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  <title><![CDATA[True Believer]]></title>
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  <default_description>As a science journalist with a regular column in Scientific American, Jeremy Marsh specializes in debunking the supernatural. A born skeptic, he travels to the small town of Boone Creek, North Carolina, determined to find the real cause behind the ghostly apparitions that appear in the towns cemetery. What he doesnt plan on, however, is falling hopelessly in love with Lexie Darnell, granddaughter of the town psychic. Now, if the young lovers are to have any kind of future at all, Jeremy must make a difficult choice: return to the life he knows, or do something hes never done beforetake a giant leap of faith.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">2005</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>True Believer</original_title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Nicholas Sparks]]></name>
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    <name><![CDATA[Stephanie E]]></name>
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      <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>2</votes>
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  <read_at>Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Dec 24 13:18:03 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Dec 24 13:37:09 -0800 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was a great book. I just finished it a couple hours ago and it was so good. I sort of predicted that two of the main characters who started out as complete strangers would end up falling in love. The basic storyline is about a man in his 30's named Jeremy Marsh who goes to Boone Creek, Nor...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10968833">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="49201336">
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    <name><![CDATA[Charly]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Warwick, RI]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>3</votes>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[anyone]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Mar 13 18:23:04 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Mar 13 18:27:21 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[My first exposure to Nicholas Sparks. A very pleasing experience. He kept a gentle mix of mystery, romance, jelousy and intrigue within the context of his story. I found the style to be easy to follow. ]]></body>
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    <review id="13096372">
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    <name><![CDATA[Alison]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Rutherfordton, NC]]></location>        
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      <rating>1</rating>
  <votes>2</votes>
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  <date_added>Mon Jan 21 16:34:34 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Jan 25 06:56:12 -0800 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I generally like Nicholas Sparks novels.  Reading his books are generally pleasing...I don't believe any I've read are masterpieces or anything, but they've all been at least &quot;okay.&quot;<br/><br/>This one, however, was a letdown. True Believer has to be his weakest book.  It didn't draw me i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13096372">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="30975315">
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    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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      <rating>2</rating>
  <votes>2</votes>
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  <date_added>Sat Aug 23 06:39:00 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Aug 23 06:47:23 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[<br/>I do enjoy a good ghost story, and I liked the storyline surrounding Jeremy Marsh trying to debunk the town's belief that there are &quot;real&quot; ghosts in their cemetery.  But, I found that the storyline surrounding the impending romance between Jeremy and Lexie extremely annoying.  Their ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30975315">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="55431565">
    <user id="2286434">
    <name><![CDATA[Andria]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri May 08 19:08:16 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri May 08 19:34:14 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Jeremy Marsh is a journalist whose specialty is debunking claims of the supernatural.  He receives a letter from Doris in Boone Creek, North Carolina, inviting him to look into mysterious lights in the local cemetery, which local lore claims are ghosts.  The local mayor hopes that the lights become ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55431565">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="16207371">
    <user id="937002">
    <name><![CDATA[April]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Adrian, MI]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>1</votes>
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Feb 23 17:59:38 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Feb 23 18:01:49 -0800 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[This is a sequel to another Sparks book, but this one is superior in my mind.  It tells of the struggles of two people in a whirlwind romance and their marriage, pregnancy and subsequent death of one of them.  I bawled more in this book than any other book of Sparks because I could relate to the str...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16207371">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="58187860">
    <user id="1796620">
    <name><![CDATA[Loryn]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[San Leandro, CA]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Young Adults, Adults, Guys who don't mind a little romance]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[Katie]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Tue Jun 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Jun 02 10:14:45 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jun 03 15:45:37 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count>1</read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Yet another Nicholas Sparks book to add to my collection-<br/><br/>I found this story line was fairly predictable.  <br/><br/>Jeremy, a struggling journalist, finally gets his big break by outing a &quot;psychic&quot; and revealing that he really doesn't have any special abilities.  After going ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58187860">more...</a>]]></body>
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</review>
    <review id="55598483">
    <user id="1747192">
    <name><![CDATA[Jason_W.]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
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  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Sun May 10 15:23:35 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed May 13 16:35:32 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[The book Ture Believer is about a beginning series of two books where Jeremey a colum reporter goes down South to find a story on the erie ghosts. He meets Lexie a girl while he researches on the past. Soon afterwards he finds out that he likes her and has to make tough descisions about wheteher he ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55598483">more...</a>]]></body>
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</review>
    <review id="53748162">
    <user id="868482">
    <name><![CDATA[Lanette]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Gurnee, IL]]></location>        
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      <rating>2</rating>
  <votes>1</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
