<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<GoodreadsResponse>
	<Request>
		<authentication>false</authentication>
		    <method><![CDATA[]]></method>
	</Request>
	
<book>
  <id>462225</id>
  <title><![CDATA[Singing the Dogstar Blues]]></title>
  <isbn><![CDATA[014240246X]]></isbn>
  <isbn13><![CDATA[9780142402467]]></isbn13>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174960671m/462225.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174960671s/462225.jpg</small_image_url>
  <description><![CDATA[ Seventeen-year-old Joss is a rebel, and a student of time travel at the prestigious Centre  for Neo-Historical Studies. This year, for the first time, the Centre has an alien student&#151; Mavkel, from the planet Choria. And Mavkel has chosen Joss, of all people, as his  roommate and study partner. Then Mavkel gets sick. Joss quickly realizes that his will to  live is draining away. The only way she can help Mavkel is by breaking the Centre's  strictest rules . . . and that means going back in time to change history.]]></description>
  <work>
  <best_book_id type="integer">462225</best_book_id>
  <books_count type="integer">7</books_count>
  <desc_user_id type="integer" nil="true"></desc_user_id>
  <id type="integer">1124304</id>
  <media_type nil="true"></media_type>
  <original_language_id type="integer" nil="true"></original_language_id>
  <original_publication_day type="integer" nil="true"></original_publication_day>
  <original_publication_month type="integer" nil="true"></original_publication_month>
  <original_publication_year type="integer">2000</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>Singing the Dogstar Blues</original_title>
  <rating_dist>total:68|5:14|4:23|3:25|2:6|1:0|</rating_dist>
  <ratings_count type="integer">68</ratings_count>
  <ratings_sum type="integer">249</ratings_sum>
  <reviews_count type="integer">110</reviews_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">21</text_reviews_count>
</work>

  <average_rating><![CDATA[3.66]]></average_rating>
  <ratings_count><![CDATA[58]]></ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count><![CDATA[18]]></text_reviews_count>
  
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/462225.Singing_the_Dogstar_Blues]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/462225.Singing_the_Dogstar_Blues]]></link>
  <authors>
    <author>
    <id>88685</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Alison Goodman]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-F-200x266.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-F-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/88685.Alison_Goodman]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.97</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>1040</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>301</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>
    <reviews start="1" end="20" total="110">
      <review>
  <id>47396136</id>
    <user>
    <id>1145657</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Hallie]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Dublin, Ireland]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1145657-hallie]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1244842998p3/1145657.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1244842998p2/1145657.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">462225</id>
  <isbn>014240246X</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780142402467</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">18</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Singing the Dogstar Blues]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174960671m/462225.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174960671s/462225.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/462225.Singing_the_Dogstar_Blues</link>
  <average_rating>3.67</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>58</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[ Seventeen-year-old Joss is a rebel, and a student of time travel at the prestigious Centre  for Neo-Historical Studies. This year, for the first time, the Centre has an alien student&#151; Mavkel, from the planet Choria. And Mavkel has chosen Joss, of all people, as his  roommate and study partner. Then Mavkel gets sick. Joss quickly realizes that his will to  live is draining away. The only way she can help Mavkel is by breaking the Centre's  strictest rules . . . and that means going back in time to change history.]]>
  </description>
  <published>2000</published>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
            <shelf name="sf" />
        <shelf name="ya" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Wed Feb 25 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Feb 24 12:35:11 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Feb 27 04:37:54 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Well, I really enjoyed this.  I wouldn't say it was a hugely life-enhancing read, nor would I push it on everyone I know (especially not the big SF fans), but the characters were fun, the set-up was quite interesting, and the touch was light. (Scene with the errant 'snot' was a crack-up.) I'd like t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47396136">more...</a>]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47396136]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47396136]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>29207577</id>
    <user>
    <id>979834</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Phoebe]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Gainesville, FL]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/979834-phoebe-north]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1205109711p3/979834.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1205109711p2/979834.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">462225</id>
  <isbn>014240246X</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780142402467</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">18</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Singing the Dogstar Blues]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174960671m/462225.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174960671s/462225.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/462225.Singing_the_Dogstar_Blues</link>
  <average_rating>3.66</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>68</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[ Seventeen-year-old Joss is a rebel, and a student of time travel at the prestigious Centre  for Neo-Historical Studies. This year, for the first time, the Centre has an alien student&#151; Mavkel, from the planet Choria. And Mavkel has chosen Joss, of all people, as his  roommate and study partner. Then Mavkel gets sick. Joss quickly realizes that his will to  live is draining away. The only way she can help Mavkel is by breaking the Centre's  strictest rules . . . and that means going back in time to change history.]]>
  </description>
  <published>2000</published>
</book>

