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  <title><![CDATA[Blood Noir (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #16)]]></title>
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  <default_description>&lt;B&gt;Readers can't get enough of the #1 &lt;I&gt;New York Times&lt;/I&gt; bestselling author.&lt;/B&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt; A favor for Jason, vampire hunter Anita Blake's werewolf lover, puts her in the center of a fullblown scandal that threatens master-vampire Jean-Claude's reign and makes her a pawn in an ancient vampire queen's new rise to power.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_day type="integer">27</original_publication_day>
  <original_publication_month type="integer">5</original_publication_month>
  <original_publication_year type="integer">2008</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>Blood Noir (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #16)</original_title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Laurell K. Hamilton]]></name>
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  <votes>14</votes>
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  <read_at>Sat May 31 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat May 31 19:00:49 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat May 31 19:40:56 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[SUPERSLUT POWERS, ACTIVATE!  Superslut Anita Blake is back!  While the overall story was good, Hamilton's attempt at erotica, as usual, was lacking.  When reading erotica, I expect, well, MORE.  The erotic sections are bland and unimaginative.  The horrible display of BDSM is appalling in that Hamil...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23408644">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="15345481">
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      <rating>1</rating>
  <votes>8</votes>
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  <read_at>Mon Feb 23 06:38:05 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Feb 13 12:40:22 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Feb 23 06:38:05 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have decided to write off this series and not pick it up every again. Hamilton has no sense of timing or style any longer. She repeats phrases within paragraphs of each other. Her one liners don't hold the same endearing quality and charm they once used to. My fiance' skipped entire chapters of &quot;...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15345481">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="25079072">
    <user id="369865">
    <name><![CDATA[Elizabeth]]></name>
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      <rating>2</rating>
  <votes>8</votes>
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  <read_at>Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Jun 21 15:46:14 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jun 26 11:38:55 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I wouldn't say this continued the downhill drive of the Anita Blake books, but perhaps it hit a plateau. It has the same flaws as most of the recent books in the series- poorly written erotica, far too much navel gazing, not enough meaty plot- but the flaws seem to have been acknowledged and have be...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25079072">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="24117397">
    <user id="1226587">
    <name><![CDATA[Amanda]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Atlanta, GA]]></location>        
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      <rating>1</rating>
  <votes>6</votes>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Absoluetly no one, I'm embarrased I even read it]]></recommended_for>
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  <date_added>Mon Jun 09 20:38:56 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Jun 10 03:49:20 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[LKH has a talent for stretching out a single, seemingly pointless scene into chapters of painful-to-read dialogue between characters that does nothing to further the plot. In the course of the last 5 books, Anitas harem of men have become amaeteur therapists for Anita, making unbelievable and often ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24117397">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="26685572">
    <user id="1310564">
    <name><![CDATA[Beth(MN)]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Saint Paul, MN]]></location>        
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      <rating>2</rating>
  <votes>4</votes>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[LKH addicts who just can't help themselves]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Jul 08 14:55:41 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jul 09 08:35:57 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I am a newcomer to the Anita-verse. A friend had been urging me to give the series a try for years and I kept blowing her off because it didn't sound like my thing. And then the controversy started. And it blew up to such magnificent proportions complete with full-fledged internet flame wars that I ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26685572">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="23893663">
    <user id="251417">
    <name><![CDATA[Simone]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Evanston, IL]]></location>        
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      <rating>2</rating>
  <votes>4</votes>
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  <read_at>Thu Jun 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Jun 06 17:41:18 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Jun 06 17:57:07 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Hey, does anyone else remember when the Anita Blake books were actually kind of mysteries, with plots and everything?  Instead of page after page of the most boring-ass relationship dissection discussions ever, all of which you have read several times before?  Seriously, this book advances the overa...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23893663">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="13254669">
    <user id="788782">
    <name><![CDATA[Tricia]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Greenville, NH]]></location>        
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      <rating>1</rating>
  <votes>4</votes>
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  <read_at>Fri May 30 21:53:32 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Jan 23 06:46:11 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri May 30 21:53:32 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Keep in mind that LKH is one of my favorite authors....<br/><br/> But WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?? Did she forget where she left off in &quot;The Harlequin?&quot; WTF?<br/><br/>This book is a repetitive, disappointing, 340 page, meaningless stroll with Jason. <br/><br/>Why?..... seriously, Why?<br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13254669">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="30677039">
    <user id="1400733">
    <name><![CDATA[Lori]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Austin, TX]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>4</votes>
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  <read_at>Fri Jul 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Aug 20 10:59:29 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Aug 20 11:00:38 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Blood Noir by Laurell K. Hamilton is the 16th (good golly) installment in the sexcapades of Anita Blake, (theoretical) Vampire Hunter. I hate to begin a critique of a book I am trying very hard to be impartial about with snark, but sometimes I just can't help myself.<br/><br/>Ok, game face.<br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30677039">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="22838667">
    <user id="772771">
    <name><![CDATA[Amanda]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Somerville, MA]]></location>        
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      <rating>2</rating>
