<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<GoodreadsResponse>
	<Request>
		<authentication>false</authentication>
		    <method><![CDATA[]]></method>
	</Request>
	
<book id="184924">
  <title><![CDATA[Our Ecstatic Days: A Novel]]></title>
  <isbn><![CDATA[0743285107]]></isbn>
  <isbn13><![CDATA[9780743285100]]></isbn13>
    <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172523889m/184924.jpg</image_url>
    <work>
  <best_book_id type="integer">184924</best_book_id>
  <books_count type="integer">2</books_count>
  <default_description>In the waning summer days, a lake appears almost overnight in the middle of Los Angeles. Out of fear and love, a young single mother commits a desperate act: convinced that the lake means to take her small son from her, she determines to stop it and becomes the lake's Dominatrix-Oracle, &quot;the Queen of the Zed Night.&quot; Acclaimed by many critics as Steve Erickson's greatest novel, Our Ecstatic Days takes place on the forbidden landscape of a defiant heart.</default_description>
  <id type="integer">178737</id>
  <media_type nil="true"></media_type>
  <original_language_id type="integer" nil="true"></original_language_id>
  <original_publication_day type="integer" nil="true"></original_publication_day>
  <original_publication_month type="integer" nil="true"></original_publication_month>
  <original_publication_year type="integer">2005</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>Our Ecstatic Days: A Novel</original_title>
  <rating_dist>total:131|5:41|4:44|3:28|2:13|1:5|</rating_dist>
  <ratings_count type="integer">131</ratings_count>
  <ratings_sum type="integer">496</ratings_sum>
  <reviews_count type="integer">215</reviews_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">18</text_reviews_count>
</work>

  <average_rating><![CDATA[3.79]]></average_rating>
  <ratings_count><![CDATA[127]]></ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count><![CDATA[18]]></text_reviews_count>
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/184924.Our_Ecstatic_Days_A_Novel]]></url>
  <authors>
        <author id="5279">
      <name><![CDATA[Steve Erickson]]></name>
      <role><![CDATA[]]></role>
      <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5279.Steve_Erickson]]></url>
      <average_rating><![CDATA[3.94]]></average_rating>
      <ratings_count><![CDATA[1491]]></ratings_count>
      <text_reviews_count><![CDATA[241]]></text_reviews_count>
    </author>
      </authors>
    <reviews start="1" end="20" total="215">
    <review id="78235173">
    <user id="45618">
    <name><![CDATA[karen]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Woodside, NY]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/45618-karen]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1249007384p3/45618.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">184924</id>
  <isbn>0743285107</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780743285100</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">127</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">18</text_reviews_count>
  <title>Our Ecstatic Days: A Novel</title>
  <average_rating>3.79</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172523889m/184924.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/184924.Our_Ecstatic_Days_A_Novel</link>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>11</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="littry-fiction" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Nov 18 14:29:53 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Nov 18 20:25:44 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[in the realm of things that make no sense, allow me to submit the following: why is the sequel to one of the best books i have ever read in print, but not its original?? seriously harpercollins, give up the goods! if you dont want it, give it to simon and schuster so i dont all the time have to be t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78235173">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78235173]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="64636710">
    <user id="2540264">
    <name><![CDATA[Trevor]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2540264-trevor-tremaine]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1248065958p3/2540264.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">184924</id>
  <isbn>0743285107</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780743285100</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">127</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">18</text_reviews_count>
  <title>Our Ecstatic Days: A Novel</title>
  <average_rating>3.79</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172523889m/184924.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/184924.Our_Ecstatic_Days_A_Novel</link>
</book>

    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Fri Jul 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Jul 23 07:38:14 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Aug 03 08:07:10 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Cool premise--the inexplicable large-scale disaster is always a good postmodern trope, and Lake Zed more than fulfills its promise, springing from a hole in the ground to eventually consume all of Los Angeles and generally mess up everyone's lives.  Erickson ably evokes the geography of the region, ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64636710">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64636710]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="21544807">
    <user id="62597">
    <name><![CDATA[Sara]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Los Angeles, CA]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/62597-sara]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1248802942p3/62597.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">184924</id>
  <isbn>0743285107</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780743285100</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">127</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">18</text_reviews_count>
  <title>Our Ecstatic Days: A Novel</title>
  <average_rating>3.79</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172523889m/184924.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/184924.Our_Ecstatic_Days_A_Novel</link>
</book>

