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author: Stephen King
name: Meredythe
average rating: 4.26
book published: 1978
rating: 4
read at: 01/94
date added: 07/22/08
shelves: thrillers
review:

]]> 8032722 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:01:35 -0700 <![CDATA[Caddie Woodlawn]]> Caddie Woodlawn
author: Carol Ryrie Brink
name: Meredythe
average rating: 3.65
book published: 1935
rating: 2
read at: 01/89
date added: 06/10/08
shelves: young-adult
review:

]]> 21986030 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 20:53:57 -0700 <![CDATA[Evil Under the Sun: A Hercule Poirot Mystery]]> Evil Under the Sun: A Hercule Poirot Mystery
author: Agatha Christie
name: Meredythe
average rating: 3.78
book published: 1941
rating: 3
read at: 06/08
date added: 06/10/08
shelves: mystery
review:

]]> 8008263 Thu, 15 May 2008 22:42:14 -0700 <![CDATA[Circle of Friends]]> Circle of Friends
author: Maeve Binchy
name: Meredythe
average rating: 3.92
book published: 2006
rating: 4
read at: 09/93
date added: 05/15/08
shelves:
review:

]]> 7988476 Thu, 15 May 2008 22:41:18 -0700 <![CDATA[Christy]]> Christy
author: Catherine Marshall
name: Meredythe
average rating: 4.20
book published: 2001
rating: 5
read at: 07/95
date added: 05/15/08
shelves: classics
review:

]]> 8033206 Thu, 15 May 2008 22:40:13 -0700 <![CDATA[Charlotte's Web]]> Charlotte's Web
author: E.B. White
name: Meredythe
average rating: 4.31
book published: 1952
rating: 5
read at: 01/84
date added: 05/15/08
shelves: classics, kids
review:
One of the books that no matter how old I am, or how many times I've read it, I still cry at the end.
]]> 8008742 Thu, 15 May 2008 22:38:59 -0700 <![CDATA[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory]]> Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
author: Roald Dahl
name: Meredythe
average rating: 4.08
book published: 1999
rating: 4
read at: 09/88
date added: 05/15/08
shelves: classics, kids
review:

]]> 8008758 Thu, 15 May 2008 20:26:46 -0700 <![CDATA[Blubber]]> Blubber
author: Judy Blume
name: Meredythe
average rating: 3.82
book published: 1974
rating: 4
read at: 01/84
date added: 05/15/08
shelves: young-adult
review:

]]> 8033907 Thu, 15 May 2008 20:25:35 -0700 <![CDATA[Arrowsmith]]> Arrowsmith
author: Sinclair Lewis
name: Meredythe
average rating: 3.73
book published: 1925
rating: 2
read at: 07/96
date added: 05/15/08
shelves: for-school
review:

]]> 8033661 Thu, 15 May 2008 20:24:05 -0700 <![CDATA[Angela's Ashes]]> Angela's Ashes
author: Frank McCourt
name: Meredythe
average rating: 4.01
book published: 1999
rating: 4
read at: 12/99
date added: 05/15/08
shelves: bio
review:

]]> 8318222 Thu, 15 May 2008 20:20:19 -0700 <![CDATA[A Child's Garden of Verses]]> A Child's Garden of Verses
author: Robert Louis Stevenson
name: Meredythe
average rating: 4.32
book published: 1921
rating: 3
read at: 01/85
date added: 05/15/08
shelves: kids, poetry
review:

]]> 7965782 Mon, 12 May 2008 18:14:31 -0700 <![CDATA[Castle Spellbound]]> Castle Spellbound
author: John DeChancie
name: Meredythe
average rating: 3.61
book published: 1992
rating: 5
read at: 01/07
date added: 05/12/08
shelves: sci-fi, young-adult
review:

]]> 7965780 Mon, 12 May 2008 18:13:59 -0700 <![CDATA[Castle Murders]]> Castle Murders
author: John DeChancie
name: Meredythe
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2003
rating: 5
read at: 01/07
date added: 05/12/08
shelves: sci-fi, young-adult
review:

