<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<GoodreadsResponse>
	<Request>
		<authentication>false</authentication>
		    <method><![CDATA[]]></method>
	</Request>
	
<book>
  <id>4156739</id>
  <title><![CDATA[The Bird Room]]></title>
  <isbn><![CDATA[1847672604]]></isbn>
  <isbn13><![CDATA[9781847672605]]></isbn13>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg</small_image_url>
  <description><![CDATA[When a boy named Will meets Alice, he can't believe his luck. She's smart, sexy and, much to Will's surprise, in love with him. Alice brings meaning to his urban existence and his McJob. But the course of modern love did never run smooth and soon devotion leads Will to something darker. Elsewhere in the city Helen is an actress. Or she will be one day. For now she finds work as a model. She used to be called Clair, but she wants to be something new and she can be anyone. She's an actress, remember. This is a love story with a twist, this explosive debut novel brings Will and Helen's lives together in a tale as tight as rope and as black as tar. &quot;The Bird Room&quot; is a candid, funny, intimate portrait of a generation.]]></description>
  <work>
  <best_book_id type="integer">4156739</best_book_id>
  <books_count type="integer">1</books_count>
  <desc_user_id type="integer" nil="true"></desc_user_id>
  <id type="integer">4203991</id>
  <media_type nil="true"></media_type>
  <original_language_id type="integer" nil="true"></original_language_id>
  <original_publication_day type="integer">22</original_publication_day>
  <original_publication_month type="integer">1</original_publication_month>
  <original_publication_year type="integer">2009</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>The Bird Room</original_title>
  <rating_dist>total:40|5:16|4:10|3:10|2:3|1:1|</rating_dist>
  <ratings_count type="integer">40</ratings_count>
  <ratings_sum type="integer">157</ratings_sum>
  <reviews_count type="integer">70</reviews_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">12</text_reviews_count>
</work>

  <average_rating><![CDATA[3.92]]></average_rating>
  <ratings_count><![CDATA[40]]></ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count><![CDATA[12]]></text_reviews_count>
  
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4156739.The_Bird_Room]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4156739.The_Bird_Room]]></link>
  <authors>
    <author>
    <id>1250750</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Chris Killen]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1218779072p5/1250750.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1218779072p2/1250750.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1250750.Chris_Killen]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.90</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>41</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>13</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>
    <reviews start="1" end="20" total="70">
      <review>
  <id>31924235</id>
    <user>
    <id>1491698</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Socrates]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Greece]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1491698-socrates-adams]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-U-111x148.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">4156739</id>
  <isbn>1847672604</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781847672605</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">12</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Bird Room]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4156739.The_Bird_Room</link>
  <average_rating>3.92</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>40</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[When a boy named Will meets Alice, he can't believe his luck. She's smart, sexy and, much to Will's surprise, in love with him. Alice brings meaning to his urban existence and his McJob. But the course of modern love did never run smooth and soon devotion leads Will to something darker. Elsewhere in the city Helen is an actress. Or she will be one day. For now she finds work as a model. She used to be called Clair, but she wants to be something new and she can be anyone. She's an actress, remember. This is a love story with a twist, this explosive debut novel brings Will and Helen's lives together in a tale as tight as rope and as black as tar. &quot;The Bird Room&quot; is a candid, funny, intimate portrait of a generation.]]>
  </description>
  <published>2009</published>
</book>

