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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6481015-essie-in-progress">Essie in Progress: A Novel (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2935675.Marjorie_Presten">Marjorie Presten</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:38:46 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Jack and Essie both work for the same company. They’ve been happily married for many years. Their world starts changing when they discover there is a third child on the way. Jack and Essie start to think about live differently with another mouth to feed and more responsibility. Change! It was happ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/Jack%20and%20Essie%20both%20work%20for%20the%20same%20company.%20They%E2%80%99ve%20been%20happily%20married%20for%20many%20years.%20Their%20world%20starts%20changing%20when%20they%20discover%20there%20is%20a%20third%20child%20on%20the%20way.%20Jack%20and%20Essie%20start%20to%20think%20about%20live%20differently%20with%20another%20mouth%20to%20feed%20and%20more%20responsibility.%20Change!%20It%20was%20happening%20on%20all%20fronts%20in%20their%20lives.%20Essie%20and%20her%20husband%20felt%20overwhelmed%20and%20insignificant.%20%0D%0A%20%0D%0AEssie%20seeks%20the%20counsel%20of%20a%20friend%20she%20says,%20%E2%80%9CYour%20job%20doesn%E2%80%99t%20make%20you%20who%20you%20are.%20What%20you%20believe%20is%20what%20makes%20you%20who%20you%20are.%E2%80%9D%20Ada%E2%80%99s%20pronouncement%20about%20the%20image-bearing%20child%20of%20God%20she%20was%20designed%20to%20be.%20%E2%80%9CYou%20were%20born%20to%20shimmer!%E2%80%9D%0D%0A%20%0D%0AOh%20yeah,%20Essie%20was%20pregnant,%20shimmer%20was%20the%20furthest%20thing%20she%20was%20feeling%20right%20then.%20Funny%20though%20this%20confirmed%20the%20very%20thing%20her%20husband,%20Jack,%20had%20just%20told%20her%20a%20short%20time%20ago,%20%E2%80%9CHoney,%20what%20I%E2%80%99m%20saying%20is%20your%20job%20doesn%E2%80%99t%20make%20you%20who%20you%20are!%20You%E2%80%99re%20a%20daughter%20of%20the%20king%20whether%20you%20take%20his%20new%20job%20assignment%20or%20not.%E2%80%9D%0D%0A%20%0D%0AI%20enjoyed%20how%20Majorie%20Preston%20showed%20Essie%E2%80%99s%20struggle%20to%20make%20sense%20of%20her%20changing%20world.%20A%20new%20baby%20was%20exciting%20but%20it%20really%20changed%20things.%20As%20a%20mom%20it%E2%80%99s%20easy%20to%20get%20lost%20in%20the%20cares%20and%20concerns%20of%20her%20family%20and%20lose%20focus%20of%20the%20bigger%20picture.%20Her%20job%20was%20making%20things%20complicated%20as%20well.%20Essie%20felt%20in%20control%20now%20but%20she%20was%20slowly%20losing%20it%20as%20the%20thought%20of%20this%20little%20one%20and%20her%20new%20job%20focus,%20how%20was%20she%20going%20to%20manage%20all%20of%20this%3F%20%20Her%20life%20was%20out%20of%20her%20control,%20the%20very%20place%20God%20could%20so%20His%20best%20work%20in%20our%20lives%20if%20we%20let%20Him!%0D%0A%20%0D%0AI%20like%20how%20Ms.%20Tuttle%20talks%20to%20Essie,%20%E2%80%9CIf%20you%20characterize%20your%20life%20by%20what%20you%20give%20rather%20than%20by%20what%20you%20get,%20you%20will%20discover%20that%20extra%20ordinary,%20image-bearing%20child%20of%20God%20you%20were%20designed%20to%20be.%20A%20shinning%20reflection%20of%20His%20glory.%E2%80%9D%0D%0A%20%0D%0AGod%20says%20we%20are%20to%20live%20in%20this%20world%20but%20not%20be%20of%20it!