Christine's bookshelf: read http://www.goodreads.com/review/list_rss/169244 en-US Mon, 05 May 2008 13:03:19 -0700 60 Christine's bookshelf: read http://www.goodreads.com/ 200 41 http://www.goodreads.com/images/layout/gr_logo.gif 19924569 Mon, 05 May 2008 13:03:19 -0700 <![CDATA[The Savage Detectives: A Novel]]> The Savage Detectives: A Novel
author: Roberto Bolaño
name: Christine
average rating: 4.09
book published: 2007
rating: 2
read at: 05/08
date added: 05/05/08
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]]> 18942496 Sat, 29 Mar 2008 15:31:17 -0700 <![CDATA[The Thin Place]]> The Thin Place
author: Kathryn Davis
name: Christine
average rating: 3.55
book published: 2007
rating: 2
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date added: 03/29/08
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]]> 17978844 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 18:52:52 -0700 <![CDATA[Then We Came to the End]]> Then We Came to the End
author: Joshua Ferris
name: Christine
average rating: 3.51
book published: 2007
rating: 3
read at: 04/08
date added: 03/17/08
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]]> 16902490 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 10:13:44 -0800 <![CDATA[The Seems: The Glitch in Sleep]]> The Seems: The Glitch in Sleep
author: John Hulme
name: Christine
average rating: 3.55
book published: 2007
rating: 3
read at: 03/08
date added: 03/03/08
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really original premise for a middle reader sci-fi book. liked it a lot.
]]> 15355889 Sun, 02 Mar 2008 07:35:34 -0800 <![CDATA[Cloud Atlas]]> Cloud Atlas
author: David Mitchell
name: Christine
average rating: 4.29
book published: 2004
rating: 5
read at: 03/08
date added: 03/02/08
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Holy. Crap. This book is amazing.
]]> 12527485 Sun, 03 Feb 2008 06:36:07 -0800 <![CDATA[Night Train to Lisbon]]> Night Train to Lisbon
author: Pascal Mercier
name: Christine
average rating: 3.64
book published: 2007
rating: 2
read at: 01/08
date added: 02/03/08
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]]> 13920025 Tue, 29 Jan 2008 06:38:35 -0800 <![CDATA[The Invention of Everything Else]]> The Invention of Everything Else
author: Samantha Hunt
name: Christine
average rating: 3.82
book published: 2008
rating: 4
read at: 02/08
date added: 01/29/08
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]]> 13919852 Tue, 29 Jan 2008 06:37:21 -0800 <![CDATA[A Little Trouble with the Facts: A Novel]]> A Little Trouble with the Facts: A Novel
author: Nina Siegal
name: Christine
average rating: 3.50
book published: 2008
rating: 2
read at: 01/08
date added: 01/29/08
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]]> 11468670 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 07:17:06 -0800 <![CDATA[Like You'd Understand, Anyway: Stories]]> "only 3 stars? any particular reason? I had heard such great things about this!"


My response:
"I know, I did too! I think it just wasn't my cup of tea, even though I can see why people praise his writing. The stories ranged from ancient rome to current day, and the only thread I could find to relate them all was a dark, masculine voice which I just don't think I liked. I really wrestled between 3 and 4 stars because I did recognize the strength of his writing, but I finally decided on 3 because it's supposed to be my personal review and I just didn't love it. I did finish all the stories, but I'm not sure I enjoyed the process."
]]> Like You'd Understand, Anyway: Stories
author: Jim Shepard
name: Christine
average rating: 3.83
book published: 2007
rating: 3
read at: 01/08
date added: 01/15/08
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Pamela asked:
"only 3 stars? any particular reason? I had heard such great things about this!"


My response:
"I know, I did too! I think it just wasn't my cup of tea, even though I can see why people praise his writing. The stories ranged from ancient rome to current day, and the only thread I could find to relate them all was a dark, masculine voice which I just don't think I liked. I really wrestled between 3 and 4 stars because I did recognize the strength of his writing, but I finally decided on 3 because it's supposed to be my personal review and I just didn't love it. I did finish all the stories, but I'm not sure I enjoyed the process."