    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>1</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Anyway]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[No One]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sun Aug 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Sep 03 12:37:29 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Sep 03 12:54:57 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I read the bird room in two hours and thirty two minutes on a national express coach on my way to a holiday. The book is better than the entire holiday so far, even though I have three days left. The book is a slim but thorough examination of helplessness, anxiety and self destruction. It is beautif...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31924235">more...</a>]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31924235]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31924235]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>40745364</id>
    <user>
    <id>1411655</id>
    <name><![CDATA[GillyP]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Chorley, The United Kingdom]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1411655-gillyp]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1222622326p3/1411655.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1222622326p2/1411655.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">4156739</id>
  <isbn>1847672604</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781847672605</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">12</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Bird Room]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4156739.The_Bird_Room</link>
  <average_rating>3.92</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>40</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[When a boy named Will meets Alice, he can't believe his luck. She's smart, sexy and, much to Will's surprise, in love with him. Alice brings meaning to his urban existence and his McJob. But the course of modern love did never run smooth and soon devotion leads Will to something darker. Elsewhere in the city Helen is an actress. Or she will be one day. For now she finds work as a model. She used to be called Clair, but she wants to be something new and she can be anyone. She's an actress, remember. This is a love story with a twist, this explosive debut novel brings Will and Helen's lives together in a tale as tight as rope and as black as tar. &quot;The Bird Room&quot; is a candid, funny, intimate portrait of a generation.]]>
  </description>
  <published>2009</published>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sun Jan 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Dec 23 06:01:09 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jan 05 08:06:04 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[A book about nothing. Or rather, plenty happens, but it’s mostly in the head of Will #1, chief protagonist. Other characters have their say too, but mostly via Will’s perspective as he slowly breaks down under the weight of his girlfriend’s infidelity, his joblessness and general sense of wort...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40745364">more...</a>]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40745364]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40745364]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>81709822</id>
    <user>
    <id>423856</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Jessilynn]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Harbor Springs, MI]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/423856-jessilynn]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1233784295p3/423856.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1233784295p2/423856.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">4156739</id>
  <isbn>1847672604</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781847672605</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">12</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Bird Room]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4156739.The_Bird_Room</link>
  <average_rating>3.92</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>40</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[When a boy named Will meets Alice, he can't believe his luck. She's smart, sexy and, much to Will's surprise, in love with him. Alice brings meaning to his urban existence and his McJob. But the course of modern love did never run smooth and soon devotion leads Will to something darker. Elsewhere in the city Helen is an actress. Or she will be one day. For now she finds work as a model. She used to be called Clair, but she wants to be something new and she can be anyone. She's an actress, remember. This is a love story with a twist, this explosive debut novel brings Will and Helen's lives together in a tale as tight as rope and as black as tar. &quot;The Bird Room&quot; is a candid, funny, intimate portrait of a generation.]]>
  </description>
  <published>2009</published>
</book>

    <rating>1</rating>
  <votes>1</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
            <shelf name="general-fiction" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Fri Dec 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Dec 21 19:20:42 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Dec 21 19:22:31 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I really wanted to like it.  The reviews called it sexy and said there was dark humor.  All I really saw was a take -off of Fight Club.  There was a lot of sex, but that doesn't make it sexy.  There was a clever idea behind it all, but it just didn't do anything for me.]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81709822]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81709822]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>62218812</id>
    <user>
    <id>2425075</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Catherine]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Brooklyn, NY]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2425075-catherine-lacey]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1245290386p3/2425075.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1245290386p2/2425075.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">4156739</id>
  <isbn>1847672604</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781847672605</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">12</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Bird Room]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4156739.The_Bird_Room</link>
  <average_rating>3.92</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>40</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[When a boy named Will meets Alice, he can't believe his luck. She's smart, sexy and, much to Will's surprise, in love with him. Alice brings meaning to his urban existence and his McJob. But the course of modern love did never run smooth and soon devotion leads Will to something darker. Elsewhere in the city Helen is an actress. Or she will be one day. For now she finds work as a model. She used to be called Clair, but she wants to be something new and she can be anyone. She's an actress, remember. This is a love story with a twist, this explosive debut novel brings Will and Helen's lives together in a tale as tight as rope and as black as tar. &quot;The Bird Room&quot; is a candid, funny, intimate portrait of a generation.]]>
  </description>
  <published>2009</published>
</book>

