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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/515434.The_Politics_of_American_Religious_Identity_The_Seating_of_Senator_Reed_Smoot_Mormon_Apostle">The Politics of American Religious Identity: The Seating of Senator Reed Smoot, Mormon Apostle (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/286351.Kathleen_Flake">Kathleen Flake</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 21:18:40 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[A fascinating book for members of the LDS Church. As I read it, I told myself a hundred times, &quot;I'm so glad I am a member now, and not 100 years ago&quot;.  As the Church struggled to figure out how to really end Polygamy, and bridge the gap between the generation of those that practiced polyga...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/A%20fascinating%20book%20for%20members%20of%20the%20LDS%20Church.%20As%20I%20read%20it,%20I%20told%20myself%20a%20hundred%20times,%20%22I'm%20so%20glad%20I%20am%20a%20member%20now,%20and%20not%20100%20years%20ago%22.%20%20As%20the%20Church%20struggled%20to%20figure%20out%20how%20to%20really%20end%20Polygamy,%20and%20bridge%20the%20gap%20between%20the%20generation%20of%20those%20that%20practiced%20polygamy%20and%20considered%20it%20an%20essential%20doctrine%20of%20the%20church,%20and%20the%20younger%20generation%20that%20did%20not%20practice%20and%20wanted%20to%20move%20away%20from%20it...and%20even%20the%20difficulty%20that%20caused%20among%20younger%20apostles%20and%20older%20ones.%20%20And%20the%20scrutiny%20that%20came%20upon%20the%20Prophet%20and%20apostles.%20A%20very%20difficult%20and%20ugly%20time%20for%20the%20Church,%20but%20one%20that%20we%20have%20emerged%20from,%20and%20are%20much%20stronger%20from,%20over%20100%20years%20later.%0D%0AVery%20interesting,%20and%20well%20written%20(and%20not%20to%20long%20either).">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2184666.Hearing_the_Voice_of_the_Lord">Hearing the Voice of the Lord (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/207452.Gerald_N_Lund">Gerald N. Lund</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:18:18 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[An excellent book. It provides so many examples of how the Lord communicates with us and how we can distinguish his voice, whether it be through direct or indirect means.<br/>I am about halfway through, but have already beneffited greatly from reading it.]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:17:47 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I am only about 1/3 the way through this book (although in my defense, it is 505 pages long).<br/>It is very interesting to be able to take a journey through recent financial history through Greenspan's lens.<br/>I'm not to the end, so I am anxious to hear about some of his recent decisions, which...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/I%20am%20only%20about%201%2F3%20the%20way%20through%20this%20book%20(although%20in%20my%20defense,%20it%20is%20505%20pages%20long).%0D%0AIt%20is%20very%20interesting%20to%20be%20able%20to%20take%20a%20journey%20through%20recent%20financial%20history%20through%20Greenspan's%20lens.%0D%0AI'm%20not%20to%20the%20end,%20so%20I%20am%20anxious%20to%20hear%20about%20some%20of%20his%20recent%20decisions,%20which%20are%20part%20of%20the%20reason%20we%20currently%20have%20a%20housing%20and%20financial%20crisis.%20But%20right%20now,%20I%20am%20really%20enjoying%20this.%0D%0A%0D%0AFinished%20it...but%20what%20an%20amazing%20book...excellent.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/529579.The_Next_100_Years_A_Forecast_for_the_21st_Century">The Next 100 Years: A Forecast for the 21st Century (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/183160.George_Friedman">George Friedman</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:16:38 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Only about 20% through this, but loving it!  Despite his forecasts for the next 100 years in many different areas, he doesn't come across as arrogant, but very folksy and interesting. It is hopeful for the United States, and contrasts with what Fareed Zakaria wrote in &quot;The Post-American World&quot;...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/Only%20about%2020%25%20through%20this,%20but%20loving%20it!%20%20Despite%20his%20forecasts%20for%20the%20next%20100%20years%20in%20many%20different%20areas,%20he%20doesn't%20come%20across%20as%20arrogant,%20but%20very%20folksy%20and%20interesting.%20It%20is%20hopeful%20for%20the%20United%20States,%20and%20contrasts%20with%20what%20Fareed%20Zakaria%20wrote%20in%20%22The%20Post-American%20World%22,%20as%20far%20as%20their%20visions%20for%20what%20will%20happen.%0D%0AWould%20recommend%20this%20to%20anyone.%0D%0A%0D%0ATurned%20out%20to%20be%20a%20bit%20slow%20at%20the%20end%20for%20me..">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5739373.The_Defector">The Defector (Gabriel Allon, #9)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/29085.Daniel_Silva">Daniel Silva</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:15:48 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Daniel Silva is a great writer...and I am hooked on the Gabriel Allon character. Well done, again.  About as good as Moscow Rules.]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5881889.House_of_Cards_A_Tale_of_Hubris_and_Wretched_Excess_on_Wall_Street">House of Cards: A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall Street (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/182504.William_D_Cohan">William D. Cohan</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:14:39 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Very interesting if you are in the financial world. I have read some reviews that didn't like it...I enjoyed how he explored how the firm came to be, and how its culture affected the way decisions were made, their overconcentrations in stock by decision makers, and how those biases or hubris led to ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/Very%20interesting%20if%20you%20are%20in%20the%20financial%20world.%20I%20have%20read%20some%20reviews%20that%20didn't%20like%20it...I%20enjoyed%20how%20he%20explored%20how%20the%20firm%20came%20to%20be,%20and%20how%20its%20culture%20affected%20the%20way%20decisions%20were%20made,%20their%20overconcentrations%20in%20stock%20by%20decision%20makers,%20and%20how%20those%20biases%20or%20hubris%20led%20to%20a%20historic%20implosion.%20Pretty%20interesting%20also%20in%20discussing%20securitization,%20collateral,%20and%20the%20unpredictable%20effects%20of%20it%20all.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10395.How_Soccer_Explains_the_World_An_Unlikely_Theory_of_Globalization">How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6829.Franklin_Foer">Franklin Foer</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:11:55 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Pretty interesting take on soccer throughout the world and combining that with the theme of globalization. It was frightening to learn of the involvement of different team's fan clubs in major political and ethnic violence...had no idea of the tie-in there. But all in all, an interesting read.]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7526.The_Blind_Side_Evolution_of_a_Game">The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/776.Michael_Lewis">Michael Lewis</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:09:59 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Loved it! If you enjoy football, this is pretty insightful. Lewis is a great writer.]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9948.The_Infinite_Atonement">The Infinite Atonement (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6497.Tad_R_Callister">Tad R. Callister</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:27:22 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3228917.Outliers">Outliers (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1439.Malcolm_Gladwell">Malcolm Gladwell</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:24:04 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Loved this, would recommend to anyone....Up to the this point, my favorite Gladwell book was Blink, but now Outliers has surpassed it! Thoughtful but at the same time fascinating.<br/>He attacks the thesis that all genuises and millionaires and sports stars are what they are because of extreme tale...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/Loved%20this,%20would%20recommend%20to%20anyone....Up%20to%20the%20this%20point,%20my%20favorite%20Gladwell%20book%20was%20Blink,%20but%20now%20Outliers%20has%20surpassed%20it!%20Thoughtful%20but%20at%20the%20same%20time%20fascinating.%0D%0AHe%20attacks%20the%20thesis%20that%20all%20genuises%20and%20millionaires%20and%20sports%20stars%20are%20what%20they%20are%20because%20of%20extreme%20talent,%20intellect,%20etc.%0D%0AVery%20well%20written...I%20flew%20through%20it,%20I'm%20sure%20I'll%20read%20it%20again.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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