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    <body><![CDATA[I thought this would be interesting and a little bit different. As Im in a reading group I was intrigued to see how the members would be portrayed. <br/><br/>Sadly for me the book discussions and the reading group meetings themselves do not fill many pages in this book. It is mainly what happens t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71523287">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I was interested by the book, because the text on the back side of the cover intrigued me.<br/><br/>The book itself was good, but for me not more than the 3 stars I gave it initially. <br/>Somehow, in the course of the story, it became more and more predictable. The daughter of one having an affa...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21784391">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I bought this book in 2003 on vacation in London…now almost 5 years later it was still collecting dust on my shelf. I picked it up for an easy, feel-good read. <br/><br/>The Reading Group follows 5 women through out one crucial year of their lives. From an ailing mother, estranged children, chil...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9547167">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I would have said simply, that this is a book best for a summer read, when you've run out of the books that are &quot;serious literature,&quot; and that it would be an escape. There are a few laugh out loud moments - a wife desiring that her husband be shanked while he waits outside a gas station ba...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2453737">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[It is fun to imagine that this group of very different woman would be drawn together to be in a book club.  I didn't like one character's choices (not going to spoil it), as they had devastating repercussions for another character.<br/><br/>Noble's book,Alphabet Weekends, was ultimate chick lit: t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63358973">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This was my pick for our reading group. It didn't go over terribly well, but I really liked it. There are A LOT of characters and they are in a much later stage in life than me (long marraiges, kids, families, etc), but I still identified with the characters and I read through the book in four days!...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42230060">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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