    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sun Jul 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Jul 05 11:27:57 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jul 05 11:32:17 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[The Bird Room is hysterical and charming, but underneath the humor and charm it smuggles in profound observations on the origin of loneliness, love and identity. Highly recommended.]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62218812]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62218812]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>58100007</id>
    <user>
    <id>1955514</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Sam]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Chicago, IL]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1955514-sam-pink]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-U-111x148.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">4156739</id>
  <isbn>1847672604</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781847672605</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">12</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Bird Room]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4156739.The_Bird_Room</link>
  <average_rating>3.92</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>40</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[When a boy named Will meets Alice, he can't believe his luck. She's smart, sexy and, much to Will's surprise, in love with him. Alice brings meaning to his urban existence and his McJob. But the course of modern love did never run smooth and soon devotion leads Will to something darker. Elsewhere in the city Helen is an actress. Or she will be one day. For now she finds work as a model. She used to be called Clair, but she wants to be something new and she can be anyone. She's an actress, remember. This is a love story with a twist, this explosive debut novel brings Will and Helen's lives together in a tale as tight as rope and as black as tar. &quot;The Bird Room&quot; is a candid, funny, intimate portrait of a generation.]]>
  </description>
  <published>2009</published>
</book>

    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Jun 01 15:37:20 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jun 01 15:38:02 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[printed it at library by abusing the print privileges allowed each patron.  read it on my couch lying down.  it was dark out when i was done.  ]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58100007]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58100007]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>35689098</id>
    <user>
    <id>1494209</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Gina]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United Kingdom]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1494209-gina]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1221393716p3/1494209.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1221393716p2/1494209.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">4156739</id>
  <isbn>1847672604</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781847672605</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">12</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Bird Room]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4156739.The_Bird_Room</link>
  <average_rating>3.92</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>40</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[When a boy named Will meets Alice, he can't believe his luck. She's smart, sexy and, much to Will's surprise, in love with him. Alice brings meaning to his urban existence and his McJob. But the course of modern love did never run smooth and soon devotion leads Will to something darker. Elsewhere in the city Helen is an actress. Or she will be one day. For now she finds work as a model. She used to be called Clair, but she wants to be something new and she can be anyone. She's an actress, remember. This is a love story with a twist, this explosive debut novel brings Will and Helen's lives together in a tale as tight as rope and as black as tar. &quot;The Bird Room&quot; is a candid, funny, intimate portrait of a generation.]]>
  </description>
  <published>2009</published>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Lots of people]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sun Oct 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Oct 19 10:14:23 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Oct 22 15:25:19 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[How happy I was to read this, and it didn't disappoint which makes me more happy.  <br/><br/>I wonder if it's possible for a character to some how drown from his own neurosis?  I imagine it'd be a slow and painful demise as Will's suffering from a terminal case of self-annihilation, the method of ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35689098">more...</a>]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35689098]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35689098]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>46064912</id>
    <user>
    <id>231537</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Brandon]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Bothell, WA]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/231537-brandon]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-111x148.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">4156739</id>
  <isbn>1847672604</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781847672605</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">12</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Bird Room]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4156739.The_Bird_Room</link>
  <average_rating>3.92</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>40</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[When a boy named Will meets Alice, he can't believe his luck. She's smart, sexy and, much to Will's surprise, in love with him. Alice brings meaning to his urban existence and his McJob. But the course of modern love did never run smooth and soon devotion leads Will to something darker. Elsewhere in the city Helen is an actress. Or she will be one day. For now she finds work as a model. She used to be called Clair, but she wants to be something new and she can be anyone. She's an actress, remember. This is a love story with a twist, this explosive debut novel brings Will and Helen's lives together in a tale as tight as rope and as black as tar. &quot;The Bird Room&quot; is a candid, funny, intimate portrait of a generation.]]>
  </description>
  <published>2009</published>
</book>

