<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<GoodreadsResponse>
	<Request>
		<authentication>false</authentication>
		    <method><![CDATA[]]></method>
	</Request>
	
<book>
  <id>6397920</id>
  <title><![CDATA[How the Broken Lead the Blind]]></title>
  <isbn><![CDATA[]]></isbn>
  <isbn13><![CDATA[]]></isbn13>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1239707598m/6397920.jpg</image_url>
  <description><![CDATA[&quot;Matt Bell is a beautiful contradiction, a romanticist who wields his pen without mercy. In <em>How the Broken Lead the Blind</em>, Bell's eye for the small details that bind is undeniable. His collection of short-short stories wastes no time with extraneous prattle, delivering instead characters and tales that rattle the senses with stark surprise. In an uncompromisingly good gathering of fiction, Bell gives us worlds upon worlds through the imagination and observations of a gifted new talent.&quot;<br/>—Steven Gillis, author of <em>Temporary People</em> and <em>Giraffes</em><br/><br/>&quot;Matt Bell writes startling stories about personal connections, how they break under the slightest pressure, how they mend--all stories in which occur fantastic little twists: a severed hand appears, a piano gives up its secret, disoriented geese tumble from the sky. <em>How the Broken Lead the Blind</em> is a useful relationship manual for those of us still waiting to receive our very own hair box.&quot;<br/>—Ryan Call, author of <em>Pocket Finger</em><br/>]]></description>
  <work>
  <best_book_id type="integer">6397920</best_book_id>
  <books_count type="integer">1</books_count>
  <desc_user_id type="integer" nil="true"></desc_user_id>
  <id type="integer">6586608</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">2009</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>How the Broken Lead the Blind</original_title>
  <rating_dist>total:23|5:16|4:4|3:1|2:2|1:0|</rating_dist>
  <ratings_count type="integer">23</ratings_count>
  <ratings_sum type="integer">103</ratings_sum>
  <reviews_count type="integer">45</reviews_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">6</text_reviews_count>
</work>

  <average_rating><![CDATA[4.48]]></average_rating>
  <ratings_count><![CDATA[23]]></ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count><![CDATA[6]]></text_reviews_count>
  