    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
            <shelf name="kiddie-lit" />
        <shelf name="sciffy" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Mon Aug 04 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Aug 04 08:44:56 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Aug 04 08:53:48 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[It's a shame that Harry Potter has done wonders for YA fantasy, but that no book has come along to elevate science fiction aimed at the same audience. The back flap of <em>Singing the Dogstar Blues</em> describes it as genre-bending, as if out of obligation, I hope, because there's very little that's bendy a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29207577">more...</a>]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29207577]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29207577]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>5366946</id>
    <user>
    <id>45923</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Navah]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[New York, NY]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/45923-navah]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1236275875p3/45923.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1236275875p2/45923.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">462225</id>
  <isbn>014240246X</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780142402467</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">18</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Singing the Dogstar Blues]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174960671m/462225.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174960671s/462225.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/462225.Singing_the_Dogstar_Blues</link>
  <average_rating>3.66</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>68</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[ Seventeen-year-old Joss is a rebel, and a student of time travel at the prestigious Centre  for Neo-Historical Studies. This year, for the first time, the Centre has an alien student&#151; Mavkel, from the planet Choria. And Mavkel has chosen Joss, of all people, as his  roommate and study partner. Then Mavkel gets sick. Joss quickly realizes that his will to  live is draining away. The only way she can help Mavkel is by breaking the Centre's  strictest rules . . . and that means going back in time to change history.]]>
  </description>
  <published>2000</published>
</book>

    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
            <shelf name="sciencefiction" />
        <shelf name="teen" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Aug 30 11:41:49 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jun 08 08:00:30 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Joss Aaronson is the feisty, harmonica-playing, juvenile delinquant daugher of a famous newscaster and a sperm donor. She is also a student of time travel at the Centre for Neo-Historical Studies, though one teetering on the verge of expulsion. Her life is turned upside down when the first alien exc...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5366946">more...</a>]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5366946]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5366946]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>61037913</id>
    <user>
    <id>2287411</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Sam]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Melbourne, 07, Australia]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2287411-sam-harkin]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1245927863p3/2287411.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1245927863p2/2287411.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">462225</id>
  <isbn>014240246X</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780142402467</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">18</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Singing the Dogstar Blues]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174960671m/462225.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174960671s/462225.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/462225.Singing_the_Dogstar_Blues</link>
  <average_rating>3.66</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>68</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[ Seventeen-year-old Joss is a rebel, and a student of time travel at the prestigious Centre  for Neo-Historical Studies. This year, for the first time, the Centre has an alien student&#151; Mavkel, from the planet Choria. And Mavkel has chosen Joss, of all people, as his  roommate and study partner. Then Mavkel gets sick. Joss quickly realizes that his will to  live is draining away. The only way she can help Mavkel is by breaking the Centre's  strictest rules . . . and that means going back in time to change history.]]>
  </description>
  <published>2000</published>
</book>

