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  <title><![CDATA[Darker Than Amber (Travis McGee Mysteries)]]></title>
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  <read_at>Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Sep 13 18:58:33 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Sep 13 19:04:20 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[The latest in my chronological reading of the Travis McGee series, DARKER THAN AMBER is indeed dark: it's probably the toughest in the series since the brilliant opener THE DEEP BLUE GOOD-BY, and perhaps the best since that one as well.  There are some changes from the formula here:  the damsel-in-d...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71119563">more...</a>]]></body>
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</review>
    <review id="66873862">
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    <name><![CDATA[Dennis D.]]></name>
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  <read_at>Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Aug 10 13:56:30 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Oct 30 20:13:14 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count>1</read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[This is Travis McGee no. 7.  If you’re just tuning in, McGee, the lead character, is a &quot;salvage consultant&quot;, his words for a mercenary who rights wrongs, and often will recover (or attempt to recover) something that’s been taken, in exchange for a sizable cut.  The premise sounds pulp-...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66873862">more...</a>]]></body>
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</review>
    <review id="19375998">
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    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Thu Apr 03 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Apr 03 10:37:44 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat May 03 04:59:31 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Travis McGee and Meyer are fishing under a bridge very late at night when a woman with her feet tied to cement blocks is thrown off a bridge. McGee rescues her, nearly dieing in the process (of course). The woman, Vangie, is beautiful (of course), selfish, detached, and has a shady past involving hi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19375998">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19375998]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="62480826">
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    <name><![CDATA[Steven]]></name>
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  <date_added>Tue Jul 07 09:57:43 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Jul 07 09:58:16 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[It's been a while, but this struck me as a particularly good McGee novel.]]></body>
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</review>
    <review id="75509517">
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    <name><![CDATA[Michael]]></name>
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  <read_at>Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1986</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Oct 23 12:16:47 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Oct 23 12:23:56 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Simple, mindless fun]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75509517]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="22633526">
    <user id="1175951">
    <name><![CDATA[Matt]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[San Diego, CA]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Sun May 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue May 20 13:30:23 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue May 20 13:36:47 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[John D. McDonald is some good-time pulp, I tell ya. But this is a pretty dark story. I think, God help us, Travis McGee was denied any sexual interludes in this one, which says a lot. It starts with a prostitute, tied to a block of cement, getting tossed off a bridge. And it gets darker from there. ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22633526">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22633526]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="39508423">
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    <name><![CDATA[Laura]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Wed Nov 26 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Dec 07 08:15:47 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Feb 24 07:18:30 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I love mysteries that offer beautiful writing as well as clever or original plotlines.  I'll read every single John D. MacDonald book just to hear Travis describe the world he sees, and to listen to Meyer expound upon the problems of the modern world as they manifest themselves in Florida.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39508423]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="12371992">
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    <name><![CDATA[Bruce]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Greenville, MI]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Sat Jan 12 20:48:34 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Jan 12 20:53:52 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Travis McGee is a detective that lives on a boat named the Busted Flush anchored in Florida's Gulf Coast.  He's a highly principaled man's man and author John MacDonald puts him in some tough spots.  Ive read a lot of books in the series.  They're fun quick reads.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12371992]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="27478833">
    <user id="1336573">
    <name><![CDATA[Charles]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Abita Springs, LA]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <date_added>Wed Jul 16 19:15:59 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Jul 18 10:40:52 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[This has the best opening line of any JDM novel.  &quot;We were about to give up and call it a night when somebody dropped the girl off the bridge.&quot;<br/><br/>How could you not read on?]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27478833]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="35707956">
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  <date_added>Sun Oct 19 15:01:01 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Oct 19 15:12:33 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book starts off with a bang, or should I say sinking and keeps the pages turning.  I had to know what happened, how and why.  Excellent read.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35707956]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="4965823">
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    <name><![CDATA[Mel]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Australia]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Aug 22 17:43:16 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Aug 22 17:44:09 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Enjoyable!  Part of holiday McGee binge...  I enjoy these earlier books in the series more than the later ones.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4965823]]></url>
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    <review id="57495129">
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1968</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Clint Eastwood on a houseboat. Always good, but probably dated anymore.]]></body>
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    <review id="78704622">
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  <date_added>Sun Nov 22 21:21:59 -0800 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
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