%20We%20have%20a%20choice%20to%20make%20daily,%20sometimes%20hourly%E2%80%94are%20we%20going%20to%20walk%20in%20what%20the%20world%20says%20we%20should%20be%20and%20what%20is%20important%20or%20are%20we%20going%20to%20listen%20to%20our%20heavenly%20Father%20(our%20creator),%20and%20what%20He%20says%20we%20are%20and%20how%20we%20are%20should%20live%3F%20It%E2%80%99s%20a%20struggle%20but%20well%20worth%20the%20fight%20to%20keep%20the%20main%20thing%20the%20main%20thing!%20I%20really%20liked%20how%20the%20author%20brought%20this%20out%20in%20the%20story%20through%20her%20colorful%20but%20believable%20characters.%20%0D%0A%20%0D%0A%20%0D%0AACFW%20Book%20Club%20Coordinator%0D%0AFinding%20Hope%20Through%20Fiction%0D%0Awww.psalm516.blogspot.com">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6329618.eye_of_the_god">eye of the god (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/485025.Ariel_Allison">Ariel Allison</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 13:29:00 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Don’t you just love the cover of this book? It’s the reason I signed up to receive a review copy of it. The Hope diamond is featured on the front cover. The author talks about the diamonds history, its allure, the suspense and drama in getting ownership of it, and the legacy attached to this one...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/Don%E2%80%99t%20you%20just%20love%20the%20cover%20of%20this%20book%3F%20It%E2%80%99s%20the%20reason%20I%20signed%20up%20to%20receive%20a%20review%20copy%20of%20it.%20The%20Hope%20diamond%20is%20featured%20on%20the%20front%20cover.%20The%20author%20talks%20about%20the%20diamonds%20history,%20its%20allure,%20the%20suspense%20and%20drama%20in%20getting%20ownership%20of%20it,%20and%20the%20legacy%20attached%20to%20this%20one%20of%20a%20kind%20blue%20diamond.%20Who%20knew%20there%20was%20that%20much%20to%20talk%20about%3F%20Who%20knew%20of%20all%20the%20misfortune%20associated%20with%20this%20diamond%20and%20its%20owners%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AAriel%20Allison%20begins%20this%20story%20in%201653,%20Golconda,%20India,%20where%20the%20blue%20diamond%20is%20discovered.%20I%20enjoyed%20the%20way%20this%20author%20weaves%20history%20into%20the%20pages%20of%20this%20book.%20After%20you%20learn%20how%20the%20diamond%20was%20found%20the%20story%20rolls%20into%20current%20time%20at%20the%20Smithsonian%20Institute%E2%80%99s%20where%20curator%20Dr.%20Abigail%20Mitchell%20to%20setting%20up%20a%20celebration%E2%80%94fund%20raiser%20featuring%20the%20Hope%20Diamond.%20The%20fun%20begins%20as%20Abigail%20prepares%20and%20triple%20checks%20security%20measures%20to%20make%20sure%20the%20diamond%20doesn%E2%80%99t%20get%20stolen%20on%20her%20watch.%0D%0A%0D%0AShe%20is%20an%20expert%20on%20the%20Hope%20Diamond%20even%20did%20her%20masters%20thesis%20on%20the%20subject,%20who%20better%20to%20be%20the%20master%20of%20ceremonies%20for%20that%20nights%20big%20event.%20I%20also%20liked%20how%20Ariel%20Allison%20would%20have%20Dr.%20Mitchell%20tell%20an%20interviewer%20about%20an%20event%20or%20a%20tragedy%20associated%20with%20the%20diamond,%20giving%20details%20of%20the%20event%20in%20history.%20Then%20the%20next%20chapter%20would%20be%20that%20story%20brought%20to%20life%20by%20the%20very%20characters%20that%20Abby%20had%20just%20explained%20in%20the%20previous%20chapter.%20I%20thought%20it%20was%20a%20very%20nice%20touch.%20%20It%20wasn%E2%80%99t%20confusing%20but%20it%20actually%20brought%20you%20really%20up-close%20and%20personal%20with%20the%20curses,%20and%20drama%20the%20former%20owners%20of%20the%20Hope%20Diamond%20went%20through.%20Starting%20with%20Louis%20XVI,%20Marie%20Antoinette%20all%20the%20way%20through%20to%20Jackie%20Kennedy!%20Wow!%20This%20diamond%20has%20quite%20a%20reputation!