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    <body><![CDATA[3 and 1/2 stars. This book basically recaps The Ultimate Gift.  It is a good review written similarly, but there are some details that change between the books that make sense if you have seen the movie version of The Ultimate gift which I did between the books.  They both have a great message, but ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49663231">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is a quick read but repetitive of the first book--in fact much of the first book is repeated in this one. I grew tired of the formula after a while;  still there are good life lesson reminders in this book.  I should have waited longer in between books; then I might have enjoyed this one m...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58560424">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Another good book.  Quick read, but great life lessons.  I just bought this book so the rest of my family could read it.  It's basically a continuation of the first book.  I don't especially like the writer's style of writing, but I stilled liked the story.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[After reading the Ultimate Gift, James Stovall has come back with a sequel to match the first book.  Hope they make a movie from the Ultimate Life as they have done with the Ultimate Gift.  A must read.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is a great read. The sequel to &quot;The Ultimate Gift&quot; it really puts life into perspective. Strongly recommend the movie, as well, &quot;The Ultimate Gift&quot;]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I checked this out and then realized that it is a sequel to &quot;The Ultimate Gift&quot;.  So - I went back to the library and got &quot;The Ultimate Gift&quot; to read first.  I loved them both.  Once I read &quot;The Ultimate Gift&quot; - &quot;The Ultimate Life&quot; has a LOT of identical (word...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42800301">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Great story but I knew what was going to happen before I even read it. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is book #2. It follows The Ultimate Gift.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Great lessons for life]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This was fine.  It's pretty much a repeat of the Ultimate Gift. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was better written then the first one. I did, however, feel like he tried to make up for changes found in the movie.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I really liked the Ultimate Gift. But I didn't need to read it twice. This book was a repeat. Maybe I should have spaced them out a little. I thought the author tried lining the story up with the movie and in the process added and changed details that didn't flow with the first book. The Ultimate Gi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34979487">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[What a great book!  I love the message that it sends.  It can be a bit repeptetive, but the over-all message is clear.  I think that I will go back and read the first book (The Ultimate Gift).  I only watched the movie.  Very inspiring!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book, although all good lessons and charachteristics for a good life, was boring.  I skimmed the last few gifts.  After reading the first one, this one was a real let down.  It just basically rehashed the first one, in the setting of a courtroom.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I found this book around five years ago for my husband to read to his class. Since then this book has journeyed through many classes and families.  I currently just reread it for a book club that I am hosting at my home this month.  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is a continuation of The Ultimate Gift. Both books remind you to think about what you really value in life and how you personally can contribute to the world around you.... I am enjoying my time reading this book.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[It gives you a new perspective on life. It makes you stop and think about the little things.  And life is what we make of it.  How can we make it better for someone else.  This is a sequel to the Ultimate Gift.]]></body>
    
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