<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<GoodreadsResponse>
	<Request>
		<authentication>false</authentication>
		    <method><![CDATA[]]></method>
	</Request>
	
<book id="23426">
  <title><![CDATA[On Love: A Novel]]></title>
  <isbn><![CDATA[0802142400]]></isbn>
  <isbn13><![CDATA[9780802142405]]></isbn13>
    <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167403529m/23426.jpg</image_url>
      <description><![CDATA[]]></description>
    <work>
  <best_book_id type="integer">23426</best_book_id>
  <books_count type="integer">16</books_count>
  <id type="integer">795129</id>
  <media_type>book</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">1993</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>On Love: A Novel</original_title>
  <rating_dist>total:1148|5:349|4:427|3:285|2:70|1:17|</rating_dist>
  <ratings_count type="integer">1148</ratings_count>
  <ratings_sum type="integer">4465</ratings_sum>
  <reviews_count type="integer">1716</reviews_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">157</text_reviews_count>
</work>

  <average_rating><![CDATA[3.89]]></average_rating>
  <ratings_count><![CDATA[906]]></ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count><![CDATA[123]]></text_reviews_count>
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23426.On_Love_A_Novel]]></url>
  <authors>
        <author id="13199">
      <name><![CDATA[Alain de Botton]]></name>
      <role><![CDATA[]]></role>
      <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/13199.Alain_de_Botton]]></url>
      <average_rating><![CDATA[3.81]]></average_rating>
      <ratings_count><![CDATA[6674]]></ratings_count>
      <text_reviews_count><![CDATA[1006]]></text_reviews_count>
    </author>
      </authors>
    <reviews start="1" end="20" total="1716">
    <review id="40866381">
    <user id="267189">
    <name><![CDATA[Todd]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Palo Alto, CA]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/267189-todd]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1186856236p3/267189.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">23426</id>
  <isbn>0802142400</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780802142405</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">906</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">123</text_reviews_count>
  <title>On Love: A Novel</title>
  <average_rating>3.89</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167403529m/23426.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23426.On_Love_A_Novel</link>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>2</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Wed Dec 24 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Dec 24 22:33:35 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Dec 24 23:23:14 -0800 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Since reading The Consolations Of Philosophy and Status Anxiety by Alain de Botton, I've been on the look out for more of his books.<br/><br/>In Chicago on business a few weeks ago, I managed to find a copy of On Love used for about $7 (and a rare copy of The True Believer by Eric Hoffer for $3, n...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40866381">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40866381]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="46730596">
    <user id="1914270">
    <name><![CDATA[Kate]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Chicago, IL]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1914270-kate]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1253202838p3/1914270.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">23426</id>
  <isbn>0802142400</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780802142405</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">906</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">123</text_reviews_count>
  <title>On Love: A Novel</title>
  <average_rating>3.89</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167403529m/23426.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23426.On_Love_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 Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1999</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Feb 18 06:07:24 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Feb 18 06:30:58 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[On Love charts a love affair between the narrator and Chloe, a woman he meets on a British Airways carrier from Paris to England. After “an exchange of biography,” the usual digression begins: romance, intimacy, heartbreak and rebirth (or progression, depending on which way you look at it).<br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46730596">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46730596]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="43866302">
    <user id="1860022">
    <name><![CDATA[Kelsey]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Louisville, KY]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1860022-kelsey]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1232590429p3/1860022.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">23426</id>
  <isbn>0802142400</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780802142405</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">906</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">123</text_reviews_count>
  <title>On Love: A Novel</title>
  <average_rating>3.89</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167403529m/23426.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23426.On_Love_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>Wed Jan 21 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Jan 21 17:17:29 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jan 21 17:25:54 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I just finished this book an hour ago...and I needed this book.  I picked it up at the library...it wasn't even in any order, it was just lying in the wrong section...rejected.  I'm not saying I felt an empathetic tug towards (Frued, get out!), but it is brightly colored, so I blame my crow like beh...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43866302">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43866302]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="79531238">
    <user id="593322">
    <name><![CDATA[Stephanie]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Oakland, CA]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/593322-stephanie]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1194138816p3/593322.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">23426</id>
  <isbn>0802142400</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780802142405</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">906</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">123</text_reviews_count>
  <title>On Love: A Novel</title>
  <average_rating>3.89</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167403529m/23426.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23426.On_Love_A_Novel</link>
</book>