%0D%0A%0D%0AThis%20story%20reminds%20me%20of%20a%20Mission%20Impossible,%20the%20movie.%20Dr.%20Abigail%20Mitchell%20suspects%20that%20the%20Collectors,%20underground%20art%20thieves,%20might%20attempt%20to%20steal%20the%20diamond%20the%20night%20of%20the%20big%20celebration.%20She%20had%20to%20do%20everything%20in%20her%20power%20to%20prevent%20that%20from%20happening.%0D%0A%0D%0AThis%20story%20is%20full%20of%20twists%20and%20turns%20and%20I%20enjoyed%20every%20minute%20of%20them.%20I%20can%E2%80%99t%20wait%20to%20read%20another%20suspense%20story%20by%20this%20author.%0D%0A%0D%0ANora%20St.%20Laurent%20%0D%0AACFW%20Book%20Club%20Coordinator%0D%0AFinding%20Hope%20Through%20Fiction%0D%0Awww.psalm516.blogspot.com">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6457680-white-picket-fences">White Picket Fences (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/60390.Susan_Meissner">Susan Meissner</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 13:21:20 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Secrets! When is it ok to keep a secret? This is what Amanda; Tally’s aunt says about them, “My grandmother had her secrets. My father had his. You have yours. And I… What do they really accomplish anyway? I mean, think about it. What secret did anyone any good? Can you think of one?”<br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/Secrets!%20When%20is%20it%20ok%20to%20keep%20a%20secret%3F%20This%20is%20what%20Amanda;%20Tally%E2%80%99s%20aunt%20says%20about%20them,%20%E2%80%9CMy%20grandmother%20had%20her%20secrets.%20My%20father%20had%20his.%20You%20have%20yours.%20And%20I%E2%80%A6%20What%20do%20they%20really%20accomplish%20anyway%3F%20I%20mean,%20think%20about%20it.%20What%20secret%20did%20anyone%20any%20good%3F%20Can%20you%20think%20of%20one%3F%E2%80%9D%0D%0A%0D%0ATally%20does%20think%20of%20a%20good%20secret.%20Josef%20and%20Eliasz%20told%20of%20their%20secret%20operation%20to%20save%20babies%20from%20the%20horrific%20conditions%20of%20the%20ghetto.%20It%20had%20to%20be%20kept%20a%20secret%20so%20that%20lives%20could%20be%20saved.%20Tally%20knew%20that%20her%20Aunt%20was%20hinting%20around%20that%20she%20should%20tell%20her%20the%20reason%20her%20father%20was%20off%20on%20a%20sudden%20trip%20to%20Europe.%20Her%20father%20has%20asked%20her%20not%20to%20tell%20and%20she%20wasn%E2%80%99t%20sure%20why%20but%20she%20wanted%20to%20keep%20the%20secret.%0D%0A%0D%0ATally%E2%80%99s%20father%20Bart%20is%20a%20drifter.%20Tally%20has%20lived%20more%20places%20than%20she%20could%20count.%20Bart%20left%20her%20at%20her%20grandmother%E2%80%99s%20house%20so%20that%20he%20could%20head%20to%20Warsaw%20to%20uncover%20a%20family%20secret.%20He%20would%20come%20for%20Tally%20after%20he%20found%20what%20he%20was%20looking%20for.%20But%20something%20neither%20of%20them%20planned%20on%20happened%20at%20her%20grandmother%E2%80%99s%20house.%20%0D%0A%0D%0AAfter%20that%20unfortunate%20event%20Tally%20goes%20to%20temporally%20stay%20with%20Aunt%20Amanda%20and%20Uncle%20Neil,%20with%20their%20two%20children%20Chase%20and%20Delcey.%20Tally%20observes%20this%20two%20parented%20family.%20This%20is%20the%20first%20time%20for%20her%20to%20stay%20with%20them.%20Delcey%20isn%E2%80%99t%20crazy%20about%20sharing%20her%20room%20or%20having%20anything%20to%20do%20with%20her.%20Chase%20is%20in%20the%20same%20grade%20and%20they%20team%20up%20to%20do%20a%20project%20for%20school.%20Chase%20included%20his%20best%20friend%20in%20the%20mix%20as%20well.%20The%20three%20of%20them%20head%20out%20to%20learn%20about%20the%20Holocaust%20and%20its%20survivors.