    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Feb 11 13:50:31 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Feb 11 13:50:48 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[one of my favorite novels]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46064912]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46064912]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>40450588</id>
    <user>
    <id>854872</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Ani]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[London, The United Kingdom]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/854872-ani-smith]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1222458172p3/854872.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1222458172p2/854872.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">4156739</id>
  <isbn>1847672604</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781847672605</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">12</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Bird Room]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4156739.The_Bird_Room</link>
  <average_rating>3.92</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>40</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[When a boy named Will meets Alice, he can't believe his luck. She's smart, sexy and, much to Will's surprise, in love with him. Alice brings meaning to his urban existence and his McJob. But the course of modern love did never run smooth and soon devotion leads Will to something darker. Elsewhere in the city Helen is an actress. Or she will be one day. For now she finds work as a model. She used to be called Clair, but she wants to be something new and she can be anyone. She's an actress, remember. This is a love story with a twist, this explosive debut novel brings Will and Helen's lives together in a tale as tight as rope and as black as tar. &quot;The Bird Room&quot; is a candid, funny, intimate portrait of a generation.]]>
  </description>
  <published>2009</published>
</book>

    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Fri Jan 23 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Dec 19 07:07:46 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Jan 23 15:12:58 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA['Reviewing' this book makes me think of words like inventive, short, dreamlike, sharp. Each little sentence erupts with meaning on a giant splash of my favourite things: characters with 'rich internal lives', no outright 'morals' to 'impart', lots of honest, awkward, sometimes beautiful sex, and spa...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40450588">more...</a>]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40450588]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40450588]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>58035725</id>
    <user>
    <id>981374</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Ine]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Hasselt, Belgium]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/981374-ine]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1205173915p3/981374.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1205173915p2/981374.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">4156739</id>
  <isbn>1847672604</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781847672605</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">12</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Bird Room]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4156739.The_Bird_Room</link>
  <average_rating>3.92</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>40</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[When a boy named Will meets Alice, he can't believe his luck. She's smart, sexy and, much to Will's surprise, in love with him. Alice brings meaning to his urban existence and his McJob. But the course of modern love did never run smooth and soon devotion leads Will to something darker. Elsewhere in the city Helen is an actress. Or she will be one day. For now she finds work as a model. She used to be called Clair, but she wants to be something new and she can be anyone. She's an actress, remember. This is a love story with a twist, this explosive debut novel brings Will and Helen's lives together in a tale as tight as rope and as black as tar. &quot;The Bird Room&quot; is a candid, funny, intimate portrait of a generation.]]>
  </description>
  <published>2009</published>
</book>

    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sat Jun 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Jun 01 02:07:48 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jun 14 02:59:24 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Een boek over eenzaamheid dat je toch wel met een enigszins melancholisch gevoel achterlaat.]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58035725]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58035725]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>30114885</id>
    <user>
    <id>57158</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Andrea]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Edinburgh, Lanarkshire, The United Kingdom]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/57158-andrea]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1193146064p3/57158.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1193146064p2/57158.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">4156739</id>
  <isbn>1847672604</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781847672605</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">12</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Bird Room]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4156739.The_Bird_Room</link>
  <average_rating>3.92</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>40</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[When a boy named Will meets Alice, he can't believe his luck. She's smart, sexy and, much to Will's surprise, in love with him. Alice brings meaning to his urban existence and his McJob. But the course of modern love did never run smooth and soon devotion leads Will to something darker. Elsewhere in the city Helen is an actress. Or she will be one day. For now she finds work as a model. She used to be called Clair, but she wants to be something new and she can be anyone. She's an actress, remember. This is a love story with a twist, this explosive debut novel brings Will and Helen's lives together in a tale as tight as rope and as black as tar. &quot;The Bird Room&quot; is a candid, funny, intimate portrait of a generation.]]>
  </description>
  <published>2009</published>
</book>

