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  <title><![CDATA[Zoology]]></title>
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  <default-description>&lt;i&gt;Zoology &lt;/i&gt;is the story of Henry Elinsky, a college flunk-out who takes a job at the Central Park Zoo and discovers that becoming an adult takes a lot more than just a weekly paycheck.</default-description>
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  <original-publication-month type="integer">5</original-publication-month>
  <original-publication-year type="integer">2007</original-publication-year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Ben Dolnick]]></name>
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  <date_added>Wed Sep 30 12:37:05 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was pleasantly surprised by this sweet coming of age adult novel. And I'm sickened that the author is SEVEN years younger than me and writing like someone who has real promise. Ugh.[return][return]Anyway, Henry Elinsky is a college dropout (actually the college told him to take a break) and he's b...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73025187">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I think my high rating has a lot to do with how impressed I am that this is Dolnick's first novel ... there were moments where I felt like he was speaking directly at me.  I've never wanted to make friends with a goat so bad.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Aug 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Aug 29 04:56:02 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[I found this book in the remainders bin at the bookstore and thought it sounded interesting.  I'm so glad that I brought it home because it was a delightful book.  The author is local (from Chevy Chase) and some parts of the book are set in Montgomery County and Northern Virginia.  Most of the book ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69311781">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="45443593">
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  <read_at>Fri Feb 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Feb 05 06:12:01 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Feb 06 11:25:20 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[The best word I can come up with to describe this book is lackluster. It has the potential to be really interesting and entertaining, but it's so full of negativity on the part of Henry, the protagonist, that it just gets dragged down. And it bothered me that it included a real New York City event b...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45443593">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="1650278">
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  <date_added>Mon Jun 04 10:50:39 -0700 2007</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Fag book.]]></body>
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    <review id="33164400">
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      <rating>2</rating>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[fans of coming-of-age stories ]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Sun Sep 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Sep 18 07:43:29 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Sep 28 20:01:05 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[At first, this coming-of-age story of Henry Elinsky, who has flunked out of college after his freshman year and moves to New York to live with his brother, felt rambly and sort of flimsy.  Henry takes a job at the Central Park Zoo and meets Margaret, a young woman from Montana, who is staying with h...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/33164400">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="3081521">
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    <name><![CDATA[Jenny]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Atlanta, GA]]></location>        
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      <rating>2</rating>
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  <read_at>Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Jul 14 16:39:42 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Jul 17 07:47:18 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm tired of plots/characters that/who just allow themselves to be swept along by their surroundings.  I'm tired of books that have no interest in anything resembling complexity or surprise.<br/><br/>This book, Zoology, by Ben Dolnick, has a Jonathan Safran Foer stamp of approval on the front cove...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3081521">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="2700344">
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  <date_added>Wed Jul 04 04:23:30 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jul 04 04:51:02 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[In fairness, I should confess that this book made me hate myself a little before I even opened it, because when you're in the middle of your nine hour shift, thinking how on your next day off you're going to fix your novel by putting  more temper tantrums and a mob subplot in it, and you encounter a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2700344">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="25756440">
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    <name><![CDATA[Mikey]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Mon Jun 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Jun 28 11:58:47 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Jun 28 16:06:40 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book only because the guy that wrote it is only a year older than I am. I had pretty low expectations, and there really was nothing about it that I would call remarkable. Obviously Dolnick has had the luxury of living in New York City. He has also had the luxury of going to Columbia. Tho...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25756440">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="50069927">
    <user id="82052">
    <name><![CDATA[nina]]></name>
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Mar 22 11:28:51 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Mar 22 11:41:28 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Another teen angst, coming-of-age tale filled with great lines like &quot;You don't really know how lonely you are, I don't think, until you get some relief from it.&quot; The book contains some events and characters that don't seem important to the plot, yet you know they must have stemmed from the...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50069927">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="6453940">
    <user id="395727">
    <name><![CDATA[This is Me Equivocally]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Attleboro, MA]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Sep 19 13:49:22 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Sep 19 13:49:41 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was surprised by this debut novel. The book seems geared toward readers in their early 20s, but that's not to say that people of an older demographic won't be able to relate to this story about the struggle to find one's place in the world.<br/><br/>If this book seems littered with loose ends, I...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6453940">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="59162683">
    <user id="2354620">
    <name><![CDATA[Stevie]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United Kingdom]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Wed Jun 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Jun 10 11:09:05 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jun 10 11:11:13 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I think this book could have been better than it was... I liked the plot and I thought some of the characters were wonderful, such as Margaret and of course Newman, but there was something in the way it was written that prevented me from getting really excited about it. It was a pleasant read, but I...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59162683">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="41594794">
    <user id="1854534">
    <name><![CDATA[Jordan]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[New York, NY]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Jan 02 08:09:50 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Jan 02 08:12:32 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[It was OK.  Not upset I read it, but I don't need to own it.  Oh well... I guess that is what happens when you go to the book store and not the Library.  <br/><br/>Actually, it is about a boy coming of age in NYC during the summer of 2004 I think (when the blackout happened...) so the setting is rea...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41594794">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="75087887">
    <user id="2682779">
    <name><![CDATA[Gigi]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[New York, NY]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <date_added>Mon Oct 19 20:36:07 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Oct 19 20:36:36 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[a wonderful charmer. a sweet, simple love story with immense heart. ]]></body>
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    <review id="43417154">
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    <name><![CDATA[Sarah]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Lafayette, LA]]></location>        
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    <body><![CDATA[terrible! barnes and noble writer to watch out for indeed!]]></body>
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    <review id="43293910">
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    <name><![CDATA[Lizzy]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Somerville, MA]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Sat Dec 27 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Jan 16 17:06:16 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jul 23 11:10:12 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this because I got a free galley copy and it had a goat on the cover - a nubian goat at that. The publisher review was all like &quot;autobiographical-ish debut novel about a kid who can't seem to lose his virginity and works with a goat whom he likes a lot.&quot; I was like &quot;hells yes.&quot;...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43293910">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="39500923">
    <user id="1036876">
    <name><![CDATA[Louise]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Ferndown, Dorset, The United Kingdom]]></location>        
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      <rating>1</rating>
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  <date_added>Sun Dec 07 04:35:46 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Dec 07 04:36:03 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[The goat was the best character.]]></body>
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    <review id="5258822">
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    <name><![CDATA[Jen]]></name>
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      <rating>4</rating>
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    <body><![CDATA[this book is cute. i read it and think &quot;this was written by someone who is like 20 years old... i could probably write a book that is this good, but i haven't. he did good for someone who is only like 20 years old or something.&quot; but then i think &quot;zadie smith wrote 'white teeth' in her...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30399592">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[It's not YA but it feels like YA, sometimes, and I'm not very old but I felt very old, sometimes, reading this book and thinking about how it was a young book, a book of young, a book of a very particular time right down to the NYC blackout in 2003. It's better than most books about how hard it is t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5697024">more...</a>]]></body>
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