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author: Edwidge Danticat
name: Officeconfidential
average rating: 4.21
book published: 2007
rating: 5
read at: 08/08
date added: 08/20/08
shelves: 2008, biography-memoir, haiti
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]]> 30551436 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:37:26 -0700 <![CDATA[Romeo and Juliet (Folger Shakespeare Library)]]> Romeo and Juliet (Folger Shakespeare Library)
author: William Shakespeare
name: Officeconfidential
average rating: 3.79
book published: 1597
rating: 4
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date added: 08/19/08
shelves: pre-2006
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]]> 30551331 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:36:45 -0700 <![CDATA[Lord of the Flies]]> Lord of the Flies
author: William Golding
name: Officeconfidential
average rating: 3.61
book published: 1954
rating: 0
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date added: 08/19/08
shelves: fiction, pre-2006
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]]> 30551183 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:35:59 -0700 <![CDATA[The Giving Tree]]> The Giving Tree
author: Shel Silverstein
name: Officeconfidential
average rating: 4.42
book published: 1964
rating: 5
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date added: 08/19/08
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]]> 30551139 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:35:31 -0700 <![CDATA[Where the Sidewalk Ends]]> Where the Sidewalk Ends
author: Shel Silverstein
name: Officeconfidential
average rating: 4.37
book published: 1974
rating: 5
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date added: 08/19/08
shelves: favorites, funny, poetry, pre-2006
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]]> 30551065 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:34:30 -0700 <![CDATA[The Da Vinci Code]]> The Da Vinci Code
author: Dan Brown
name: Officeconfidential
average rating: 3.54
book published: 2003
rating: 2
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date added: 08/19/08
shelves: pre-2006
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]]> 30550978 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:33:47 -0700 <![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Book 5)]]> Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Book 5)
author: J.K. Rowling
name: Officeconfidential
average rating: 4.25
book published: 2003
rating: 5
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date added: 08/19/08
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]]> 30550908 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:33:23 -0700 <![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Book 6)]]> Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Book 6)
author: J.K. Rowling
name: Officeconfidential
average rating: 4.35
book published: 2005
rating: 5
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date added: 08/19/08
shelves: fiction, pre-2006
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]]> 30550854 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:33:02 -0700 <![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Book 4)]]> Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Book 4)
author: J.K. Rowling
name: Officeconfidential
average rating: 4.33
book published: 2000
rating: 5
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date added: 08/19/08
shelves: fiction, pre-2006
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]]> 30550773 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:32:40 -0700 <![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Book 3)]]> Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Book 3)
author: J.K. Rowling
name: Officeconfidential
average rating: 4.33
book published: 1999
rating: 5
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date added: 08/19/08
shelves: fiction, pre-2006
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]]> 30550626 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:31:07 -0700 <![CDATA[The Lovely Bones]]> The Lovely Bones
author: Alice Sebold
name: Officeconfidential
average rating: 3.65
book published: 2002
rating: 3
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date added: 08/19/08
shelves: fiction, pre-2006
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]]> 30550355 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:29:25 -0700 <![CDATA[The Secret Life of Bees]]> The Secret Life of Bees
author: Sue Monk Kidd
name: Officeconfidential
average rating: 3.79
book published: 2002
rating: 4
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date added: 08/19/08