    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="20th-21st-centuries" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[Bookworm]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Sat May 03 18:46:26 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri May 23 13:19:44 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[As far as I know, no one has ever written so accurately about what it feels like to be a parent.  Through the first part of the book, I thought, no one--man or woman--has ever written the female  mind so accurately.  But Erickson convinced me that this &quot;mind&quot; is neither male nor female--in...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21544807">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21544807]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="51974047">
    <user id="1656680">
    <name><![CDATA[Morgan]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Brooklyn, NY]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1656680-morgan]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1224999241p3/1656680.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">184924</id>
  <isbn>0743285107</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780743285100</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">127</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">18</text_reviews_count>
  <title>Our Ecstatic Days: A Novel</title>
  <average_rating>3.79</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172523889m/184924.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/184924.Our_Ecstatic_Days_A_Novel</link>
</book>

    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Apr 08 14:08:46 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Apr 08 14:36:37 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Flat out beautiful. This is a deep examination into grief without the intention of just being depressing.  An insightful look at feeling lost to the world. <br/><br/>Surreal and magical.  Despite being overly indulgent it never drags and keep a quick lilt pulling the reader farther into this &quot;...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51974047">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51974047]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="48290792">
    <user id="1421407">
    <name><![CDATA[Janet]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Los Angeles, CA]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1421407-janet]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1233793476p3/1421407.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">184924</id>
  <isbn>0743285107</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780743285100</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">127</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">18</text_reviews_count>
  <title>Our Ecstatic Days: A Novel</title>
  <average_rating>3.79</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172523889m/184924.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/184924.Our_Ecstatic_Days_A_Novel</link>
</book>

    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Mar 04 22:09:06 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Mar 04 22:10:46 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[The beautifully lyrical speculative fiction of Steve Erickson I think receives its apotheosis in Our Ecstatic Days. A lake springs up in Hollywood and spreads to engulf the center of the city.  Fire and water. What Lynch does in film, Erickson does in fiction.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48290792]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="54055387">
    <user id="2258645">
    <name><![CDATA[Monica]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Edmonton, AB, Canada]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2258645-monica]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1240786151p3/2258645.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">184924</id>
  <isbn>0743285107</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780743285100</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">127</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">18</text_reviews_count>
  <title>Our Ecstatic Days: A Novel</title>
  <average_rating>3.79</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172523889m/184924.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/184924.Our_Ecstatic_Days_A_Novel</link>
</book>

    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Tue Sep 27 00:00:00 -0700 2005</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Apr 26 16:34:25 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Apr 26 16:37:10 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Experimental and not one of my favorites.  I knew from reading this book that something had changed and maybe Erickson had had a child, (he had), I knew it from the very start because he was suddenly writing like someone who loved as a parent does.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54055387]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="29989884">
    <user id="74259">
    <name><![CDATA[Ben]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Santa Fe, NM]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/74259-ben]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1178086840p3/74259.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">184924</id>
  <isbn>0743285107</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780743285100</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">127</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">18</text_reviews_count>
  <title>Our Ecstatic Days: A Novel</title>
  <average_rating>3.79</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172523889m/184924.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/184924.Our_Ecstatic_Days_A_Novel</link>
</book>

    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="2008" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Mon Oct 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Aug 12 18:12:18 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Aug 20 12:41:36 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Alternately brilliant and frustrating. Erickson does some amazing stuff in this novel, both narratively and textually, including a stunning 230 page-long single-line sentence that completes and mirrors the text that surrounds it. But on the other hand, his writing is occasionally completely over the...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29989884">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29989884]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="15286734">
    <user id="901936">
    <name><![CDATA[Danger]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Denver, CO]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/901936-danger-kallisti]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1202873337p3/901936.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">184924</id>
  <isbn>0743285107</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780743285100</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">127</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">18</text_reviews_count>
  <title>Our Ecstatic Days: A Novel</title>
  <average_rating>3.79</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172523889m/184924.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/184924.Our_Ecstatic_Days_A_Novel</link>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="angelino-stuff" />
        <shelf name="po-mo-craziness" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Angelinos, postmodernists, people who read -Sea Came in at Midnight-]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[Aaron]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Feb 12 17:58:11 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Feb 12 17:59:06 -0800 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[It's hard to say anything new about a sequel that wouldn't just be comparing it to the book it followed.  As such, I'll say that I don't think it functions well as a standalone, despite Erickson's attempts to rehash the previous novel.  This problem lies in the fact that much of the necessary backgr...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15286734">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15286734]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="68978974">
    <user id="1419068">
    <name><![CDATA[Elaine]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1419068-elaine]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1244857638p3/1419068.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">184924</id>
  <isbn>0743285107</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780743285100</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">127</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">18</text_reviews_count>
  <title>Our Ecstatic Days: A Novel</title>
  <average_rating>3.79</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172523889m/184924.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/184924.Our_Ecstatic_Days_A_Novel</link>
</book>

