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  <title><![CDATA[Knitting Under the Influence]]></title>
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  <default_description>When the world feels complicated, knitting is the perfect escape - follow the instructions and you end up with exactly what you want and expect.  Life on the other hand doesn't come with a pattern.  Kathleen, Sari and Lucy are close friends stumbling their way into adulthood, Kathleen is beautiful, flighty and lives off her famous actress sisters. Lucy once wanted to be a vet but instead became a scientist who dissects rats.  Sari works at an autism clinic, providing the support her own autistic brother never got.  The girls meet once a week to knit and talk - and now they need these get- togethers more than ever.  Cut off financially from her family, Kathleen sets out to seduce her wealthy boss.  Lucy finds herself torn between emotion and reason when her lab is attacked by animal rights activists and the bully who tormented Sari's brother now desperately needs her help.  The girls forge their way in a world of tough choices, drawing strength from their friendship.  Along the way they fall in love, they make mistakes, they get drunk, they have sex, they go shopping, they laugh, they cry...and they knit.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_day type="integer">1</original_publication_day>
  <original_publication_month type="integer">9</original_publication_month>
  <original_publication_year type="integer">2006</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>Knitting Under the Influence</original_title>
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  <average_rating><![CDATA[3.21]]></average_rating>
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      <name><![CDATA[Claire LaZebnik]]></name>
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      <average_rating><![CDATA[3.29]]></average_rating>
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      <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>2</votes>
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  <read_at>Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Mon Aug 06 19:08:31 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[It's a cute book.  The knitting content isn't huge, but so what, it's a novel and it's not about knitting, it's about three women who are friends and they all knit. :)  I liked it.  The circle of friends in the book is as diverse as a real knitting circle which I thought was great.  I also enjoyed t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3069708">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="1635185">
    <user id="43583">
    <name><![CDATA[Erin]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Brooklyn, NY]]></location>        
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      <rating>2</rating>
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  <read_at>Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Jun 03 17:23:01 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jun 03 17:26:43 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I guess chick lit is a guilty pleasure. The book caught my eye because it's about a knitting circle, but it's below average: predictable and formulaic. The characters are either unsympathetic or immature for their ages, and you can tell who will end up with whom almost the instant the characters are...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1635185">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="13638169">
    <user id="616173">
    <name><![CDATA[Kate]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Fredericksburg, VA]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Jan 26 11:59:46 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Feb 02 04:28:04 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is your typical chick lit.  I sat down and read it last night, cover to cover, without breaking a sweat.  It took me four hours, but would have taken me less than that if my husband hadn't kept interrupting, playing songs and trying to start an impromptu singalong in our home office!<br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13638169">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="8871180">
    <user id="559121">
    <name><![CDATA[Dawncox314]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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      <rating>2</rating>
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  <date_added>Fri Nov 09 02:24:05 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Nov 09 02:26:08 -0800 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a an okay book that I forced myself to finish.  It was about four friends that enjoy getting together every Sunday gossipping and knitting, two things that always go together. But there were times that I wanted to reach in the book and smack the crap out of each of the characters.  This boo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8871180">more...</a>]]></body>
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</review>
    <review id="51415984">
    <user id="2188052">
    <name><![CDATA[Erin]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Los Angeles, CA]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
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  <read_at>Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Apr 03 15:26:17 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Apr 03 15:35:09 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved this book.  I read it in literally 7 days because I couldn't put it down.  I love knitting and love the occasional cocktail so putting the two together makes a good combination.  I loved the three different stories of the girls and their friendship.  Also I like how it ended nicely.  I hate ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51415984">more...</a>]]></body>
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</review>
    <review id="46239558">
    <user id="2021711">
    <name><![CDATA[Jennifer]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Calgary, AB, Canada]]></location>        
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      <rating>2</rating>
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  <read_at>Sun Sep 24 00:00:00 -0700 2006</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Feb 13 09:51:33 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon May 25 17:24:00 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I  didn't have to think when I bought this book. THE TITLE includes the word &quot;knitting&quot;- and so it seems I was destined to pick this off the shelf at some moment. It combines the two things I love most, &quot;fiction&quot; and &quot;knitting&quot;- HOW COULD IT GO WRONG!??<br/><br/>So, o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46239558">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="43806652">
    <user id="1437409">
    <name><![CDATA[Vandrion]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Lanesboro, MA]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Jan 21 08:11:41 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri May 29 05:58:42 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was buying books at Barnes and Noble for school and came across this one in the Bargain Books section - so I bought it! Can't wait to read it, but I have school to focus on for now.<br/><br/>Ok, so I've just finished this book (last night at probably 11 ish) and it was GREAT! I just love when an...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43806652">more...</a>]]></body>
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</review>
    <review id="18173634">
    <user id="142538">
    <name><![CDATA[Michele]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Tucson, AZ]]></location>        
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      <rating>2</rating>
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  <read_at>Fri Mar 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Mar 20 07:28:02 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Mar 28 12:30:27 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[<strong>OMG</strong><br/>I’m sorry. I wanted to like this book; however, to be fair to the books I’ve rated 5-stars and have been compelled to recommend, I’m afraid this one doesn’t come close. I had to force myself to read the first 96 pages and then could no longer dedicate another minute to this plotless...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18173634">more...</a>]]></body>