    <rating>2</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
            <shelf name="scifi" />
        <shelf name="youngadult" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Anyone who is into sci-fi/drama]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Jun 25 03:01:43 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jul 01 01:00:01 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[This book is OK. The storyline has an alein friend whose missing his twin. This means he should be dead and wishing so. This leads to a very intresting concept of 'bonding'. This is a very good idea for a novel.<br/><br/>However, despite the potential of the novel it unfortunately wasn't expressed...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61037913">more...</a>]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61037913]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61037913]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>62668043</id>
    <user>
    <id>2299764</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Victoria]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2299764-victoria]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1242771111p3/2299764.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1242771111p2/2299764.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">462225</id>
  <isbn>014240246X</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780142402467</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">18</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Singing the Dogstar Blues]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174960671m/462225.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174960671s/462225.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/462225.Singing_the_Dogstar_Blues</link>
  <average_rating>3.66</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>68</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[ Seventeen-year-old Joss is a rebel, and a student of time travel at the prestigious Centre  for Neo-Historical Studies. This year, for the first time, the Centre has an alien student&#151; Mavkel, from the planet Choria. And Mavkel has chosen Joss, of all people, as his  roommate and study partner. Then Mavkel gets sick. Joss quickly realizes that his will to  live is draining away. The only way she can help Mavkel is by breaking the Centre's  strictest rules . . . and that means going back in time to change history.]]>
  </description>
  <published>2000</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>Wed Jul 08 14:05:51 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Aug 21 16:03:36 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Top marks for originality on this one; Goodman is just plagued a little by a few rough spots in the novel.  Still, I enjoyed it.<br/><br/>Joss Aaronson is stunned on the day when it is her class's turn to choose partners.  Joss is ready to become a student in time-travel...but she could never have...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62668043">more...</a>]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62668043]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62668043]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>53801178</id>
    <user>
    <id>1644659</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Jenni]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Oxford, The United Kingdom]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1644659-jenni]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1224665984p3/1644659.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1224665984p2/1644659.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">1137059</id>
  <isbn>0670036102</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780670036103</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">2</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Singing The Dogstar Blues]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181284083m/1137059.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181284083s/1137059.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1137059.Singing_The_Dogstar_Blues</link>
  <average_rating>3.57</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>7</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Seventeen-year-old Joss is a rebel-the daughter of a famous newscaster and a sperm donor; a wild girl who can play a mean harmonica; a student of time travel at the prestigious Centre for Neo-Historical Studies. This year, for the first time, the Centre has an alien student. Mavkel, from the planet Choria, has chosen Joss-of all people-as his study partner. Can this very different pair manage to live together, much less learn from each other? <em>Singing the Dogstar Blues</em> is a genre-breaking mix of humor, science fiction, and adventure that will keep readers riveted.]]>
  </description>
  <published>2000</published>
</book>

    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
            <shelf name="sf" />
        <shelf name="ya" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Fri Apr 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Apr 24 00:03:04 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Apr 24 00:10:18 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Given to me by SDN, this is a nice little YA book with blues harmonica, telepathic aliens, and time-travel. It's fairly slight but has got a good pace to it and a lively heroine with plenty of energy and pluck.<br/><br/>The use of jargony future slang like 'screte' (for excrete = cack) is always a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53801178">more...</a>]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53801178]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53801178]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>38599713</id>
    <user>
    <id>1474708</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Grace]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Melbourne, Australia]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1474708-grace]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1239522979p3/1474708.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1239522979p2/1474708.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">462225</id>
  <isbn>014240246X</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780142402467</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">18</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Singing the Dogstar Blues]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174960671m/462225.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174960671s/462225.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/462225.Singing_the_Dogstar_Blues</link>
  <average_rating>3.66</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>68</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[ Seventeen-year-old Joss is a rebel, and a student of time travel at the prestigious Centre  for Neo-Historical Studies. This year, for the first time, the Centre has an alien student&#151; Mavkel, from the planet Choria. And Mavkel has chosen Joss, of all people, as his  roommate and study partner. Then Mavkel gets sick. Joss quickly realizes that his will to  live is draining away. The only way she can help Mavkel is by breaking the Centre's  strictest rules . . . and that means going back in time to change history.]]>
  </description>
  <published>2000</published>
</book>