shelves: fiction, pre-2006
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]]> 26215042 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:02:05 -0700 <![CDATA[Mama's Boy, Preacher's Son: A Memoir of Becoming a Man]]> Mama's Boy, Preacher's Son: A Memoir of Becoming a Man
author: Kevin Jennings
name: Officeconfidential
average rating: 4.07
book published: 2006
rating: 3
read at: 08/08
date added: 08/19/08
shelves: 2008, biography-memoir
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]]> 28066376 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:16:35 -0700 <![CDATA[The View from Castle Rock]]> The View from Castle Rock
author: Alice Munro
name: Officeconfidential
average rating: 3.67
book published: 2006
rating: 3
read at: 08/08
date added: 08/18/08
shelves: 2008, fiction, short-stories
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]]> 30426292 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 21:37:54 -0700 <![CDATA[An ACTUAL LIFE]]> An ACTUAL LIFE
author: Abigail Thomas
name: Officeconfidential
average rating: 3.67
book published: 1997
rating: 5
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date added: 08/17/08
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]]> 30426255 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 21:37:37 -0700 <![CDATA[Getting Over Tom]]> Getting Over Tom
author: Abigail Thomas
name: Officeconfidential
average rating: 3.50
book published: 1995
rating: 4
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date added: 08/17/08
shelves: i-own, pre-2006
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]]> 30425645 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 21:28:15 -0700 <![CDATA[The Pact: A Love Story]]> The Pact: A Love Story
author: Jodi Picoult
name: Officeconfidential
average rating: 3.84
book published: 2006
rating: 4
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date added: 08/17/08
shelves: fiction, pre-2006
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]]> 30423997 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 21:02:40 -0700 <![CDATA[The First Five Pages: A Writer's Guide to Staying Out of the Rejection Pile]]> The First Five Pages: A Writer's Guide to Staying Out of the Rejection Pile
author: Noah Lukeman
name: Officeconfidential
average rating: 3.80
book published: 2000
rating: 4
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date added: 08/17/08
shelves: i-own, pre-2006, writing
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]]> 30423818 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 21:00:53 -0700 <![CDATA[The Writer's Idea Book]]> The Writer's Idea Book
author: Jack Heffron
name: Officeconfidential
average rating: 3.81
book published: 2002
rating: 4
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date added: 08/17/08
shelves: i-own, pre-2006, writing
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]]> 30388465 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 13:04:34 -0700 <![CDATA[Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith]]> Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith
author: Anne Lamott
name: Officeconfidential
average rating: 4.19
book published: 2000
rating: 5
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date added: 08/17/08
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]]> 30231916 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:43:50 -0700 <![CDATA[The Lady & Sons, Too!: A Whole New Batch of Recipes from Savannah]]> The Lady & Sons, Too!: A Whole New Batch of Recipes from Savannah
author: Paula H. Deen
name: Officeconfidential
average rating: 3.97
book published: 2001
rating: 5
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]]> 30231897 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:43:38 -0700 <![CDATA[The Lady & Sons Savannah Country Cookbook]]> The Lady & Sons Savannah Country Cookbook
author: Paula H. Deen
name: Officeconfidential
average rating: 4.24
book published: 1998
rating: 5
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]]> 26215414 Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:04:45 -0700 <![CDATA[America's Boy: A Memoir]]> America's Boy: A Memoir
author: Wade Rouse
name: Officeconfidential
average rating: 3.47
book published: 2006
rating: 3
read at: 08/08
date added: 08/08/08
shelves: 2008, biography-memoir
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]]> 28770310 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 10:00:08 -0700 <![CDATA[A Crack in the Edge of the World: America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906 (P.S.)]]> A Crack in the Edge of the World: America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906 (P.S.)