%20Chase%20just%20so%20happens%20to%20know%20two%20men%20in%20a%20nursing%20home%20they%20can%20talk%20to.%0D%0A%0D%0AWhen%20Josef%20and%20Eliasz%20start%20sharing%20their%20story%20something%20is%20stirred%20in%20Chase%20and%20he%20can%E2%80%99t%20shake%20it.%20He%20starts%20to%20have%20nightmares%20and%20soon%20realizes%20that%20what%20he%E2%80%99s%20haunted%20by%20in%20his%20sleep%20is%20real.%20He%20searches%20for%20the%20missing%20pieces%20of%20his%20families%20past%20that%20will%20help%20him%20uncover%20some%20family%20secrets%20that%20have%20to%20be%20exposed.%20He%20could%20not%20be%20tortured%20by%20them%20anymore.%0D%0A%0D%0ASusan%20once%20again%20pens%20a%20remarkable%20story%20I%20hadn%E2%80%99t%20expected.%20Her%20characters%20are%20believable,%20and%20talk%20about%20things%20you%20only%20think%20of,%20but%20don%E2%80%99t%20say.%20%20I%20truly%20liked%20how%20she%20discussed%20the%20horrific%20subject%20matter%20of%20the%20Holocaust,%20the%20survivors%20and%20the%20matter%20of%20family%20secrets.%20Which%20do%20you%20keep%20and%20which%20ones%20need%20telling%20no%20matter%20how%20painful%20you%20might%20think%20it%20will%20be%20to%20expose%20them.%20%20This%20is%20one%20very%20compelling%20story,%20of%20fighting%20for%20what%20is%20right,%20loving%20till%20it%20hurts%20and%20developing%20relationships%20that%20are%20loving%20and%20matter.%20I%20received%20a%20review%20copy%20of%20this%20book%20and%20I%E2%80%99m%20very%20glad%20I%20did.%0D%0A%0D%0ANora%20St.Laurent%0D%0AACFW%20Book%20Club%20Coordinator%0D%0AFinding%20Hope%20Through%20Fiction%0D%0Awww.psalm516.blogspot.com">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6640936-the-christmas-dog">The Christmas Dog (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7383.Melody_Carlson">Melody Carlson</a>]]></action_text>
    <link>http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79293834</link>
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    <updated_at>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 10:06:28 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Melody Carlson is such a talented and diversified author, so when the opportunity came to receive a review copy of her new Christmas book, I jumped at the chance to read it! Each of Melody’s books has its own voice and style. That’s what I love about her writing. The Christmas Dog is no exceptio...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/Melody%20Carlson%20is%20such%20a%20talented%20and%20diversified%20author,%20so%20when%20the%20opportunity%20came%20to%20receive%20a%20review%20copy%20of%20her%20new%20Christmas%20book,%20I%20jumped%20at%20the%20chance%20to%20read%20it!%20Each%20of%20Melody%E2%80%99s%20books%20has%20its%20own%20voice%20and%20style.%20That%E2%80%99s%20what%20I%20love%20about%20her%20writing.%20The%20Christmas%20Dog%20is%20no%20exception.%20Melody%20writes%20this%20book%20in%20the%20point%20of%20view%20of%20Betty%20Kowalski,%20an%20elderly%20woman%20who%E2%80%99s%20preparing%20for%20a%2050th%20Anniversary%20party%20for%20her%20friends%20right%20before%20Christmas.%20Out%20of%20the%20blue,%20her%20granddaughter,%20Avery,%20shows%20up%20and%20wants%20to%20help%20with%20the%20party%20decorations.%0D%0A%20%0D%0ABetty%20discovers%20a%20little%20dog%20at%20their%20back%20door%20while%20Avery%20is%20visiting%20and%20wants%20to%20give%20it%20to%20the%20pound%20and%20would%20have%20if%20Avery%20hadn%E2%80%99t%20asked%20to%20keep%20the%20dog..%20Betty%E2%80%99s%20never%20had%20a%20dog%20and%20this%20one%20is%20dirty.%20Avery%20tells%20her%20grandma%20that%20she%20will%20take%20care%20of%20everything,%20and%20not%20to%20worry.