    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Teenagers, sci-fi fans, anyone who has ever dreamed of time travel]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Tue Nov 25 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Nov 25 00:14:14 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Nov 25 00:17:13 -0800 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count>1</read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[This book was so fast paced and interesting that I didn't want to stop! The Sci-Fi-ness of it was peripheral, but also integral to the plot. I so wish it went on for twice as long, if not longer, or had a sequal or something, because it was so well written. ]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38599713]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38599713]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>73024780</id>
    <user>
    <id>2793072</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Sarah]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Paris, IL]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2793072-sarah]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1260142584p3/2793072.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1260142584p2/2793072.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">462225</id>
  <isbn>014240246X</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780142402467</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">18</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Singing the Dogstar Blues]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174960671m/462225.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174960671s/462225.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/462225.Singing_the_Dogstar_Blues</link>
  <average_rating>3.66</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>68</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[ Seventeen-year-old Joss is a rebel, and a student of time travel at the prestigious Centre  for Neo-Historical Studies. This year, for the first time, the Centre has an alien student&#151; Mavkel, from the planet Choria. And Mavkel has chosen Joss, of all people, as his  roommate and study partner. Then Mavkel gets sick. Joss quickly realizes that his will to  live is draining away. The only way she can help Mavkel is by breaking the Centre's  strictest rules . . . and that means going back in time to change history.]]>
  </description>
  <published>2000</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></read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Sep 30 12:34:10 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Sep 30 12:34:10 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[In a future Australia, the saucy eighteen-year-old daughter of a famous newscaster and a sperm donor teams up with a hermaphrodite from the planet Choria in a time travel adventure that may significantly change both of their lives.]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73024780]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73024780]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>68989875</id>
    <user>
    <id>1331593</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Lydia]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Miami, FL]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1331593-lydia]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1254183449p3/1331593.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1254183449p2/1331593.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">462225</id>
  <isbn>014240246X</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780142402467</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">18</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Singing the Dogstar Blues]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174960671m/462225.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174960671s/462225.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/462225.Singing_the_Dogstar_Blues</link>
  <average_rating>3.66</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>68</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[ Seventeen-year-old Joss is a rebel, and a student of time travel at the prestigious Centre  for Neo-Historical Studies. This year, for the first time, the Centre has an alien student&#151; Mavkel, from the planet Choria. And Mavkel has chosen Joss, of all people, as his  roommate and study partner. Then Mavkel gets sick. Joss quickly realizes that his will to  live is draining away. The only way she can help Mavkel is by breaking the Centre's  strictest rules . . . and that means going back in time to change history.]]>
  </description>
  <published>2000</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>Wed Aug 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Aug 26 13:30:52 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Aug 26 13:32:30 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[This is a very interesting book and seems to illustrate some cultural differences in YA writing.<br/><br/>This fantasy is interesting, although I find the title and blurbs rather misleading. But it is well worth the effort.]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68989875]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68989875]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>80454097</id>
    <user>
    <id>2433698</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Annie]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Hampton, NH]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2433698-annie]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1245356727p3/2433698.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1245356727p2/2433698.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">462225</id>
  <isbn>014240246X</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780142402467</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">18</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Singing the Dogstar Blues]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174960671m/462225.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174960671s/462225.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/462225.Singing_the_Dogstar_Blues</link>
  <average_rating>3.66</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>68</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[ Seventeen-year-old Joss is a rebel, and a student of time travel at the prestigious Centre  for Neo-Historical Studies. This year, for the first time, the Centre has an alien student&#151; Mavkel, from the planet Choria. And Mavkel has chosen Joss, of all people, as his  roommate and study partner. Then Mavkel gets sick. Joss quickly realizes that his will to  live is draining away. The only way she can help Mavkel is by breaking the Centre's  strictest rules . . . and that means going back in time to change history.]]>
  </description>
  <published>2000</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>Wed Aug 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Dec 09 15:14:36 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Dec 09 15:16:08 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[This was a great book.  My mother in law gave me her copy to read, and I couldn't put it down!!!  I really would like to find more from this author.]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80454097]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80454097]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>69864891</id>
    <user>
    <id>192242</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Miss_ginny_tea]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Canada]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/192242-miss-ginny-tea]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1217690496p3/192242.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1217690496p2/192242.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">462225</id>
  <isbn>014240246X</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780142402467</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">18</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Singing the Dogstar Blues]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174960671m/462225.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174960671s/462225.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/462225.Singing_the_Dogstar_Blues</link>
  <average_rating>3.66</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>68</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[ Seventeen-year-old Joss is a rebel, and a student of time travel at the prestigious Centre  for Neo-Historical Studies. This year, for the first time, the Centre has an alien student&#151; Mavkel, from the planet Choria. And Mavkel has chosen Joss, of all people, as his  roommate and study partner. Then Mavkel gets sick. Joss quickly realizes that his will to  live is draining away. The only way she can help Mavkel is by breaking the Centre's  strictest rules . . . and that means going back in time to change history.]]>
  </description>
  <published>2000</published>
</book>

