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    <updated_at>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:43:42 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <updated_at>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:42:41 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Funny.  Everyone talks about the end of this book as being &quot;life-changing&quot; and the reason it's so wonderful.  Maybe it was the buildup, but I was underwhelmed.  I much preferred all the dull Charlie-isms and perspectives scattered throughout.  It was the simplicity that brought me to tears...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/Funny.%20%20Everyone%20talks%20about%20the%20end%20of%20this%20book%20as%20being%20%22life-changing%22%20and%20the%20reason%20it's%20so%20wonderful.%20%20Maybe%20it%20was%20the%20buildup,%20but%20I%20was%20underwhelmed.%20%20I%20much%20preferred%20all%20the%20dull%20Charlie-isms%20and%20perspectives%20scattered%20throughout.%20%20It%20was%20the%20simplicity%20that%20brought%20me%20to%20tears,%20not%20the%20high%20drama.%20%20Still,%20wonderful%20book.%20%20">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 15:57:18 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[The beginning of this was perfect: charming, scary, hilarious.  Better than the original even.  But it really lost steam in the end.  Every scene could have been cut in half.  I'm still gonna read the next one.  ]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:41:09 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I knew I was in trouble when halfway through this book I already wanted it to be over.  Sure, the characters are cute (Constance being my favorite), sure the mysteries are nice enough.  But I think the allure and interesting puzzles peaked in the first few chapters.  I shared the chess one with quit...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/I%20knew%20I%20was%20in%20trouble%20when%20halfway%20through%20this%20book%20I%20already%20wanted%20it%20to%20be%20over.%20%20Sure,%20the%20characters%20are%20cute%20(Constance%20being%20my%20favorite),%20sure%20the%20mysteries%20are%20nice%20enough.%20%20But%20I%20think%20the%20allure%20and%20interesting%20puzzles%20peaked%20in%20the%20first%20few%20chapters.%20%20I%20shared%20the%20chess%20one%20with%20quite%20a%20few%20friends--stumped%20the%20lot%20of%20them.%20%20%0D%0A%0D%0AI%20don't%20have%20any%20desire%20to%20read%20the%20next%20one.%20%20Someone%20let%20me%20know%20if%20I'm%20misguided.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/966719.The_Canning_Season">The Canning Season (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/11187.Polly_Horvath">Polly Horvath</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:55:57 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[There aren't words enough to say how much I loved this story.  And while I reiterated some of the more gruesome scenes to the people in my office just to see their shocked expressions, it got me in the end.  Struck much deeper than I was expecting.  Though I never doubted for a second that Ms. Horva...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/There%20aren't%20words%20enough%20to%20say%20how%20much%20I%20loved%20this%20story.%20%20And%20while%20I%20reiterated%20some%20of%20the%20more%20gruesome%20scenes%20to%20the%20people%20in%20my%20office%20just%20to%20see%20their%20shocked%20expressions,%20it%20got%20me%20in%20the%20end.%20%20Struck%20much%20deeper%20than%20I%20was%20expecting.%20%20Though%20I%20never%20doubted%20for%20a%20second%20that%20Ms.%20Horvath%20could%20accomplish%20it.%0D%0A%0D%0AAnd%20I%20have%20a%20new%20mantra%20spinning%20in%20my%20heart%20this%20month.%20%20The%20truth%20isn't%20good%20or%20bad.%20%20It's%20just%20the%20truth,%20right%3F%20">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6578293-diary-of-a-wimpy-kid">Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/221559.Jeff_Kinney">Jeff Kinney</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:17:45 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Not a slow moment in the series.  I'm going to stop giving the art department at my work a hard time for using the same pictures over and over again.  Turns out it's the words that make all the difference.]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3157876.Diary_of_a_Wimpy_Kid_Do_It_Yourself_Book">Diary of a Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/221559.Jeff_Kinney">Jeff Kinney</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:16:48 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I refrained from filling this in at the table of the B&amp;N Starbucks.  But I was mighty tempted . . . Wish I'd had this when I was twelve.  Everyone else, if you know a middle-schooler, buy them this book.  And the rest, naturally.]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7963.Characters_and_Viewpoint">Characters and Viewpoint (Elements of Fiction Writing)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/589.Orson_Scott_Card">Orson Scott Card</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 07:12:38 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[It's rare to find a book on writing with some new ideas to offer.  This was filled with useful information, including something I've never seen in any other writing books but have suspected for a while: showing is not always better than telling. ]]></body>
        
    
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