]]> 11468650 Wed, 02 Jan 2008 13:24:57 -0800 <![CDATA[The Shameless Carnivore: A Manifesto for Meat Lovers]]> The Shameless Carnivore: A Manifesto for Meat Lovers
author: Scott Gold
name: Christine
average rating: 3.71
book published: 2008
rating: 4
read at: 03/08
date added: 01/02/08
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]]> 9848239 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 05:35:01 -0800 <![CDATA[Slam]]> Slam
author: Nick Hornby
name: Christine
average rating: 3.44
book published: 2007
rating: 4
read at: 12/07
date added: 12/10/07
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]]> 10198038 Sun, 09 Dec 2007 19:43:25 -0800 <![CDATA[The Uncommon Reader: A Novella]]> The Uncommon Reader: A Novella
author: Alan Bennett
name: Christine
average rating: 3.86
book published: 2007
rating: 4
read at: 12/07
date added: 12/09/07
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]]> 9931317 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 10:19:12 -0800 <![CDATA[A Prayer for Owen Meany]]> A Prayer for Owen Meany
author: John Irving
name: Christine
average rating: 4.25
book published: 1989
rating: 5
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]]> 9931311 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 10:19:01 -0800 <![CDATA[Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress: A Novel]]> Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress: A Novel
author: Sijie Dai
name: Christine
average rating: 3.59
book published: 2002
rating: 5
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]]> 9931301 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 10:18:49 -0800 <![CDATA[Atonement: A Novel]]> Atonement: A Novel
author: Ian McEwan
name: Christine
average rating: 3.84
book published: 2001
rating: 2
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]]> 9931245 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 10:17:42 -0800 <![CDATA[Kiss & Tell]]> Kiss & Tell
author: Alain De Botton
name: Christine
average rating: 3.60
book published: 1997
rating: 2
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]]> 9931236 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 10:17:26 -0800 <![CDATA[The Eyre Affair (1st Thursday Next Novel)]]> The Eyre Affair (1st Thursday Next Novel)
author: Jasper Fforde
name: Christine
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2001
rating: 5
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]]> 9931225 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 10:17:20 -0800 <![CDATA[The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down]]> The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down
author: Anne Fadiman
name: Christine
average rating: 4.19
book published: 1998
rating: 4
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]]> 9931216 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 10:17:08 -0800 <![CDATA[Empire Falls]]> Empire Falls
author: Richard Russo
name: Christine
average rating: 3.82
book published: 2001
rating: 5
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]]> 9931193 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 10:16:38 -0800 <![CDATA[The Hours]]> The Hours
author: Michael Cunningham
name: Christine
average rating: 3.89
book published: 1998
rating: 3
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]]> 9931183 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 10:16:19 -0800 <![CDATA[The Alienist]]> The Alienist
author: Caleb Carr
name: Christine
average rating: 4.02
book published: 1997
rating: 4
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]]> 9931158 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 10:15:52 -0800 <![CDATA[Charms for the Easy Life]]> Charms for the Easy Life
author: Kaye Gibbons
name: Christine
average rating: 4.06
book published: 2005
rating: 5
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]]> 9931144 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 10:15:32 -0800 <![CDATA[Bel Canto]]> Bel Canto
author: Ann Patchett
name: Christine
average rating: 3.89
book published: 2001
rating: 4
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]]> 9931140 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 10:15:27 -0800 <![CDATA[The Poisonwood Bible]]> The Poisonwood Bible
author: Barbara Kingsolver
name: Christine
average rating: 4.08
book published: 1998
rating: 5
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]]> 9931136 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 10:15:18 -0800 <![CDATA[Moon And Sixpence]]> Moon And Sixpence
author: W. Somerset Maugham
name: Christine
average rating: 3.96
book published: 2005
rating: 3
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]]> 9931113 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 10:14:40 -0800 <![CDATA[Jane Eyre]]> Jane Eyre
author: Charlotte Brontë
name: Christine
average rating: 4.10
book published: 1847
rating: 4
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]]> 9931109 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 10:14:34 -0800 <![CDATA[Wuthering Heights]]> Wuthering Heights
author: Emily Brontë
name: Christine
average rating: 3.70
book published: 1847
rating: 5
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]]> 9931104 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 10:14:27 -0800 <![CDATA[Persuasion (Oxford World's Classics)]]> Persuasion (Oxford World's Classics)
author: Jane Austen
name: Christine
average rating: 4.17
book published: 1818
rating: 3
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]]> 9931094 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 10:14:09 -0800 <![CDATA[Prodigal Summer: A Novel]]> Prodigal Summer: A Novel
author: Barbara Kingsolver
name: Christine
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2001
rating: 4
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]]> 9931084 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 10:13:54 -0800 <![CDATA[Kitchen Confidential Updated Ed: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (P.S.)]]> Kitchen Confidential Updated Ed: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (P.S.)