author: Simon Winchester
name: Officeconfidential
average rating: 3.62
book published: 2006
rating: 2
read at: 08/08
date added: 08/07/08
shelves: 2008
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]]> 27784051 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 13:09:46 -0700 <![CDATA[Marley & Me: Love and Life with the World's Worst Dog]]> Marley & Me: Love and Life with the World's Worst Dog
author: John Grogan
name: Officeconfidential
average rating: 4.21
book published: 2007
rating: 5
read at: 08/08
date added: 08/04/08
shelves: 2008, biography-memoir
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]]> 27757738 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 10:39:39 -0700 <![CDATA[A Champion's Mind: Lessons from a Life in Tennis]]> A Champion's Mind: Lessons from a Life in Tennis
author: Pete Sampras
name: Officeconfidential
average rating: 3.58
book published: 2008
rating: 4
read at: 07/08
date added: 07/30/08
shelves: 2008, biography-memoir, tennis
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]]> 28292035 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:54:48 -0700 <![CDATA[The Keep]]> The Keep
author: Jennifer Egan
name: Officeconfidential
average rating: 3.27
book published: 2006
rating: 3
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date added: 07/25/08
shelves: 2008, fiction
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]]> 27988520 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:46:35 -0700 <![CDATA[Snow Flower and the Secret Fan: A Novel]]> Snow Flower and the Secret Fan: A Novel
author: Lisa See
name: Officeconfidential
average rating: 3.99
book published: 2005
rating: 4
read at: 07/08
date added: 07/23/08
shelves: 2008, china, fiction
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]]> 27851265 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:37:12 -0700 <![CDATA[A Long Way Down]]> A Long Way Down
author: Nick Hornby
name: Officeconfidential
average rating: 3.28
book published: 2005
rating: 4
read at: 07/08
date added: 07/22/08
shelves: 2008, fiction
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]]> 27317355 Sun, 20 Jul 2008 10:59:42 -0700 <![CDATA[Losing It: And Gaining My Life Back One Pound at a Time]]> Losing It: And Gaining My Life Back One Pound at a Time
author: Valerie Bertinelli
name: Officeconfidential
average rating: 3.38
book published: 2008
rating: 3
read at: 07/08
date added: 07/20/08
shelves: 2008, biography-memoir
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]]> 27546321 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 22:04:19 -0700 <![CDATA[Housekeeping: A Novel]]> Housekeeping: A Novel
author: Marilynne Robinson
name: Officeconfidential
average rating: 4.01
book published: 1980
rating: 5
read at: 07/08
date added: 07/19/08
shelves: 2008, fiction
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]]> 27328018 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:09:51 -0700 <![CDATA[Heart-Shaped Box: A Novel]]> Heart-Shaped Box: A Novel
author: Joe Hill
name: Officeconfidential
average rating: 3.71
book published: 2007
rating: 4
read at: 07/08
date added: 07/17/08
shelves: 2008, fiction
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]]> 27090699 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:41:52 -0700 <![CDATA[Black Girl/White Girl]]> Black Girl/White Girl
author: Joyce Carol Oates
name: Officeconfidential
average rating: 3.11
book published: 2006
rating: 2
read at: 07/08
date added: 07/15/08
shelves: 2008, fiction
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]]> 27243904 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 10:09:37 -0700 <![CDATA[Mistaken Identity: Two Families, One Survivor, Unwavering Hope]]> Mistaken Identity: Two Families, One Survivor, Unwavering Hope
author: Don Van Ryn
name: Officeconfidential
average rating: 3.99
book published: 2008
rating: 2
read at: 07/08
date added: 07/15/08
shelves: 2008
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]]> 26763364 Sun, 13 Jul 2008 22:49:09 -0700 <![CDATA[To Kill a Mockingbird]]> To Kill a Mockingbird
author: Harper Lee
name: Officeconfidential
average rating: 4.37
book published: 1960
rating: 5
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date added: 07/13/08
shelves: favorites, fiction, pre-2006
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]]> 25347599 Sun, 13 Jul 2008 12:26:56 -0700 <![CDATA[The Appeal]]> The Appeal
author: John Grisham
name: Officeconfidential
average rating: 3.26
book published: 2008
rating: 3
read at: 07/08
date added: 07/13/08
shelves: 2008, fiction
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]]> 26953189 Sat, 12 Jul 2008 21:38:40 -0700 <![CDATA[On Chesil Beach]]> On Chesil Beach
author: Ian McEwan
name: Officeconfidential
average rating: 3.49
book published: 2007
rating: 3
read at: 07/08
date added: 07/12/08
shelves: 2008, fiction
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]]> 26763617 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:18:41 -0700 <![CDATA[Into the Wild]]> Into the Wild