    <rating>2</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sat Dec 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Dec 01 10:04:56 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Dec 09 08:06:15 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I thought it was tiring to live inside my own head. This guy's is utterly exhausting. This is not so much a novel as it is one man's eternal ponderousness. The minutia of his cogitations are punctuated with a hint of story-line, but it does little to move things along. And while I could identify wit...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79531238">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79531238]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="43893609">
    <user id="1116856">
    <name><![CDATA[Micha]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1116856-micha]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1218594887p3/1116856.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">23427</id>
  <isbn>0330334360</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780330334365</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">158</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">22</text_reviews_count>
  <title>Essays in Love/a Novel</title>
  <average_rating>3.89</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167403529m/23427.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23427.Essays_in_Love_a_Novel</link>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="books---2008" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Mo, Tod, Zoe, Dennis, ]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[Dennis]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Fri Jan 09 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Jan 21 21:51:31 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jan 21 21:51:31 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count>1</read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[ I found this book on my boyfriend's shelf and decided, since I am somewhat newly in love, I should read it. I felt a bit like an archeologist doing a kind of self-survey for the duration of this book - luckily though I did not think it was time to end the relationship by the end of the novel.<br/> ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43893609">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43893609]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="47684446">
    <user id="1115629">
    <name><![CDATA[Aaron]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[New York, NY]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1115629-aaron]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1209137529p3/1115629.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">23426</id>
  <isbn>0802142400</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780802142405</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">906</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">123</text_reviews_count>
  <title>On Love: A Novel</title>
  <average_rating>3.89</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167403529m/23426.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23426.On_Love_A_Novel</link>
</book>

    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>1</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="non-fiction" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Feb 27 08:06:48 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Apr 05 08:46:02 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Imagine one of your close friends - let's call him AB - has recently embarked on an intense and tumultuous relationship.<br/>You like hearing his take on things. Since AB is introspective and curious, he is able to describe his experiences to you in fascinating detail. Since he studied philosophy, ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47684446">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47684446]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="50293417">
    <user id="1068362">
    <name><![CDATA[Nm]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Albuquerque, NM]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1068362-nm-boi]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1214065578p3/1068362.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">23426</id>
  <isbn>0802142400</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780802142405</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">906</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">123</text_reviews_count>
  <title>On Love: A Novel</title>
  <average_rating>3.89</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167403529m/23426.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23426.On_Love_A_Novel</link>
</book>

    <rating>2</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sun Feb 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Mar 24 10:13:17 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Mar 24 10:22:57 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[ A few quotes I liked from the book. &quot;Unrequited love may be painful, but it is safely painful, because it does not involve inflicting damage on anyone but oneself,a private pain that is as bittersweet as it is self-induced. But as soon as love is reciprocated, one must be prepared to give up t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50293417">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50293417]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="79772804">
    <user id="2571566">
    <name><![CDATA[Renee]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[San Francisco, CA]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2571566-renee]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1254896641p3/2571566.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">23426</id>
  <isbn>0802142400</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780802142405</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">906</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">123</text_reviews_count>
  <title>On Love: A Novel</title>
  <average_rating>3.89</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167403529m/23426.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23426.On_Love_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 Dec 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Dec 03 11:01:52 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Dec 04 10:09:47 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[i never do reviews however i thought i had to for this book.  being a true romatic i absolutely loved this book.  Very quick read and de Botton had me hooked on his clever and interesting thoughts on every aspect of love.  he describes love from begignning to end - the dwelling and over analyzing on...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79772804">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79772804]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="36792790">
    <user id="1679426">
    <name><![CDATA[Miles]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Xiamen(Amoy), China]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1679426-miles-wang]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-111x148.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">23426</id>
  <isbn>0802142400</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780802142405</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">906</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">123</text_reviews_count>
  <title>On Love: A Novel</title>
  <average_rating>3.89</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167403529m/23426.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23426.On_Love_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 Aug 13 00:00:00 -0700 2006</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Nov 02 19:06:34 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Nov 02 19:12:10 -0800 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count>2</read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[While in adolescence (13—16years old), we begin to dream of love. But what, virtually, we feel and believe for the sake of LOVE is childish enough. I don’t want to comment that it is narrow but, can’t we deny, shallow at least our thought of LOVE. <br/><br/>Today when we are grown-ups (18yea...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36792790">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36792790]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="28565066">
    <user id="196644">
    <name><![CDATA[Gloria Suzie]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Brooklyn, NY]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/196644-gloria-suzie]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1256916000p3/196644.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">23426</id>
  <isbn>0802142400</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780802142405</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">906</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">123</text_reviews_count>
  <title>On Love: A Novel</title>
  <average_rating>3.89</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167403529m/23426.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23426.On_Love_A_Novel</link>
</book>