    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Fri Oct 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Aug 26 12:04:55 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Oct 10 18:25:59 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Left me dizzy, giddy, elated, depressed. Erickson can pack and turn a phrase like no other, make you see, hear, feel creeped out.  I could't put it down, but, be warned: not for people who insist their novels should bear a resemblance to the world they know. Realism isn't Erickson's point.  Oh, this...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68978974">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68978974]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="56194838">
    <user id="418369">
    <name><![CDATA[Amanda]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Los Angeles, CA]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/418369-amanda]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1226772701p3/418369.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">184924</id>
  <isbn>0743285107</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780743285100</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">127</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">18</text_reviews_count>
  <title>Our Ecstatic Days: A Novel</title>
  <average_rating>3.79</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172523889m/184924.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/184924.Our_Ecstatic_Days_A_Novel</link>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Wed Oct 14 13:50:16 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri May 15 12:09:36 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Oct 14 13:50:16 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I was blown away by Zeroville and Days Between Stations. This one is kind of losing me in the middle when it gets to the part about the mistress and the guy from China, but I am only half way through. Maybe he'll win me back? As always the writing itself both rocks my world and blows my mind and als...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56194838">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56194838]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="11908234">
    <user id="754045">
    <name><![CDATA[Kat]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Medford, NJ]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/754045-kat]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-F-111x148.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">184924</id>
  <isbn>0743285107</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780743285100</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">127</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">18</text_reviews_count>
  <title>Our Ecstatic Days: A Novel</title>
  <average_rating>3.79</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172523889m/184924.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/184924.Our_Ecstatic_Days_A_Novel</link>
</book>

    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Jan 07 14:47:43 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jan 07 14:47:43 -0800 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Not as good as The Sea Came In At Midnight, secretly i think Steve Erikson is a woman, it makes me think of a quote from &quot;as good as it gets&quot; when Jack Nicholson is asked how he writes women so well he answers &quot;First I think of a man... then I take away reason, and accountability.&quot;...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11908234">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11908234]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="4233735">
    <user id="250755">
    <name><![CDATA[Lane]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Birmingham, AL]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/250755-lane]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1186535727p3/250755.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">184924</id>
  <isbn>0743285107</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780743285100</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">127</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">18</text_reviews_count>
  <title>Our Ecstatic Days: A Novel</title>
  <average_rating>3.79</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172523889m/184924.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/184924.Our_Ecstatic_Days_A_Novel</link>
</book>

    <rating>2</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="fromfantastictoweirdtosci-fietc" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Aug 07 18:18:51 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Sep 06 11:24:18 -0700 2007</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[The experimental form didn't bother me, and I liked a lot of elements of the book, like a boy being raised by owls or a mysterious lake turning L.A. into an archipelago of islands and dying buildings, but I guess I don't have a high tolerance for dominatrices and menstrual blood.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4233735]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="30461795">
    <user id="1237226">
    <name><![CDATA[laR]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Olympia, WA]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1237226-lar-hodgepodzaline]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1213677690p3/1237226.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">184924</id>
  <isbn>0743285107</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780743285100</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">127</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">18</text_reviews_count>
  <title>Our Ecstatic Days: A Novel</title>
  <average_rating>3.79</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172523889m/184924.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/184924.Our_Ecstatic_Days_A_Novel</link>
</book>

    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Aug 18 11:09:06 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Aug 26 10:47:33 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I really appreciated its surreal world, so like our own and yet so liberated from the strictures of our reality. Another apocalyptic tale to set alongside The Road and A Friend of the Earth, but not at all like either one...strangely more hopeful than either. ]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30461795]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="22489343">
    <user id="171446">
    <name><![CDATA[Lisa]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[New York, NY]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/171446-lisa]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1196015247p3/171446.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">184924</id>
  <isbn>0743285107</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780743285100</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">127</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">18</text_reviews_count>
  <title>Our Ecstatic Days: A Novel</title>
  <average_rating>3.79</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172523889m/184924.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/184924.Our_Ecstatic_Days_A_Novel</link>
</book>