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6397920-how-the-broken-lead-the-blind]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6397920-how-the-broken-lead-the-blind]]></link>
  <authors>
    <author>
    <id>678844</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Matt Bell]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-M-200x266.jpg]]></image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/678844.Matt_Bell]]></link>
    <average_rating>4.43</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>103</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>25</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>
    <reviews start="1" end="20" total="45">
      <review>
  <id>53811534</id>
    <user>
    <id>268745</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Adam]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Baltimore, MD]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/268745-adam]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1186755869p3/268745.jpg]]></image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">6397920</id>
  <isbn nil="true"></isbn>
  <isbn13 nil="true"></isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">6</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[How the Broken Lead the Blind]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1239707598m/6397920.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6397920-how-the-broken-lead-the-blind</link>
  <average_rating>4.48</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>23</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[&quot;Matt Bell is a beautiful contradiction, a romanticist who wields his pen without mercy. In <em>How the Broken Lead the Blind</em>, Bell's eye for the small details that bind is undeniable. His collection of short-short stories wastes no time with extraneous prattle, delivering instead characters and tales that rattle the senses with stark surprise. In an uncompromisingly good gathering of fiction, Bell gives us worlds upon worlds through the imagination and observations of a gifted new talent.&quot;<br/>—Steven Gillis, author of <em>Temporary People</em> and <em>Giraffes</em><br/><br/>&quot;Matt Bell writes startling stories about personal connections, how they break under the slightest pressure, how they mend--all stories in which occur fantastic little twists: a severed hand appears, a piano gives up its secret, disoriented geese tumble from the sky. <em>How the Broken Lead the Blind</em> is a useful relationship manual for those of us still waiting to receive our very own hair box.&quot;<br/>—Ryan Call, author of <em>Pocket Finger</em><br/>]]>
  </description>
</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>Mon Apr 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Apr 24 06:35:38 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Apr 24 06:39:01 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count>1</read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Sheer, taut, philosophical stories. I felt like a smarter version of myself when I read Matt Bell's stories. They're cerebral and visceral, a tough combo to pull off.]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53811534]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53811534]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>81019641</id>
    <user>
    <id>1662451</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Tyler]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Muncie, IN]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1662451-tyler]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1225385489p3/1662451.jpg]]></image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">6397920</id>
  <isbn nil="true"></isbn>
  <isbn13 nil="true"></isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">6</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[How the Broken Lead the Blind]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1239707598m/6397920.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6397920-how-the-broken-lead-the-blind</link>
  <average_rating>4.48</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>23</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[&quot;Matt Bell is a beautiful contradiction, a romanticist who wields his pen without mercy. In <em>How the Broken Lead the Blind</em>, Bell's eye for the small details that bind is undeniable. His collection of short-short stories wastes no time with extraneous prattle, delivering instead characters and tales that rattle the senses with stark surprise. In an uncompromisingly good gathering of fiction, Bell gives us worlds upon worlds through the imagination and observations of a gifted new talent.&quot;<br/>—Steven Gillis, author of <em>Temporary People</em> and <em>Giraffes</em><br/><br/>&quot;Matt Bell writes startling stories about personal connections, how they break under the slightest pressure, how they mend--all stories in which occur fantastic little twists: a severed hand appears, a piano gives up its secret, disoriented geese tumble from the sky. <em>How the Broken Lead the Blind</em> is a useful relationship manual for those of us still waiting to receive our very own hair box.&quot;<br/>—Ryan Call, author of <em>Pocket Finger</em><br/>]]>
  </description>
</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>Tue Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Dec 14 16:55:16 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Dec 14 16:56:17 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[This guy can write some beautiful store. No matter the subject, these story deliver with a superb use of language. ]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81019641]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81019641]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>73680322</id>
    <user>
    <id>1043436</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Daniel]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Muncie, IN]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1043436-daniel]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1229232365p3/1043436.jpg]]></image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">6397920</id>
  <isbn nil="true"></isbn>
  <isbn13 nil="true"></isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">6</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[How the Broken Lead the Blind]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1239707598m/6397920.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6397920-how-the-broken-lead-the-blind</link>
  <average_rating>4.48</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>23</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[&quot;Matt Bell is a beautiful contradiction, a romanticist who wields his pen without mercy. In <em>How the Broken Lead the Blind</em>, Bell's eye for the small details that bind is undeniable. His collection of short-short stories wastes no time with extraneous prattle, delivering instead characters and tales that rattle the senses with stark surprise. In an uncompromisingly good gathering of fiction, Bell gives us worlds upon worlds through the imagination and observations of a gifted new talent.&quot;<br/>—Steven Gillis, author of <em>Temporary People</em> and <em>Giraffes</em><br/><br/>&quot;Matt Bell writes startling stories about personal connections, how they break under the slightest pressure, how they mend--all stories in which occur fantastic little twists: a severed hand appears, a piano gives up its secret, disoriented geese tumble from the sky. <em>How the Broken Lead the Blind</em> is a useful relationship manual for those of us still waiting to receive our very own hair box.&quot;<br/>—Ryan Call, author of <em>Pocket Finger</em><br/>]]>
  </description>
</book>

