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    <updated_at>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:07:41 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
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    <updated_at>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:13:36 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Novel with great pull and suspense even though plot is so well known. My absolute favourite character is Wemmick of the dual-identity and his Aged P. My only complaint is the coda, which feels like it was rewritten to satisfy popular demand for a romantic ending. ]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:04:15 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:36:54 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 04:26:51 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Reading Wodehouse is like sitting around drinking iced-tea on a sunny day; so easy to do and so very relaxing and enjoyable. In this full-length novel, Bertie Wooster is just returned from a holiday to France and wants time to recover. But his Aunt Dahlia wants him down at Brinkley Court, to give ou...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/Reading%20Wodehouse%20is%20like%20sitting%20around%20drinking%20iced-tea%20on%20a%20sunny%20day;%20so%20easy%20to%20do%20and%20so%20very%20relaxing%20and%20enjoyable.%20In%20this%20full-length%20novel,%20Bertie%20Wooster%20is%20just%20returned%20from%20a%20holiday%20to%20France%20and%20wants%20time%20to%20recover.%20But%20his%20Aunt%20Dahlia%20wants%20him%20down%20at%20Brinkley%20Court,%20to%20give%20out%20prizes%20at%20the%20local%20grammar%20school.%20His%20old%20school%20chum,%20the%20newt-loving%20Gussy%20Finknottle,%20needs%20help%20winning%20over%20a%20girl.%20And%20his%20gentleman's%20gentleman,%20Jeeves,%20is%20displeased%20with%20the%20new%20dinner%20jacket.%20It's%20all%20very%20silly%20and%20nonsensical%20but%20it's%20also%20hilarious%20and%20irresistible.%20There's%20a%20spectacular%20scene%20involving%20a%20plate%20of%20sandwiches%20and%20another%20involving%20a%20skylight%20and%20an%20excitable%20chef.%20Wodehouse's%20writing%20has%20such%20verve%20and%20optimism%20-%20the%20funniest%20thing%20I've%20read%20in%20ages.%20">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 03:46:14 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54479.Around_the_World_in_Eighty_Days">Around the World in Eighty Days (Penguin Classics)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/696805.Jules_Verne">Jules Verne</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 03:44:21 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I adore this story! Phileas Fogg, apart from having a great name, is an ideal protagonist for mad dash around the world given his extreme sangfroid and enigma; his valet Passpartout, on the other hand, is the quinessential clumsy but lovable sidekick. I own a much dog-eared junior version of this bo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/I%20adore%20this%20story!%20Phileas%20Fogg,%20apart%20from%20having%20a%20great%20name,%20is%20an%20ideal%20protagonist%20for%20mad%20dash%20around%20the%20world%20given%20his%20extreme%20sangfroid%20and%20enigma;%20his%20valet%20Passpartout,%20on%20the%20other%20hand,%20is%20the%20quinessential%20clumsy%20but%20lovable%20sidekick.%20I%20own%20a%20much%20dog-eared%20junior%20version%20of%20this%20book%20but%20have%20only%20just%20read%20the%20full%20translation.%20The%20excitement%20and%20frustrations%20of%20the%20journey%20are%20as%20fresh%20and%20thrilling%20as%20they%20probably%20were%20when%20the%20book%20was%20first%20published%20in%201873%20(and%20as%20fresh%20and%20thrilling%20as%20when%20I%20read%20it%20as%20a%20child!).%20This%20time%20around,%20my%20enjoyment%20was%20enhanced%20by%20the%20wry%20humour%20of%20the%20writing%20as%20well.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2156.Persuasion">Persuasion (Oxford World's Classics)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1265.Jane_Austen">Jane Austen</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 23:18:54 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Anne Elliot is the overlooked middle daughter of a vainglorious baronet. Anne at 27 is no longer young but still single, having refused a poor sailor by the name of Wentworth seven years prior. She is forced to move to Bath with her father and sister in order to live more economically. The family le...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/Anne%20Elliot%20is%20the%20overlooked%20middle%20daughter%20of%20a%20vainglorious%20baronet.%20Anne%20at%2027%20is%20no%20longer%20young%20but%20still%20single,%20having%20refused%20a%20poor%20sailor%20by%20the%20name%20of%20Wentworth%20seven%20years%20prior.%20She%20is%20forced%20to%20move%20to%20Bath%20with%20her%20father%20and%20sister%20in%20order%20to%20live%20more%20economically.%20The%20family%20let%20their%20home%20to%20Admiral%20Croft,%20who%20turns%20out%20to%20be%20the%20brother-in-law%20of%20Wentworth.%20%0D%0A%0D%0APersuasion%20reads%20like%20a%20more%20sombre%20but%20equally%20touching%20%5Bb:Pride%20and%20Prejudice%7C1885%7CPride%20and%20Prejudice%7CJane%20Austen%7Chttp:%2F%2Fphoto.goodreads.com%2Fbooks%2F1158963071s%2F1885.jpg%7C3060926%5D.%20It's%20not%20a%20long%20novel%20but%20it%20manages%20to%20thoroughly%20express%20the%20attitudes%20and%20thoughts%20of%20Anne%20as%20well%20as%20the%20minutiae%20of%20her%20social%20interactions%20and%20relations.%20I%20like%20it%20much%20better%20on%20re-reading%20and%20find%20the%20strength%20of%20Austen's%20voice%20and%20writing%20undiminished%20in%20this,%20her%20last%20finished%20work.%0D%0A">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 04:37:08 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[<em>Paula wrote: &quot;The Taebeck Mountains - not to sound completely Euro-centric, but as far as I can tell, it's a 10-volume series that is only available in Korean.&quot;</em><br/><br/>Ditto. They should revamp the list and make it English literature only. It's not right to go about comparing translations and original texts. I quite like this list, myself, it's must more specific: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.time.com/time/2005/100books/the_complete_list.html" title="http://www.time.com/time/2005/100books/the_complete_list.html">http://www.time.com/time/2005/100books/t...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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