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  <title><![CDATA[A Year on Ladybug Farm]]></title>
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  <default_description>&lt;B&gt;Their husbands were gone, their families were grown, and the future stretched out before them like an unfulfilled promise&#8230;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt; Tired of always dreaming and never doing, Cici, Lindsay, and Bridget make a life-altering decision. Uprooting themselves from their comfortable lives in the suburbs, the three friends buy a run-down mansion, nestled in the picturesque Shenandoah Valley. They christen their new home &#8220;Ladybug Farm,&#8221; hoping that the name will bring them luck.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt; As the friends take on a home improvement challenge of epic proportions, they encounter disaster after disaster, from renegade sheep and garden thieves to a seemingly ghostly inhabitant. Over the course of a year, overwhelming obstacles make the three women question their decision, but they ultimately learn that sometimes the best things can happen when everything goes wrong&#8230;</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">2009</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Donna Ball]]></name>
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  <date_added>Sun Apr 12 11:56:36 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[First thing: I liked that this book was about 3 fifty-something women, not the typical young, slender,  beautiful, redhaired / curly brunette / blonde  that seems so prevalent. Aside from one physical description at the very beginning, the looks of these women aren't really mentioned.<br/><br/>The...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52398701">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Mar 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Fri Mar 20 14:13:42 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book has a lot to recommend HOWEVER, is in strong need of a sequel.  The basic plot is three women in their fifties throw caution to the wind, seel their suburban houses and go in together to restore a farm/mansion.  I like this book a lot as far as the women drank wine on the porch everynight,...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49892494">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="58115391">
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  <read_at>Fri May 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Mon Jun 01 17:52:16 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Not bad. I liked the idea behind the book--three women who find themselves middle-aged, single, and with means and few obligations buy a run-down farm together and spend a year fixing it up. And the plotline was written pretty well. Predictable, but a decent arc. <br/><br/>I do have some hangups wit...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58115391">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="70621113">
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  <read_at>Sun Sep 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Sep 09 12:18:18 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Sep 13 15:40:34 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Although the descriptions of food, gardens and decorating sometimes made this book seem like Country Living magazine without the advertising, it was still quite enjoyable. The most unusual thing, and kudos to the author for it, is that the three heroines are all single (two long-divorced, one recent...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70621113">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="71634740">
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  <read_at>Mon Sep 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Sep 17 22:36:00 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Sep 17 22:46:25 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[i really really liked this book.  i could relate to best friends getting together on a fun &quot;project&quot; - but i sure got tired reading about how hard they worked!!! made me feel so lazy just sitting there reading.    liked<br/>&quot;damn right you'll take care of me, missy.  when i'm old and ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71634740">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="61405925">
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  <date_added>Sun Jun 28 12:50:24 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jun 28 13:05:37 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[If you are looking for a solid novel with substance, this book isn't for you.  It’s written in a formulaic structure with a predictable plot and equally unsurprising ending.  It reads like a romance novel, and though I don’t know this for a fact, I suspect the author is a seasoned romance writer...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61405925">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="50626379">
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  <read_at>Wed Mar 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[ Some books are just fun to read and this is one of them.  You sit back and are grateful that you aren't one of these 3 ladies doing all this work to restore this old mansion they've taken on.  And it is exhausting to read about the overwhelming amount of work to do to get this huge place in shape.....<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50626379">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="71766845">
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Sun Sep 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sun Sep 20 12:37:50 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really enjoyed this book. Three women, neighborhood friends for the last 20 years, now in their mid fifties decide to buy a 100 yr. old house together and move away from all their family and friends who think the women have gone a little crazy. I laughed out loud at many parts and finished the boo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71766845">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="64471885">
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    <location><![CDATA[San Diego, CA]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Mon Jul 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Tue Jul 21 22:05:59 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Read it for a book club.  It was good, but not fabulous.  Another one of those books about a group of women/taking care of each other/dealing with hardship together, etc.  I felt like it followed the usual pattern to the point where I was waiting for different scenes to happen (and they did).  But, ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64471885">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="76987859">
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  <read_at>Tue Nov 24 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Nov 07 02:48:17 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Nov 24 05:02:37 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[A heartwarming book based upon some of the author's real-life experiences in fixing up an old barn in which she now resides.  <br/><br/>For the women in this book, for every step they advanced forward, they were set back two (or, sometimes, even three); however, the women give you hope and make yo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76987859">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="72995463">
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    <name><![CDATA[Sandra]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Atlanta, GA]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Mon Sep 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Sep 30 08:19:10 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Sep 30 08:21:07 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a wonderfully light book to read ater ready the The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo!<br/><br/>It was interesting to see how the &quot;city&quot; women were able to adjust to the trials of living in an old home and meeting the challenges that were thrown at them.<br/><br/>I highly recommend ...]]></body>
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    <review id="58249084">
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  <read_at>Sun May 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[It was cute.  A good fluff read.  No hidden agendas, no surprise endings, no major epiphanies by any of the characters.  Just enjoyable.  And fun to indulge in the fantasy of dumping suburban life and escaping to the country and the renovation of a really old house. ]]></body>
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    <review id="62159574">
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  <read_at>Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[It was just a nice, easy summer read.  A feel good book but that also reminds you that it is not always what you have that is important and that family is the most important--and family doesn't always mean brothers and sisters.]]></body>
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    <review id="60687956">
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    <name><![CDATA[Sandee]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[Not nearly as good as &quot;See you in a hundred years&quot;, this living-off-the-land book starts out telling how darn plucky these older gals are to find an old farmhouse and live in it.  Not enough to draw me in...  ]]></body>
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    <review id="67801236">
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  <read_at>Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Quick read and a pleasant diversion.  I liked the use of the old-fashioned chapter headings (&quot; In which.......&quot;). Always enjoy a book be it fiction or non-fiction about renovating an old house.]]></body>
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    <review id="64235399">
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    <body><![CDATA[i buy my books like i buy my wine - by it's cover :)  this cover made me so so so excited ... but the book itself was &quot;meehhh&quot;.  i'm totally into farming and the rural life - so it was a nice read :)]]></body>
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    <review id="75019377">
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    <body><![CDATA[I would probably have given this book and its sequel a 5-star rating were it not for one particular circumstance in both books.  Those who know me will figure out what I mean.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A lovely bit of fluff about 3 middle aged friends trying out a new life together in the country. They have fun, frustrations, learn new things about themselves in the process. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A really cute book on 3 older women who decide to restore an old mansion and includes lots of humor in the process.  Also a neat picture of friendship.  Great, easy read.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri May 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I need a light easy read after my last book and this one didn't let me down.  It made me laugh at some parts and made me feel good at the completely obvious with all the loose ends wrapped up in a nice little bow ending but I enjoyed it and that's all that matters.]]></body>
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