    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sun Jun 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun May 18 11:09:02 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jun 29 18:54:52 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[The only thing I've read that weaves the cultural American trauma of life before and after 2001 in such a way as to create a new way/world/life.<br/>Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22489343]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="48439236">
    <user id="2102149">
    <name><![CDATA[senator jensen]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2102149-senator-jensen]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1236717403p3/2102149.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">184924</id>
  <isbn>0743285107</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780743285100</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">127</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">18</text_reviews_count>
  <title>Our Ecstatic Days: A Novel</title>
  <average_rating>3.79</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172523889m/184924.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/184924.Our_Ecstatic_Days_A_Novel</link>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Mar 06 12:27:53 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Mar 10 14:14:19 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I read it as a new parent and it broke my heart and put it back together again (much like parenthood). A surrealistic flow that's lovely...]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48439236]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="31209116">
    <user id="91108">
    <name><![CDATA[Sandra]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Santa Monica, CA]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/91108-sandra]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1179862691p3/91108.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">184924</id>
  <isbn>0743285107</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780743285100</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">127</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">18</text_reviews_count>
  <title>Our Ecstatic Days: A Novel</title>
  <average_rating>3.79</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172523889m/184924.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/184924.Our_Ecstatic_Days_A_Novel</link>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Aug 26 00:23:35 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Oct 10 12:44:28 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I think I might need to take a breather after this one. ]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31209116]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="879614">
    <user id="68710">
    <name><![CDATA[jack]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Seward, AK]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/68710-jack-o-bang]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1177546731p3/68710.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">184924</id>
  <isbn>0743285107</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780743285100</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">127</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">18</text_reviews_count>
  <title>Our Ecstatic Days: A Novel</title>
  <average_rating>3.79</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172523889m/184924.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/184924.Our_Ecstatic_Days_A_Novel</link>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[creatures]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Apr 25 11:36:14 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Apr 25 11:38:53 -0700 2007</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[This is the most poignant expirmental novel I have ever read.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/879614]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="30757138">
    <user id="35821">
    <name><![CDATA[Robert]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/35821-robert]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-111x148.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">184924</id>
  <isbn>0743285107</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780743285100</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">127</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">18</text_reviews_count>
  <title>Our Ecstatic Days: A Novel</title>
  <average_rating>3.79</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172523889m/184924.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/184924.Our_Ecstatic_Days_A_Novel</link>
</book>

    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Aug 20 23:11:15 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Aug 20 23:11:54 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Set aside the time to pay attention to this book. ]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30757138]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="79255910">
    <user id="2578458">
    <name><![CDATA[Rebecca]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Berkeley, CA]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2578458-rebecca]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-F-111x148.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">184924</id>
  <isbn>0743285107</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780743285100</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">127</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">18</text_reviews_count>
  <title>Our Ecstatic Days: A Novel</title>
  <average_rating>3.79</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172523889m/184924.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/184924.Our_Ecstatic_Days_A_Novel</link>
</book>

    <rating>0</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="to-read" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Nov 28 19:49:17 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Nov 28 19:49:17 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79255910]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="78318856">
    <user id="778007">
    <name><![CDATA[Andrea]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Seattle, WA]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/778007-andrea]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1204937717p3/778007.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">184924</id>
  <isbn>0743285107</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780743285100</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">127</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">18</text_reviews_count>
  <title>Our Ecstatic Days: A Novel</title>
  <average_rating>3.79</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172523889m/184924.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/184924.Our_Ecstatic_Days_A_Novel</link>
</book>

    <rating>0</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="to-read" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Nov 19 09:08:33 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Nov 19 09:08:33 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78318856]]></url>
</review>
    </reviews>
  <popular_shelves>
        <shelf name="to-read" />
        <shelf name="fiction" />
        <shelf name="currently-reading" />
        <shelf name="littry-fiction" />
        <shelf name="surreal" />
        <shelf name="literature-fiction" />
        <shelf name="prose" />
      </popular_shelves>
  <book_links>
    <book_link id="8">
  <name><![CDATA[WorldCat]]></name>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=184924</link>
</book_link>
  </book_links>
</book>
</GoodreadsResponse>