    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>1</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>Tue Oct 06 17:23:57 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Oct 06 17:24:20 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[this is the best story collection i've read in a while.]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73680322]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73680322]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>54342412</id>
    <user>
    <id>1482663</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Sean]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Yorktown, IN]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1482663-sean-lovelace]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1237222532p3/1482663.jpg]]></image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">6397920</id>
  <isbn nil="true"></isbn>
  <isbn13 nil="true"></isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">6</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[How the Broken Lead the Blind]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1239707598m/6397920.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6397920-how-the-broken-lead-the-blind</link>
  <average_rating>4.48</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>23</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[&quot;Matt Bell is a beautiful contradiction, a romanticist who wields his pen without mercy. In <em>How the Broken Lead the Blind</em>, Bell's eye for the small details that bind is undeniable. His collection of short-short stories wastes no time with extraneous prattle, delivering instead characters and tales that rattle the senses with stark surprise. In an uncompromisingly good gathering of fiction, Bell gives us worlds upon worlds through the imagination and observations of a gifted new talent.&quot;<br/>—Steven Gillis, author of <em>Temporary People</em> and <em>Giraffes</em><br/><br/>&quot;Matt Bell writes startling stories about personal connections, how they break under the slightest pressure, how they mend--all stories in which occur fantastic little twists: a severed hand appears, a piano gives up its secret, disoriented geese tumble from the sky. <em>How the Broken Lead the Blind</em> is a useful relationship manual for those of us still waiting to receive our very own hair box.&quot;<br/>—Ryan Call, author of <em>Pocket Finger</em><br/>]]>
  </description>
</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></read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Apr 29 05:31:39 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Apr 29 05:32:02 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[See my review at seanlovelace.com. This book rocks it. ]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54342412]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54342412]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>78244809</id>
    <user>
    <id>1695869</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Michael]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Bowling Green, OH]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1695869-michael]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-111x148.jpg]]></image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">6397920</id>
  <isbn nil="true"></isbn>
  <isbn13 nil="true"></isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">6</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[How the Broken Lead the Blind]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1239707598m/6397920.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6397920-how-the-broken-lead-the-blind</link>
  <average_rating>4.48</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>23</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[&quot;Matt Bell is a beautiful contradiction, a romanticist who wields his pen without mercy. In <em>How the Broken Lead the Blind</em>, Bell's eye for the small details that bind is undeniable. His collection of short-short stories wastes no time with extraneous prattle, delivering instead characters and tales that rattle the senses with stark surprise. In an uncompromisingly good gathering of fiction, Bell gives us worlds upon worlds through the imagination and observations of a gifted new talent.&quot;<br/>—Steven Gillis, author of <em>Temporary People</em> and <em>Giraffes</em><br/><br/>&quot;Matt Bell writes startling stories about personal connections, how they break under the slightest pressure, how they mend--all stories in which occur fantastic little twists: a severed hand appears, a piano gives up its secret, disoriented geese tumble from the sky. <em>How the Broken Lead the Blind</em> is a useful relationship manual for those of us still waiting to receive our very own hair box.&quot;<br/>—Ryan Call, author of <em>Pocket Finger</em><br/>]]>