%20Could%20she%20trust%20Avery%3F%20Avery%20was%20so%20happy%20about%20the%20dog,%20Betty%20gives%20in.%0D%0A%20%0D%0ABetty%20remembers%20what%20her%20mother%20says,%E2%80%9D%20I%20do%20remember%20my%20mother%20once%20telling%20me%20that%20kindness%20builds%20bridges.%E2%80%9D%0D%0A%20%0D%0AThis%20reminds%20Betty%20of%20her%20pastor%20and%20his%20recent%20sermon.%20She%20remembers,%20%E2%80%9CHow%20was%20it%20possible%20to%20love%20someone%20so%20completely%20disagreeable%20and%20inconsiderate%20and%20downright%20evil%3F%20Really,%20she%20thought%20as%20she%20stood%20up,%20even%20Pastor%20Gordon%20would%20be%20singing%20a%20different%20tune%20if%20he%20was%20forced%20to%20live%20next%20to%20Jack%20Jones.%22%20Now%20her%20granddaughter%20was%20here%20and%20wanted%20to%20keep%20this%20dog.%20God%20was%20doing%20a%20work%20on%20her,%20Betty%20could%20sense%20it.%0D%0A%20%0D%0AGod%20moves%20in%20mysterious%20ways%20and%20will%20stir%20our%20hearts%20to%20do%20His%20will%20if%20we%20let%20Him.%20Melody%20has%20penned%20a%20heart%20warming%20story%20that%20will%20leave%20you%20satisfied%20and%20get%20you%20in%20the%20spirit%20of%20Christmas%20cheer%20and%20ready%20to%20pass%20on%20God%E2%80%99s%20love.%0D%0A%20%0D%0ANora%20St.Laurent%0D%0AACFW%20Book%20Club%20Coordinator%0D%0AFinding%20Hope%20Through%20Fiction%0D%0Awww.psalm516.blogspot.com">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7064033-eternity-falls">Eternity Falls (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3102047.Kirk_Outerbridge">Kirk Outerbridge</a>]]></action_text>
    <link>http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79288429</link>
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    <updated_at>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 08:54:29 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I loved the cover of this book so much I wanted to read what was inside, so I signed up to received a review copy of this book. What a fun, wonderful and surprisingly wild action adventure, thrill ride I found inside. I didn’t expect to find a story with heart, soul and something to think about.<br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/I%20loved%20the%20cover%20of%20this%20book%20so%20much%20I%20wanted%20to%20read%20what%20was%20inside,%20so%20I%20signed%20up%20to%20received%20a%20review%20copy%20of%20this%20book.%20What%20a%20fun,%20wonderful%20and%20surprisingly%20wild%20action%20adventure,%20thrill%20ride%20I%20found%20inside.%20I%20didn%E2%80%99t%20expect%20to%20find%20a%20story%20with%20heart,%20soul%20and%20something%20to%20think%20about.%0D%0A%20%0D%0AGeneral%20Rick%20Macy%20with%20the%20Department%20of%20Civil%20Defense%20and%20Intelligence%20(CDI)%20office,%20is%20the%20best%20of%20the%20best%20in%20his%20field,%20that%20is%20why%20he%E2%80%99s%20called%20in%20to%20work%20on%20this%20unusual%20case.%20Someone%20has%20died%20of%20natural%20causes%20but%20the%20CEO%20of%20Miracle%20Treatment,%20Sheila,%20thinks%20otherwise.%20The%20victim%20Greta%20Darling%20had%20been%20taking%20Miracle%20Treatments%20to%20live%20forever.%20Death%20wasn%E2%80%99t%20a%20possibility.%20There%20had%20to%20be%20fowl%20play.%20Sheila%20will%20pay%20any%20price%20to%20get%20to%20the%20bottom%20of%20this%20murder.%20They%20both%20will%20pay%20more%20than%20then%20they%20realized.%0D%0A%20%0D%0AThe%20character%20Macy%20reminds%20me%20of%20John%20McClaine,%20played%20by%20Bruce%20Willis%20in%20the%20Die%20Hard%20movies.%20The%20back%20drop%20of%20this%20movie%20reminds%20me%20of%20a%20futuristic%20space%20drama.%20He%E2%80%99s%20one%20cop%20you%20don%E2%80%99t%20want%20to%20mess%20with,%20but%20want%20him%20on%20your%20side.