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    <about><![CDATA[Come check out my blogs and see what is new:<br/><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://terra57.blogspot.com/">http://terra57.blogspot.com/</a><br/><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://yankeeromancereviewers.blogspot.com/" title="http://yankeeromancereviewers.blogspot.com/">http://yankeeromancereviewers.blogspot.c...</a><br/><br/><br/>I absolutely love to read and even though I consider myself an avid reader, I'm not a speed reader.  I tune everything else out and submurge myself into whatever I'm reading to the point that I actually feel I'm a character in it.  I hate television and don't care much for movies as I can't get myself into them like I can a book.  Guess I'm what you call a true bookworm.<br/>I love gardening to the point of considering it real therphy.  Just sticking my hands in the dirt makes such a connection with Mother Earth that the stress just flows out of me.  Yes I am one of those nutty people that talk to my plants too.  They know what I'm saying or they wouldn't grow so darn good.  LOL!  Must be why I have a great sense of humor also.  <br/>]]></about>
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 2 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6735485-a-separate-country">A Separate Country (Audio CD)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/40507.Robert_Hicks">Robert Hicks</a>]]></action_text>
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2871250.Wolfsbane_and_Mistletoe">Wolfsbane and Mistletoe (Sookie Stackhouse, #8.2; Kitty Norville, #2.2)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17061.Charlaine_Harris">Charlaine Harris</a>]]></action_text>
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1004875.Devil_May_Cry">Devil May Cry (Dark-Hunter, #13)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4430.Sherrilyn_Kenyon">Sherrilyn Kenyon</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:45:57 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Devil May Cry by Sherrilyn Kenyon is another delicious Dark-Hunter novel that will sizzle your panties off. I'm still licking my fingers on this one.<br/><br/>Sin is our hero and main character in this book and oh what a true sin he is. Tall, dark and handsome doesn't even begin to describe him an...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/Devil%20May%20Cry%20by%20Sherrilyn%20Kenyon%20is%20another%20delicious%20Dark-Hunter%20novel%20that%20will%20sizzle%20your%20panties%20off.%20I'm%20still%20licking%20my%20fingers%20on%20this%20one.%0D%0A%0D%0ASin%20is%20our%20hero%20and%20main%20character%20in%20this%20book%20and%20oh%20what%20a%20true%20sin%20he%20is.%20Tall,%20dark%20and%20handsome%20doesn't%20even%20begin%20to%20describe%20him%20and%20add%20in%20some%20sarcastic%20wit%20to%20make%20a%20really%20explosive%20man.%0D%0A%0D%0AOur%20hero%20once%20a%20God%20was%20stripped%20of%20his%20powers%20by%20the%20heffer%20Goddess%20in%20her%20greed%20to%20want%20more%20powers%20and%20to%20help%20destroy%20The%20Sumerian%20Gods.%20Good%20gosh%20if%20there%20is%20one%20character%20you%20can%20really%20love%20to%20hate%20through%20this%20series%20it%20would%20have%20to%20be%20the%20Bitch%20Heffer%20Goddess.%20Simi%20wants%20to%20eat%20said%20Bitch%20Heffer%20Goddess%20but%20everyone%20keeps%20saying%20no.%20LOL!%20Gosh%20I%20love%20Simi.%0D%0A%0D%0ANow%20our%20beloved%20Sin%20is%20the%20royal%20Pain%20in%20the%20Ass%20and%20the%20nastiest%20of%20the%20said%20Dark-Hunters.%20He%20lives%20in%20Las%20Vegas%20why...........because%20it's%20the%20Sin%20capitol%20of%20the%20World.%20Now%20talk%20about%20fitting%20in%20really%20good.%20Yup%20that's%20Sin.%20What%20a%20perfect%20place%20to%20do%20what%20you%20want,%20when%20you%20want%20and%20where%20you%20want%20without%20getting%20in%20deep%20doo%20doo%20for%20it.%0D%0A%0D%0AOur%20author%20has%20given%20us%20the%20best%20of%20stories%20here%20and%20I%20chuckled%20from%20beginning%20to%20end.%20Maybe%20being%20a%20bit%20spiteful%20and%20very%20sarcastic%20myself%20is%20what%20can%20truly%20make%20me%20appreciate%20what%20Sherrilyn%20has%20done%20here.