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  <title><![CDATA[A Modest Proposal]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Michele Ashman Bell]]></name>
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  <read_at>Tue Mar 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[A little bit better than expected, not nearly as good as I hoped. I keep on hoping for an LDS chick lit writer who I can really enjoy--a touch of clean, entertaining romance without feeling preachy or religiously overloaded. I realize that faithful religious people make their religion a big, importa...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50406863">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Thu Jul 02 12:39:28 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[The storyline was well conceived, and the author had clear objectives in mind when writing this novel.  The idea was similar to <u>Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants</u> i.e. a group of friends that trades a symbolic object.  But then the author kept adding more stuff.  From prophetic fortune cookies to a m...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61919189">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Jan 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[<em>A Modest Proposal</em>, by Michele Ashman Bell, is the first book in The Butterfly Box series. It is about a woman named Lauryn Alexander. Lauryn lives in New York and works as a designer. Her dream is to design modest evening wear, but being modest is holding her back in the fashion world. She has been ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43133500">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="51708308">
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  <read_at>Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Mon Apr 06 12:20:08 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I thought it was a cute story (I am a sucker for clean romances), but there were just too many elements involved.  There were the friends dealing with a trajedy and all of thier adult problems, and then there was this past boy friend thing going on (The old &quot;If we aren't married by 30 to other ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51708308">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="49552830">
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  <read_at>Tue Sep 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Tue Mar 17 08:51:01 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[What a pleasant surprise! The story was cute and entertaining. It's about a group of girls who experienced a horrific tragedy in high-school. To help them cope they invented the &quot;Butterfly Box&quot; where each girl put an item in the box to remind them of the good times they had together. Now t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49552830">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="72314118">
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  <read_at>Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Sep 23 23:45:43 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Sep 29 17:08:36 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[    I really enjoyed this the first time I read it.  I had a hard time following the plot of each character.  I couldn't keep their stories straight, Chloe had these issues, Emma had these issues...etc.<br/><br/>    There was definitely some unsubtle messages written throughout the story.  It almo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72314118">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="51719882">
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  <read_at>Wed Apr 08 20:20:29 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I love reading LDS fiction that moves along with a great story line, a bit of romance, comedic characters and promoting a christlike lifestlye. I am nearly done with this novel about a 30 year old girl trying to get her start in the fashion industry who wants to keep all her designs modest. I love h...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51719882">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="50655174">
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  <date_added>Fri Mar 27 16:57:32 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Mar 27 17:01:43 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the perfect book to show how NOT to write conversations.  My goodness!!!! This book is 300+ pages and it should be about 100.  Boring dialog.  I couldn't for the life of me figure out why this people were friends-they had nothing in common.  If this is going to be a series I suggest she make...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50655174">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="63483917">
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  <date_added>Tue Jul 14 14:04:58 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Why do I even try Michele Ashman Bell?  I despise the lameness of her writing.  I thought maybe, since she's got 20+ books to her name, she'd have figured out enough that I might like this one, but it was the same old thing I don't like about LDS fiction -- super cliche characters, characters with i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63483917">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="43559053">
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  <read_at>Thu Feb 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Jan 19 06:14:04 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Feb 05 06:20:19 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have a love-hate relationship with this book.  I really loved getting to know the characters.  The author did a really good job of writing her characters so they seemed like real people.  I love that. I also liked the story line. It was fun to be transported to the life of a fashion designer in NY...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43559053">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="72501461">
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  <read_at>Tue Sep 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Tue Sep 29 22:10:30 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[A quick read that I really enjoyed.  It ended with obvious room for more books, but still wrapped up the story.  It's the story of 5 high school friends that call themselves the butterfly girls and meet up each year for a weekend to reconnect.  The book starts when they're 29.  It looks like each bo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72501461">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="42790149">
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    <name><![CDATA[Andrea]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Sun Jan 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a bit disappointing.  Early on in the book I thought how parts of the story seemed to be taken from movies.  The whole design/New York thing reminded me of The Devil Wears Prada, and then the deal at 30 reminded me of My Best Friend's Wedding.  I'm not sure if it was the author's writing st...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42790149">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="76165782">
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    <name><![CDATA[Susan]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Duvall, WA]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Wed Oct 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Thu Oct 29 18:06:33 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I knew this would be a good read when I couldn't put it down. I wanted so much for Lauryn to be a real person. I wonder if there's anyone out there who really designs like her. I liked this book cause it was not your typical LDS romance novel (not that I've read many). It stood alone as a great plot...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76165782">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="29106428">
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    <name><![CDATA[Teri]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Benton City, WA]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Sun Aug 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Aug 03 00:19:44 -0700 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[This new offering by Michele is one of my favorites. Michele really knows her stuff and she brings the modesty issue where it needs to be. I really like how she brings this Butterfly Box into the mix. The story is centered around 6 close friends in high school and the tragic accident that brings the...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29106428">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="41501627">
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  <date_added>Thu Jan 01 11:13:23 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jan 01 18:59:18 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I know that I have much to be grateful for because I can read, so it is with a prayer in my heart that I contemplate the meaning of this novel... I have faith that the author will be blessed as she continues her story of these women, and the women will all be blessed because of their faith and the f...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41501627">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="45342199">
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    <name><![CDATA[Patti]]></name>
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  <read_at>Tue Feb 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[A fun, clean book that is obviously leading to a series.  Still, it was a complete story in itself.  I didn't feel like I wasted any of my time while I was reading this, and I would recommend it to friends of mine.  The story follows Lauryn through a little more than a year of her life, with a coupl...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45342199">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="35441765">
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    <body><![CDATA[A group of girls who went to high school together meets every year to talk about their lives, their past, and their dreams for the future.  &quot;A Modest Proposal&quot; is told through the eyes of Lauryn Alexander, an up-and-coming fashion designer who wants to break into the industry with her own ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35441765">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Like the other books on this shelf, I read this one for research purposes. It wasn't horrible, in that I didn't cringe too often, but it's definitely not stellar writing. It was well-plotted (albeit highly unbelievable, especially the Laslow character), but the dialogue was a little unnatural, and h...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26663020">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[For the LDS genre, I would rate this as a 4.  It was a fun escape read.  The storyline resembled a modern LDS twist to an Affair to Remember, but there are lots of other side plots. It also keeps an element of suspense that isn't all resolved at the end...so look out for the sequel.  I went to the l...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58300490">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Although I am an LDS chic, I am not a fan of LDS chic-lit. I have not found an LDS chic-lit story that was more than just okay, this included. BUT I refuse to give it 1 star since it is wholesome and clean and if we totally bash those kinds of books they won't write them anymore. I just wish there w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42957371">more...</a>]]></body>
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