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  <title><![CDATA[Bloodline]]></title>
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  <original-publication-year type="integer">1980</original-publication-year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Sidney Sheldon]]></name>
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    <name><![CDATA[Dona]]></name>
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  <read_at>Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Sep 30 10:11:20 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Sep 30 10:17:50 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I like action novels.  In this novel, Sydney Sheldon seemed to take more than 3/4 of the book just to set up all the characters.  Then, all of a sudden one detective happens to make all the right assumptions, and solves the case.  It seemed as though the author got tired of the story and just wanted...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73006221">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="4280814">
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    <rating>2</rating>
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  <read_at>Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Aug 08 16:20:43 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Jul 24 23:09:16 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[The book centers around a pharmaceutical company and the family squabble over control of it after the president dies mysteriously.<br/><br/>The book should be mostly about Elizabeth Roffe, heir to the Roffe and Sons empire, the man who wants to marry her and the person who wants to kill her. Unfor...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4280814">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="45710181">
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    <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1995</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Feb 07 22:13:43 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Feb 07 22:16:47 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[i like the story. about Elizabeth a girl who raised in rich family but didnt get love from her family. and there is Rhys, underling of her father, who she secretly in love for years. and she ask rhys to marry her for the company, while in truth that's because she loves him and want to have him.]]></body>
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    <review id="67784484">
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    <rating>5</rating>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[EVERYONE!]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[Mother]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Tue Aug 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Aug 17 14:25:34 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Aug 19 12:53:40 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count>1</read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[So, so good. It's a one day read, if you want to spend around 5 hours reading. ;] I did. I loved it. I didn't want to put it down. EVER. :] It was really had to figure out who did it. You literally don't know for sure until the very end. Every single person has a motive. I'm so glad Mother recommend...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67784484">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="72534775">
  <user id="2777569">
    <name><![CDATA[Rhys]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Naga, E2, Philippines]]></location>        
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    <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at>Sun Jun 10 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Sep 26 03:22:43 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Sep 26 03:26:44 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[i love this book.  i think i read it thrice. i love rhys williams a lot. why the hell not?? an example of a man from rags to riches, beautiful and amazing and the old sam roffe..his story is great! the novel is fast-paced and you cannot simply put it down. it is invigoratingly propulsive.]]></body>
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    <review id="39494146">
  <user id="1722228">
    <name><![CDATA[Tori]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Huntsville, TX]]></location>        
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    <rating>5</rating>
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  <date_added>Sat Dec 06 22:35:52 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Dec 06 22:36:38 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Written in 1977 or so, this book is still relevant today - will probably be relevant 20, 50 and 100 years from now. Wealthy family, corruption, fetishes - what's not to love?]]></body>
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    <review id="42809162">
  <user id="1899376">
    <name><![CDATA[Adam82]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Vallejo, CA]]></location>        
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    <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Wed Jan 11 00:00:00 -0800 2006</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Jan 12 12:51:47 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jan 12 12:53:02 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I not into family fighting over money. In this case money to be inherited. Lots of drama and back stabbing. you'll love it.]]></body>
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    <review id="73204520">
  <user id="2785066">
    <name><![CDATA[Manina]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Kitchener, ON, Canada]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Fri Oct 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Oct 02 09:29:22 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Oct 02 09:30:11 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[egde of your seat, what a way to build the characters this guy can make rading super easy...who is it? damn it who is it!!!!???]]></body>
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    <review id="60001604">
  <user id="311944">
    <name><![CDATA[Anshul]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[India]]></location>        
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    <rating>4</rating>
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  <date_added>Wed Jun 17 02:46:46 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jun 17 02:50:59 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[a perfectly written book by author sidney...lots of suspense nd thrill which is the USP of al sidney's books..a must read..]]></body>
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    <review id="73880870">
  <user id="2820056">
    <name><![CDATA[Trinicandy]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Port-of-spain, 05, Trinidad and Tobago]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Thu Oct 08 12:27:34 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Oct 08 12:29:28 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Awesome book! My copy is tattered looking, because I have read it so many times.. One of my fav Sydney Sheldon novels. ]]></body>
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    <review id="41934347">
  <user id="1866330">
    <name><![CDATA[Jinny]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[India]]></location>        
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    <rating>5</rating>
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  <date_added>Mon Jan 05 00:22:33 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jan 05 00:23:23 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[very nice book and my first book of sidney which i read on the year 1993.]]></body>
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    <review id="39927180">
  <user id="1489346">
    <name><![CDATA[Susan]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Cedar City, UT]]></location>        
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    <rating>1</rating>
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  <read_at>Thu Dec 11 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Dec 11 22:52:11 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Dec 11 22:53:09 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[To much sick stuff.  Would NEVER want my teenage daughters to read this.]]></body>
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    <review id="59975000">
  <user id="701237">
    <name><![CDATA[flor]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Makati, Philippines]]></location>        
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    <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Jun 16 20:06:01 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Jun 16 20:06:17 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[The first Sidney sheldon book i've read and i was mesmerized!]]></body>
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    <review id="73718806">
  <user id="2814683">
    <name><![CDATA[Hirosasazaki]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Tokyo, 40, Japan]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Wed Oct 07 04:30:31 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[cant put this book on the desk once opening the page,]]></body>
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    <review id="50166944">
  <user id="2153854">
    <name><![CDATA[Zahirkhalfay]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Rawalpindi, 04, Pakistan]]></location>        
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    <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at>Mon Jul 14 00:00:00 -0700 2003</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Mar 23 08:28:28 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Best suspence story ever read.]]></body>
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    <review id="49535580">
  <user id="2136001">
    <name><![CDATA[Bhanuraj]]></name>
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  <date_added>Tue Mar 17 02:44:12 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Again. ending is mindblowing.]]></body>
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    <review id="43443087">
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    <name><![CDATA[Sheila]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Sun Jan 18 05:53:22 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jan 18 05:53:32 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[One of the best sidney books]]></body>
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    <review id="38426010">
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  <date_added>Sat Nov 22 21:20:34 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Nov 22 21:21:04 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[smell of death and horror]]></body>
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    <review id="76562284">
  <user id="1608142">
    <name><![CDATA[Smita]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Mumbai, India]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1997</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[My first ever Sidney book :)]]></body>
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    <review id="67355546">
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