  <votes>3</votes>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[no one, really, unless they like boring naval gazing sexual and personal politics]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Sun May 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri May 23 15:54:42 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun May 25 15:54:33 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Plot? Plot? Anyone? Someone? Please.... a plot?<br/><br/>I've given up on Anita after almost every book since Narcissus and this is no exception. I'm not sure if this is the one that will truly keep me away -- it's better than some of the others, really -- but dear god, I'd kill for a flipping plo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22838667">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="28535802">
    <user id="289556">
    <name><![CDATA[Jackie &quot;the Librarian&quot;]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Olympia, WA]]></location>        
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      <rating>2</rating>
  <votes>2</votes>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[If you're not hooked already, don't read this]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Sun Jul 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Jul 28 13:42:35 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jul 28 13:42:35 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I can't stop reading these books - every single time Hamilton sucks me into the relationships, even though they are ludicrous. Gee, why should Anita feel weird about having sex with ten men at once if that's what does it for her? Let's analyze this for half a book, shall we? <br/>And don't worry ab...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28535802">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="23384534">
    <user id="21324">
    <name><![CDATA[Amanda]]></name>
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      <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>2</votes>
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  <read_at>Mon Jun 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat May 31 11:46:57 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jun 02 15:58:13 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I've read every Anita Blake book but have never purchased one. This wasn't an exception. I've honestly been getting a little tired of the porn aspect of this series, and while Blood Noir is steeped in sex, I enjoyed this book better than most.<br/><br/>Blood Noir essentially centers around Anita a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23384534">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="14184845">
    <user id="321673">
    <name><![CDATA[Jamie]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Huntsville, AL]]></location>        
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      <rating>2</rating>
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  <read_at>Thu May 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Jan 31 12:30:26 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri May 30 07:02:13 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[More of the same, and the writing quality has gone downhill.  I have enjoyed even the later (patently ridiculous) Anita Blake books, but this one was disappointing.  It would have been better left as the novella she originally intended.  There's not much story here.<br/><br/>I cannot believe she b...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14184845">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="46223661">
    <user id="45923">
    <name><![CDATA[Navah]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[New York, NY]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Wed Feb 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Feb 13 06:31:25 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Feb 18 06:47:19 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[There is no question that the last few books in this series have lowered my expectations substantially.  The last Anita book I really enjoyed was <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/190361.Obsidian_Butterfly_Anita_Blake_Vampire_Hunter_Book_9_" title="Obsidian Butterfly (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter  Book 9) by Laurell K. Hamilton">Obsidian Butterfly</a>, partially because it featured my bestest best character Edward, and partially because it was all about the less erotic aspects of Anit...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46223661">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="23038886">
    <user id="925726">
    <name><![CDATA[Nancy]]></name>
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Fan bases Blake fans...]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Tue May 27 07:23:53 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue May 27 07:26:11 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[A bit dissapointed...too much sex not enough zombies...we need some of Hamilton's old style back in play.  ]]></body>
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    <review id="27794045">
    <user id="1008029">
    <name><![CDATA[CJ]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Cleveland, OH]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>2</votes>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[anyone still sticking with Anita Blake series praying for Ms. Hamilton to come to her senses]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Tue Jul 22 18:41:40 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Jul 20 15:57:06 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Jul 22 18:41:40 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Okay, Ms. Hamilton is s-l-o-w-l-y working her way back from career suicide. This is still not nearly as well written as her earlier Anita Blake's. Now some of that is simply a matter of taste - do you want a story that centers on a plotline and mystery to be solved with a kick ass protagonist who's ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27794045">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="25342667">
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  <read_at>Sun Jun 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Once I gave up that Ms. Hamilton isn't going to go back to the &quot;old&quot; Anita then I have enjoyed these books for what they are. The first part of the series was about Anita, the vampire executioner. Then as she slowly started to get to know the Master of the City and the leaders of the other...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25342667">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Jun 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I've been somewhat disappointed in Hamilton's last few books.  This one is mainly about her relationships with the various men in her life, her powers, the threat of Marmee Noir, and helping one of her male friends on a visit home to see his dying father.  The problem?  His cousin, the son of a pres...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24326674">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Jun 12 09:07:17 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jun 12 09:07:37 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I think Laurell said it best on her MySpace when someone asked her what the book was about: <br/><br/>&quot;BLOOD NOIR is about friendship and love, and telling the difference even when the boundaries are pretty blurred by conventional standards...&quot;<br/><br/>&quot;BLOOD NOIR taught me, and ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24322942">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[Rating: A<br/><br/>Jason has to go home, his father is dying of cancer and only has a few weeks left. Although estranged from his family for over 3 years, Jason feels he has to at least say goodbye, but he is afraid of the abuse he will face, since his own father doesn’t respect him, and refuses...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24046200">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Jun 11 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Wed Jun 11 10:14:38 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Laurell, dear, I understand that you have to write these books as stand alones even though they're episodes in a series. I know it lets all the people who are coming onto the scene this late in the series know what's going on and what has happened in the past to get where we are now... And I admit t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23711773">more...</a>]]></body>
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