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But still...AMAZING story.]]>
author: Don Piper
name: Dovie
average rating: 3.51
book published: 2004
rating: 3
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I liked it, but didn't love it. It's hard to criticize, because it's an amazing story that had me in tears sometimes...but it's written exactly as I imagine Don Piper speaks...so it's like reading a "talk", rather than reading a book.

But still...AMAZING story.
]]> 21341351 Sat, 16 Aug 2008 12:13:05 -0700
author: Henri J.M. Nouwen
name: Dovie
average rating: 3.50
book published: 2001
rating: 3
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This was a good collection of writings by Nouwen, but I think I'd prefer to read a whole book. Maybe I just didn't like the editing.
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1. It's WAY too detailed about the 'science' of the back-up data that led to the writing of the book. It feels dangerously close to a textbook.

2. The author is firmly in the evolution camp...to annoying proportions.
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author: Daniel Gilbert
name: Dovie
average rating: 3.58
book published: 2007
rating: 2
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I bought this book because it sounded interesting AND had a recommendation from Steven D. Levitt (author of Freakonomics), but there are two reasons I just couldn't finish it:

1. It's WAY too detailed about the 'science' of the back-up data that led to the writing of the book. It feels dangerously close to a textbook.

2. The author is firmly in the evolution camp...to annoying proportions.

]]> 22698124 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:52:57 -0700
One of the best emotional roller coasters a book of fiction has taken me on...

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author: Leif Enger
name: Dovie
average rating: 4.01
book published: 2001
rating: 5
read at: 06/08
date added: 07/01/08
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Wow. This is some of the best fiction I've read in a long time. Catha captured some of the best quotes that can be taken out of the surrounding context and still make sense. There are so many more. But you have to be in the middle of the book to get all of the ones that spring to mind.

One of the best emotional roller coasters a book of fiction has taken me on...


]]> 22479704 Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:14:43 -0700
Biggest complaint is that it felt like too much and not enough all at the same time. Bizarre.

A quick read, though...so not totally a waste of time. I did laugh a few times out loud, and know i cracked a smile a few times on the train as I was reading it.]]>
author: Kristin Billerbeck
name: Dovie
average rating: 3.53
book published: 2007
rating: 3
read at: 06/08
date added: 06/20/08
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This book was really just ok. I was tempted to give it 2 stars, actually...but think that's a touch harsh.

Biggest complaint is that it felt like too much and not enough all at the same time. Bizarre.

