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    <updated_at>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:53:19 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Thank you so much for your lovely remarks, Joy. It was wonderful to finally meet you! You have done so much for the online group and it was a pleasure to actually be able to spend some time with you!]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:01:03 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I'm getting ready for my trip to Glens Falls to participate in &quot;Falling Leaves&quot;, the annual book fair hosted by The Chronicle newspaper. It will be at the Queensbury Hotel on Sunday; 11-4. Please stop by...I'd love to meet those of you who are in the area! ]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 17:26:01 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Enjoyed this quite a bit. Not as much, by any means, as The Kite Runner but it was very good. ]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 13:58:15 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 10:20:44 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Mary Paladin (and I'm FINALLY at Brant Lake!)]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77203.The_Kite_Runner">The Kite Runner (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/569.Khaled_Hosseini">Khaled Hosseini</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:04:10 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Very good book. Delivered in the manner as if the author was telling the story to the reader solely. I honestly thought I would not like it, but was extremely and pleasantly surprised. I liked it very much!]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 04:39:31 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Good book for children. A Newberry Honor Book, it's an adventure story set in the early settlement period of the US. A great book for young boys- the story's main characters are two boys, one white, one Indian, they discover friendship and the struggles of growing up.]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 05:48:05 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I just finished(yesterday) &quot;The Center of the Universe&quot; by Nancy Bachrach. Fabulous book, well written!<br/>Next up: &quot;A Private Hotel for Gentle Ladies&quot;]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 06:30:18 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Anyone who has ever lived with the cerebral &quot;elephant in the room&quot; will relate to every word...this is a must read. It erases the feeling of isolation, which often comes with the frantic puzzle that mental &quot;illness&quot; scatters on the family table. <br/>Ms Bachrach exposes herself ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58971793">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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