%20She%20has%20also%20given%20our%20characters%20so%20much%20personality%20you%20cannot%20help%20but%20feel%20like%20you're%20tagging%20along%20as%20one%20of%20the%20crowd.%20I%20found%20myself%20totally%20amerced%20in%20the%20book%20to%20the%20point%20that%20I%20was%20feeling,%20seeing%20and%20experiencing%20what%20everyone%20else%20was.%20Kudo's%20for%20another%20well%20done.%20">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6434773-to-desire-a-devil">To Desire A Devil (Legend of the Four Soldiers, #4)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/16202.Elizabeth_Hoyt">Elizabeth Hoyt</a>]]></action_text>
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6371555-the-secret-life-of-marilyn-monroe">The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe (Audio CD)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/90580.J_Randy_Taraborrelli">J. Randy Taraborrelli</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 14:40:38 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe by J. Randy Taraborrelli is in essense a story of Beauty and the Beast. A beautiful young woman with so much potential who is chased throughout her life by the beast of disappointment, heartbreak, abuse, drugs and doubtful self esteem. A story of a beautiful young w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/The%20Secret%20Life%20of%20Marilyn%20Monroe%20by%20J.%20Randy%20Taraborrelli%20is%20in%20essense%20a%20story%20of%20Beauty%20and%20the%20Beast.%20A%20beautiful%20young%20woman%20with%20so%20much%20potential%20who%20is%20chased%20throughout%20her%20life%20by%20the%20beast%20of%20disappointment,%20heartbreak,%20abuse,%20drugs%20and%20doubtful%20self%20esteem.%20A%20story%20of%20a%20beautiful%20young%20woman%20whose%20life%20is%20but%20a%20roller%20coaster%20ride%20with%20so%20many%20ups%20and%20down%20it's%20no%20wonder%20the%20tragic%20outcome.%0D%0A%0D%0AI%20must%20confess%20this%20is%20the%20first%20I%20have%20read%20of%20this%20actress%20and%20am%20glad%20for%20the%20opportunity%20to%20hear%20it%20from%20an%20author%20that%20has%20taken%20the%20time%20to%20get%20the%20facts%20from%20reliable%20sources%20so%20as%20to%20give%20us%20a%20true%20rendition%20of%20what%20really%20went%20on%20behind%20the%20closed%20doors%20of%20America's%20Sweetheart.%20Even%20though%20I%20was%20but%20a%20young%20child%20when%20Marilyn%20Monroe%20met%20her%20tragic%20end%20I%20still%20remember%20so%20much%20emphasis%20on%20the%20most%20beautiful%20woman%20that%20ever%20lived.%20The%20two%20people%20I%20do%20remember%20from%20this%20time%20period%20are%20Marilyn%20Monroe%20and%20JFK.%20Two%20people%20whose%20lives%20impacted%20so%20many%20and%20ended%20so%20tragically.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe%20author%20starts%20this%20story%20before%20Marilyn%20is%20even%20thought%20of%20and%20the%20circumstances%20that%20bring%20about%20her%20life.%20A%20story%20starting%20with%20her%20grandmother%20giving%20us%20important%20background%20that%20will%20give%20us%20some%20understanding%20of%20the%20vicious%20cycle%20of%20all%20that%20is%20good%20and%20bad%20in%20life.%20A%20telling%20of%20no%20matter%20what%20station%20you%20hold%20in%20life%20and%20how%20the%20happiness%20and%20cruelties%20can%20latch%20onto%20you%20as%20easily%20as%20a%20cold%20germ%20from%20the%20sneeze%20of%20a%20sick%20person%20in%20a%20grocery%20store.%0D%0A%0D%0AThis%20story%20talks%20about%20Marilyn's%20loves,%20marriages,%20affairs.%20Her%20achievements%20from%20hard%20word%20and%20failings%20from%20human%20frailty.%20People%20she%20knew%20that%20influenced%20her%20to%20the%20point%20of%20almost%20truly%20possessing%20her.%20Bad%20choices%20and%20good%20choices%20she%20made%20and%20how%20each%20and%20every%20one%20affected%20the%20outcome%20of%20her%20life.%20The%20story%20makes%20you%20think%20of%20what%20if%20she%20had%20made%20a%20different%20choice%20and%20how%20fate%20would%20have%20handled%20her.%20A%20story%20that%20will%20touch%20you%20in%20many%20ways%20and%20open%20your%20eyes%20to%20how%20good%20your%20life%20really%20is%20in%20comparison.