A quick read, though...so not totally a waste of time. I did laugh a few times out loud, and know i cracked a smile a few times on the train as I was reading it.
]]> 22873797 Sat, 24 May 2008 10:44:32 -0700
author: D. Jeffrey Bingham
name: Dovie
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2002
rating: 0
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author: Arthur Pink
name: Dovie
average rating: 5.00
book published: 2007
rating: 5
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date added: 05/24/08
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Brief yet potent. Something I always have to hand when studying.
]]> 21346584 Wed, 21 May 2008 13:09:07 -0700
author: Deanna Raybourn
name: Dovie
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2006
rating: 4
read at: 05/08
date added: 05/21/08
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This was enjoyable from cover to cover, and for a murder mystery novel, I was surprised to find myself laughing on occasion.
]]> 22159789 Tue, 13 May 2008 11:07:59 -0700
author: Ayn Rand
name: Dovie
average rating: 3.95
book published: 1957
rating: 0
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date added: 05/13/08
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]]> 21346331 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:23:04 -0700
author: J.R.R. Tolkien
name: Dovie
average rating: 4.23
book published: 1954
rating: 5
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]]> 21346154 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:20:21 -0700
author: Burton Raffel
name: Dovie
average rating: 3.43
book published: 1991
rating: 4
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]]> 21346002 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:18:44 -0700
author: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
name: Dovie
average rating: 4.32
book published: 1943
rating: 4
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]]> 21345973 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:18:29 -0700
author: George Orwell
name: Dovie
average rating: 3.78
book published: 1945
rating: 3
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]]> 21344722 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:14:08 -0700
author: John Piper
name: Dovie
average rating: 4.07
book published: 2003
rating: 5
read at: 04/08
date added: 04/30/08
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]]> 21344736 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:14:02 -0700
author: Joshua Harris
name: Dovie
average rating: 3.89
book published: 2003
rating: 3
read at: 04/08
date added: 04/30/08
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]]> 21344813 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:13:13 -0700
author: Anita Diamant
name: Dovie
average rating: 4.17
book published: 1997
rating: 1
read at: 04/08
date added: 04/30/08
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]]> 21344818 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:13:04 -0700
author: Nathaniel Hawthorne
name: Dovie
average rating: 3.30
book published: 1850
rating: 4
read at: 04/08
date added: 04/30/08
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]]> 21344863 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:12:52 -0700
author: F. Scott Fitzgerald
name: Dovie
average rating: 3.75
book published: 1925
rating: 3
read at: 04/08
date added: 04/30/08
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]]> 21344890 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:12:42 -0700
author: Bruce H. Wilkinson
name: Dovie
average rating: 3.56
book published: 2000
rating: 2
read at: 04/08
date added: 04/30/08
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]]> 21344902 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:12:36 -0700
author: Rick Warren
name: Dovie
average rating: 3.74
book published: 2005
rating: 3
read at: 04/08
date added: 04/30/08
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]]> 21344922 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:12:22 -0700
author: Dan Brown
name: Dovie
average rating: 3.54
book published: 2003
rating: 1
read at: 04/08
date added: 04/30/08
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I. Hated. This. Book. The storyline was interesting enough...albeit not really plausible. But the writing is unimpressive at best.
]]> 21344955 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:11:06 -0700
author: Beth Moore
name: Dovie
average rating: 4.24
book published: 2002
rating: 4
read at: 04/08
date added: 04/30/08
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]]> 21345016 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:11:01 -0700
author: Kristin Billerbeck
name: Dovie
average rating: 3.88
book published: 2005
rating: 4
read at: 04/08
date added: 04/30/08
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]]> 21345095 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:10:51 -0700
author: J.I. Packer
name: Dovie
average rating: 4.22
book published: 1993
rating: 5
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date added: 04/30/08
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]]> 21345143 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:10:44 -0700
author: Mark Haddon
name: Dovie
average rating: 3.74
book published: 2003
rating: 4
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date added: 04/30/08
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]]> 21345312 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:07:38 -0700
author: R.C. Sproul
name: Dovie
average rating: 4.26
book published: 1994
rating: 4
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]]> 21345292 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:07:20 -0700
author: Kristin Billerbeck
name: Dovie
average rating: 3.87
book published: 2006
rating: 4
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]]> 21345255 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:06:54 -0700
author: Donald Miller
name: Dovie
average rating: 4.07
book published: 2003
rating: 4
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]]> 21344382 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:57:05 -0700
author: Mark Helprin
name: Dovie
average rating: 3.84
book published: 1995
rating: 5
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More history than I would have requested, but the story is OUTRAGEOUSLY funny at times. It's an investment of time to read, but well worth it.
]]> 21344219 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:55:21 -0700
author: Malcolm Gladwell
name: Dovie
average rating: 3.76
book published: 2008
rating: 4
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Thoroughly enjoyed this one.
]]> 21344037 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:52:57 -0700
author: Steven D. Levitt
name: Dovie
average rating: 3.82
book published: 2006
rating: 4
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If you liked Tippping Point, you'll enjoy this one.
]]> 21343964 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:52:08 -0700
author: Bill Bryson
name: Dovie
average rating: 3.77
book published: 1997
rating: 4