author: Anthony Bourdain
name: Christine
average rating: 3.97
book published: 2007
rating: 4
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]]> 9931073 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 10:13:42 -0800 <![CDATA[Four Letters of Love]]> Four Letters of Love
author: Niall Williams
name: Christine
average rating: 3.89
book published: 2006
rating: 5
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]]> 9931060 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 10:13:30 -0800 <![CDATA[Barrel Fever: Stories and Essays]]> Barrel Fever: Stories and Essays
author: David Sedaris
name: Christine
average rating: 3.74
book published: 1994
rating: 5
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]]> 9931046 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 10:13:11 -0800 <![CDATA[The Corrections]]> The Corrections
author: Jonathan Franzen
name: Christine
average rating: 3.72
book published: 2001
rating: 2
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]]> 9931031 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 10:12:49 -0800 <![CDATA[The Secret Life of Bees]]> The Secret Life of Bees
author: Sue Monk Kidd
name: Christine
average rating: 3.77
book published: 2002
rating: 1
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]]> 9931016 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 10:12:32 -0800 <![CDATA[The Human Stain]]> The Human Stain
author: Philip Roth
name: Christine
average rating: 3.69
book published: 2001
rating: 4
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]]> 9931004 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 10:12:07 -0800 <![CDATA[One Hundred Years of Solitude]]> One Hundred Years of Solitude
author: Gabriel García Márquez
name: Christine
average rating: 4.31
book published: 1967
rating: 3
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]]> 9930466 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 10:00:39 -0800 <![CDATA[Forever]]> Forever
author: Pete Hamill
name: Christine
average rating: 3.87
book published: 2003
rating: 5
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]]> 9930451 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 10:00:27 -0800 <![CDATA[The Stones Of Summer]]> The Stones Of Summer
author: Dow Mossman
name: Christine
average rating: 3.27
book published: 2004
rating: 1
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]]> 9930442 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 10:00:16 -0800 <![CDATA[Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883 (P.S.)]]> Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883 (P.S.)
author: Simon Winchester
name: Christine
average rating: 3.73
book published: 2003
rating: 3
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]]> 9930424 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 10:00:00 -0800 <![CDATA[The Bonesetter's Daughter (Ballantine Reader's Circle)]]> The Bonesetter's Daughter (Ballantine Reader's Circle)
author: Amy Tan
name: Christine
average rating: 3.79
book published: 2003
rating: 4
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]]> 9930417 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 09:59:55 -0800 <![CDATA[Drop City]]> Drop City
author: T.C. Boyle
name: Christine
average rating: 3.74
book published: 2004
rating: 4
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]]> 9930402 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 09:59:43 -0800 <![CDATA[Stupid White Men]]> Stupid White Men
author: Michael Moore
name: Christine
average rating: 3.39
book published: 2004
rating: 4
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]]> 9930387 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 09:59:27 -0800 <![CDATA[Middlesex]]> Middlesex
author: Jeffrey Eugenides
name: Christine
average rating: 4.07
book published: 2002
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 12/04/07
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]]> 9930372 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 09:59:17 -0800 <![CDATA[The Book of Salt: A Novel]]> The Book of Salt: A Novel
author: Monique Truong
name: Christine
average rating: 3.64
book published: 2004
rating: 3
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]]> 9930360 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 09:59:04 -0800 <![CDATA[The Moviegoer]]> The Moviegoer
author: Walker Percy
name: Christine
average rating: 3.88
book published: 1962
rating: 3
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]]> 9930353 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 09:58:57 -0800 <![CDATA[The Kite Runner]]> The Kite Runner
author: Khaled Hosseini
name: Christine
average rating: 4.26
book published: 2007
rating: 5
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]]> 9930349 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 09:58:53 -0800 <![CDATA[The Namesake]]> The Namesake
author: Jhumpa Lahiri
name: Christine
average rating: 3.91
book published: 2004
rating: 4
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]]> 9930332 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 09:58:42 -0800 <![CDATA[Me Talk Pretty One Day]]> Me Talk Pretty One Day
author: David Sedaris
name: Christine
average rating: 4.10
book published: 2000
rating: 5
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]]> 9930323 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 09:58:36 -0800 <![CDATA[Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim]]> Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
author: David Sedaris
name: Christine
average rating: 3.95
book published: 2004
rating: 5