%20%0D%0A%20%0D%0AThis%20was%20a%20fun%20and%20exciting%20cyber%20adventure%20you%E2%80%99ll%20want%20to%20take.%20The%20author%20brings%20up%20some%20interesting%20issues%20this%20community%20and%20the%20CEO%20of%20Miracle%20Treatment%20have%20to%20deal%20with.%20It%20leads%20them%20to%20consider%20there%20is%20a%20God%20that%20wants%20a%20personal%20relationship%20with%20all%20mankind.%20Here%E2%80%99s%20a%20sneak%20peek:%0D%0A%20%0D%0A%E2%80%9CDespite%20what%20the%20rest%20of%20the%20world%20does,%20our%20duty%20is%20to%20remain%20faithful%20as%20an%20example%20to%20others.%20Don%E2%80%99t%20you%20think%20God%20could%20make%20everyone%20obey%20Him%3F%20So,%20why%20doesn%E2%80%99t%20He%3F%20I%E2%80%99ll%20tell%20you%20why.%20Because%20God%20doesn%E2%80%99t%20want%20forced%20obedience.%20God%20wants%20love,%20and%20love%20involves%20a%20choice.%20Every%20human%20being%20needs%20to%20choose%20for%20himself.%E2%80%9D%0D%0A%20%0D%0AThe%20imagery%20in%20this%20book%20reminded%20me%20of%20I%20Robot%20with%20its%20crazy%20car%20chases%20and%20robots%20with%20all%20the%20cyber%20fighting,%20new%20fangled%20gadgets%20and%20technology.%20With%20an%20access%20code%20you%20could%20enter%20someone%E2%80%99s%20mind%20and%20talk%20to%20each%20other%20virtually...very%20cool!%20I%E2%80%99d%20read%20this%20book%20again!%0D%0A%20%0D%0ANora%20St.Laurent%0D%0AACFW%20Book%20Club%20Coordinator%0D%0AFinding%20Hope%20Through%20Fiction%0D%0Awww.psalm516.blogspot.com">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6541609-the-familiar-stranger">The Familiar Stranger (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2959179.Christina_Berry">Christina Berry</a>]]></action_text>
    <link>http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79281063</link>
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    <updated_at>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 06:28:37 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I’m so thankful I received this book as a gift. Christina grabbed my attention on the very first page. I read this book in one day! I was drawn into the characters and their situation hook, line and sinker. Christina Berry starts out the first chapter in the point of view of Craig Littleton, Denis...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/I%E2%80%99m%20so%20thankful%20I%20received%20this%20book%20as%20a%20gift.%20Christina%20grabbed%20my%20attention%20on%20the%20very%20first%20page.%20I%20read%20this%20book%20in%20one%20day!%20I%20was%20drawn%20into%20the%20characters%20and%20their%20situation%20hook,%20line%20and%20sinker.%20Christina%20Berry%20starts%20out%20the%20first%20chapter%20in%20the%20point%20of%20view%20of%20Craig%20Littleton,%20Denise%E2%80%99s%20husband.%20In%20the%20next%20chapter,%20Christina%20describes%20the%20very%20same%20scene%20from%20Denise%E2%80%99s%20point%20of%20view.%20This%20added%20such%20richness%20to%20the%20story,%20knowing%20each%20person%20feelings,%20what%20they%20were%20really%20communicating%20when%20they%20talked%20to%20one%20other,%20and%20how%20each%20viewed%20their%20marriage%20situation.%20I%20love%20it.%20It%20brought%20depth%20to%20this%20heart%20felt,%20touching%20story,%20where%20I%20sympathized%20with%20the%20characters%20and%20the%20dilemma%E2%80%99s%20they%20faced.%0D%0A%0D%0AAfter%20a%20serious%20accident,%20Denise%20discovers%20unbelievable%20things%20about%20her%20husband.%20Can%20all%20these%20things%20be%20true%3F%20Married%20twenty%20years,%20how%20could%20she%20not%20have%20known%20any%20of%20this%3F%0D%0AGod%20was%20asking%20the%20impossible%20from%20Denise.