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FANTASTIC!
]]> 21343916 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:51:29 -0700
author: Jane Walmsley
name: Dovie
average rating: 3.32
book published: 2003
rating: 5
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Short and FUNNY!
]]> 21343817 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:50:42 -0700
author: Simon Bent
name: Dovie
average rating: 4.67
book published: 2002
rating: 4
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Prefer it to Cider House Rules by far.
]]> 21343592 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:48:18 -0700
author: John Grisham
name: Dovie
average rating: 3.48
book published: 1998
rating: 5
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This is the best Grisham book I've read.
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author: John Grisham
name: Dovie
average rating: 3.67
book published: 2000
rating: 3
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author: John Grisham
name: Dovie
average rating: 3.58
book published: 2006
rating: 3
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author: John Grisham
name: Dovie
average rating: 3.54
book published: 1999
rating: 4
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author: John Grisham
name: Dovie
average rating: 3.43
book published: 2002
rating: 4
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]]> 21343385 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:45:59 -0700
author: Plum Sykes
name: Dovie
average rating: 3.13
book published: 2005
rating: 3
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]]> 21343363 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:45:37 -0700
author: Sophie Kinsella
name: Dovie
average rating: 3.66
book published: 2003
rating: 5
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]]> 21343244 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:45:02 -0700
author: Camilla Morton
name: Dovie
average rating: 3.62
book published: 2006
rating: 3
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So, it's mean to be 'the modern girl's guide to everything', and it sort of is...but it's more of a coffee table book than something to read from cover to cover.
]]> 21343184 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:43:30 -0700
author: Mark Leyner
name: Dovie
average rating: 3.37
book published: 2006
rating: 3
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What can I say? I think it was an airport buy...and it was funny.
]]> 21343029 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:41:57 -0700
author: Jonathan Coe
name: Dovie
average rating: 4.06
book published: 1994
rating: 4
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SOOOO FUNNY!
]]> 21342942 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:40:26 -0700
author: Valerie Martin
name: Dovie
average rating: 3.97
book published: 1994
rating: 5
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Favorite book ever. This book turned my world upside down. Honestly.
]]> 21342866 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:39:16 -0700
author: William Strunk Jr.
name: Dovie
average rating: 4.38
book published: 1979
rating: 5
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A must-have quick reference written with excellent wit.
]]> 21342786 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:37:34 -0700
author: Lynne Truss
name: Dovie
average rating: 3.87
book published: 2003
rating: 4
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]]> 21342746 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:36:59 -0700
author: John Piper
name: Dovie
average rating: 4.16
book published: 2005
rating: 4
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]]> 21342331 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:32:45 -0700
author: Mitch Albom
name: Dovie
average rating: 3.69
book published: 2003
rating: 4
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A quick read with some interesting insight.
]]> 21342131 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:30:06 -0700
author: Donald Miller
name: Dovie
average rating: 3.70
book published: 2008
rating: 3
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]]> 21341812 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:27:27 -0700
author: C.S. Lewis
name: Dovie
average rating: 4.26
book published: 1943
rating: 5
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One that should probably be read on a yearly basis.
]]> 21341752 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:26:19 -0700
author: Daniel Taylor
name: Dovie
average rating: 3.93
book published: 2000
rating: 4
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]]> 21341714 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:25:54 -0700
author: James Surowiecki
name: Dovie
average rating: 3.61
book published: 2005
rating: 4
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]]> 21341487 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:25:01 -0700
author: Tara Leigh Cobble
name: Dovie
average rating: 4.25
book published: 2006
rating: 5
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My sweet friend Tara Leigh wrote this refreshing and fun yet insightful book...it's light enough to not make your brain hurt, but deep enough to make you think.
]]> 21341454 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:23:15 -0700
author: Nicole Krauss
name: Dovie
average rating: 3.92
book published: 2006
rating: 2
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]]> 21341231 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:21:26 -0700
author: Lisa Jewell
name: Dovie
average rating: 3.30
book published: 2004
rating: 3
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]]> 21341197 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:20:48 -0700
author: Malcolm Gladwell
name: Dovie
average rating: 3.66
book published: 2005
rating: 4
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]]> 21341069 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:19:10 -0700
author: Sophie Kinsella
name: Dovie
average rating: 3.66
book published: 2005
rating: 4
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]]> 21341030 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:18:25 -0700
author: Shaunti Feldhahn
name: Dovie
average rating: 4.12
book published: 2004
rating: 4
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]]> 21340942 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:17:56 -0700
author: David Allen
name: Dovie
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2002
rating: 4
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Yeah, I'm an organization book geek...but this was a really good read, and I actually have really put a lot of it into practice.
]]> 21340857 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:16:47 -0700
author: Tom Sine
name: Dovie
average rating: 3.75
book published: 1994
rating: 3
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Very challenging read about putting walk to the talk about living in community and letting go of the "American Dream" for a better one.
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