    <rating>2</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
            <shelf name="authors_women" />
        <shelf name="read_2009" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Wed Sep 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Sep 02 17:44:36 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Sep 02 17:45:51 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[In the end, it all turned out to be about Daddy. Also, I saw that coming. On the other hand, I did finish it.]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69864891]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69864891]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>8024314</id>
    <user>
    <id>565673</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Nicholas]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Belgium]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/565673-nicholas-whyte]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1261743261p3/565673.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1261743261p2/565673.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">1137060</id>
  <isbn>0007144024</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780007144020</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">1</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Singing the Dogstar Blues]]>
  </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/1137060.Singing_the_Dogstar_Blues</link>
  <average_rating>3.00</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>1</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[ Seventeen-year-old Joss is a rebel, and a student of time travel at the prestigious Centre  for Neo-Historical Studies. This year, for the first time, the Centre has an alien student&#151; Mavkel, from the planet Choria. And Mavkel has chosen Joss, of all people, as his  roommate and study partner. Then Mavkel gets sick. Joss quickly realizes that his will to  live is draining away. The only way she can help Mavkel is by breaking the Centre's  strictest rules . . . and that means going back in time to change history.]]>
  </description>
  <published>2000</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>Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Oct 21 10:29:02 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Oct 21 10:29:02 -0700 2007</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://nhw.livejournal.com/855387.html">http://nhw.livejournal.com/855387.html</a>[return][return]This won the Aurealis Award; not sure what that says about its Australian sf competitors, because I felt that the prose was a bit clunky in places, and I saw the twist ending coming from miles away. Our heroine, studying a university course in ti...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8024314">more...</a>]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8024314]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8024314]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>42007219</id>
    <user>
    <id>1841378</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Tsagaanaa]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Rockville, MD]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1841378-tsagaanaa]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1259973402p3/1841378.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1259973402p2/1841378.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">462225</id>
  <isbn>014240246X</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780142402467</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">18</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Singing the Dogstar Blues]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174960671m/462225.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174960671s/462225.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/462225.Singing_the_Dogstar_Blues</link>
  <average_rating>3.66</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>68</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[ Seventeen-year-old Joss is a rebel, and a student of time travel at the prestigious Centre  for Neo-Historical Studies. This year, for the first time, the Centre has an alien student&#151; Mavkel, from the planet Choria. And Mavkel has chosen Joss, of all people, as his  roommate and study partner. Then Mavkel gets sick. Joss quickly realizes that his will to  live is draining away. The only way she can help Mavkel is by breaking the Centre's  strictest rules . . . and that means going back in time to change history.]]>
  </description>
  <published>2000</published>
</book>

    <rating>2</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>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Jan 05 14:43:53 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jan 05 14:44:53 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[It was confusing but interesting. I liked the part when they go back in time.]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42007219]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42007219]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>43317482</id>
    <user>
    <id>806278</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Sally]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/806278-sally]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1259086557p3/806278.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1259086557p2/806278.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">462225</id>
  <isbn>014240246X</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780142402467</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">18</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Singing the Dogstar Blues]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174960671m/462225.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174960671s/462225.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/462225.Singing_the_Dogstar_Blues</link>
  <average_rating>3.66</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>68</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[ Seventeen-year-old Joss is a rebel, and a student of time travel at the prestigious Centre  for Neo-Historical Studies. This year, for the first time, the Centre has an alien student&#151; Mavkel, from the planet Choria. And Mavkel has chosen Joss, of all people, as his  roommate and study partner. Then Mavkel gets sick. Joss quickly realizes that his will to  live is draining away. The only way she can help Mavkel is by breaking the Centre's  strictest rules . . . and that means going back in time to change history.]]>
  </description>
  <published>2000</published>
</book>

