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    <updated_at>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:02:21 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
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    <updated_at>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 09:27:52 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Did this one as an audiobook. Great reader. I loved a lot about this book, particularly the ending. ]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[is currently reading: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2278387.Saturn_s_Children">Saturn's Children (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8794.Charles_Stross">Charles Stross</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 14:49:12 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[<em>Don't judge a book by its cover. Don't judge a book by its cover. Don't judge a book by its cover.</em> Phew. Okay. I'm ready to read.]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 14:45:06 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This year's Hugo nominees have been providing an very interesting cross section of the genre. You have the incredibly detailed, epic, world-building Anathem; the juvenile dark fantasy for kids of the Graveyard Book; and now this, a book aimed at teens, confronting them directly with real issues that...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50447377">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:09:51 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2213661.The_Graveyard_Book">The Graveyard Book (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1221698.Neil_Gaiman">Neil Gaiman</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:00:15 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This is an excellent young adult book. I would have absolutely adored it as a kid and I will enjoy recommending it to or reading it with my own daughter. However, it had the disadvantage of being read after I finished Anathem, and the two books couldn't be more different. The Graveyard Book is a fan...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50447487">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:14:16 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This was a great biography of an influential president. I had a general sense of Jackson as a horrible president, responsible for a number of atrocities against human rights during his two terms. I knew he had been a strong advocate of slavery and had defied the Supreme Court to drive the Indians ou...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50447758">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[marked as to-read: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2102600.Zoe_s_Tale">Zoe's Tale (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4763.John_Scalzi">John Scalzi</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:08:00 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11012.Dubliners">Dubliners (World's Classics)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5144.James_Joyce">James Joyce</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:28:45 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Another audiobook. I found most of these vignettes interesting, a few absolutely engrossing and a couple dull. Overall, it's a fascinating look at a city through the eyes of its inhabitants. It actually represents the author's reflection on his own culture. He has a keen eye, but the filter he sees ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37298848">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8629.Master_and_Commander_Aubrey_Maturin_Book_1_UNABRIDGED_">Master and Commander (Aubrey/Maturin Book 1) [UNABRIDGED]</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5600.Patrick_O_Brian">Patrick O'Brian</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sun, 09 Nov 2008 20:30:54 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I listened to this on audiobook. I quite liked it, although I could have done with slightly less detail on the ship's sails and such. My favorite aspect was the absolute reality of the characters. They are all flawed individuals, but that doesn't make them any less likable. It makes them more human....<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37298642">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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