    <rating>1</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 Jul 28 19:08:05 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Aug 07 10:20:57 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Why is it that this guy comes up with such good titles for books that are much better than the books themselves? * exception is &quot;the architecture of happiness', sort of.<br/><br/>I admit that I only read the whole book to see how long I could stand reading and cringing at the same time. But t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28565066">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28565066]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="26908727">
    <user id="87751">
    <name><![CDATA[Rachel]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/87751-rachel]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1179408092p3/87751.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">23426</id>
  <isbn>0802142400</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780802142405</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">906</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">123</text_reviews_count>
  <title>On Love: A Novel</title>
  <average_rating>3.89</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167403529m/23426.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23426.On_Love_A_Novel</link>
</book>

    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="fiction" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Jul 10 18:37:32 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Aug 04 19:02:08 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[So, while I adore Alain de Botton, I’m afraid I’m a bit put out with him for On Love. You see, this is a rational, reasonable gentleman. He writes with both logic and clarity. Unfortunately, when one writes about love, those two tools go right out the window. Love cannot be defined by reason. Su...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26908727">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26908727]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="23497980">
    <user id="687791">
    <name><![CDATA[Lia]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Melbourne, Australia]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/687791-lia]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1200900785p3/687791.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">827681</id>
  <isbn>0330440780</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780330440783</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">45</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">8</text_reviews_count>
  <title>Essays in Love</title>
  <average_rating>3.89</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178732799m/827681.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/827681.Essays_in_Love</link>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>true</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="contemporary" />
        <shelf name="non-fiction" />
        <shelf name="novels" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Mon Jun 02 04:47:14 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Jun 02 01:04:49 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jun 02 04:47:14 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Oh Alain! I have a shamefully schoolgirly crush on Monsieur de Botton, and I must say he has quite replaced Woody Allen in my esteems as top-ranking bald gentleman quoting Marx (Groucho, not Karl) in relation to romance. (I'm grateful my social circle in high school was such that my tastes were neve...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23497980">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23497980]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="20628158">
    <user id="819176">
    <name><![CDATA[Hana]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Chicago, IL]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/819176-hana]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1203946888p3/819176.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">23426</id>
  <isbn>0802142400</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780802142405</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">906</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">123</text_reviews_count>
  <title>On Love: A Novel</title>
  <average_rating>3.89</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167403529m/23426.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23426.On_Love_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 Apr 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Apr 21 05:51:26 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Apr 22 05:35:44 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[On Love's over-analytical, neurotic, and self-absorbed narrator displayed his erudition at every possible turn, making numerous philosophical and literary allusions. The bullet-pointed chapters, sparsely populated by footnotes, came off as philosophy lite: a rehashing/recapitulation (a harsher term ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20628158">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20628158]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="48858047">
    <user id="142024">
    <name><![CDATA[Daniel]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Tustin, CA]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/142024-daniel]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1182808049p3/142024.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">23426</id>
  <isbn>0802142400</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780802142405</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">906</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">123</text_reviews_count>
  <title>On Love: A Novel</title>
  <average_rating>3.89</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167403529m/23426.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23426.On_Love_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>Sat Mar 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Mar 10 17:33:53 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Mar 14 23:38:36 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[<br/>The danger with the kind of beauty that does not look like a Greek statue is that its precariousness places much emphasis on the viewer.  Once the imagination decides to remove itself from the gap in the teeth, is it not time for a good orthodontist? If we locate beauty in the eye of the behol...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48858047">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48858047]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="38450900">
    <user id="908739">
    <name><![CDATA[Laura]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Phoenix, AZ]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/908739-laura]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1228447187p3/908739.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">23426</id>
  <isbn>0802142400</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780802142405</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">906</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">123</text_reviews_count>
  <title>On Love: A Novel</title>
  <average_rating>3.89</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167403529m/23426.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23426.On_Love_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>Sun Nov 23 09:25:50 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Nov 23 09:32:26 -0800 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[&quot;Lovers may kill their own love story only because they are unable to tolerate the uncertainty, the sheer risk, that their experiment in happiness has delivered.&quot;  p.163<br/><br/>&quot;Language trips up on love, desire lacks articulacy...&quot; Yet again I will be pulling this book off t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38450900">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38450900]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="68672094">
    <user id="2660233">
    <name><![CDATA[Betty]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2660233-betty]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-F-111x148.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">23426</id>
  <isbn>0802142400</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780802142405</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">906</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">123</text_reviews_count>
  <title>On Love: A Novel</title>
  <average_rating>3.89</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167403529m/23426.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23426.On_Love_A_Novel</link>
</book>

