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  <title><![CDATA[How They Met, and Other Stories]]></title>
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  <default_description>Just in time for Valentine&amp;#8217;s Day comes a confection from David Levithan that is sure to appeal to fans of Boy Meets Boy. Here are 18 stories, all about love, and about all kinds of love. From the aching for the one you pine for, to standing up and speaking up for the one you love, to pure joy and happiness, these love stories run the gamut of that emotion that at some point has turned every one of us inside out and upside down. What is love? With this original story collection David Levithan proves that love is a many splendored thing, a varied, complicated, addictive, wonderful thing.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_day type="integer">8</original_publication_day>
  <original_publication_month type="integer">1</original_publication_month>
  <original_publication_year type="integer">2008</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>How They Met, and Other Stories</original_title>
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      <name><![CDATA[David Levithan]]></name>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Gays, Lesbians and friends of those who are.]]></recommended_for>
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  <date_added>Mon Mar 03 10:49:05 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Mar 03 10:52:19 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[When I picked up this book, I wasn't expected it to be about gay relationships (there are some straight stories though), but I felt like I shouldn't put it down. Reading the story's, I usually had to wait until a page in to figure out if the narrator was a boy or a girl, which made me realize how lo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16905457">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Feb 19 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Apr 09 10:07:58 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Apr 09 10:11:46 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Disclaimer -- I LOVE THIS MAN!! Every book I've read of Levithan has touched my heart. This collection of short stories began, he says, as a way to avoid an AP physics lesson. That story, &quot;A Romantic Inclination,&quot; is so funny.<br/><br/>Levithan's characters search for someone to love...h...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19798129">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="16456068">
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at>Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Feb 26 15:43:15 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Feb 26 15:43:15 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I highly recommend this book. Not just for YAs, but for anyone who enjoys a good story about love. As explained in his author's note, each story was written for friends on Valentine's Day, and are for the most part in their original format (the tradition began when the author was in high school). So...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16456068">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="59174294">
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    <location><![CDATA[Greeley, CO]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Sun Jun 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Jun 10 12:35:54 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jun 14 09:55:41 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[In his Author's Note, David Levithan explains that this collection of short stories sprang from a tradition of presenting short stories to his friends and family on Valentine's Day.  As a result, we have <em>How They Met and Other Stories</em>, which even contains the original Valentine's Day story, &quot;A ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59174294">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="23112036">
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed May 28 06:13:55 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed May 28 06:14:30 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Four and a half stars. Not perfect, but pretty darn close. David Levithan writes awesome love stories that happen to involve queer teens. Hooray. No one else does that really. There are a handful that are about questioning or coming out, but even those stories are still full of confident beautiful t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23112036">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="20024454">
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <date_added>Sat Apr 12 15:59:50 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Apr 12 16:02:47 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is an amazing book, one that all should read. It is a collection of short stories about people, relationships, that are not connected, but somehow intertwined. Levithan proves once again why he is a master story-teller. This book is one everyone should read, regardless of age, gender, creed, se...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20024454">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="70167216">
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <date_added>Sat Sep 05 12:36:33 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Sep 05 12:37:11 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Levithan’s stories transcend sexuality, and get at the root of love and heartache.  While some stories do focus on the difficulties that homosexuality can bring, the stories main focus is on the love and interactions between people.  Whether it is a gay relationship or straight couple, young or ol...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70167216">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="41484436">
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  <read_at>Wed Dec 17 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Jan 01 08:10:01 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jan 01 08:10:16 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I usually don't like short stories, but I've discovered that I'll read pretty much anything by David Levithan. His writing is strong and this book of short stories was no exception. He creates worlds withing a few short pages, that take you far away from your own. The stories alone, are quite good -...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41484436">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="39345925">
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[everyone who likes love storie and isn't homophobic]]></recommended_for>
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  <date_added>Thu Dec 04 21:48:33 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Dec 04 21:57:21 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I had no idea what to expect when I started this. I'm pretty sure I looked at the cover and thought, &quot;I like love stories and I'm a fan of short stories, so--perfect!&quot; and then started reading it. I noticed the abundance of gay and lesbian-themed stories after the first three chapters (no ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39345925">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="40708647">