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</review>
    <review id="73999570">
    <user id="1443533">
    <name><![CDATA[Cara]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Milwaukee, WI]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Fri Oct 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Oct 09 13:55:04 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Oct 20 07:46:51 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[It is what it is. Chick Lit. All the 'formulations' worked, everyone got their man - whether or not it was the one they planned on -  in the end; all the 'situations' resolved themselves, their knitting projects got done. Not a total waste of time. Characters were likeable - but forgetable. There wa...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73999570">more...</a>]]></body>
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</review>
    <review id="59908333">
    <user id="247006">
    <name><![CDATA[Becky]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></location>        
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      <rating>1</rating>
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  <read_at>Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Jun 16 11:47:44 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Jun 16 12:07:39 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Inexcusably awful chicklit -- very few scenes read convincingly, the dialogue and ideas are cliche and surface deep, and the characters are adorned with silly traits/gimmicks to make them distinguishable from one another but the move is unsuccessful. The plotline, though obvious from the first chapt...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59908333">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59908333]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="37368324">
    <user id="1613620">
    <name><![CDATA[Jennifer]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Warren, MI]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 13 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Nov 10 16:16:29 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jan 14 06:41:04 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I won't say that I thought this was a great book, because I'd be lying. But I thought it was ok. <br/><br/>I really liked the book until the end. And I'm all for neat tie-ups and everyone goes away happy but I just didn't see all the outcomes in this book as believable. I know it's fiction but the...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37368324">more...</a>]]></body>
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</review>
    <review id="43953060">
    <user id="1869571">
    <name><![CDATA[Nancy]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Los Angeles, CA]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Fri Jan 23 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Jan 22 11:57:17 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jan 28 11:58:54 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I am currently reading this book so far its funny and nice im loving it.<br/>ok so it been maybe a week or maybe 4 days so im done with this book and it was cute funny and it was ok i think it was very predictable at who they were gonna end up with but overall it was a cute book about 3 girls who k...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43953060">more...</a>]]></body>
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</review>
    <review id="41865048">
    <user id="1366504">
    <name><![CDATA[Jen]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Seattle, WA]]></location>        
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      <rating>2</rating>
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 13 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Jan 04 13:31:26 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Jan 13 16:37:27 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[picked this up in a bargain bin purely for the knitting reference. silly chick lit, however it's kept me occupied while i've been home sick with a pinched nerve, which by the way sucks. <br/><br/>ok, i still haven't finished the book, in fact this is the rare occasion where i'm just putting someth...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41865048">more...</a>]]></body>
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</review>
    <review id="46815150">
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    <name><![CDATA[Tammy]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Clackamas, OR]]></location>        
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      <rating>2</rating>
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  <read_at>Fri Feb 20 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Feb 18 18:40:47 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Feb 20 10:42:55 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a knit novel, not about a knitting club, but about three young women, in 20's (?), between college and married life, who knit together on Sundays and their lives.  I found it comical that drinks to go with the knit projects were reciped in the back.  I did not get engrossed in the novel and ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46815150">more...</a>]]></body>
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</review>
    <review id="72364904">
    <user id="1063276">
    <name><![CDATA[Cynthia]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Rocky Hill, NJ]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Thu Sep 24 12:41:06 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Sep 24 12:42:23 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Horrid insipid book--not even worth one star, but I wanted to warn others.  What should have--could have--been a strong story of three friends bonded over time and knitting quickly turned into an I am not complete without a man book....boo!  An excellent cover though--]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72364904]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="61970715">
    <user id="1551123">
    <name><![CDATA[Jennifer]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1551123-jennifer]]></url>
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Jul 02 19:42:29 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jul 02 19:43:33 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[A fun read about 3 friends who share a love of knitting.  The characters are kind of annoying in that they can't come out and say what they want or need but seem to do it neatly by the end of the novel.  A fun summer read.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61970715]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="54183877">
    <user id="2121552">
    <name><![CDATA[Paula]]></name>
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  <read_at>Mon Apr 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[A great chic lit book about a group of girlfriends and their love lives or for some of them lack there of.  The girls are always there for each other through good times and bad.  I highly recommend this book!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Okay, so my brother's girlfriend is a knitter and I borrowed this from her because I was staying at her place during my vacation and I finished the book I had brought to read on the trip.  I don't know why I'm giving this much background info, all I was trying to say was that I'm not a knitter.  But...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29672884">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Mar 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[A book of 3 friends that make time each week to visit and knit together.  Don't expect 'great' literature - it's more of a 'beach book' that doesn't require a lot of thought.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[grab a glass of wine and your knitting needles and you'll be pals with these girls in no time.  Loved their views on the loves of their lives - you can be true to yourself!]]></body>
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