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  <read_at>Tue Apr 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Apr 23 13:56:00 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Apr 28 11:43:21 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Ugh.  There are so many things wrong with this book, I don't even know where to begin.  Someone needs to tell Mr. Sparks that self-respecting women don't sleep with a man after knowing him for only 2 days.  (And no man I know is physically capable of &quot;making love all night.&quot;)  Like most of...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53748162">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="37943690">
    <user id="1335642">
    <name><![CDATA[Ashley]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Barrie, Ontario, Canada]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Sparks fans, classic romance fans]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Wed Dec 03 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Nov 17 08:32:44 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Dec 03 06:12:43 -0800 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count>1</read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I really enjoyed this book.  After hitting a reading rut over the past couple of months, it was refreshing to read something light, quick and easy.<br/><br/>Jeremy was an awesome male lead.  It's not often in romance novels that the man realizes/admits his in love with the woman before she does.  ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37943690">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="65784922">
    <user id="921939">
    <name><![CDATA[Julia]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></location>        
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      <rating>1</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
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  <read_at>Tue Aug 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Aug 01 13:16:19 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Aug 04 11:00:59 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Even for my throw-away books, I have SOME standards. I call it my &quot;popcorn for the brain&quot; genre because they are usually fluffy and without substance. I somewhat enjoyed The Notebook, so I thought that this would be an ok bet. However, this book disappoints - even on the popcorn level.<br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65784922">more...</a>]]></body>
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</review>
    <review id="69285353">
    <user id="1174962">
    <name><![CDATA[Mary]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Magnolia, TX]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[romantics]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Thu Sep 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Aug 28 19:35:36 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Sep 17 19:43:00 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Jeremy Marsh, successful city boy and journalist, goes to small town, Boone Creek, NC to investigate and write about some mysterious, possibly ghostly, lights that appear in the small town's cemetary.  He ends spending quality time with town's librarian, Lexi Darnell.  Lexi has fallen for a city boy...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69285353">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="10415640">
    <user id="683965">
    <name><![CDATA[Rebecca]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Kansas City, MO]]></location>        
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      <rating>1</rating>
  <votes>1</votes>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[self-inducing a coma]]></recommended_for>
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  <date_added>Fri Dec 14 08:16:37 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Dec 19 14:57:28 -0800 2007</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Horrible.  I had to force myself to finish it.  I feel like reading this book robbed me of time I will never get back.  I loved The Notebook, but absolutely hated this story.]]></body>
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    <review id="7256125">
    <user id="291263">
    <name><![CDATA[Mikelle]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Greenwood, IN]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>1</votes>
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  <date_added>Thu Oct 04 09:27:12 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Oct 14 17:56:23 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Even though Sparks' books seem to have a &quot;recipe,&quot; I still like reading the stories.  Once again, this is a love story between two unsuspecting characters.  Fun read.]]></body>
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    <review id="27423785">
    <user id="903008">
    <name><![CDATA[Karin]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Minneapolis, MN]]></location>        
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      <rating>2</rating>
  <votes>2</votes>
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  <read_at>Wed Jul 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Jul 16 10:25:03 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jul 16 10:27:01 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book lost me at the sentence, &quot;he breathed her name like a prayer.&quot; That would never happen in real life.  And if it did happen it would be creeptastic.    ]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27423785?utm_medium=api]]></url>
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    <review id="2788798">
    <user id="147541">
    <name><![CDATA[Amy]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>1</votes>
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  <read_at>Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Jul 06 20:41:05 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jul 15 15:35:49 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the Prequel to At First Sight.  I think that I would have liked this book much more if I had read it before I read At First Sight.  But still a great book.]]></body>
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    <review id="66686522">
    <user id="2612000">
    <name><![CDATA[Moni]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Mesa, AZ]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[Nancy ]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sat Sep 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Aug 08 17:17:02 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Aug 17 11:26:29 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Written 9/20/08<br/><br/>Story of Lexie and Jeremy- Jeremy's investigation into the mysterious lights appearing over the small town cemetary leads Jeremy to Lexie-  Lexie's the town librian and provides Jeremy with his research  material- she shows him aroun town and falls in love with him (her re...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66686522">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Jun 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was just okay. It's the first thing I've tried by Sparks on audio and I think I like hearing his works more than I like reading them in print.<br/><br/>I did enjoy the descriptions of the settings, especially the lighthouse. The characters were well-developed and I felt like I got to kno...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56877858">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Mon Apr 13 12:32:02 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[ As a science journalist with a regular column in Scientific American, Jeremy Marsh specializes in debunking the supernatural. A born skeptic, he travels to the small town of Boone Creek, North Carolina, determined to find the real cause behind the ghostly apparitions that appear in the towns cemete...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52524718">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[The worst Nick Sparks book I have ever read. It was slow and boring and I predicted the ending.]]></body>
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