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    <updated_at>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:36:57 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
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    <updated_at>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:28:56 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <updated_at>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:27:03 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9566.Still_Life_with_Woodpecker">Still Life with Woodpecker (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/197.Tom_Robbins">Tom Robbins</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:29:01 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I like the book. I really did. The four stars that I gave it should be proof.<br/><br/>However, this book suffers the same affect on me as Mr. Robbins' other books: I struggle to get through them. It's not that they're difficult to read (they aren't). It's not that they aren't entertaining (they a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/I%20like%20the%20book.%20I%20really%20did.%20The%20four%20stars%20that%20I%20gave%20it%20should%20be%20proof.%0D%0A%0D%0AHowever,%20this%20book%20suffers%20the%20same%20affect%20on%20me%20as%20Mr.%20Robbins'%20other%20books:%20I%20struggle%20to%20get%20through%20them.%20It's%20not%20that%20they're%20difficult%20to%20read%20(they%20aren't).%20It's%20not%20that%20they%20aren't%20entertaining%20(they%20are,%20very%20much%20so).%20For%20some%20reason%20I%20can't%20stay%20enthusiastic%20about%20reading%20them.%20It's%20a%20phenomenon%20that%20I%20fail%20to%20understand.%20I've%20also%20read%20Jitterbug%20Perfume%20and%20Even%20Cowgirls%20Get%20the%20Blues;%20both%20times%20I%20struggled%20to%20get%20through%20them,%20both%20times%20I%20finished%20the%20book%20and%20looked%20back%20on%20the%20experience%20fondly.%0D%0A%0D%0AReally,%20this%20confuses%20me%20more%20than%20it%20confuses%20you.%20I%20wish%20I%20could%20explain%20it.%0D%0A%0D%0AAwesome%20book.%20Seriously.%20%0D%0A%0D%0AE.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 2 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4811067.Castle_A_Novel">Castle: A Novel (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/83852.J_Robert_Lennon">J. Robert Lennon</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 21:24:48 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[The story in this book was interesting, fairly entertaining, and had the potential to be explosive, but instead it merely fizzled along with just enough action to keep me reading. And although I don't mind unhappy or unclean endings, the ending to this book was unsatisfying, rushed, and lame. <br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/The%20story%20in%20this%20book%20was%20interesting,%20fairly%20entertaining,%20and%20had%20the%20potential%20to%20be%20explosive,%20but%20instead%20it%20merely%20fizzled%20along%20with%20just%20enough%20action%20to%20keep%20me%20reading.%20And%20although%20I%20don't%20mind%20unhappy%20or%20unclean%20endings,%20the%20ending%20to%20this%20book%20was%20unsatisfying,%20rushed,%20and%20lame.%20%0D%0A%0D%0AThe%20writing%20in%20the%20early%20stages%20of%20the%20story%20felt%20compressed%20and%20clumsy.%20The%20main%20character%20spends%20the%20first%20half%20of%20the%20book%20wondering%20why%20he's%20doing%20the%20things%20he's%20doing%20even%20though%20he's%20fully%20aware%20of%20his%20past%20and%20his%20motivations%20in%20the%20second%20half%20of%20the%20book.%20Other%20mysteries%20in%20the%20first%20half%20of%20the%20book%20aren't%20mysterious%20at%20all%20in%20the%20second%20half,%20again%20without%20the%20benefit%20of%20adequate%20connective%20tissue.%20I'm%20not%20sure%20why%20so%20many%20leaps%20occur%20in%20the%20narrative.%20Perhaps%20the%20publisher%20(one%20that%20I%20have%20never%20heard%20of%20before)%20was%20cheaping%20out%20on%20page%20counts%20and%20editing%20staff%3F%20I%20don't%20know.%0D%0A%0D%0AOverall,%20this%20book%20was%20lightly%20entertaining%20but%20frustrating%20and%20ultimately%20unsatisfying.%0D%0A%0D%0AOuch%3F%0D%0A%0D%0A">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 08:09:07 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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