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    <body><![CDATA[This book was slightly entertaining toward the end, but I had a difficult time actually finishing it.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[So cute! the next book for anyone who liked The Devil Wears Prada. Smart and Entertaining]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[another fashion book but pretty entertaining characters. another quick and light read.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[It was an ok book. If you have read The Devil Wears Prada, it's similar to that. Same type of storyline..magazine editor of a women's magazine out of New York and her ups and downs through a time of change for the magazine. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was boring and I don't know why I finished reading it.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Read this one b4 Molly Marx. This is a little too chick-lit for me. ]]></body>
    
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