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  <title><![CDATA[A Perfect Night to Go to China]]></title>
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  <read_at>Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Fri Jul 31 23:33:43 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[The entire time I was reading this book I had eeriest sense of Deja Vu. I think I must have read it a few years ago. I saw it at the library and thought to myself &quot;Oh, I've been meaning to read this!&quot; <br/><br/>The premise of this book is interesting. A man makes a tragic choice one even...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65737219">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Not that it is bad. it just does not have much memorable about it and there are so many i prefer.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book with great anticipation since it was a Governor General's Literary Awards winner. Maybe I was expecting too much but I found it rather shallow in terms of characterization and in general very ordinary. It never jumped off the page and engaged me. <br/><br/>I'm learning that whenev...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47875631">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Sep 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Award winning book.  Interesting and short.  A 6 year old son goes missing.  Then the father mystically dreams of, talks to and sees the son, as well as other dead people.  Does he find him at the end?  I can't quite say.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun May 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a very fast read but a very compelling one -- I'd highly recommend it.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Jul 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Sparse, suspenseful. A good quick read without a happy ending ( I wasn't expecting one). Roman steps out of the house for 15 minutes, leaving his 6 year old son Simon alone in the house in bed. When he comes back, Simon is gone. His wife, known only as M, is out of town. When Simon fails to be found...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26515846">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Jun 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Here are the links to my reviews:<br/><br/>Amazon.ca(please vote if you are so inclined):<br/><br/><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://tinyurl.com/6e6vml">http://tinyurl.com/6e6vml</a><br/><br/>My blog (Please leave a comment, especially if you have ever read this book or anything by David Gilmour):<br/><br/><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://tinyurl.com/3hbsgp">http://tinyurl.com/3hbsgp</a><br/><br/>Teddy...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7689164">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="33857029">
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    <body><![CDATA[I didn't like this book from the start and actually didn't read it because I thought it was going to be too disturbing (and dumb).]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[@ neither.<br/>I jotted the name of this book down.  Don't know why.  ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A really great novel. Made me cry for five hours at Heathrow airport...]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Short but compelling.  I was hoping for a happy ending and it never came.]]></body>
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