  </description>
</book>

    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>1</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 Nov 18 15:53:28 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Nov 18 15:55:47 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Great collection of flash fiction.]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78244809]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78244809]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>60114618</id>
    <user>
    <id>2431183</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Stephanie]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Madison, WI]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2431183-stephanie-johnson]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1256174461p3/2431183.jpg]]></image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">6397920</id>
  <isbn nil="true"></isbn>
  <isbn13 nil="true"></isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">6</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[How the Broken Lead the Blind]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1239707598m/6397920.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6397920-how-the-broken-lead-the-blind</link>
  <average_rating>4.48</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>23</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[&quot;Matt Bell is a beautiful contradiction, a romanticist who wields his pen without mercy. In <em>How the Broken Lead the Blind</em>, Bell's eye for the small details that bind is undeniable. His collection of short-short stories wastes no time with extraneous prattle, delivering instead characters and tales that rattle the senses with stark surprise. In an uncompromisingly good gathering of fiction, Bell gives us worlds upon worlds through the imagination and observations of a gifted new talent.&quot;<br/>—Steven Gillis, author of <em>Temporary People</em> and <em>Giraffes</em><br/><br/>&quot;Matt Bell writes startling stories about personal connections, how they break under the slightest pressure, how they mend--all stories in which occur fantastic little twists: a severed hand appears, a piano gives up its secret, disoriented geese tumble from the sky. <em>How the Broken Lead the Blind</em> is a useful relationship manual for those of us still waiting to receive our very own hair box.&quot;<br/>—Ryan Call, author of <em>Pocket Finger</em><br/>]]>
  </description>
</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></read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Jun 17 19:33:12 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jun 17 19:33:12 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60114618]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60114618]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>81321059</id>
    <user>
    <id>1900937</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Tameca]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Denver, CO]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1900937-tameca]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1259123339p3/1900937.jpg]]></image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">6397920</id>
  <isbn nil="true"></isbn>
  <isbn13 nil="true"></isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">6</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[How the Broken Lead the Blind]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1239707598m/6397920.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6397920-how-the-broken-lead-the-blind</link>
  <average_rating>4.48</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>23</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[&quot;Matt Bell is a beautiful contradiction, a romanticist who wields his pen without mercy. In <em>How the Broken Lead the Blind</em>, Bell's eye for the small details that bind is undeniable. His collection of short-short stories wastes no time with extraneous prattle, delivering instead characters and tales that rattle the senses with stark surprise. In an uncompromisingly good gathering of fiction, Bell gives us worlds upon worlds through the imagination and observations of a gifted new talent.&quot;<br/>—Steven Gillis, author of <em>Temporary People</em> and <em>Giraffes</em><br/><br/>&quot;Matt Bell writes startling stories about personal connections, how they break under the slightest pressure, how they mend--all stories in which occur fantastic little twists: a severed hand appears, a piano gives up its secret, disoriented geese tumble from the sky. <em>How the Broken Lead the Blind</em> is a useful relationship manual for those of us still waiting to receive our very own hair box.&quot;<br/>—Ryan Call, author of <em>Pocket Finger</em><br/>]]>
  </description>
</book>

