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  <title><![CDATA[Let Them Eat Fruitcake]]></title>
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  <default-description>&lt;p&gt;It's the holiday season, and all of the roommates are a little blue. Megan's dealing with a ridiculous boss, and now her mom is leaving her alone for Christmas. Lelani can't afford to fly home and isn't sure she'd be welcomed. Anna's old boyfriend has sailed back into her life, just when she's met a for-real &quot;nice guy&quot; (who she's keeping away from her crazy Latino family). And Kendall's got a crush on a famous actor who might be the answer to her money woes   if she could only convince him she's the love of his life. Thank goodness God's around to listen!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Let's face it, relationships can be hard work   whether they're with family and friends, coworkers and customers, or boyfriends and girlfriends. And when you've got your first house, a real job, and grown-up responsibilities, relationships are loaded with confusion, emotion, and secrets you can't tell to anyone but God.&lt;/p&gt;</default-description>
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  <original-publication-month type="integer">9</original-publication-month>
  <original-publication-year type="integer">2008</original-publication-year>
  <original-title>Let Them Eat Fruitcake</original-title>
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  <average_rating><![CDATA[3.42]]></average_rating>
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      <name><![CDATA[Melody Carlson]]></name>
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  <read_at>Tue Dec 09 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Mon Dec 15 08:28:07 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[A contempoary Christian &quot;chick-lit&quot; novel about four, single housemates all in the early to mid-20s.  <br/><br/>I'm not the target audience for this book, but the title was fun and the back cover made it seem interesting.  I guess I've never learned that whole &quot;don't judge a book by...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39741100">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="69525953">
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  <read_at>Sun Sep 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Aug 30 22:39:33 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Oct 05 08:47:52 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Let Them Eat Fruitcake is the second book in the 86 Bloomberg Place series.  I have come to the realization that these books move incredibly slow.  It could be because each chapter skips to a different character, but every time I try to think of what the book about, only about one sentence comes to ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69525953">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="50157739">
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  <read_at>Fri Mar 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Mar 23 06:31:21 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat May 30 19:36:55 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[3-23<br/>I am listening to this as an audio book.  There are four main characters: Megan, Kendall, Lelani, and Anna.  These girls are roommates, and are celebrating the holiday season on their own.  Megan's mom is on a cruise, Kendall wants to avoid her young annoying nieces and nephews, Lelani doe...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50157739">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="59884564">
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  <read_at>Tue Jun 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Jun 16 09:08:43 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jun 22 10:39:18 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a bit of a dissapointment after the first book in the series.  I never really got into the book.  It was okay, and everything turned out in the end.  But I think the characters kind of annoyed me.  But, that's probably true to life - if I lived with them, they'd probably annoy me then, too!...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59884564">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="46874540">
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  <date_added>Thu Feb 19 11:43:47 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Feb 19 11:45:05 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I love Melody Carlson because she doesn't force her characters to be more than they are - nobody gets converted in the eleventh hour - she admits that there are issues that aren't black and white - and I can pick up one of her books, knowing that I'll be entertained and not preached at.]]></body>
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    <review id="57167128">
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  <date_added>Sun May 24 12:41:30 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Part of a series about four young women who share a home. Each has her own quirks, hangups and problems. They begin as housemates but end up as friends. I'm looking forward to the third book, Spring Broke. B.<br/>]]></body>
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    <review id="39376293">
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  <date_added>Fri Dec 05 10:56:58 -0800 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Oh my suck.  Maybe it is me but what is with any hack thinking they can write about a group of girls, friendship in varying amounts, and boy trouble and make a good novel?]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39376293?utm_medium=api]]></url>
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    <review id="36948812">
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  <read_at>Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Fri Nov 07 04:49:32 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really debated between 3 and 4 stars on this one. The book is your classic feel good, Chistmas, Christian fiction book. It's plot was shallow, but then that is to be expected because you don't usually get a lot of plot twists or inspired creativity  with this sort of book. As with any romance you ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36948812">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="69219405">
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  <date_added>Fri Aug 28 09:35:44 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Aug 28 09:36:42 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Another easy read...lighthearted, for the most part.]]></body>
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    <review id="44404871">
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  <date_added>Mon Jan 26 10:28:35 -0800 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Chick-lit heaven!]]></body>
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    <review id="38996913">
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  <date_added>Sun Nov 30 20:45:24 -0800 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[it was ok.]]></body>
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    <review id="41659564">
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    <name><![CDATA[Holly]]></name>
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Wed Jan 21 12:59:55 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Quick, fun book.  Not the most enthralling, but light hearted and easy reading for those in between books.]]></body>
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    <review id="34404791">
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the second book in a series about four roommates.]]></body>
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    <review id="30778726">
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    <body><![CDATA[It was o.k.]]></body>
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    <review id="76285388">
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