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]]> 9930305 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 09:58:20 -0800 <![CDATA[Because of Winn-Dixie]]> Because of Winn-Dixie
author: Kate DiCamillo
name: Christine
average rating: 4.08
book published: 2001
rating: 5
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]]> 9930292 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 09:58:07 -0800 <![CDATA[The Confessions of Max Tivoli]]> The Confessions of Max Tivoli
author: Andrew Sean Greer
name: Christine
average rating: 3.58
book published: 2005
rating: 4
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]]> 9930267 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 09:57:46 -0800 <![CDATA[Vernon God Little]]> Vernon God Little
author: DBC Pierre
name: Christine
average rating: 3.43
book published: 2005
rating: 4
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]]> 9930250 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 09:57:31 -0800 <![CDATA[The Mermaid Chair]]> The Mermaid Chair
author: Sue Monk Kidd
name: Christine
average rating: 2.84
book published: 2006
rating: 3
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]]> 9930234 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 09:57:18 -0800 <![CDATA[Aloft]]> Aloft
author: Chang-Rae Lee
name: Christine
average rating: 3.47
book published: 2005
rating: 3
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]]> 9930220 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 09:57:04 -0800 <![CDATA[The Fuck-Up]]> The Fuck-Up
author: Arthur Nersesian
name: Christine
average rating: 3.43
book published: 1999
rating: 4
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]]> 9930201 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 09:56:51 -0800 <![CDATA[The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic & Madness and the Fair that Changed America]]> The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic & Madness and the Fair that Changed America
author: Erik Larson
name: Christine
average rating: 3.93
book published: 2003
rating: 4
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]]> 9930184 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 09:56:40 -0800 <![CDATA[A Long Way Down]]> A Long Way Down
author: Nick Hornby
name: Christine
average rating: 3.28
book published: 2005
rating: 3
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]]> 9930172 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 09:56:32 -0800 <![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: Christine
average rating: 3.74
book published: 2003
rating: 4
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]]> 9930159 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 09:56:20 -0800 <![CDATA[When the Emperor Was Divine]]> When the Emperor Was Divine
author: Julie Otsuka
name: Christine
average rating: 3.63
book published: 2003
rating: 4
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]]> 9930144 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 09:56:08 -0800 <![CDATA[Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules]]> Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules
author: David Sedaris
name: Christine
average rating: 3.65
book published: 2005
rating: 5
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]]> 9930115 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 09:55:38 -0800 <![CDATA[Ahab's Wife: Or, The Star-gazer: A Novel (P.S.)]]> Ahab's Wife: Or, The Star-gazer: A Novel (P.S.)
author: Sena Jeter Naslund
name: Christine
average rating: 4.12
book published: 2005
rating: 3
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]]> 9930105 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 09:55:30 -0800 <![CDATA[Oracle Night]]> Oracle Night
author: Paul Auster
name: Christine
average rating: 3.71
book published: 2004
rating: 4
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]]> 9930074 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 09:54:50 -0800 <![CDATA[A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail]]> A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
author: Bill Bryson
name: Christine
average rating: 4.03
book published: 2006
rating: 3
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]]> 9930069 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 09:54:40 -0800 <![CDATA[The Plot Against America (Vintage International)]]> The Plot Against America (Vintage International)
author: Philip Roth
name: Christine
average rating: 3.65
book published: 2004
rating: 4
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]]> 9930063 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 09:54:28 -0800 <![CDATA[Forever in Blue]]> Forever in Blue
author: Ann Brashares
name: Christine
average rating: 3.76
book published: 2007
rating: 3
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]]> 9930058 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 09:54:24 -0800 <![CDATA[Girls in Pants (Sisterhood of Traveling Pants)]]> Girls in Pants (Sisterhood of Traveling Pants)
author: Ann Brashares
name: Christine
average rating: 3.86
book published: 2006
rating: 3
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]]> 9930057 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 09:54:22 -0800 <![CDATA[The Second Summer of the Sisterhood]]> The Second Summer of the Sisterhood
author: Ann Brashares
name: Christine
average rating: 3.81
book published: 2003
rating: 3
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]]> 9930056 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 09:54:21 -0800 <![CDATA[The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants]]>