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    <body><![CDATA[As a fan of (the first 5 seasons of) Gilmore Girls and essays, I enjoyed reading through Coffee at Luke's. It's an easy book to pick up for 15 minutes at a time because of the essay format.  The essays themselves ranged from lots of fun to thought-provoking to mediocre, but mainly reading the book w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61946684">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a collection of essays on Gilmore Girls, varying a lot in the degree of scholarliness and entertainment value. I mostly enjoyed getting reminded of older episodes that I haven't seen for a lot time. I really did not like Stephanie Lehmann's essay on the mother-daughter relationship between ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10868877">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved this series of essays about my favorite show, &quot;Gilmore Girls.&quot;  It was really fascinating to see the different opinions people had about Lorelai, Rory, Luke, at the rest of the Stars Hollow group.  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I liked the book less and less as it went on. Some of the essays were great, and some were just awful. Hands-down, my favorite was &quot;Your Guide to the Real Stars Hollow Business World,&quot; which examined whether the businesses in Stars Hollow could succeed in real-life. &quot;Dining with the G...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26370567">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Solid set of essays. I didn't agree with all of them - such as the one blaming the town of Stars Hollow for Lorelai's innate unhappiness - but they were all pretty interesting to read. Several focused on the pro-women aspect (with one taking the near opposite stance given the treatment of the variou...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1665285">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Reading this book made me want to relive the series again.  Luckily, I own all 7 seasons...]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[So fun!  Unauthorized writing of the characters of Stars Hollow.  It brings back great memories of &quot;The Gilmore Girls&quot; TV show and all their family and friends.  Any Gilmore Girls fan will like this book.<br/><br/>Each chapter is written by a different author about a different aspect of ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73959337">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[If you love Gilmore Girls,you should definetley get this! I enjoyed reading this a lot since I'm a huge Gilmore Girls fan. I have to admit,I didn't agree with all the essays,but the majority of the essays were great!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I have been wanting to read this book forever. Since I am a die-hard Gilmore Girls fan I like to read whatever I can that pertains to the show. This book offers different essays contributed by different voices each with their own interesting perspective. I wouldn't call this book astounding or even ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10261815">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was full of great critques of Gilmore Girls. Some of them I didn't agree with, but for the most part I really liked what they had to say. I loved the essay that talked about all the literary references to the show and how for once the script wasn't dumbed down for the audience. I also love...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1336597">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I thought I was a fan of this show. Some of the writers in this book are crazy obsessed with it. There were a few essays that I  thought were a little too out there. They took the fun out of the show. I wish this had been published after the writers were the show was ending. I personally thought the...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6939946">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I generally enjoyed this, although I found some essays a bit trite and silly. The essay on New England wealth ('Not Just Luke's Stubble'?) was dull and painful, while the essays on food, reading and happiness in small New England towns made for good reading.]]></body>
    
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