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    <body><![CDATA[I love books like these...illustrated novels with an underlying mystery. It housed pretty much everything that I enjoy reading about: diary entries, letters, and e-mails, then an art mystery, and a love story (in this case two) that is timeless. Really fantastic.<br/><br/>The story: A women workin...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52489431">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Even after 13 years, this book is still a lovely, lovely story and wonderful art work. Even the technology is not too out dated. We use private journal site now but the term computer diary is still pretty generic to still fit in now.<br/><br/>I loved it when I first read it and again with this rer...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40964151">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A great book, with fabulous artwork. Written by the author of the bestselling &quot;Griffin &amp; Sabine&quot; trilogy (celebrating the art of letter writing), if you've loved those books, you'll love The Venetian's Wife.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The artwork is what made me buy the book, and if I were rating it on that alone, I'd give it another star. The book is entertaining, but there's not much to the story. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[pretty good so far, definately not edge of your seat, but it's lightly entertaining, and choke full of gorgeous scrap book like images a la Nick Bantock]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I couldn't put this down!  It's the kind of book you could read (and enjoy the pictures) several times and find new things each time.  Loved it!!!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm in love with Bantock and his stories. The imagery and plots are beautiful and heartwarming.. and sometimes very sad. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I thought this book was fun but a bit predictable.  I had a good time reading it overall.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[There are so many pieces of this book that I liked, but it wasn't quite what <em>The Forgetting Room</em> was for me so I guess that was a little sad.  But yes, beautiful, well written, a little like I imagine the DaVinci code must be like, but I haven't read it and I don't think it involves mysterious peopl...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1985972">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Read it at least once a year..it's truly addictive. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Been currently reading for like, 3 years.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Pseudo-intellectual bodice-ripper.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Mr &amp; Mrs: Don't know how many times we have given away this book as a gift to a friend, who when casually browsing through through the book at our home has instantly fallen in love with it, ... and had it immediately reordered from Amazon, so always to have a fresh new give-away.<br/>A beautiful boo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17862396">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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