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    <body><![CDATA[I am a huge fan of the previous two novels in this series, so I was a little disappointed by The Physician's Tale.  Both halves of the book were overcrowded by the author's commitment to bringing back every possible character from the previous books, and even a few from a totally unrelated novel.  T...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58838135">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[interesting theories, took a little while to adjust to jumps from two time periods. I always find myself drawn more to one and end up paying less attention to the other.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Good book about future and past plague.   Kind of predicatable but keeps you turning the page.   A couple of PG-13 parts.<br/>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Hmm, didn't realize this was last of a quartet. Perhaps I will move it from currently reading to to-read, pending reading the other three books.<br/><br/>Maybe.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Grabbed this off the library's new release shelf... didn't realize until I was halfway through that it is the last book of a series!  Argh!  Obviously you can pick up at any point of the series. I enjoyed it and may go back and read the some of the earlier books.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I really liked the historical part of the book. The part taking place in the present/future was a little out of place for me but I really liked the book. I guess I also started it in the middle of a series but wasn't left behind by starting there.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A great follow-up continuing the doctor's   tale from the first book. I enjoyed this one. I hope she continues the story as some threads I felt could be continued.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoyed this book quite a bit. Not my usual fare but couldn't put it down.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[interesting histroically and medically.  Another plague is a little scary to comtemplate]]></body>
    
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