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    <name><![CDATA[Saturday]]></name>
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  <read_at>Fri Dec 19 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Dec 22 16:22:01 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Dec 22 18:42:41 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I found some of these stories pointless, one or two boring, but all in all I was glad I read this book. My favorite stories were &quot;Starbucks Boy,&quot; &quot;The Number of People who Meet on Airplanes,&quot; &quot;Flirting with Waiters,&quot; and I thought &quot;Princes&quot; was good. My absolu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40708647">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="51704356">
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    <name><![CDATA[Jenna]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sat Jun 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Apr 06 11:43:00 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Jun 06 12:32:26 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a great collection of short stories by an amazing writer. David Levithan is able to show and convey that love just is. Sometimes it lasts, sometimes it doesn’t, sometimes it’s easy, sometimes it’s not, but it exists all the same. <br/><br/>Some of my favorite stories were (in order o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51704356">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="34666104">
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    <name><![CDATA[Lavinia]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sun Oct 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Oct 06 12:26:41 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Oct 19 14:47:57 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Maybe a 2 1/2 stars? It wasn't all bad. I thought this book was a compilation of stories of how people met and fell in love. It is not. Well, not really. At the end of the book there is a section called &quot;How They Met&quot; and the author talks about how his mother's parents met and how his dad'...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34666104">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="29328538">
    <user id="50448">
    <name><![CDATA[Becky]]></name>
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  <read_at>Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Tue Aug 05 11:50:42 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Levithan, David. 2008. How They Met and Other Stories.<br/><br/>How They Met and Other Stories is a short story collection for young adults. The themes? Love and romance, lust and desire, heartache and joy. What may or may not surprise you--depending on how familiar you are with the name David Lev...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29328538">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="24824696">
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    <name><![CDATA[Scott]]></name>
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      <rating>2</rating>
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  <read_at>Sat Jun 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Jun 18 12:37:11 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jun 30 08:08:45 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Reading How They Met could often times be frustrating. I want to like David Levithan, he deals with tough issues facing teens that few other authors even attempt to deal with.  However, he just isn’t that talented.  He’s shallow and annoying more often than insightful.  He’s kind of like Nicol...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24824696">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="21682437">
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    <name><![CDATA[Jennifer]]></name>
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  <date_added>Mon May 05 22:48:20 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon May 05 22:48:30 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Reviewed by JodiG. for TeensReadToo.com<br/><br/>The stories about how people meet and fall in love are as diverse as the couples themselves. From blind dates to chance encounters, the stories of &quot;how we met&quot; always seem to intrigue us. <br/><br/>HOW THEY MET, AND OTHER STORIES is the ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21682437">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="16002934">
    <user id="908558">
    <name><![CDATA[Emily]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Brooklyn, NY]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Sat Feb 23 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Feb 21 11:04:54 -0800 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[In Levithan’s junior year of high school, he got bored in physics class and wrote a Valentine’s story for his friends using the words in his physics textbook. He wrote another Valentine’s story the next year, and kept writing them, and many of these are included in this book of stories about l...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16002934">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="15622113">
    <user id="300471">
    <name><![CDATA[Joanna]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[The inevitable disappointment that comes from reading a collection of stories written by an author in his/her youth is that the stories read like they were written by, you know, someone in their youth. This book works best as a reminder to young authors that the only way to become a better writer is...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15622113">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Every Valentine's Day since he was in high school, David Levithan has written a short story for his friends, and How They Met collects eighteen of them. Some are funny, some are sad, and others are romantic, but the genius of How They Met is that every story is told by a distinct narrator. You'll me...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38896301">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The book was just stories that David Levithan wrote when he was in school, nothing special. I thought the stories were overall good, but pretty confusing too. Some I really liked, but some of them I read the first page then skipped the rest. I think my most favorite one was the first one, with Starb...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68970152">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[i should start by saying i'm not the type to sit down and read a bunch of love stories, that i've never before and sat down to read anything billed as such, let alone those intended for YA. but seriously, i laughed, i cried (i cried mostly because i thought about how i cried while listening to a son...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44981613">more...</a>]]></body>
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