%20Her%20Pastor%20asked%20her%20these%20three%20questions.%20%E2%80%9C1.%20Are%20you%20angry%3F%20%202.%20Do%20you%20love%20him%3F%203.%20The%20hardest.%20Are%20you%20going%20to%20forgive%20him%3F%22%0D%0A%0D%0ADenise%20responds,%20%22Forgive%20him%20again,%20you%20mean.%20How%20can%20I%3F%E2%80%9D%0D%0A%0D%0AI%20was%20fascinated%20and%20intrigued%20by%20this%20unforgettable%20story%20of%20deceit,%20betrayal,%20forgiveness%20and%20true%20love.%20I%20couldn%E2%80%99t%20put%20it%20down.%20%20I%20can%E2%80%99t%20believe%20this%20is%20Christina%20Berry%E2%80%99s%20first%20novel.%20She's%20an%20author%20to%20watch;%20I%20can%E2%80%99t%20wait%20to%20see%20what%20she%20writes%20about%20next.%20You%E2%80%99ll%20be%20wondering%20too.%0D%0A%0D%0ANora%20St.Laurent%0D%0AFinding%20Hope%20Through%20Fiction%0D%0Awww.psalm516.blogspot.com">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6461724-the-fence-my-father-built">The Fence My Father Built (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2927983.Linda_S_Clare">Linda S. Clare</a>]]></action_text>
    <link>http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75935436</link>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:45:18 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[ Linda Clare pens a heart warming and sensitive story about a woman, Muri Pond, whose whole world has been turned upside down with her pending divorce. An Aunt she hardly knows seeks her out for help; help in keeping the property that belonged to her father—the father she never remembered meeting....<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/%20Linda%20Clare%20pens%20a%20heart%20warming%20and%20sensitive%20story%20about%20a%20woman,%20Muri%20Pond,%20whose%20whole%20world%20has%20been%20turned%20upside%20down%20with%20her%20pending%20divorce.%20An%20Aunt%20she%20hardly%20knows%20seeks%20her%20out%20for%20help;%20help%20in%20keeping%20the%20property%20that%20belonged%20to%20her%20father%E2%80%94the%20father%20she%20never%20remembered%20meeting.%20She%20had%20hopes%20of%20meeting%20him%20someday%20but%20learns%20from%20her%20Aunt,%20her%20father%20is%20dead.%0D%0A%0D%0AMuri%20brings%20her%20two%20teenage%20children%20to%20stay%20with%20her%20Aunt%20while%20she%20tries%20to%20understand%20the%20lawsuit%20against%20her%20father%E2%80%99s%20property%20for%20water%20rights.%20When%20they%20get%20to%20the%20Central%20Oregon%20high%20desert%20property;%20they%20soon%20discover%20that%20her%20Aunt%20lives%20in%20a%20trailer%20in%20the%20middle%20of%20nowhere,%20Muri%20wonders%20if%20she's%20done%20the%20right%20thing.%20There's%20no%20Super%20Wal-Mart,%20or%20any%20other%20modern%20convenience%20near%20by.%20Reality%20hits.%20What%20has%20she%20done%3F%0D%0A%0D%0ALife,%20as%20Muri%20and%20her%20children%20have%20known%20it,%20is%20over.%20Fighting%20this%20legal%20battle%20might%20take%20longer%20than%20Muri%20thinks.%20Her%20oldest%20child,%20Nova,%20gives%20her%20mother%20a%20really%20bad%20time%20(the%20way%20only%20teenagers%20can)%20about%20taking%20them%20away%20from%20her%20friends%20and%20the%20world%20they%20left%20behind.%20Nova%20couldn't%20get%20out%20of%20this%20desert%20trap%20fast%20enough.%0D%0A%0D%0AMuri%20discovers%20things%20about%20herself,%20her%20father%20and%20the%20beautiful%20nature%20around%20her%20that%20are%20surprising.%20In%20the%20author%20notes%20Linda%20reveals%20she%E2%80%99s%20had%20a%20similar%20journey%20in%20life%20where%20she%20was%20seeking%20to%20learn%20about%20her%20father%20and%20her%20Native%20American%20roots.%20I%20really%20enjoyed%20how%20Linda%20told%20this%20story%20though%20the%20eyes%20of%20Muri%20with%20all%20her%20struggles,%20feelings%20and%20wonder.%20I%20received%20a%20review%20copy%20of%20this%20book%20and%20I'm%20looking%20forward%20to%20reading%20more%20books%20by%20this%20author.%0D%0A%0D%0AFinding%20Hope%20Through%20Fiction%0D%0Awww.psalm516.blogspot.com">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6354402-the-seaside-letters">The Seaside Letters (Nantucket, #3)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/70495.Denise_Hunter">Denise Hunter</a>]]></action_text>
