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  <title><![CDATA[The Guardian]]></title>
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  <default-description>Julie Barenson's young husband left her two unexpected gifts before he died: a Great Dane puppy named Singer and the promise that he would always be watching over her. Now, four years have passed. Still living in the small town of Swansboro, North Carolina, 29-year-old Julie is emotionally ready to make a commitment to someone again. But who? Should it be Richard Franklin, the handsome, sophisticated engineer who treats her like a queen? Or Mike Harris, the down-to-earth nice guy who was her husband's best friend? Choosing one of them should bring her more happiness than she's had in years. Instead, Julie is soon fighting for her life in a nightmare spawned by a chilling deception and jealousy so poisonous that it has become a murderous desire....</default-description>
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  <original-publication-year type="integer">2003</original-publication-year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Nicholas Sparks]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sun May 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Esta review (já sei) vai ser motivo de risota... (aviso já é que é longa só para eu esclarecer que não o li totalmente de livre vontade!!!!)<br/>Primeiro porque é um autor que eu não gosto e segundo porque as minhas amigas, sabendo que eu o li, não vão deixar de me gozar...<br/>Há muito...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22535436">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Mon Feb 18 10:55:54 -0800 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[yeah, there's  a spoiler in here. so stop reading if you don't wanna know.<br/><br/>yep. sparks does it again, sucks, that is.<br/>he kills off a dog this time, if memory serves me right.  I think that's all he's got... try to make a love story so sweet you need insulin. and then WHAM! Death! yea...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15702592">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Sat May 03 08:26:14 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat May 03 14:36:12 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I know what your thinking... How can Reed read a nicholas sparks book... very simple... I don't think you can bad mouth something until you have tried it. so I read a sparks novel. I have to admit it was entertaining. It was also very cheesy and the very end was about the biggest pile of tripe i hav...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21512871">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="39252050">
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  <date_added>Wed Dec 03 19:44:07 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Dec 03 19:46:03 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Saccharine! Predictable! This is the first Sparks novel I've read and I don't understand (from this first exposure anyway) WHY this man is a bestselling author. I just didn't get the appeal... Spoiler: the &quot;Guardian&quot; is the dog. THE DOG. I mean, anytime the dog has to save the day, is this...]]></body>
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    <review id="32078439">
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  <read_at>Thu Sep 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[September10, 2008<br/>Edit: Septmeber 22, 2008- <br/>    <em>The Gaurdian</em>  by Nicholas Sparks, is a touching love story of death and a leap a faith. Julie Barenson's  husbands death left her with to unexpected gifts, a Great Dane puppy named Singer and the promise that he would be watching over her al...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32078439">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="31945294">
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  <read_at>Mon Dec 22 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I wish that I could give this book 3 stars. I really wish that I could. I mean there are a lot of parts of the book that I really liked. But in general the story was a little familiar...I read a book earlier this year that was almost exactly the same plot line but of course was not as well put toget...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31945294">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[ 	The guardian by Nicholas Sparks is a compelling novel about a widow and her new beginning. Julie after losing her husband was left with nothing but her sorrow until Christmas day. Christmas day Julie was in for a surprise when she was gifted with a puppy. This was no ordinary puppy but it was a pu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44336001">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Notes from BookCrossing:  Just finished this one.  I was going to clean in my office a bit and then finish it up tonight, but with the stalker in it, I decided to read it while it was light out, as my husband is out of town :)<br/><br/>I wasn't sure what to expect, as I saw the movie &quot;Message...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41426376">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Sometimes, belonging to a book club (or two, or in my case, three) means that you are introduced to something that you would have never read on your own, that turns out to stretch your mind and lead to interesting discoveries...and other times, you are so aghast by someone's favorite that you avoid ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63224334">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Category: Books <br/>Genre:  Literature &amp; Fiction <br/>Author: Nicholas Sparks <br/><br/>The novel's main character, a widow named Julie Barenson, receives a puppy that her husband arranged before his untimely death. Although Singer, a Great Dane, challenges Julie's patience on more than one occ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52467255">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="44005752">
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    <body><![CDATA[I hated it!  This was my first Nicholas Sparks novel, and I have completely sworn him off.  I was so angry when there was this weird supernatural twist at the end that was completely unexpected.  I've heard this is not one of Sparks's bests, so I don't feel like it is a fair judge of his writing, bu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44005752">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2345.Nicholas_Sparks" title="Nicholas Sparks">Nicholas Sparks</a> takes a turn from his usual, sometimes sappy romance stories in <em>The Guardian</em>: still a romance, this book has a definitive thriller edge to it. I enjoyed <em>The Guardian</em> and think Sparks accomplished his objectives of mixing a romance with a thriller without losing sight of the relations...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51152109">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="64480957">
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    <body><![CDATA[I will have to begin my review by saying that this was my first Nicholas Sparks book. The romance genre never attracted me, but I wanted to expand my horizons and figured that, if that's the genre I want to try next, this man is supposedly the best at it. I chose <em>The Guardian</em> because it seemed the b...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64480957">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The Guardian is a very intense book.  Julie goes through a scary and life threatening experience.  Her husband who passed away had left her with a giant dog, who is her best friend. After many years alone, she begins dating again. However, one date lead to more than she could have imagined.  She had...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53594911">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="62183353">
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    <body><![CDATA[Nicholas Sparks is one of those writers who I don't necessarily like but whose novels I occasionally feel like reading. Sparks doesn't pretend to be more than who he is: a romance writer who caters to young (and maybe middle-aged) women. His stories are Hallmark material: they're always about true l...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62183353">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Nicholas Sparks has certainly outdone himself with this novel! A very different writing style from how he usually writes his stories. The Guardian was a love story BUT mixed with suspense, mystery, murder, intrigue, a wonderful dog named 'Singer', and possibly, a watchful 'eye' from Heaven! I absolu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50122879">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_updated>Mon Jan 12 19:35:33 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book definitally held my interest, but I can't say it had me on the edge of my seat. Sparks did a great job with the characters- they are easy to relate to and fun to become friends with. He wrapped it all up nice in the end, but I wasn't left feeling &quot;wowed&quot;. It was easy to guess wha...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42857278">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Jun 26 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sat Dec 13 04:51:53 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Famous for A Walk to Remember and The Notebook, Sparks is clearly a love-story writer. However, The Guardian has a different spin on it. his book starts off sounding like a typical love story about making the decision between the “down to earth” friend or the handsome “travel the world” man....<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40003197">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Apr 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Tue May 05 15:27:25 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Nicholas Sparks did an awesome job of moving the story along in this book, which is hard to do when tackling a thriller AND romance in the same novel. There was a delicate balance between the action/drama side of the story and the typical love story and I'm impressed with the attention to detail. I'...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43512250">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Mon Jul 20 17:34:52 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Aug 08 17:29:01 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[One of my favorite Nicholas Sparks books. The main character falls in love with her long time friend after losing her husband at a very young age. I love the romance concept of the book and the slow realization of Julie as she comes to love Mike. It is also a nice concept of her lost husband watchin...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64286238">more...</a>]]></body>
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