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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10847.Under_the_Banner_of_Heaven">Under the Banner of Heaven (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1235.Jon_Krakauer">Jon Krakauer</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:08:25 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Book #29 of 2008. Fascinating. Depth in areas of Mormon history I had not known - Krakauer even visited Palmyra for the Pageant! I found his style very straightforward. He admits when he is baffled by it all, but still lays it out as the various fundamentalists see it. His analysis of how a faith co...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/Book%20%2329%20of%202008.%20Fascinating.%20Depth%20in%20areas%20of%20Mormon%20history%20I%20had%20not%20known%20-%20Krakauer%20even%20visited%20Palmyra%20for%20the%20Pageant!%20I%20found%20his%20style%20very%20straightforward.%20He%20admits%20when%20he%20is%20baffled%20by%20it%20all,%20but%20still%20lays%20it%20out%20as%20the%20various%20fundamentalists%20see%20it.%20His%20analysis%20of%20how%20a%20faith%20could%20spawn%20such%20splinter%20sects%20was%20very%20insightful.%20I%20would%20love%20to%20see%20a%20postscript%20that%20continues%20the%20story%20given%20recent%20stories,%20or%20just%20an%20ongoing%20commentary.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:07:33 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Book #28 of 2008. A horror classic and I can see that. But I want MORE. I wanted more details on the sordid history of the house - maybe somebody should have found a journal or something. I love big old houses - so I wanted more on the house. As it was, I almost drew it because the description of ho...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/Book%20%2328%20of%202008.%20A%20horror%20classic%20and%20I%20can%20see%20that.%20But%20I%20want%20MORE.%20I%20wanted%20more%20details%20on%20the%20sordid%20history%20of%20the%20house%20-%20maybe%20somebody%20should%20have%20found%20a%20journal%20or%20something.%20I%20love%20big%20old%20houses%20-%20so%20I%20wanted%20more%20on%20the%20house.%20As%20it%20was,%20I%20almost%20drew%20it%20because%20the%20description%20of%20how%20the%20house%20gets%20you%20turned%20around%20-%20well,%20it%20really%20turned%20me%20around%20and%20I%20was%20baffled.%20What%20were%20the%20outbuildings%20like%3F%20*sigh*%20Still,%20pretty%20good.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14376.Einstein_s_Dreams">Einstein's Dreams (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8933.Alan_Lightman">Alan Lightman</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:06:39 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Book #27 of 2008. Nice, light, and simple. A series of 30 vignettes, with interludes, that could totally have occupied Einstein's thoughts as he was honing the theory of relativity. Each vignette looks at one way of relating to time and envisions what life would be like.]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[is currently reading: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/807284.Weird_U_S_Your_Travel_Guide_to_America_s_Local_Legends_and_Best_Kept_Secrets">Weird U.S.: Your Travel Guide to America's Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets (Weird)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/210154.Mark_Moran">Mark Moran</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:32:48 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <updated_at>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:32:25 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[is currently reading: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16788.Fragile_Things_Short_Fictions_and_Wonders">Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1221698.Neil_Gaiman">Neil Gaiman</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:30:40 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/69242.Made_to_Stick_Why_Some_Ideas_Survive_and_Others_Die">Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/39021.Chip_Heath">Chip Heath</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:29:59 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Book #26 0f 2008. I was hooked on this book from the first time I read the prologue online. Dealing with ideas that are able to burrow into our subconscious and influence our behaviors, the brothers approach this from the standpoints of business and academia. In researching sticky ideas, urban legen...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/Book%20%2326%200f%202008.%20I%20was%20hooked%20on%20this%20book%20from%20the%20first%20time%20I%20read%20the%20prologue%20online.%20Dealing%20with%20ideas%20that%20are%20able%20to%20burrow%20into%20our%20subconscious%20and%20influence%20our%20behaviors,%20the%20brothers%20approach%20this%20from%20the%20standpoints%20of%20business%20and%20academia.%20In%20researching%20sticky%20ideas,%20urban%20legends%20are%20an%20obvious%20place%20to%20start.%20What%20really%20sticks%20with%20me%20is%20the%20research%20into%20tainted%20Halloween%20candy%20-%20which%20shows%20that%20there%20NEVER%20WAS%20any%20apples%20w%2F%20razor%20blades%20reported%20to%20police!!!%20Only%20two%20incidents%20showed%20in%20records%20from%20WWII%20to%20the%2080s%20-%20one%20was%20a%20kid%20who%20got%20into%20his%20uncle's%20coke%20stash%20and%20they%20sprinkled%20it%20on%20his%20candy%20to%20throw%20off%20the%20cops,%20and%20one%20was%20a%20kid%20whose%20father%20put%20cyanide%20on%20his%20candy%20to%20get%20life%20insurance.%20Think%20about%20how%20much%20this%20has%20changed%20our%20behaviours!%20Incredible.%20The%20brothers%20have%20a%20sound%20approach%20to%20making%20ideas%20sticky%20that%20hopefully%20will%20be%20useful%20for%20me%20in%20the%20future.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12067.Good_Omens_The_Nice_and_Accurate_Prophecies_of_Agnes_Nutter_Witch">Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (Mass Market Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1654.Terry_Pratchett">Terry Pratchett</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:26:10 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Book #25 of 2008. My spirits lift thinking of this. It was refreshing - a blast of cool, fresh air on a hot and sticky day. And a lot of fun. Not laugh out loud funny, but smirks and sideways grins, definitely. The end of the world has come to pass, or is supposed to, anyway, and all sorts of differ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/Book%20%2325%20of%202008.%20My%20spirits%20lift%20thinking%20of%20this.%20It%20was%20refreshing%20-%20a%20blast%20of%20cool,%20fresh%20air%20on%20a%20hot%20and%20sticky%20day.%20And%20a%20lot%20of%20fun.%20Not%20laugh%20out%20loud%20funny,%20but%20smirks%20and%20sideways%20grins,%20definitely.%20The%20end%20of%20the%20world%20has%20come%20to%20pass,%20or%20is%20supposed%20to,%20anyway,%20and%20all%20sorts%20of%20different%20folk%20-%20people,%20witches,%20demons,%20angels,%20dogs,%20have%20roles%20to%20play.%20A%20great%20piece%20that%20seemlessly%20blends%20the%20styles%20of%20Gaiman%20and%20Pratchett%20into%20something%20very%20entertaining.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 2 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/189161.A_Sorcerer_s_Treason">A Sorcerer's Treason (Isavalta, Book 1)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/110249.Sarah_Zettel">Sarah Zettel</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:25:11 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Book #24 of 2008. I found this a bit dull at first, but got swept into the stories a few chapters in. I found some elements stiff and predictable at times. The dialogue,intended to be late 19th century, seems forced at times. But the story is good. My favorite is when Bridget weaves spells through t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/Book%20%2324%20of%202008.%20I%20found%20this%20a%20bit%20dull%20at%20first,%20but%20got%20swept%20into%20the%20stories%20a%20few%20chapters%20in.%20I%20found%20some%20elements%20stiff%20and%20predictable%20at%20times.%20The%20dialogue,intended%20to%20be%20late%2019th%20century,%20seems%20forced%20at%20times.%20But%20the%20story%20is%20good.%20My%20favorite%20is%20when%20Bridget%20weaves%20spells%20through%20the%20air%20via%20dance.%20I%20love%20the%20idea%20and%20the%20image.%20I%20will%20most%20likely%20pick%20up%20the%20second%20book.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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