    <rating>0</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
    
          <shelf name="currently-reading" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Dec 17 13:42:24 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Dec 17 13:42:24 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81321059]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81321059]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>76569828</id>
    <user>
    <id>270806</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Josh]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Saginaw, MI]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/270806-josh]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1236887746p3/270806.jpg]]></image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">6397920</id>
  <isbn nil="true"></isbn>
  <isbn13 nil="true"></isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">6</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[How the Broken Lead the Blind]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1239707598m/6397920.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6397920-how-the-broken-lead-the-blind</link>
  <average_rating>4.48</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>23</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[&quot;Matt Bell is a beautiful contradiction, a romanticist who wields his pen without mercy. In <em>How the Broken Lead the Blind</em>, Bell's eye for the small details that bind is undeniable. His collection of short-short stories wastes no time with extraneous prattle, delivering instead characters and tales that rattle the senses with stark surprise. In an uncompromisingly good gathering of fiction, Bell gives us worlds upon worlds through the imagination and observations of a gifted new talent.&quot;<br/>—Steven Gillis, author of <em>Temporary People</em> and <em>Giraffes</em><br/><br/>&quot;Matt Bell writes startling stories about personal connections, how they break under the slightest pressure, how they mend--all stories in which occur fantastic little twists: a severed hand appears, a piano gives up its secret, disoriented geese tumble from the sky. <em>How the Broken Lead the Blind</em> is a useful relationship manual for those of us still waiting to receive our very own hair box.&quot;<br/>—Ryan Call, author of <em>Pocket Finger</em><br/>]]>
  </description>
</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></read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Nov 03 05:50:18 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Nov 03 05:50:18 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76569828]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76569828]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>74162558</id>
    <user>
    <id>912135</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Jamie]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/912135-jamie-iredell]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1241109247p3/912135.jpg]]></image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">6397920</id>
  <isbn nil="true"></isbn>
  <isbn13 nil="true"></isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">6</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[How the Broken Lead the Blind]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1239707598m/6397920.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6397920-how-the-broken-lead-the-blind</link>
  <average_rating>4.48</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>23</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[&quot;Matt Bell is a beautiful contradiction, a romanticist who wields his pen without mercy. In <em>How the Broken Lead the Blind</em>, Bell's eye for the small details that bind is undeniable. His collection of short-short stories wastes no time with extraneous prattle, delivering instead characters and tales that rattle the senses with stark surprise. In an uncompromisingly good gathering of fiction, Bell gives us worlds upon worlds through the imagination and observations of a gifted new talent.&quot;<br/>—Steven Gillis, author of <em>Temporary People</em> and <em>Giraffes</em><br/><br/>&quot;Matt Bell writes startling stories about personal connections, how they break under the slightest pressure, how they mend--all stories in which occur fantastic little twists: a severed hand appears, a piano gives up its secret, disoriented geese tumble from the sky. <em>How the Broken Lead the Blind</em> is a useful relationship manual for those of us still waiting to receive our very own hair box.&quot;<br/>—Ryan Call, author of <em>Pocket Finger</em><br/>]]>
  </description>
</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></read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Oct 11 08:53:52 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Oct 11 08:53:52 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74162558]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74162558]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>72445414</id>
    <user>
    <id>142271</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Pamela]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/142271-pamela]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1185407544p3/142271.jpg]]></image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">6397920</id>
  <isbn nil="true"></isbn>
  <isbn13 nil="true"></isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">6</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[How the Broken Lead the Blind]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1239707598m/6397920.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6397920-how-the-broken-lead-the-blind</link>
  <average_rating>4.48</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>23</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[&quot;Matt Bell is a beautiful contradiction, a romanticist who wields his pen without mercy. In <em>How the Broken Lead the Blind</em>, Bell's eye for the small details that bind is undeniable. His collection of short-short stories wastes no time with extraneous prattle, delivering instead characters and tales that rattle the senses with stark surprise. In an uncompromisingly good gathering of fiction, Bell gives us worlds upon worlds through the imagination and observations of a gifted new talent.&quot;<br/>—Steven Gillis, author of <em>Temporary People</em> and <em>Giraffes</em><br/><br/>&quot;Matt Bell writes startling stories about personal connections, how they break under the slightest pressure, how they mend--all stories in which occur fantastic little twists: a severed hand appears, a piano gives up its secret, disoriented geese tumble from the sky. <em>How the Broken Lead the Blind</em> is a useful relationship manual for those of us still waiting to receive our very own hair box.&quot;<br/>—Ryan Call, author of <em>Pocket Finger</em><br/>]]>
  </description>
</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>Fri Sep 25 08:09:47 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Sep 25 08:09:47 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72445414]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72445414]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>72301238</id>
    <user>
    <id>178217</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Katie]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Chicago, IL]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/178217-katie]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1201232732p3/178217.jpg]]></image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">6397920</id>
  <isbn nil="true"></isbn>
  <isbn13 nil="true"></isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">6</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[How the Broken Lead the Blind]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1239707598m/6397920.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6397920-how-the-broken-lead-the-blind</link>
  <average_rating>4.48</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>23</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[&quot;Matt Bell is a beautiful contradiction, a romanticist who wields his pen without mercy. In <em>How the Broken Lead the Blind</em>, Bell's eye for the small details that bind is undeniable. His collection of short-short stories wastes no time with extraneous prattle, delivering instead characters and tales that rattle the senses with stark surprise. In an uncompromisingly good gathering of fiction, Bell gives us worlds upon worlds through the imagination and observations of a gifted new talent.&quot;<br/>—Steven Gillis, author of <em>Temporary People</em> and <em>Giraffes</em><br/><br/>&quot;Matt Bell writes startling stories about personal connections, how they break under the slightest pressure, how they mend--all stories in which occur fantastic little twists: a severed hand appears, a piano gives up its secret, disoriented geese tumble from the sky. <em>How the Broken Lead the Blind</em> is a useful relationship manual for those of us still waiting to receive our very own hair box.&quot;<br/>—Ryan Call, author of <em>Pocket Finger</em><br/>]]>
  </description>
</book>