author: Jon Krakauer
name: Officeconfidential
average rating: 3.85
book published: 1996
rating: 5
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date added: 07/09/08
shelves: adventure, pre-2006
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]]> 26763268 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:15:49 -0700 <![CDATA[D.B. Cooper: What Really Happened]]> D.B. Cooper: What Really Happened
author: Max Gunther
name: Officeconfidential
average rating: 3.50
book published: 1985
rating: 3
read at:
date added: 07/09/08
shelves: pre-2006, true-crime
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]]> 26763178 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:14:59 -0700 <![CDATA[D.B. Cooper: The Real McCoy]]> D.B. Cooper: The Real McCoy
author: Bernie Rhodes
name: Officeconfidential
average rating: 4.00
book published: 1991
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 07/09/08
shelves: pre-2006, true-crime
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]]> 26247220 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:02:05 -0700 <![CDATA[The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time ]]> The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
author: Mark Haddon
name: Officeconfidential
average rating: 3.74
book published: 2003
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 07/03/08
shelves: fiction, pre-2006
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]]> 26246969 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:58:35 -0700 <![CDATA[The Corrections]]> The Corrections
author: Jonathan Franzen
name: Officeconfidential
average rating: 3.70
book published: 2001
rating: 4
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date added: 07/03/08
shelves: fiction, pre-2006
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]]> 26246897 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:57:31 -0700 <![CDATA[River, Cross My Heart (Oprah's Book Club)]]> River, Cross My Heart (Oprah's Book Club)
author: Breena Clarke
name: Officeconfidential
average rating: 3.11
book published: 1999
rating: 2
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date added: 07/03/08
shelves: fiction, pre-2006
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]]> 26246875 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:57:09 -0700 <![CDATA[The Pilot's Wife (Oprah's Book Club)]]> The Pilot's Wife (Oprah's Book Club)
author: Anita Shreve
name: Officeconfidential
average rating: 3.37
book published: 1998
rating: 3
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date added: 07/03/08
shelves: fiction, pre-2006
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]]> 26246808 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:56:11 -0700 <![CDATA[I Was Amelia Earhart]]> I Was Amelia Earhart
author: Jane Mendelsohn
name: Officeconfidential
average rating: 3.40
book published: 1997
rating: 3
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date added: 07/03/08
shelves: fiction, pre-2006
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]]> 26246745 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:55:32 -0700 <![CDATA[Where the Heart Is]]> Where the Heart Is
author: Billie Letts
name: Officeconfidential
average rating: 3.72
book published: 1998
rating: 2
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date added: 07/03/08
shelves: fiction, pre-2006
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]]> 26246708 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:55:09 -0700 <![CDATA[The Rapture of Canaan]]> The Rapture of Canaan
author: Sheri Reynolds
name: Officeconfidential
average rating: 3.74
book published: 1997
rating: 3
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date added: 07/03/08
shelves: fiction, pre-2006
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]]> 26246654 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:54:44 -0700 <![CDATA[The Deep End of the Ocean (Oprah's Book Club)]]> The Deep End of the Ocean (Oprah's Book Club)
author: Jacquelyn Mitchard
name: Officeconfidential
average rating: 3.46
book published: 1999
rating: 3
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date added: 07/03/08
shelves: fiction, pre-2006
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]]> 26246626 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:54:08 -0700 <![CDATA[While I Was Gone]]> While I Was Gone
author: Sue Miller
name: Officeconfidential
average rating: 3.36
book published: 1999
rating: 4
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date added: 07/03/08
shelves: fiction, pre-2006
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]]> 26246580 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:53:26 -0700 <![CDATA[Escaping Into the Open: The Art of Writing True]]> Escaping Into the Open: The Art of Writing True
author: Elizabeth Berg
name: Officeconfidential
average rating: 4.23
book published: 2000
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 07/03/08
shelves: pre-2006, writing
