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  <title><![CDATA[The Yada Yada Prayer Group]]></title>
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  <original_publication_month type="integer">9</original_publication_month>
  <original_publication_year type="integer">2003</original_publication_year>
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  <read_at>Mon Jul 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[After reading 25% into this book I am not intrigued or impressed.  The herione is interesting but the writing style is very immature.  At one point the herione is coming home from the womens conference and the writer writes 'Should I ring the doorbell or use my key'?  A whole paragraph to describe a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65114383">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Sat Oct 10 18:18:22 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[It took me a bit to get into this book... I kept reading it hoping I'd start to really identify with the main character, but, overall, I only connected via bits and pieces.  The main character, Jodi, is your all-American suburb-mom who has mostly lived a fairly sheltered life.  A good girl by her ow...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74118482">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat May 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Well, as for the Christian part of it and the hatred of drugs and alcohol, I could do without, and seeing as this book is a book regarding a prayer group of many different ethnicities, life styles, and personalities. I liked many of the characters; Nony really intrigued me, and Florida was a kind of...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55448277">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="39035764">
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  <read_at>Sat Dec 06 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was sick and needed something light and easy, so I pulled this book off the shelf for a re-read.  Even though it is very predictable and Jodi is one of the most annoying characters in all of Christian fiction, I still like this book.  Maybe I like the colorful characters trying to find common grou...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39035764">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="41611610">
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  <read_at>Fri Jan 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is not to be confused with the Yaya sisterhood book(s?). It is the first in a series of books that revolves around a group of diverse women who meet at a women's prayer conference and start a prayer group together. The main character is a woman, Jodie, who always thought she was a good Christia...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41611610">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="68102351">
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  <read_at>Fri Jun 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I picked up this book on high recommendation of friends.  I found it a little contrived in the suggested 'diversity' of the prayer group.  Nothing really struck me in reading this first book.  That having been said I believe this book isn't meant to stand alone.  I have read several others in the se...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68102351">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="75641273">
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  <date_added>Sat Oct 24 21:47:02 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was just looking through the card catalog on my computer for christian fiction and thought the title of this book sounded interesting, I had no idea what it was about, and I put it on hold through my library. I am so glad I did, I don't usually like series books, but these books are wonderful. Onc...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75641273">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="76907497">
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  <read_at>Mon Nov 09 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Mon Nov 09 09:30:33 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was so different from anything else I've read all year that I couldn't help but like it. Not only is it fun, but it's also a powerful reminder of the importance of prayer and Christian &quot;community&quot;. I did have a few issues with it though. The main character seems so obsessed with ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76907497">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="66704875">
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  <read_at>Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is an engaging and delightful read for those who like Christian fiction.  <u>The Yada Yada Prayer Group</u> is the first in a series of novels about an unlikely grouping of women who become close and are “there for each other”.  They meet at a women’s conference and are placed in the same prayer...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66704875">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="74768419">
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  <read_at>Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book appealed to me on the library shelf because it was about a group of women who met through a prayer group.  They all come from different walks of life.  The main character discovers things about herself that had she not been in this group wouldn't have.  It's funny, because although she is ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74768419">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="49659661">
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[a Christian sister who wanted a light read]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Sun Jul 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a good, light read; one that I could read just a chapter or two and pick it up again several days later, just because the girls were so real.   It is the kind of book you can take to the hairdressers or eat with a sandwich in your hand !  <br/><br/>Having been to lots of women's conferenc...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49659661">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="43022119">
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  <read_at>Sun Aug 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I just read The Yada Yada Prayer Group. I really wasn't expecting to like it as much as I did. It seemed like one of those older lady Christian chick lit books--I'm not quite sure why I thought that, because there were women of all ages in the book. It was one of those books that I liked so much tha...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43022119">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="36469256">
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  <read_at>Mon Jul 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I thought that the story of a multi-culti women's prayer grooup would be just too precious for words. Surely it would be filled with scenes of everyone holding hands, singing &quot;Kumbaya&quot;, and ignoring racial differences, right? Well, there is some of that in this book, but it also touched my...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36469256">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="26179491">
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  <read_at>Wed Jul 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book, the first in a continuing series, covers the unlikely friendship of a group of women as dissimilar as they can be.  They range from ex-convicts to teachers, recovering addicts to real-estate brokers.  The thing they have in common is their prayer group, formed at the Chicago Women's Confe...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26179491">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="14227220">
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    <body><![CDATA[I cant even begin to say enough about this series!  Again, a book I picked up on a whim b/c we were on vacation and I wanted to relax on the porch with a good book.  I bought this and book two, b/c they were cheap (bargain bookstore) and they had fun covers.<br/><br/>I had them both read within th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14227220">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="5658501">
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    <body><![CDATA[plot summary: what happens, when &amp; where, central characters, major conflicts[return]jodi baxter is unaware of how her life will change when she agrees to attend a women's conference in downtown chicago.  she has been attending an &quot;progressive&quot; church, and even goes with an african america...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5658501">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a really good book! It's number one in a series of seven books. It's a book about several women of different ages, backgrounds and races that come together at a women's conferencce and eventually form the Yada Yada prayer group. It will definately make you laugh as the main character tries ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38653459">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I took away a couple of positive ideas about my own prayer life but mostly this was just a overly contrived story.  Really boring to read about every cliche in the world (breast cancer, drug addiction, car accidents, and on and on) happening to one small group of ladies.  I really wanted to like thi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77600321">more...</a>]]></body>
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