    <rating>0</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
    
          <shelf name="to-read" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Sep 23 20:20:12 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Sep 23 20:20:12 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72301238]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72301238]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>72175430</id>
    <user>
    <id>2138584</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Matthew]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Minneapolis, MN]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2138584-matthew]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1237350239p3/2138584.jpg]]></image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">6397920</id>
  <isbn nil="true"></isbn>
  <isbn13 nil="true"></isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">6</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[How the Broken Lead the Blind]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1239707598m/6397920.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6397920-how-the-broken-lead-the-blind</link>
  <average_rating>4.48</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>23</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[&quot;Matt Bell is a beautiful contradiction, a romanticist who wields his pen without mercy. In <em>How the Broken Lead the Blind</em>, Bell's eye for the small details that bind is undeniable. His collection of short-short stories wastes no time with extraneous prattle, delivering instead characters and tales that rattle the senses with stark surprise. In an uncompromisingly good gathering of fiction, Bell gives us worlds upon worlds through the imagination and observations of a gifted new talent.&quot;<br/>—Steven Gillis, author of <em>Temporary People</em> and <em>Giraffes</em><br/><br/>&quot;Matt Bell writes startling stories about personal connections, how they break under the slightest pressure, how they mend--all stories in which occur fantastic little twists: a severed hand appears, a piano gives up its secret, disoriented geese tumble from the sky. <em>How the Broken Lead the Blind</em> is a useful relationship manual for those of us still waiting to receive our very own hair box.&quot;<br/>—Ryan Call, author of <em>Pocket Finger</em><br/>]]>
  </description>
</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></read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Sep 22 18:04:01 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Sep 25 14:40:00 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72175430]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72175430]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>72110275</id>
    <user>
    <id>2138315</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Ashley]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Tampa, FL]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2138315-ashley]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1247188212p3/2138315.jpg]]></image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">6397920</id>
  <isbn nil="true"></isbn>
  <isbn13 nil="true"></isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">6</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[How the Broken Lead the Blind]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1239707598m/6397920.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6397920-how-the-broken-lead-the-blind</link>
  <average_rating>4.48</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>23</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[&quot;Matt Bell is a beautiful contradiction, a romanticist who wields his pen without mercy. In <em>How the Broken Lead the Blind</em>, Bell's eye for the small details that bind is undeniable. His collection of short-short stories wastes no time with extraneous prattle, delivering instead characters and tales that rattle the senses with stark surprise. In an uncompromisingly good gathering of fiction, Bell gives us worlds upon worlds through the imagination and observations of a gifted new talent.&quot;<br/>—Steven Gillis, author of <em>Temporary People</em> and <em>Giraffes</em><br/><br/>&quot;Matt Bell writes startling stories about personal connections, how they break under the slightest pressure, how they mend--all stories in which occur fantastic little twists: a severed hand appears, a piano gives up its secret, disoriented geese tumble from the sky. <em>How the Broken Lead the Blind</em> is a useful relationship manual for those of us still waiting to receive our very own hair box.&quot;<br/>—Ryan Call, author of <em>Pocket Finger</em><br/>]]>
  </description>
</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></read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Sep 22 08:42:20 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Sep 22 16:56:41 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72110275]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72110275]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>71857512</id>
    <user>
    <id>1756622</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Matt]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Farmington, NH]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1756622-matt-jasper]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1257791051p3/1756622.jpg]]></image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">6397920</id>
  <isbn nil="true"></isbn>
  <isbn13 nil="true"></isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">6</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[How the Broken Lead the Blind]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1239707598m/6397920.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6397920-how-the-broken-lead-the-blind</link>
  <average_rating>4.48</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>23</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[&quot;Matt Bell is a beautiful contradiction, a romanticist who wields his pen without mercy. In <em>How the Broken Lead the Blind</em>, Bell's eye for the small details that bind is undeniable. His collection of short-short stories wastes no time with extraneous prattle, delivering instead characters and tales that rattle the senses with stark surprise. In an uncompromisingly good gathering of fiction, Bell gives us worlds upon worlds through the imagination and observations of a gifted new talent.&quot;<br/>—Steven Gillis, author of <em>Temporary People</em> and <em>Giraffes</em><br/><br/>&quot;Matt Bell writes startling stories about personal connections, how they break under the slightest pressure, how they mend--all stories in which occur fantastic little twists: a severed hand appears, a piano gives up its secret, disoriented geese tumble from the sky. <em>How the Broken Lead the Blind</em> is a useful relationship manual for those of us still waiting to receive our very own hair box.&quot;<br/>—Ryan Call, author of <em>Pocket Finger</em><br/>]]>
  </description>
</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></read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Sep 20 04:18:50 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Sep 20 04:18:50 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71857512]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71857512]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>65921288</id>
    <user>
    <id>457124</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Evelyn]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Seattle, WA]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/457124-evelyn]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1260255997p3/457124.jpg]]></image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">6397920</id>
  <isbn nil="true"></isbn>
  <isbn13 nil="true"></isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">6</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[How the Broken Lead the Blind]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1239707598m/6397920.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6397920-how-the-broken-lead-the-blind</link>
  <average_rating>4.48</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>23</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[&quot;Matt Bell is a beautiful contradiction, a romanticist who wields his pen without mercy. In <em>How the Broken Lead the Blind</em>, Bell's eye for the small details that bind is undeniable. His collection of short-short stories wastes no time with extraneous prattle, delivering instead characters and tales that rattle the senses with stark surprise. In an uncompromisingly good gathering of fiction, Bell gives us worlds upon worlds through the imagination and observations of a gifted new talent.&quot;<br/>—Steven Gillis, author of <em>Temporary People</em> and <em>Giraffes</em><br/><br/>&quot;Matt Bell writes startling stories about personal connections, how they break under the slightest pressure, how they mend--all stories in which occur fantastic little twists: a severed hand appears, a piano gives up its secret, disoriented geese tumble from the sky. <em>How the Broken Lead the Blind</em> is a useful relationship manual for those of us still waiting to receive our very own hair box.&quot;<br/>—Ryan Call, author of <em>Pocket Finger</em><br/>]]>
  </description>
</book>