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]]> 26246517 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:52:36 -0700 <![CDATA[True to Form]]> True to Form
author: Elizabeth Berg
name: Officeconfidential
average rating: 3.72
book published: 2003
rating: 4
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date added: 07/03/08
shelves: fiction, pre-2006
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]]> 26246449 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:52:01 -0700 <![CDATA[Say When]]> Say When
author: Elizabeth Berg
name: Officeconfidential
average rating: 3.61
book published: 2004
rating: 3
read at:
date added: 07/03/08
shelves: fiction, pre-2006
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]]> 26246341 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:50:20 -0700 <![CDATA[The Pull of the Moon]]> The Pull of the Moon
author: Elizabeth Berg
name: Officeconfidential
average rating: 3.77
book published: 1996
rating: 3
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date added: 07/03/08
shelves: fiction, pre-2006
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]]> 26246273 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:49:14 -0700 <![CDATA[Never Change]]> Never Change
author: Elizabeth Berg
name: Officeconfidential
average rating: 3.65
book published: 2002
rating: 4
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date added: 07/03/08
shelves: fiction, pre-2006
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]]> 26246245 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:48:56 -0700 <![CDATA[Range of Motion]]> Range of Motion
author: Elizabeth Berg
name: Officeconfidential
average rating: 3.90
book published: 2004
rating: 4
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date added: 07/03/08
shelves: fiction, pre-2006
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]]> 26246231 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:48:23 -0700 <![CDATA[What We Keep: A Novel (Ballantine Reader's Circle)]]> What We Keep: A Novel (Ballantine Reader's Circle)
author: Elizabeth Berg
name: Officeconfidential
average rating: 3.77
book published: 1999
rating: 3
read at:
date added: 07/03/08
shelves: fiction, pre-2006
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]]> 26246181 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:47:29 -0700 <![CDATA[Open House: A Novel (Oprah's Book Club)]]> Open House: A Novel (Oprah's Book Club)
author: Elizabeth Berg
name: Officeconfidential
average rating: 3.44
book published: 2001
rating: 3
read at:
date added: 07/03/08
shelves: fiction, pre-2006
review:

]]> 26246157 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:47:05 -0700 <![CDATA[Drowning Ruth (Oprah's Book Club)]]> Drowning Ruth (Oprah's Book Club)
author: Christina Schwarz
name: Officeconfidential
average rating: 3.46
book published: 2001
rating: 3
read at:
date added: 07/03/08
shelves: fiction, pre-2006
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]]> 26236025 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:56:18 -0700 <![CDATA[Barrel Fever: Stories and Essays]]> Barrel Fever: Stories and Essays
author: David Sedaris
name: Officeconfidential
average rating: 3.74
book published: 1994
rating: 3
read at:
date added: 07/03/08
shelves: funny, pre-2006
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]]> 26235974 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:55:22 -0700 <![CDATA[Holidays on Ice]]> Holidays on Ice
author: David Sedaris
name: Officeconfidential
average rating: 3.98
book published: 1997
rating: 5
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date added: 07/03/08
shelves: funny, pre-2006
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]]> 26235926 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:54:34 -0700 <![CDATA[Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim]]> Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
author: David Sedaris
name: Officeconfidential
average rating: 3.97
book published: 2004
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 07/03/08
shelves: funny, i-own, pre-2006
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]]> 26235898 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:54:10 -0700 <![CDATA[Naked]]> Naked
author: David Sedaris
name: Officeconfidential
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2008
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 07/03/08
shelves: funny, pre-2006
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]]> 26235843 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:53:14 -0700 <![CDATA[Me Talk Pretty One Day]]> Me Talk Pretty One Day
author: David Sedaris
name: Officeconfidential
average rating: 4.10
book published: 2000
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 07/03/08
shelves: funny, pre-2006
review:

]]> 26221449 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:22:27 -0700 <![CDATA[CRUDDY: An Illustrated Novel]]> CRUDDY: An Illustrated Novel
author: Lynda Barry
name: Officeconfidential
average rating: 4.24
book publ