    <rating>2</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
            <shelf name="canongate" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sun Jul 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Aug 14 04:41:13 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Aug 14 04:47:12 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[A short and entertaining, if slightly disturbing, read about love and self-discovery in modern times.<br/><br/>I've read the proof copy.]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30114885]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30114885]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>35156195</id>
    <user>
    <id>940477</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Vickie]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Hong Kong]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/940477-vickie]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1203995992p3/940477.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1203995992p2/940477.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">4156739</id>
  <isbn>1847672604</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781847672605</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">12</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Bird Room]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4156739.The_Bird_Room</link>
  <average_rating>3.92</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>40</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[When a boy named Will meets Alice, he can't believe his luck. She's smart, sexy and, much to Will's surprise, in love with him. Alice brings meaning to his urban existence and his McJob. But the course of modern love did never run smooth and soon devotion leads Will to something darker. Elsewhere in the city Helen is an actress. Or she will be one day. For now she finds work as a model. She used to be called Clair, but she wants to be something new and she can be anyone. She's an actress, remember. This is a love story with a twist, this explosive debut novel brings Will and Helen's lives together in a tale as tight as rope and as black as tar. &quot;The Bird Room&quot; is a candid, funny, intimate portrait of a generation.]]>
  </description>
  <published>2009</published>
</book>

    <rating>0</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
            <shelf name="to-read" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Oct 12 20:28:41 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Oct 12 20:30:25 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Been wanting to read this since the summer when CHDClarke told me about... Hurry up.]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35156195]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35156195]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>38711160</id>
    <user>
    <id>171719</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Colin]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Lancaster, PA]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/171719-colin]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1251307119p3/171719.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1251307119p2/171719.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">4156739</id>
  <isbn>1847672604</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781847672605</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">12</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Bird Room]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4156739.The_Bird_Room</link>
  <average_rating>3.92</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>40</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[When a boy named Will meets Alice, he can't believe his luck. She's smart, sexy and, much to Will's surprise, in love with him. Alice brings meaning to his urban existence and his McJob. But the course of modern love did never run smooth and soon devotion leads Will to something darker. Elsewhere in the city Helen is an actress. Or she will be one day. For now she finds work as a model. She used to be called Clair, but she wants to be something new and she can be anyone. She's an actress, remember. This is a love story with a twist, this explosive debut novel brings Will and Helen's lives together in a tale as tight as rope and as black as tar. &quot;The Bird Room&quot; is a candid, funny, intimate portrait of a generation.]]>
  </description>
  <published>2009</published>
</book>

    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Thu Feb 12 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Nov 26 14:34:48 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Feb 12 09:25:40 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[this was good.]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38711160]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38711160]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>81580372</id>
    <user>
    <id>3049006</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Shanel]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Lexington, KY]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/3049006-shanel]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1260977071p3/3049006.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1260977071p2/3049006.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">4156739</id>
  <isbn>1847672604</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781847672605</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">12</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Bird Room]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4156739.The_Bird_Room</link>
  <average_rating>3.92</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>40</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[When a boy named Will meets Alice, he can't believe his luck. She's smart, sexy and, much to Will's surprise, in love with him. Alice brings meaning to his urban existence and his McJob. But the course of modern love did never run smooth and soon devotion leads Will to something darker. Elsewhere in the city Helen is an actress. Or she will be one day. For now she finds work as a model. She used to be called Clair, but she wants to be something new and she can be anyone. She's an actress, remember. This is a love story with a twist, this explosive debut novel brings Will and Helen's lives together in a tale as tight as rope and as black as tar. &quot;The Bird Room&quot; is a candid, funny, intimate portrait of a generation.]]>
  </description>
  <published>2009</published>
</book>

    <rating>0</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
            <shelf name="adult" />
        <shelf name="to-read" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Dec 20 12:50:06 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Dec 20 12:50:06 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81580372]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81580372]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>79647679</id>
    <user>
    <id>720287</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Claire]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Somerville, MA]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/720287-claire]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1198817159p3/720287.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1198817159p2/720287.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">4156739</id>
  <isbn>1847672604</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781847672605</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">12</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Bird Room]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4156739.The_Bird_Room</link>
  <average_rating>3.92</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>40</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[When a boy named Will meets Alice, he can't believe his luck. She's smart, sexy and, much to Will's surprise, in love with him. Alice brings meaning to his urban existence and his McJob. But the course of modern love did never run smooth and soon devotion leads Will to something darker. Elsewhere in the city Helen is an actress. Or she will be one day. For now she finds work as a model. She used to be called Clair, but she wants to be something new and she can be anyone. She's an actress, remember. This is a love story with a twist, this explosive debut novel brings Will and Helen's lives together in a tale as tight as rope and as black as tar. &quot;The Bird Room&quot; is a candid, funny, intimate portrait of a generation.]]>
  </description>
  <published>2009</published>
</book>

