<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<GoodreadsResponse>
	<Request>
		<authentication>false</authentication>
		    <method><![CDATA[]]></method>
	</Request>
	<review id="41484436">
    <user id="1275478">
    <name><![CDATA[Sarah]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Clawson, MI]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1275478-sarah-librarian]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1238676508p3/1275478.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">954001</id>
  <isbn>037584886X</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780375848865</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">257</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">73</text_reviews_count>
  <title>How They Met, and Other Stories</title>
  <average_rating></average_rating>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/954001.How_They_Met_and_Other_Stories</link>
<author>
  <id type="integer">11664</id>
  <name>David Levithan</name>
  <ratings_count type="integer">9123</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">2021</text_reviews_count>
</author>
</book>

    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <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>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <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 -- ranging from happy to melancholic, but their impact comes clear when they're put together in this book. Levithan's stories are not just about love, they are about everything else as well. They are, in many ways, very real and very realistic, while at the same time, drawing us in with the ideal that is found in so many novels. What results is a very wonderful journey through 'how they met' where 'they' is everyone. ]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41484436]]></url>
</review>

</GoodreadsResponse>