    <rating>0</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
    
          <shelf name="to-read" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Aug 02 17:19:26 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Aug 02 17:19:26 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65921288]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65921288]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>64581102</id>
    <user>
    <id>2523061</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Sarah]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Spartanburg, SC]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2523061-sarah-harste]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1248787552p3/2523061.jpg]]></image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">6397920</id>
  <isbn nil="true"></isbn>
  <isbn13 nil="true"></isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">6</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[How the Broken Lead the Blind]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1239707598m/6397920.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6397920-how-the-broken-lead-the-blind</link>
  <average_rating>4.48</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>23</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[&quot;Matt Bell is a beautiful contradiction, a romanticist who wields his pen without mercy. In <em>How the Broken Lead the Blind</em>, Bell's eye for the small details that bind is undeniable. His collection of short-short stories wastes no time with extraneous prattle, delivering instead characters and tales that rattle the senses with stark surprise. In an uncompromisingly good gathering of fiction, Bell gives us worlds upon worlds through the imagination and observations of a gifted new talent.&quot;<br/>—Steven Gillis, author of <em>Temporary People</em> and <em>Giraffes</em><br/><br/>&quot;Matt Bell writes startling stories about personal connections, how they break under the slightest pressure, how they mend--all stories in which occur fantastic little twists: a severed hand appears, a piano gives up its secret, disoriented geese tumble from the sky. <em>How the Broken Lead the Blind</em> is a useful relationship manual for those of us still waiting to receive our very own hair box.&quot;<br/>—Ryan Call, author of <em>Pocket Finger</em><br/>]]>
  </description>
</book>

    <rating>0</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
    
          <shelf name="to-read" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Jul 22 17:19:30 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jul 22 17:19:30 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64581102]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64581102]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>62884697</id>
    <user>
    <id>240975</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Tania]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Israel]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/240975-tania]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-F-111x148.jpg]]></image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">6397920</id>
  <isbn nil="true"></isbn>
  <isbn13 nil="true"></isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">6</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[How the Broken Lead the Blind]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1239707598m/6397920.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6397920-how-the-broken-lead-the-blind</link>
  <average_rating>4.48</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>23</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[&quot;Matt Bell is a beautiful contradiction, a romanticist who wields his pen without mercy. In <em>How the Broken Lead the Blind</em>, Bell's eye for the small details that bind is undeniable. His collection of short-short stories wastes no time with extraneous prattle, delivering instead characters and tales that rattle the senses with stark surprise. In an uncompromisingly good gathering of fiction, Bell gives us worlds upon worlds through the imagination and observations of a gifted new talent.&quot;<br/>—Steven Gillis, author of <em>Temporary People</em> and <em>Giraffes</em><br/><br/>&quot;Matt Bell writes startling stories about personal connections, how they break under the slightest pressure, how they mend--all stories in which occur fantastic little twists: a severed hand appears, a piano gives up its secret, disoriented geese tumble from the sky. <em>How the Broken Lead the Blind</em> is a useful relationship manual for those of us still waiting to receive our very own hair box.&quot;<br/>—Ryan Call, author of <em>Pocket Finger</em><br/>]]>
  </description>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
    
