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  <title><![CDATA[Dear John]]></title>
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  <default_description>When Savannah Lynn Curtis comes into his life, John Tyree knows he is ready to turn over a new leaf. An angry rebel, he had enlisted in the army after high school, not knowing what else to do. Then, during a furlough, he meets the girl of his dreams. Savannah Lynn Curtis is attending college in North Carolina, working for Habitat for Humanity, and totally unprepared for the passionate attraction she feels for John Tyree. The attraction is mutual and quickly grows into the kind of love that leaves Savannah vowing to wait for John while he finishes his tour of duty, and John realizing that he's ready to settle down with the young woman who has captured his heart. Neither can foresee that 9/11 is about to change the world and will force John to risk every hope and dream that he's ever had. Like so many proud men and women, John must choose between love and country. And like all those left behind, Savannah must decide to wait or move on. How do we choose wisely? How can we face loss-without giving up on love? Now, when he finally returns to North Carolina, John will discover that loving Savannah will force him to make the hardest decision of his life. An extraordinary, moving story, Dear John explores the complexities of love -- how it survives time and heartbreak, and how it transforms us forever.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_month type="integer">10</original_publication_month>
  <original_publication_year type="integer">2006</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Nicholas Sparks]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a great book!  I'm a huge Nicolas Sparks fan &amp; have read all of his books now:)  This is one of my favorites!  Great story, easy to read, &amp; it really sucks you in!<br/>Ok, I loved it!!! When is Nicolas coming out with a new book!?!?!?]]></body>
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  <date_added>Tue Sep 25 20:33:05 -0700 2007</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Spoiler Alert - Though it started out really well, I hated the ending!  In typical Sparks fashion, your not left with a happy ending.  Though I have been a fan of his (The Notebook is one of my favorites), I am growing weary of these endings.  I just don't like to invest my time and the roller coast...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6807132">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="12743926">
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  <read_at>Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was looking for a book to read for the El trip home but didn't have time to really search.  This was in the discard section of the library and I grabbed it thinking that it couldn't be that bad.  After all, the Notebook was a good guilty pleasure.  Could not have been more wrong.  Ugh.  I wanted t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12743926">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="32120340">
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Mon Nov 09 17:08:08 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[***Spoilers***<br/>I really loved this book but the ending just killed me, I hated the ending. After everything John goes through he doesn't get to be with the person he loves. Of course in the beginning of the book it states that they don't end up together but I still had hope and I thought they w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32120340">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[When Savannah Lynn Curtis comes into his life, John Tyree knows he is ready to turn over a new leaf. An angry rebel, he had enlisted in the army after high school, not knowing what else to do. Then, during a furlough, he meets the girl of his dreams. Savannah Lynn Curtis is attending college in Nort...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14331060">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="26227917">
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  <read_at>Thu Jul 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Thu Jul 24 08:42:45 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really liked the narrator of this book a lot. I thought he did a fantastic job! That said, I was disappointed with the ending.  Up to the ending the story was good - a little sappy but I like that every now and then.  I particularly liked the story with John and his Dad.<br/><br/>**Spoilers**<br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26227917">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="42125798">
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    <body><![CDATA[What can I say, I had NOTHING to read.  I am not the biggest fan of Nicholas Sparks and this made me even less of one.  Don't waste your time unless you are up for a sad book with poor writing.]]></body>
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    <review id="49759947">
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Thu Mar 19 07:22:23 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Another one of my favorites of his. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[DISAPPOINTING!!!!!!  This poor guy gives literally everything he has to a woman he loved for a few months when he was a kid and leaves himself with nothing by the age of 30 so she can help her sick husband live?  Sorry - not the romantic story I was looking for.  Yeah, it's great for little Miss Sav...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50271570">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="43023315">
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  <date_added>Wed Jan 14 10:53:06 -0800 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[John Tyree is a soldier first, and then a man. So he thinks, until he meets Savannah Lynn Curtis. While on leave he falls desperately in love with Savannah, the proverbial girls of his dreams. Savannah is sweet, intelligent, and giving. But it doesn't take long before Johns military career and own p...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43023315">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="79143358">
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  <read_at>Fri Nov 27 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Nov 27 14:51:47 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Nov 27 15:19:50 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Dear Nicholas Sparks,<br/><br/>I really do not want to like you.  I was all happy living in my somewhat snobby literary world where I turned my nose up at your novels.  So many people love you and gush over your books.  I would either bite my tongue to prevent myself from voicing my superior opini...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79143358">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[When Savannah Lynn Curtis comes into his life, John Tyree knows he is ready to turn over a new leaf. An angry rebel, he had enlisted in the army after high school, not knowing what else to do. Then, during a furlough, he meets the girl of his dreams. Savannah Lynn Curtis is attending college in Nort...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52524337">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Mar 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a light and enjoyable novel, one that will give you a few hours escaping reality and plunging into a sappy and romantic fantasy.<br/><br/>This is about army sergeant John Tyree narrating his love for Savannah Curtis, the girl of his dreams, and their relationship. It is the typical boy mee...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47979910">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I hated the ending!!<br/>I loved the first half of the book. John meets Savannah and he finds meaning in life again. She promises that when John comes back from the army, she'll marry him, but she doesn't!! Instead, while John is fighting for his country, Savannah writes him a letter to tell him th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79198126">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="72767966">
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  <read_at>Tue Oct 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I don't really like Savannah.  Well I should say that I liked her until John came back from leave.  It seemed like no matter what he did she was mad or just wanted nothing to do with him.  Then when he calls her on it what does she do....she sleeps with him (something that she said she was not ready...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72767966">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="47172119">
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This truly is a really good book.  There are a few reasons though as to why I only gave it a rating of three.  Though the story is one that you can easily become invested in, the whole thing is pretty much given away by the prologue at the beginning of the novel.  I just felt that it really ruined t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47172119">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[In Dear John, John enlisted in the army at 20 years old to get away from his small town life. When he's on one of his leaves, he visited his dad and was at the beach surfing when he met Savannah. At first, John couldn't help but watch her and listen to her and her friend's conversation. When her bag...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37067321">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[    I first saw the trailer of this book in Youtube. I really liked the stars who will portray Savannah( Amanda Seyfried of Mamma Mia) and (Channing Tatum of Step Up). So I bought the book. The prologue itself was mysterious and intriguing. The Part 1 was very nice and soft. The way Nicholas Sparks ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77299563">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Nov 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I decided to read this book after I saw the trailer and since I heard Sparks was a good author I decided to give him a try. The book started off cliche and it turned me off at first but as I read more and more it sounded more real. I liked it but nothing to the point of OMG! I didn't care too much f...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76532833">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Sep 23 21:18:42 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Mom recommended this one- I hate Nick Sparks' writing.  It's too simplistic and yet too formal.  In my opinion, no one in this day and age is allowed to use &quot;for&quot; when they mean &quot;because.&quot;  Too plot driven and he spells everything out.  I might have loved this in 7th grade...]]></body>
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