    <rating>0</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Fri Dec 04 13:49:56 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Dec 02 09:53:07 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Dec 04 13:49:56 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79647679]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79647679]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>79434210</id>
    <user>
    <id>1674019</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Mr. Kitchen]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Chicago, IL]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1674019-mr-kitchen]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1253753301p3/1674019.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1253753301p2/1674019.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">4156739</id>
  <isbn>1847672604</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781847672605</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">12</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Bird Room]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4156739.The_Bird_Room</link>
  <average_rating>3.92</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>40</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[When a boy named Will meets Alice, he can't believe his luck. She's smart, sexy and, much to Will's surprise, in love with him. Alice brings meaning to his urban existence and his McJob. But the course of modern love did never run smooth and soon devotion leads Will to something darker. Elsewhere in the city Helen is an actress. Or she will be one day. For now she finds work as a model. She used to be called Clair, but she wants to be something new and she can be anyone. She's an actress, remember. This is a love story with a twist, this explosive debut novel brings Will and Helen's lives together in a tale as tight as rope and as black as tar. &quot;The Bird Room&quot; is a candid, funny, intimate portrait of a generation.]]>
  </description>
  <published>2009</published>
</book>

    <rating>0</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
            <shelf name="to-read" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Nov 30 13:06:43 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Nov 30 13:06:43 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79434210]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79434210]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>78434729</id>
    <user>
    <id>1044915</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Kayleigh]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Medford, NY]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1044915-kayleigh]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1239637510p3/1044915.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1239637510p2/1044915.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">4156739</id>
  <isbn>1847672604</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781847672605</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">12</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Bird Room]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4156739.The_Bird_Room</link>
  <average_rating>3.92</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>40</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[When a boy named Will meets Alice, he can't believe his luck. She's smart, sexy and, much to Will's surprise, in love with him. Alice brings meaning to his urban existence and his McJob. But the course of modern love did never run smooth and soon devotion leads Will to something darker. Elsewhere in the city Helen is an actress. Or she will be one day. For now she finds work as a model. She used to be called Clair, but she wants to be something new and she can be anyone. She's an actress, remember. This is a love story with a twist, this explosive debut novel brings Will and Helen's lives together in a tale as tight as rope and as black as tar. &quot;The Bird Room&quot; is a candid, funny, intimate portrait of a generation.]]>
  </description>
  <published>2009</published>
</book>

    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Nov 20 10:09:29 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Nov 20 10:09:29 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78434729]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78434729]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>75863735</id>
    <user>
    <id>284242</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Ryan]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Bremen, IN]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/284242-ryan]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1240041862p3/284242.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1240041862p2/284242.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">4156739</id>
  <isbn>1847672604</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781847672605</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">12</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Bird Room]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4156739.The_Bird_Room</link>
  <average_rating>3.92</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>40</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[When a boy named Will meets Alice, he can't believe his luck. She's smart, sexy and, much to Will's surprise, in love with him. Alice brings meaning to his urban existence and his McJob. But the course of modern love did never run smooth and soon devotion leads Will to something darker. Elsewhere in the city Helen is an actress. Or she will be one day. For now she finds work as a model. She used to be called Clair, but she wants to be something new and she can be anyone. She's an actress, remember. This is a love story with a twist, this explosive debut novel brings Will and Helen's lives together in a tale as tight as rope and as black as tar. &quot;The Bird Room&quot; is a candid, funny, intimate portrait of a generation.]]>
  </description>
  <published>2009</published>
</book>