    <rating>0</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
            <shelf name="fantasy" />
        <shelf name="to-read-library-has" />
        <shelf name="ya" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Jan 16 21:03:56 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Jan 16 21:04:21 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[loved the short story by this author in Firebird or Firebird Rising]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43317482]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43317482]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>34627343</id>
    <user>
    <id>161941</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Joy]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/161941-joy]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1224044790p3/161941.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1224044790p2/161941.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">462225</id>
  <isbn>014240246X</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780142402467</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">18</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Singing the Dogstar Blues]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174960671m/462225.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174960671s/462225.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/462225.Singing_the_Dogstar_Blues</link>
  <average_rating>3.66</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>68</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[ Seventeen-year-old Joss is a rebel, and a student of time travel at the prestigious Centre  for Neo-Historical Studies. This year, for the first time, the Centre has an alien student&#151; Mavkel, from the planet Choria. And Mavkel has chosen Joss, of all people, as his  roommate and study partner. Then Mavkel gets sick. Joss quickly realizes that his will to  live is draining away. The only way she can help Mavkel is by breaking the Centre's  strictest rules . . . and that means going back in time to change history.]]>
  </description>
  <published>2000</published>
</book>

    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
            <shelf name="20c" />
        <shelf name="australian" />
        <shelf name="science-fiction" />
        <shelf name="teen" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sun Oct 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Oct 05 21:55:25 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Oct 05 21:58:11 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[This reminded me a wee bit of Connie Willis's work, thanks to the time travel angle; I liked how it approached the worldbuilding, only filling in the necessary details and not boring the reader with the rest. Unfortunately, the plot was a little obvious to me though: I guessed most of the developmen...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34627343">more...</a>]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34627343]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34627343]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>16218376</id>
    <user>
    <id>937259</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Kerrin]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Australia]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/937259-kerrin]]></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">462225</id>
  <isbn>014240246X</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780142402467</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">18</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Singing the Dogstar Blues]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174960671m/462225.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174960671s/462225.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/462225.Singing_the_Dogstar_Blues</link>
  <average_rating>3.66</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>68</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[ Seventeen-year-old Joss is a rebel, and a student of time travel at the prestigious Centre  for Neo-Historical Studies. This year, for the first time, the Centre has an alien student&#151; Mavkel, from the planet Choria. And Mavkel has chosen Joss, of all people, as his  roommate and study partner. Then Mavkel gets sick. Joss quickly realizes that his will to  live is draining away. The only way she can help Mavkel is by breaking the Centre's  strictest rules . . . and that means going back in time to change history.]]>
  </description>
  <published>2000</published>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
            <shelf name="have-read" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[The author]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Feb 23 20:42:41 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Feb 23 20:46:14 -0800 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I'm not into sci fi by a long shot but was intrigued enough to buy &amp; read the book after I was taught by the author herself (she was my fav teacher while at uni to boot).<br/><br/>But I loved it from the minute I picked it up.<br/>A great sci fi/adventure story that never let me down &amp; always kep...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16218376">more...</a>]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16218376]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16218376]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>6552074</id>
    <user>
    <id>395578</id>
    <name><![CDATA[elissa]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Silver Spring, MD]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/395578-elissa]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1190236546p3/395578.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1190236546p2/395578.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">1137059</id>
  <isbn>0670036102</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780670036103</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">2</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Singing The Dogstar Blues]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181284083m/1137059.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181284083s/1137059.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1137059.Singing_The_Dogstar_Blues</link>
  <average_rating>3.66</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>68</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Seventeen-year-old Joss is a rebel-the daughter of a famous newscaster and a sperm donor; a wild girl who can play a mean harmonica; a student of time travel at the prestigious Centre for Neo-Historical Studies. This year, for the first time, the Centre has an alien student. Mavkel, from the planet Choria, has chosen Joss-of all people-as his study partner. Can this very different pair manage to live together, much less learn from each other? <em>Singing the Dogstar Blues</em> is a genre-breaking mix of humor, science fiction, and adventure that will keep readers riveted.]]>
  </description>
  <published>2000</published>
</book>