    <rating>1</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Wed Sep 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Aug 24 07:07:25 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Sep 23 11:57:01 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[The first few pages excited me. Especially after having just watched the movie 500 Days of Summer where Joseph Gordon-Levitt's character gives his love interest a present of Alain de Botton's &quot;Architecture of Happiness.&quot; The book was starting to read like the plot of the movie which I was ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68672094">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68672094]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="51013278">
    <user id="71349">
    <name><![CDATA[Bethany]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/71349-bethany]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-F-111x148.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">23426</id>
  <isbn>0802142400</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780802142405</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">906</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">123</text_reviews_count>
  <title>On Love: A Novel</title>
  <average_rating>3.89</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167403529m/23426.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23426.On_Love_A_Novel</link>
</book>

    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="fiction" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Mar 31 05:53:42 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Mar 31 05:56:11 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I enjoyed the format of this book and the style in which it's written; the author mixes his general observations about love in with a fictional story of a romance he's having with a woman named Chloe.  But after finishing it, I decided it would be more aptly named 'On Infatuation' because I think th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51013278">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51013278]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="75412341">
    <user id="2750949">
    <name><![CDATA[Elliott]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Huntington Beach, CA]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2750949-elliott]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1253420963p3/2750949.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">23426</id>
  <isbn>0802142400</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780802142405</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">906</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">123</text_reviews_count>
  <title>On Love: A Novel</title>
  <average_rating>3.89</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167403529m/23426.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23426.On_Love_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 Nov 22 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Oct 22 15:01:39 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Nov 22 21:02:45 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Have you seen (500) Days of Summer?  Well, meet its hyper-intellectual literary forebear.  Alain de Botton takes a complicated topic (Love, in case you hadn't figured it out already) and further complicates it by liberally sprinkling in allusions to Kantian philosophy, Marxism, and Freudian psycholo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75412341">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75412341]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="47810239">
    <user id="1982640">
    <name><![CDATA[Matthew]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Ottawa, ON, Canada]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1982640-matthew]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-111x148.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">827681</id>
  <isbn>0330440780</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780330440783</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">45</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">8</text_reviews_count>
  <title>Essays in Love</title>
  <average_rating>3.89</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178732799m/827681.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/827681.Essays_in_Love</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 Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Feb 28 12:59:54 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Mar 08 13:44:06 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[An interesting look at relationships and love from the perspective of both philosophy and a young author (around 23 at the time). Much of the commentary on the relationship reflects the difficulty found by some, like Leah McLaren of the Globe and Mail, of dealing with the clumsy courtship rituals of...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47810239">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47810239]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="60890914">
    <user id="1731828">
    <name><![CDATA[Mark]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Korea, Republic of]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1731828-mark]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1246258364p3/1731828.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">827681</id>
  <isbn>0330440780</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780330440783</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">45</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">8</text_reviews_count>
  <title>Essays in Love</title>
  <average_rating>3.89</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178732799m/827681.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/827681.Essays_in_Love</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 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Jun 23 23:40:01 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jun 28 17:25:33 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I am still in awe of this book. After reading this, I think I will try to find more works by the author. His style is beautiful. He takes the reader through the rise and fall of love, and all the while the reader feels that he/she is a participant in the story. Thought-provoking, heart-breaking, upl...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60890914">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60890914]]></url>
</review>
    </reviews>
  <popular_shelves>
        <shelf name="to-read" />
        <shelf name="fiction" />
        <shelf name="currently-reading" />
        <shelf name="philosophy" />
        <shelf name="1001" />
        <shelf name="1001-books-to-read-before-you-die" />
        <shelf name="1001-books" />
        <shelf name="non-fiction" />
      </popular_shelves>
  <book_links>
    <book_link id="8">
  <name><![CDATA[WorldCat]]></name>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=23426</link>
</book_link>
  </book_links>
</book>
</GoodreadsResponse>