    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Thu Nov 05 19:42:15 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Oct 26 23:27:32 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Nov 02 23:34:21 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75863735]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75863735]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>75389768</id>
    <user>
    <id>2867308</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Gm]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2867308-gm]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-U-111x148.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">4156739</id>
  <isbn>1847672604</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781847672605</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">12</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Bird Room]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4156739.The_Bird_Room</link>
  <average_rating>3.92</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>40</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[When a boy named Will meets Alice, he can't believe his luck. She's smart, sexy and, much to Will's surprise, in love with him. Alice brings meaning to his urban existence and his McJob. But the course of modern love did never run smooth and soon devotion leads Will to something darker. Elsewhere in the city Helen is an actress. Or she will be one day. For now she finds work as a model. She used to be called Clair, but she wants to be something new and she can be anyone. She's an actress, remember. This is a love story with a twist, this explosive debut novel brings Will and Helen's lives together in a tale as tight as rope and as black as tar. &quot;The Bird Room&quot; is a candid, funny, intimate portrait of a generation.]]>
  </description>
  <published>2009</published>
</book>

    <rating>0</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
            <shelf name="to-read" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Oct 22 11:47:23 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Oct 22 11:57:24 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75389768]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75389768]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>72531208</id>
    <user>
    <id>1961677</id>
    <name><![CDATA[CoffeeLady]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Lancaster, G5, The United Kingdom]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1961677-coffeelady]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1233134565p3/1961677.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1233134565p2/1961677.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">4156739</id>
  <isbn>1847672604</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781847672605</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">12</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Bird Room]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4156739.The_Bird_Room</link>
  <average_rating>3.92</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>40</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[When a boy named Will meets Alice, he can't believe his luck. She's smart, sexy and, much to Will's surprise, in love with him. Alice brings meaning to his urban existence and his McJob. But the course of modern love did never run smooth and soon devotion leads Will to something darker. Elsewhere in the city Helen is an actress. Or she will be one day. For now she finds work as a model. She used to be called Clair, but she wants to be something new and she can be anyone. She's an actress, remember. This is a love story with a twist, this explosive debut novel brings Will and Helen's lives together in a tale as tight as rope and as black as tar. &quot;The Bird Room&quot; is a candid, funny, intimate portrait of a generation.]]>
  </description>
  <published>2009</published>
</book>

    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
            <shelf name="2009" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Sep 26 00:41:05 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Sep 26 00:41:17 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72531208]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72531208]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>70373324</id>
    <user>
    <id>2712601</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Ben]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Worthing, The United Kingdom]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2712601-ben]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-111x148.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">4156739</id>
  <isbn>1847672604</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781847672605</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">12</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Bird Room]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4156739.The_Bird_Room</link>
  <average_rating>3.92</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>40</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[When a boy named Will meets Alice, he can't believe his luck. She's smart, sexy and, much to Will's surprise, in love with him. Alice brings meaning to his urban existence and his McJob. But the course of modern love did never run smooth and soon devotion leads Will to something darker. Elsewhere in the city Helen is an actress. Or she will be one day. For now she finds work as a model. She used to be called Clair, but she wants to be something new and she can be anyone. She's an actress, remember. This is a love story with a twist, this explosive debut novel brings Will and Helen's lives together in a tale as tight as rope and as black as tar. &quot;The Bird Room&quot; is a candid, funny, intimate portrait of a generation.]]>
  </description>
  <published>2009</published>
</book>

    <rating>0</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
            <shelf name="to-read" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Sep 07 11:59:33 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Sep 07 12:04:11 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70373324]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70373324]]></link>
</review>
    </reviews>
  <popular_shelves>
          <shelf name="to-read" />
          <shelf name="general-fiction" />
          <shelf name="adult" />
          <shelf name="canongate" />
          <shelf name="manchester-writers" />
          <shelf name="romance" />
      </popular_shelves>
  <book_links>
    <book_link>
  <id>8</id>
  <name><![CDATA[WorldCat]]></name>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=4156739</link>
</book_link>
  </book_links>
</book>
</GoodreadsResponse>