          <shelf name="currently-reading" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Jul 10 02:54:15 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Jul 10 02:54:22 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62884697]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62884697]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>61981236</id>
    <user>
    <id>2483880</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Cory]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2483880-cory]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-U-111x148.jpg]]></image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">6397920</id>
  <isbn nil="true"></isbn>
  <isbn13 nil="true"></isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">6</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[How the Broken Lead the Blind]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1239707598m/6397920.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6397920-how-the-broken-lead-the-blind</link>
  <average_rating>4.48</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>23</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[&quot;Matt Bell is a beautiful contradiction, a romanticist who wields his pen without mercy. In <em>How the Broken Lead the Blind</em>, Bell's eye for the small details that bind is undeniable. His collection of short-short stories wastes no time with extraneous prattle, delivering instead characters and tales that rattle the senses with stark surprise. In an uncompromisingly good gathering of fiction, Bell gives us worlds upon worlds through the imagination and observations of a gifted new talent.&quot;<br/>—Steven Gillis, author of <em>Temporary People</em> and <em>Giraffes</em><br/><br/>&quot;Matt Bell writes startling stories about personal connections, how they break under the slightest pressure, how they mend--all stories in which occur fantastic little twists: a severed hand appears, a piano gives up its secret, disoriented geese tumble from the sky. <em>How the Broken Lead the Blind</em> is a useful relationship manual for those of us still waiting to receive our very own hair box.&quot;<br/>—Ryan Call, author of <em>Pocket Finger</em><br/>]]>
  </description>
</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></read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Jul 02 21:14:50 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jul 02 21:14:56 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61981236]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61981236]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>61928205</id>
    <user>
    <id>155047</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Jill]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Chicago, IL]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/155047-jill]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1184600832p3/155047.jpg]]></image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">6397920</id>
  <isbn nil="true"></isbn>
  <isbn13 nil="true"></isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">6</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[How the Broken Lead the Blind]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1239707598m/6397920.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6397920-how-the-broken-lead-the-blind</link>
  <average_rating>4.48</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>23</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[&quot;Matt Bell is a beautiful contradiction, a romanticist who wields his pen without mercy. In <em>How the Broken Lead the Blind</em>, Bell's eye for the small details that bind is undeniable. His collection of short-short stories wastes no time with extraneous prattle, delivering instead characters and tales that rattle the senses with stark surprise. In an uncompromisingly good gathering of fiction, Bell gives us worlds upon worlds through the imagination and observations of a gifted new talent.&quot;<br/>—Steven Gillis, author of <em>Temporary People</em> and <em>Giraffes</em><br/><br/>&quot;Matt Bell writes startling stories about personal connections, how they break under the slightest pressure, how they mend--all stories in which occur fantastic little twists: a severed hand appears, a piano gives up its secret, disoriented geese tumble from the sky. <em>How the Broken Lead the Blind</em> is a useful relationship manual for those of us still waiting to receive our very own hair box.&quot;<br/>—Ryan Call, author of <em>Pocket Finger</em><br/>]]>
  </description>
</book>

    <rating>0</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
    
          <shelf name="to-read" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Jul 02 13:46:29 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jul 02 13:46:29 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61928205]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61928205]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>61186381</id>
    <user>
    <id>2461585</id>
    <name><![CDATA[La]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[London, H9, The United Kingdom]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2461585-la-corona]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-F-111x148.jpg]]></image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">6397920</id>
  <isbn nil="true"></isbn>
  <isbn13 nil="true"></isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">6</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[How the Broken Lead the Blind]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1239707598m/6397920.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6397920-how-the-broken-lead-the-blind</link>
  <average_rating>4.48</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>23</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[&quot;Matt Bell is a beautiful contradiction, a romanticist who wields his pen without mercy. In <em>How the Broken Lead the Blind</em>, Bell's eye for the small details that bind is undeniable. His collection of short-short stories wastes no time with extraneous prattle, delivering instead characters and tales that rattle the senses with stark surprise. In an uncompromisingly good gathering of fiction, Bell gives us worlds upon worlds through the imagination and observations of a gifted new talent.&quot;<br/>—Steven Gillis, author of <em>Temporary People</em> and <em>Giraffes</em><br/><br/>&quot;Matt Bell writes startling stories about personal connections, how they break under the slightest pressure, how they mend--all stories in which occur fantastic little twists: a severed hand appears, a piano gives up its secret, disoriented geese tumble from the sky. <em>How the Broken Lead the Blind</em> is a useful relationship manual for those of us still waiting to receive our very own hair box.&quot;<br/>—Ryan Call, author of <em>Pocket Finger</em><br/>]]>
  </description>
</book>

    <rating>0</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
    
          <shelf name="to-read" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Jun 26 09:36:57 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Jun 26 09:36:57 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61186381]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61186381]]></link>
</review>
    </reviews>
  <popular_shelves>
          <shelf name="to-read" />
          <shelf name="currently-reading" />
          <shelf name="literary-fiction" />
          <shelf name="short-stories" />
          <shelf name="stories" />
      </popular_shelves>
  <book_links>
    <book_link>
  <id>8</id>
  <name><![CDATA[WorldCat]]></name>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6397920</link>
</book_link>
  </book_links>
</book>
</GoodreadsResponse>