    <link>http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75874186</link>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 06:05:49 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[At first this book reminded me of the movie, You’ve Got Mail, with Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. It’s similar because it talks about an online relationship but brings in so many more twists and turns—it’s great!<br/><br/>Denise Hunter has a note to her readers, it says, “I’m so thankful to h...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/At%20first%20this%20book%20reminded%20me%20of%20the%20movie,%20You%E2%80%99ve%20Got%20Mail,%20with%20Tom%20Hanks%20and%20Meg%20Ryan.%20It%E2%80%99s%20similar%20because%20it%20talks%20about%20an%20online%20relationship%20but%20brings%20in%20so%20many%20more%20twists%20and%20turns%E2%80%94it%E2%80%99s%20great!%0D%0A%0D%0ADenise%20Hunter%20has%20a%20note%20to%20her%20readers,%20it%20says,%20%E2%80%9CI%E2%80%99m%20so%20thankful%20to%20have%20a%20God%20who%20seeks%20me%20out,%20one%20who%20persistently%20pursues%20me%E2%80%94despite%20my%20efforts%20to%20hide%20and%20build%20walls%E2%80%94and%20lavishes%20love%20on%20me%20like%20I%E2%80%99m%20his%20only%20child.%E2%80%9D%20What%20a%20insight%20into%20this%20creative%20story.%0D%0A%0D%0ASabrina%20is%20a%20waitress%20and%20Tucker%20is%20a%20customer%20at%20her%20caf%C3%A9.%20Sabrina%20knows%20Tucker%20really%20well%20under%20the%20identity%20of%20Harbormaster.%20Tucker%20knows%20Sabrina%20by%20her%20computer%20name%20Sweet%20Pea.%20%20Neither%20of%20them%20realizes%20that%20they%20know%20the%20others%20secret%20identity.%20The%20only%20live%20conversation%20they%20have%20is%20Tucker%20asking%20for%20breakfast%20and%20coffee%20and%20Sabrina%20bringing%20it%20to%20him.%20%0D%0A%0D%0ASabrina%20has%20been%20hurt%20deeply%20and%20wants%20to%20keep%20the%20relationship%20at%20a%20safe%20distance%E2%80%94online%20safe.%20An%20internet%20relationship%20is%20easy,%20she%20could%20be%20accepted%20at%20face%20value;%20her%20opinions%20mattered%20and%20she%20could%20talk%20to%20her%20friend%20anytime.%20All%20was%20right%20with%20the%20world%20until%20Tucker%20wanted%20to%20meet%20her%20face%20to%20face.%20It%20had%20been%20a%20year%20and%20he%20wanted%20to%20take%20their%20on-line%20relationship%20to%20the%20next%20level.%0D%0A%0D%0ADenise%20grabbed%20my%20attention%20from%20the%20very%20beginning%20and%20did%20not%20disappoint.%20With%20every%20page%20the%20plot%20thickened.%20%20I%20had%20no%20idea%20how%20this%20thing%20could%20end.%20Denise%20is%20a%20master%20at%20weaving%20a%20complicated%20but%20simple%20story%20with%20very%20colorful%20characters,%20she%20makes%20you%20root%20for%20and%20have%20compassion%20for%20them.%20It%E2%80%99s%20a%20delightful,%20fun,%20soul%20searching,%20redeeming%20love%20story%E2%80%94you%20won%E2%80%99t%20soon%20forget.%0D%0A%0D%0ANora%20St.Laurent%0D%0AFinding%20Hope%20Through%20Fiction%0D%0Awww.psalm516.blogspot.com">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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