and UTTERLY-RIDONKULOUS in ALL the right ways!  I LOVED I...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77591458">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This was one of the worst-written books I've read in a while. Every other paragraph, the author has the narrator say things like, &quot;my inner voice chattered&quot; or &quot;my inner voice screamed&quot;; I haven't encountered such an annoying narrative tick since <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/search/search?q= Tolkien" title=" Tolkien"> Tolkien</a>'s &quot;And lo!&quot;/&quot;...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17394911">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The most original book I've read in ages. This is a comic book come to life in novel form. Superheroes versus ubervillains in the city of Bigtime, all of which reminds me of the old Batman TV series. The general plot could apply to any of the urban fantasy currently being written... vampires versus ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71583905">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[That was a pretty fun and really fast read. It was borderline harlequin romance but from the cover and summary, I knew what I was getting into anyways. It was tongue-in-cheek superhero humor, which was what I was looking for after finishing &quot;Soon I Will Be Invincible&quot; a while back.<br/>Th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80936679">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I bought this book for my wife after hearing the author on a podcast, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.dragonpage.com/">Dragon Page: Cover to Cover</a>.  After having just finished reading <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/search/search?q=Soon I Will Be Invincible" title="Soon I Will Be Invincible">Soon I Will Be Invincible</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/search/search?q=Austin Grossman" title="Austin Grossman">Austin Grossman</a>, I was still in the superhero genre mode so I thought I'd give Karma Girl a try.  There's a lot of tongue in cheek going...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19845278">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Really really fun story, but WAY WAY too much sex for my taste.  (Hence less stars.)<br/>Hot Mama was the same way... I read it thinking maybe she'd tone it down (you know, like how most of the sex in the first couple of seasons of Bones was all in the first episode?) but no luck.<br/>If it doesn'...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52070074">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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