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6932907-say-you-re-one-of-them">Say You're One of Them (Audio CD)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1033445.Uwem_Akpan">Uwem Akpan</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:06:12 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Say You're One of Them by Uwem Akpan is a wake up call to the reality of life in Africa. Three stories that will make you feel very privileged to have a life of freedom and plenty compared to those of third world countries. This is real life everyone and not for the week of heart.<br/><br/>We in A...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/Say%20You're%20One%20of%20Them%20by%20Uwem%20Akpan%20is%20a%20wake%20up%20call%20to%20the%20reality%20of%20life%20in%20Africa.%20Three%20stories%20that%20will%20make%20you%20feel%20very%20privileged%20to%20have%20a%20life%20of%20freedom%20and%20plenty%20compared%20to%20those%20of%20third%20world%20countries.%20This%20is%20real%20life%20everyone%20and%20not%20for%20the%20week%20of%20heart.%0D%0A%0D%0AWe%20in%20America%20think%20of%20what%20more%20we%20could%20have%20and%20what%20more%20we%20deserve%20in%20this%20life%20of%20plenty%20we%20have.%20But%20after%20listening%20to%20these%20stories%20I%20realize%20that%20even%20those%20that%20are%20homeless%20here%20in%20our%20free%20country%20have%20ever%20so%20much%20more%20than%20those%20of%20the%20different%20countries%20on%20the%20continent%20of%20Africa.%20I%20myself%20have%20been%20through%20what%20I%20consider%20many%20hardships%20but%20after%20listening%20to%20this%20I%20realize%20that%20no%20matter%20how%20hard%20life%20has%20been%20for%20me%20I%20am%20ever%20so%20much%20more%20free%20and%20privileged%20than%20those%20I%20have%20just%20listened%20to.%0D%0A%0D%0AEach%20story%20is%20from%20a%20different%20country%20in%20Africa%20and%20each%20is%20no%20less%20devastating%20and%20mind%20boggling%20than%20the%20one%20before%20it.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe%20first%20story%20is%20about%20a%20girl%20who%20parents%20are%20from%20two%20different%20tribes%20and%20the%20conflict%20this%20will%20create.%20Our%20young%20girl%20learns%20about%20the%20harshness%20of%20what%20it's%20like%20when%20the%20elders%20decree%20war%20on%20each%20other%20in%20these%20tribes%20and%20what%20will%20happen%20to%20those%20caught%20in%20it's%20grip.%20The%20choices%20each%20parent%20has%20to%20make%20are%20no%20less%20heartbreaking%20and%20horrid%20when%20hatred%20and%20violence%20rear%20their%20ugly%20heads.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe%20second%20story%20shows%20us%20to%20what%20lengths%20families%20must%20go%20to%20in%20order%20to%20try%20and%20put%20food%20on%20the%20table%20and%20to%20try%20and%20have%20at%20least%20one%20member%20of%20their%20family%20have%20a%20chance%20at%20a%20life%20so%20much%20better%20than%20the%20poverty%20and%20squallier%20that%20encompasses%20all%20of%20them%20in%20their%20young%20lives.%20Old%20age%20is%20not%20an%20option%20in%20these%20countries%20and%20youth%20is%20not%20carefree%20and%20happy.%20Children%20are%20required%20and%20expected%20to%20do%20the%20unthinkable.%20Things%20that%20we%20in%20our%20beloved%20easy%20life%20looked%20at%20in%20abject%20horror%20and%20most%20times%20cannot%20comprehend%20the%20full%20impact%20of%20why%20they%20must%20live%20like%20this.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe%20third%20story%20is%20a%20bit%20less%20violent%20and%20heartbreaking%20but%20still%20has%20it's%20impact%20on%20us%20with%20the%20prejudicism%20that%20runs%20rampart%20through%20these%20countries%20and%20tribes%20segregating%20adults%20and%20children%20like%20a%20fever%20run%20wild.%20How%20is%20a%20young%20child%20suppose%20to%20understand%20such%20things%20as%20these%20I%20will%20never%20know.%0D%0A%0D%0AUpon%20finishing%20these%20stories%20all%20I%20can%20do%20is%20feel%20humbled%20and%20rich%20in%20every%20way%20possible%20compared%20to%20those%20who%20are%20less%20privileged.%20My%20heart%20and%20prayers%20go%20out%20to%20the%20impoverished%20peoples%20of%20the%20world%20who%20have%20a%20life%20so%20difficult.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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