]]> 8008019 Mon, 12 May 2008 18:10:16 -0700 <![CDATA[California Girls! (Baby-Sitters Club Super Special, 5)]]> California Girls! (Baby-Sitters Club Super Special, 5)
author: Ann M. Martin
name: Meredythe
average rating: 3.84
book published: 1990
rating: 5
read at: 01/91
date added: 05/12/08
shelves: young-adult
review:

]]> 8032357 Mon, 12 May 2008 18:09:40 -0700 <![CDATA[Buckland's Complete Book Of Witchcraft (Llewellyn's Practical Magick)]]> Buckland's Complete Book Of Witchcraft (Llewellyn's Practical Magick)
author: Raymond Buckland
name: Meredythe
average rating: 3.39
book published: 2002
rating: 3
read at: 01/04
date added: 05/12/08
shelves: wicca
review:

]]> 7977378 Mon, 12 May 2008 18:08:58 -0700 <![CDATA[Bridge to Terabithia]]> Bridge to Terabithia
author: Katherine Paterson
name: Meredythe
average rating: 4.08
book published: 1996
rating: 5
read at: 12/89
date added: 05/12/08
shelves: young-adult
review:
This book is one of the ones that most affected me. I read it about a year after my best friend died, and I just remember sobbing hysterically as I read everything Jess was going through.
]]> 8008007 Mon, 12 May 2008 18:07:04 -0700 <![CDATA[Boy-Crazy Stacey (Baby-Sitters Club, 8)]]> Boy-Crazy Stacey (Baby-Sitters Club, 8)
author: Ann M. Martin
name: Meredythe
average rating: 3.70
book published: 1995
rating: 4
read at: 01/89
date added: 05/12/08
shelves: young-adult
review:

]]> 7976955 Mon, 12 May 2008 18:06:28 -0700 <![CDATA[Blood Canticle (Vampire Chronicles)]]> Blood Canticle (Vampire Chronicles)
author: Anne Rice
name: Meredythe
average rating: 3.57
book published: 2003
rating: 4
read at: 10/04
date added: 05/12/08
shelves: vampires
review:

]]> 7976938 Mon, 12 May 2008 18:05:52 -0700 <![CDATA[Blackwood Farm (Vampire Chronicles)]]> Blackwood Farm (Vampire Chronicles)
author: Anne Rice
name: Meredythe
average rating: 3.69
book published: 2002
rating: 5
read at: 01/03
date added: 05/12/08
shelves: vampires
review:

]]> 8317339 Mon, 12 May 2008 18:04:15 -0700 <![CDATA[Benjamin Franklin: The Autobiography and Other Writings (Penguin Classics)]]> Benjamin Franklin: The Autobiography and Other Writings (Penguin Classics)
author: Benjamin Franklin
name: Meredythe
average rating: 3.70
book published: 1993
rating: 2
read at: 01/89
date added: 05/12/08
shelves: bio
review:

]]> 8008249 Mon, 12 May 2008 18:03:42 -0700 <![CDATA[Behind the Attic Wall (Avon Camelot Books)]]> Behind the Attic Wall (Avon Camelot Books)
author: Sylvia Cassedy
name: Meredythe
average rating: 4.33
book published: 1985
rating: 5
read at: 01/89
date added: 05/12/08
shelves: young-adult
review:

]]> 8008002 Mon, 12 May 2008 18:02:33 -0700 <![CDATA[Baby-Sitters on Board! (Baby-Sitters Club Super Special, 1)]]> Baby-Sitters on Board! (Baby-Sitters Club Super Special, 1)
author: Ann M. Martin
name: Meredythe
average rating: 3.88
book published: 1990
rating: 5
read at: 01/89
date added: 05/12/08
shelves: young-adult
review:

]]> 8008051 Mon, 12 May 2008 18:02:06 -0700 <![CDATA[Baby-Sitters Island Adventure (Baby-Sitters Club Super Special, 4)]]> Baby-Sitters Island Adventure (Baby-Sitters Club Super Special, 4)
author: Ann M. Martin
name: Meredythe
average rating: 3.78
book published: 1990
rating: 5
read at: 01/90
date added: 05/12/08
shelves: young-adult
review:

]]> 8008032 Mon, 12 May 2008 18:01:29 -0700 <![CDATA[Baby-Sitter's Winter Vacation (Baby-Sitters Club Super Special, 3)]]> Baby-Sitter's Winter Vacation (Baby-Sitters Club Super Special, 3)
author: Ann M. Martin
name: Meredythe
average rating: 3.78
book published: 1989
rating: 5
read at: 01/89
date added: 05/12/08
shelves: young-adult
review:

]]> 8008021 Mon, 12 May 2008 18:00:52 -0700 <![CDATA[Baby-Sitter's Summer Vacation (Baby-Sitters Club Super Special, 2)]]> Baby-Sitter's Summer Vacation (Baby-Sitters Club Super Special, 2)
author: Ann M. Martin
name: Meredythe
average rating: 3.82
book published: 1990
rating: 5
read at: 01/90
date added: 05/12/08
shelves: young-adult
review:

]]> 8720871 Mon, 12 May 2008 17:58:32 -0700 <![CDATA[Anne Hooper's Kama Sutra]]> Anne Hooper's Kama Sutra
author: Anne Hooper
name: Meredythe
average rating: 3.79
book published: 1998
rating: 3
read at: 12/99
date added: 05/12/08
shelves: reference, romance
review:

]]> 7988459 Mon, 12 May 2008 17:57:41 -0700 <![CDATA[And Then There Were None]]> And Then There Were None
author: Agatha Christie
name: Meredythe
average rating: 4.13
book published: 1984
rating: 5
read at: 01/89
date added: 05/12/08
shelves: classics, mystery
review:
This is the best mystery novel ever.
]]> 8021517 Mon, 12 May 2008 17:56:17 -0700 <![CDATA[All Quiet on the Western Front]]> All Quiet on the Western Front
author: Erich Maria Remarque
name: Meredythe
average rating: 3.84
book published: 1928
rating: 1
read at: 01/98
date added: 05/12/08
shelves: classics, for-school
review:

]]> 8053867 Mon, 12 May 2008 17:54:25 -0700 <![CDATA[A Doll's House]]> A Doll's House
author: Henrik Johan Ibsen
name: Meredythe
average rating: 3.58
book published: 1879
rating: 4
read at: 01/95
date added: 05/12/08
shelves: drama, for-school
review:

]]> 8033750 Mon, 12 May 2008 17:53:49 -0700 <![CDATA[A Coney Island of the Mind: Poems (New Directions Paperback No. 74)]]> A Coney Island of the Mind: Poems (New Directions Paperback No. 74)
author: Lawrence Ferlinghetti
name: Meredythe
average rating: 4.21
book published: 1968
rating: 5
read at: 02/96
date added: 05/12/08
shelves: poetry
review:
Probably my favorite book of poetry.
]]> 7965626 Mon, 12 May 2008 17:51:21 -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: Meredythe
average rating: 4.33
book published: 1999
rating: 5
read at: 01/02
date added: 05/12/08
shelves: young-adult
review:
My favorite of the HP series.
]]> 7965627 Mon, 12 May 2008 17:50:31 -0700 <![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Book 2)]]> Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Book 2)
author: J.K. Rowling
name: Meredythe
average rating: 4.04
book published: 1998
rating: 3
read at: 01/02
date added: 05/12/08
shelves: young-adult
review:

]]> 8008352 Mon, 12 May 2008 17:49:13 -0700 <![CDATA[A Day No Pigs Would Die]]> A Day No Pigs Would Die
author: Robert Newton Peck
name: Meredythe
average rating: 3.09
book published: 1972
rating: 4
read at: 01/93
date added: 05/12/08
shelves: young-adult
review:

]]> 8008366 Mon, 12 May 2008 17:48:45 -0700 <![CDATA[Sounder]]> Sounder
author: William H. Armstrong
name: Meredythe
average rating: 3.61
book published: 1972
rating: 4
read at: 01/88
date added: 05/12/08
shelves: classics, young-adult
review:

]]> 8105988 Mon, 12 May 2008 17:48:23 -0700 <![CDATA[Spoon River Anthology]]> Spoon River Anthology
author: Edgar Lee Masters
name: Meredythe
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2007
rating: 5
read at: 09/95
date added: 05/12/08
shelves: classics, poetry
review:

]]> 8211336 Mon, 12 May 2008 17:48:05 -0700 <![CDATA[And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic]]> And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic
author: Randy Shilts
name: Meredythe
average rating: 4.44
book published: 1987
rating: 4
read at: 06/06
date added: 05/12/08
shelves: medical
review:
Incredibly depressing but also really good.
]]> 8156445 Mon, 12 May 2008 17:47:33 -0700 <![CDATA[Blue Highways: A Journey into America]]> Blue Highways: A Journey into America
author: William Least Heat Moon
name: Meredythe
average rating: 4.06
book published: 1982
rating: 3
read at: 01/94
date added: 05/12/08
shelves: bio
review:

]]> 21986058 Mon, 12 May 2008 17:47:12 -0700 <![CDATA[Castle Perilous]]> Castle Perilous
author: John De Chancie
name: Meredythe
average rating: 4.08
book published: 1988
rating: 4
read at: 01/07
date added: 05/12/08
shelves: sci-fi, young-adult
review:

]]> 8212390 Mon, 12 May 2008 17:46:43 -0700 <![CDATA[The Lottery: And Other Stories]]> The Lottery: And Other Stories
author: Shirley Jackson
name: Meredythe
average rating: 4.03
book published: 1949
rating: 5
read at: 01/95
date added: 05/12/08
shelves: classics, for-school
review:
"The Lottery" is one of my all-time favorite short stories.
]]> 8213198 Mon, 12 May 2008 17:46:07 -0700 <![CDATA[King Lear (Folger Shakespeare Library)]]> King Lear (Folger Shakespeare Library)
author: William Shakespeare
name: Meredythe
average rating: 3.92
book published: 1608
rating: 1
read at: 05/97
date added: 05/12/08
shelves: classics, drama, for-school
review:
Definitely my least favorite Shakespeare play, though I'm not entirely sure why. Maybe I need to revisit it.
]]> 8110901 Mon, 12 May 2008 17:44:36 -0700 <![CDATA[Amphigorey]]> Amphigorey
author: Edward Gorey
name: Meredythe
average rating: 4.56
book published: 1980
rating: 4
read at: 01/01
date added: 05/12/08
shelves: comedy
review:

]]> 8032783 Mon, 12 May 2008 17:43:21 -0700 <![CDATA[Killing Mr. Griffin (Laurel Leaf Books)]]> Killing Mr. Griffin (Laurel Leaf Books)
author: Lois Duncan
name: Meredythe
average rating: 3.31
book published: 1990
rating: 4
read at: 01/92
date added: 05/12/08
shelves: thrillers, young-adult
review:

]]> 8211659 Mon, 12 May 2008 17:39:35 -0700 <![CDATA[The New Joy of Sex (The Joy of Sex Series)]]> The New Joy of Sex (The Joy of Sex Series)
author: Alex Comfort
name: Meredythe
average rating: 3.36
book published: 1992
rating: 4
read at: 02/98
date added: 05/12/08
shelves: reference, romance
review:

]]> 8212573 Mon, 12 May 2008 17:34:46 -0700 <![CDATA[The Analects (Penguin Classics)]]> The Analects (Penguin Classics)
author: Confucius
name: Meredythe
average rating: 3.60
book published: 1998
rating: 3
read at: 09/01
date added: 05/12/08
shelves: for-school, religion
review:

]]> 8213320 Mon, 12 May 2008 17:33:26 -0700 <![CDATA[Othello (The Signet Classic Shakespeare)]]> Othello (The Signet Classic Shakespeare)
author: William Shakespeare
name: Meredythe
average rating: 4.00
book published: 1604
rating: 4
read at: 01/94
date added: 05/12/08
shelves: classics, drama
review:

]]> 8158520 Mon, 12 May 2008 17:32:47 -0700 <![CDATA[Please Understand Me II: Temperament, Character, Intelligence]]> Please Understand Me II: Temperament, Character, Intelligence
author: David Keirsey
name: Meredythe
average rating: 4.13
book published: 1998
rating: 5
read at: 10/96
date added: 05/12/08
shelves: for-school, reference
review:

]]> 8211751 Mon, 12 May 2008 17:31:57 -0700 <![CDATA[Where's Waldo? Now (Waldo)]]> Where's Waldo? Now (Waldo)
author: Martin Handford
name: Meredythe
average rating: 4.21
book published: 2007
rating: 4
read at: 01/89
date added: 05/12/08
shelves: kids
review:

]]> 8211749 Mon, 12 May 2008 17:31:27 -0700 <![CDATA[Where's Waldo? (Waldo)]]> Where's Waldo? (Waldo)
author: Martin Handford
name: Meredythe
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2007
rating: 4
read at: 01/89
date added: 05/12/08
shelves: kids
review:

]]> 8105191 Mon, 12 May 2008 17:30:22 -0700 <![CDATA[The Calvin and Hobbes Lazy Sunday Book]]> The Calvin and Hobbes Lazy Sunday Book
author: Bill Watterson
name: Meredythe
average rating: 4.59
book published: 1989
rating: 5
read at: 01/89
date added: 05/12/08
shelves: comedy
review:

]]> 8108548 Mon, 12 May 2008 17:28:02 -0700 <![CDATA[Magic Eye: A New Way of Looking at the World]]> Magic Eye: A New Way of Looking at the World
author: N. E. Thing Enterprises
name: Meredythe
average rating: 3.44
book published: 1993
rating: 4
read at: 01/92
date added: 05/12/08
shelves: kids
review:

]]> 8107086 Mon, 12 May 2008 17:25:40 -0700 <![CDATA[Mallory Hates Boys (And Gym) (The Baby-Sitters Club, #59)]]> Mallory Hates Boys (And Gym) (The Baby-Sitters Club, #59)
author: Ann M. Martin
name: Meredythe
average rating: 3.40
book published: 1992
rating: 3
read at: 01/90
date added: 05/12/08
shelves: young-adult
review:

]]> 9245286 Mon, 12 May 2008 17:25:05 -0700 <![CDATA[Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies]]> Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies
author: James C. Collins
name: Meredythe
average rating: 3.91
book published: 1997
rating: 4
read at: 01/07
date added: 05/12/08
shelves: for-work
review:

]]> 8108097 Mon, 12 May 2008 17:24:39 -0700 <![CDATA[The Norton Anthology of English Literature (Norton Anthology of English Literature (Paperback))]]> The Norton Anthology of English Literature (Norton Anthology of English Literature (Paperback))
author: M.H. Abrams
name: Meredythe
average rating: 4.32
book published: 1993
rating: 5
read at: 09/97
date added: 05/12/08
shelves: classics, for-school
review:

]]> 8008128 Sun, 11 May 2008 21:11:27 -0700 <![CDATA[Stacey's Choice (Baby-Sitters Club)]]> Stacey's Choice (Baby-Sitters Club)
author: Ann M. Martin
name: Meredythe
average rating: 3.75
book published: 1997
rating: 4
read at: 01/90
date added: 05/11/08
shelves: young-adult
review:

]]> 8008120 Sun, 11 May 2008 21:10:57 -0700 <![CDATA[Stacey Vs. the Bsc (Baby-Sitters Club, 83)]]> Stacey Vs. the Bsc (Baby-Sitters Club, 83)
author: Ann M. Martin
name: Meredythe
average rating: 3.86
book published: 1996
rating: 4
read at: 01/90
date added: 05/11/08
shelves: young-adult
review:

]]> 8105487 Sun, 11 May 2008 21:10:31 -0700 <![CDATA[Encyclopedia Brown Takes the Cake!]]> Encyclopedia Brown Takes the Cake!
author: Donald J. Sobol
name: Meredythe
average rating: 3.80
book published: 1982
rating: 4
read at: 01/91
date added: 05/11/08
shelves: mystery, young-adult
review:

]]> 8054730 Sun, 11 May 2008 21:09:41 -0700 <![CDATA[Madeline]]> Madeline
author: Ludwig Bemelmans
name: Meredythe
average rating: 4.28
book published: 1939
rating: 5
read at: 01/86
date added: 05/11/08
shelves: classics, kids
review:

]]> 8213677 Sun, 11 May 2008 21:08:38 -0700 <![CDATA[The Tibetan Book of the Dead: Or, The After-Death Experiences on the Bardo Plane, according to Lama Kazi Dawa-Samdup's English Rendering (Galaxy Books)]]> The Tibetan Book of the Dead: Or, The After-Death Experiences on the Bardo Plane, according to Lama Kazi Dawa-Samdup's English Rendering (Galaxy Books)
author: W.Y. Evans-Wentz, translator
name: Meredythe
average rating: 3.75
book published: 1949
rating: 4
read at: 01/97
date added: 05/11/08
shelves: religion
review:

]]> 8094257 Sun, 11 May 2008 21:08:14 -0700 <![CDATA[Forrest Gump]]> Forrest Gump
author: Winston Groom
name: Meredythe
average rating: 3.48
book published: 1986
rating: 3
read at:
date added: 05/11/08
shelves:
review:
Very different from the movie but not bad.
]]> 8108452 Sun, 11 May 2008 21:07:42 -0700 <![CDATA[Sarah, Plain and Tall]]> Sarah, Plain and Tall
author: Patricia MacLachlan
name: Meredythe
average rating: 3.69
book published: 1985
rating: 2
read at: 01/89
date added: 05/11/08
shelves: kids
review:

]]> 8053769 Sun, 11 May 2008 21:06:58 -0700 <![CDATA[Tao Te Ching (Penguin Classics S.)]]> Tao Te Ching (Penguin Classics S.)
author: Lao Tzu
name: Meredythe
average rating: 4.32
book published: 1972
rating: 4
read at: 12/01
date added: 05/11/08
shelves: for-school, religion
review:

]]> 8008101 Sun, 11 May 2008 21:06:36 -0700 <![CDATA[Dawn and the Older Boy (Baby-Sitters Club (Paperback))]]> Dawn and the Older Boy (Baby-Sitters Club (Paperback))
author: Ann M. Martin
name: Meredythe
average rating: 3.68
book published: 1999
rating: 4
read at: 01/89
date added: 05/11/08
shelves: young-adult
review:

]]> 8105341 Sun, 11 May 2008 21:06:02 -0700 <![CDATA[Frog and Toad Together (I Can Read Picture Book)]]> Frog and Toad Together (I Can Read Picture Book)
author: Arnold Lobel
name: Meredythe
average rating: 4.29
book published: 1999
rating: 4
read at: 01/85
date added: 05/11/08
shelves: kids
review:

]]> 8008100 Sun, 11 May 2008 21:05:10 -0700 <![CDATA[Stacey McGill, Super Sitter (Baby-Sitters Club)]]>