    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
            <shelf name="australianauthors" />
        <shelf name="my_00s_reads" />
        <shelf name="sciencefiction" />
        <shelf name="youngadult" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2003</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Sep 21 10:13:51 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Sep 21 10:13:51 -0700 2007</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[3 1/2 stars.  Well-done SF/mystery, with a good alien as a secondary character.  The plot is quite complicated (especially toward the end), but Goodman pulls it off well.]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6552074]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6552074]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>11789251</id>
    <user>
    <id>726685</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Violet]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/726685-violet]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1199051511p3/726685.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1199051511p2/726685.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">462225</id>
  <isbn>014240246X</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780142402467</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">18</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Singing the Dogstar Blues]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174960671m/462225.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174960671s/462225.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/462225.Singing_the_Dogstar_Blues</link>
  <average_rating>3.66</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>68</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[ Seventeen-year-old Joss is a rebel, and a student of time travel at the prestigious Centre  for Neo-Historical Studies. This year, for the first time, the Centre has an alien student&#151; Mavkel, from the planet Choria. And Mavkel has chosen Joss, of all people, as his  roommate and study partner. Then Mavkel gets sick. Joss quickly realizes that his will to  live is draining away. The only way she can help Mavkel is by breaking the Centre's  strictest rules . . . and that means going back in time to change history.]]>
  </description>
  <published>2000</published>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
            <shelf name="already-read" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[science fiction readers]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Jan 06 10:38:16 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jan 06 10:39:55 -0800 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[this was an interesting view of the future, with time travel and all . . . Camden-Stone or whatever-his-name-is was seriously messed up in the head]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11789251]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11789251]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>9551160</id>
    <user>
    <id>641241</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Sbuchler]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Cleveland, OH]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/641241-sbuchler]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1197670735p3/641241.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1197670735p2/641241.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">462225</id>
  <isbn>014240246X</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780142402467</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">18</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Singing the Dogstar Blues]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174960671m/462225.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174960671s/462225.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/462225.Singing_the_Dogstar_Blues</link>
  <average_rating>3.66</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>68</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[ Seventeen-year-old Joss is a rebel, and a student of time travel at the prestigious Centre  for Neo-Historical Studies. This year, for the first time, the Centre has an alien student&#151; Mavkel, from the planet Choria. And Mavkel has chosen Joss, of all people, as his  roommate and study partner. Then Mavkel gets sick. Joss quickly realizes that his will to  live is draining away. The only way she can help Mavkel is by breaking the Centre's  strictest rules . . . and that means going back in time to change history.]]>
  </description>
  <published>2000</published>
</book>

    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
            <shelf name="read-in-2007" />
        <shelf name="scifi-fantasy" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Nov 26 07:38:39 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Nov 26 07:39:07 -0800 2007</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Genre: Young Adult SciFi<br/>Interesting aliens – interesting view of the near-future. Time-travel. Sweet.]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9551160]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9551160]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>53938620</id>
    <user>
    <id>2256288</id>
    <name><![CDATA[J.T.]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Rochester, NY]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2256288-j-t-whitesell]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1246236150p3/2256288.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1246236150p2/2256288.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">462225</id>
  <isbn>014240246X</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780142402467</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">18</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Singing the Dogstar Blues]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174960671m/462225.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174960671s/462225.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/462225.Singing_the_Dogstar_Blues</link>
  <average_rating>3.66</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>68</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[ Seventeen-year-old Joss is a rebel, and a student of time travel at the prestigious Centre  for Neo-Historical Studies. This year, for the first time, the Centre has an alien student&#151; Mavkel, from the planet Choria. And Mavkel has chosen Joss, of all people, as his  roommate and study partner. Then Mavkel gets sick. Joss quickly realizes that his will to  live is draining away. The only way she can help Mavkel is by breaking the Centre's  strictest rules . . . and that means going back in time to change history.]]>
  </description>
  <published>2000</published>
</book>

    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
            <shelf name="sci-fi" />
        <shelf name="young-adult" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Apr 25 12:38:35 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Apr 25 12:38:35 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Awesome book. I loved this so much for a sci-fi book. I wish it had a continuous series. ]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53938620]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53938620]]></link>
</review>
    </reviews>
  <popular_shelves>
          <shelf name="to-read" />
          <shelf name="ya" />
          <shelf name="sci-fi" />
          <shelf name="young-adult" />
          <shelf name="science-fiction" />
          <shelf name="youngadult" />
          <shelf name="sf" />
          <shelf name="teen" />
          <shelf name="fantasy" />
      </popular_shelves>
  <book_links>
    <book_link>
  <id>8</id>
  <name><![CDATA[WorldCat]]></name>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=462225</link>
</book_link>
  </book_links>
</book>
</GoodreadsResponse>