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          <body><![CDATA[Wow- it must have been good if you gave it 5 stars!  Awesome. I know how you love a good diagram/chart~ ;)]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 11:21:17 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[is currently reading: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37442.Wicked_The_Life_and_Times_of_the_Wicked_Witch_of_the_West">Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (Wicked Years, #1)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7025.Gregory_Maguire">Gregory Maguire</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 11:20:55 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8088.Sunshine">Sunshine (Mass Market Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5339.Robin_McKinley">Robin McKinley</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:33:28 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Sunshine leads an ordinary life, baking pastries in the wee early morning hours of her stepfather's coffee shop. That is, until she is hypnotized by vampires, and chained to the wall of a dark, long deserted mansion with another vampire, Con. Yes, it does seem like she is a goner, but this one doesn...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/Sunshine%20leads%20an%20ordinary%20life,%20baking%20pastries%20in%20the%20wee%20early%20morning%20hours%20of%20her%20stepfather's%20coffee%20shop.%20That%20is,%20until%20she%20is%20hypnotized%20by%20vampires,%20and%20chained%20to%20the%20wall%20of%20a%20dark,%20long%20deserted%20mansion%20with%20another%20vampire,%20Con.%20Yes,%20it%20does%20seem%20like%20she%20is%20a%20goner,%20but%20this%20one%20doesn't%20actually%20want%20to%20suck%20her%20dry.%20He%20is%20rebelling%20against%20their%20captors,%20so%20Sunshine%20gets%20to%20live.%20And%20when%20she%20finds%20a%20way%20to%20escape,%20she%20returns%20his%20compassion%20and%20releases%20Con.%20This%20act%20is%20unprecedented%20by%20any%20other%20human%20(whoever%20heard%20of%20rescuing%20a%20vampire%3F);%20a%20bond%20is%20created,%20and%20an%20alliance%20is%20formed.%20Sunshine%20expects%20her%20death%20has%20only%20been%20delayed,%20but%20will%20she%20and%20Con%20be%20able%20to%20overcome%20the%20master%20Vampire%20Bo%20before%20he%20finds%20and%20destroys%20them%3F%0D%0A%0D%0ARobin%20McKinley%20is%20a%20writer%20of%20fantasy.%20But%20Sunshine%20is%20not%20like%20any%20of%20her%20other%20books,%20all%20of%20which%20are%20written%20for%20young%20adult%20or%20juvenile%20readers%E2%80%94and%20I've%20read%20them%20all.%20Many%20times.%20With%20Sunshine,%20McKinley%20has%20taken%20a%20completely%20different%20route%20from%20her%20style%20of%20writing,%20to%20her%20types%20of%20characters%20(namely%20vampires),%20to%20the%20language%E2%80%94for%20both%20her%20human%20and%20mythical%20creatures.%20Some%20of%20the%20street%20slang%20in%20this%20book%20was%20over%20my%20head,%20but%20she%20has%20proven%20she%20has%20a%20talent%20to%20romanticize%20vampires,%20as%20Anne%20Rice%20does.%20I%20found%20myself%20reading%20late%20into%20the%20night%20with%20this%20one.%20I%20was%20riveted,%20and%20almost,%20I%20wanted%20to%20meet%20a%20vampire%20for%20myself,%20to%20see%20with%20their%20clarity.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:58:12 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/421905.The_Castle_Corona">The Castle Corona (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/11633.Sharon_Creech">Sharon Creech</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 09:57:04 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This was great- the illustrations were graphic- enough to keep an older kid (or teen) interested, but not too scary for my 7-year-old.  I wonder if they made the second book into a graphic novel as well?  If so I need to order it for the library that is my second home~  :)]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/841628.The_Hitchhiker_s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy_A_Trilogy_in_Four_Parts">The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy in Four Parts (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4.Douglas_Adams">Douglas Adams</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 07:26:41 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Douglas Adams is hilariously clever, and I'm looking forward to the next 3 (well 4, someday 5 with some help from Eoin Colfer?) books in this trilogy.  His writing style reminds me very much of Terry Pratchett.  This is a fantastic book to listen to on CD, although it makes for slightly dangerous dr...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/Douglas%20Adams%20is%20hilariously%20clever,%20and%20I'm%20looking%20forward%20to%20the%20next%203%20(well%204,%20someday%205%20with%20some%20help%20from%20Eoin%20Colfer%3F)%20books%20in%20this%20trilogy.%20%20His%20writing%20style%20reminds%20me%20very%20much%20of%20Terry%20Pratchett.%20%20This%20is%20a%20fantastic%20book%20to%20listen%20to%20on%20CD,%20although%20it%20makes%20for%20slightly%20dangerous%20driving%20when%20I'm%20laughing%20so%20hard%20I%20nearly%20drive%20into%20the%20people%20next%20to%20me...%20%20(okay,%20not%20really)">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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