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    <about><![CDATA[Love to read - always have! Read an interesting column recently that discussed how American society is losing its love of reading. Partly because we have so much to read, in so many formats, that we have to read it quickly. We don't allow ourselves the time to curl up and sink into a grand story woven in a book...but when we do, oh when we do, it is a slice of heaven! Give yourself permission soon to take some time and indulge in a good book.]]></about>
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <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, 05 Oct 2008 04:31:20 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I am reading in anticipation of seeing the play Oct. 11 in Atlanta - can hardly wait!!<br/><br/>The book is unusual, but good. A bit dark and strangely funny! But I'm enjoying it. More after I finish and after the play!]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3153910.The_Art_of_Racing_in_the_Rain">The Art of Racing in the Rain (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/194531.Garth_Stein">Garth Stein</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 04:29:11 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I expected this to be another &quot;Marley and Me.&quot; In that it is about a dog's love for its people and its peoples' love of the dog, the two books are alike. But there is a sad undertone throughout &quot;Racing in the Rain,&quot; that I never felt in &quot;Marley.&quot;<br/><br/>Here's why: ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25024446">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 04:25:35 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I loved this book! I think it's where the &quot;Desperate Housewives&quot; creator found his inspiration.<br/><br/>Seriously, it's like DH in that it's four women, some wives, some divorced, and their real-life stories with their strong, lasting friendship woven throughout. Not as extremely ridicu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34559967">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 18:37:13 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Hi friend! Nice to have you here with me. :-)]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 2 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3431.The_Five_People_You_Meet_in_Heaven">The Five People You Meet in Heaven (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2331.Mitch_Albom">Mitch Albom</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 18:30:41 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I didn't love this book, and when I finally read it, I had a sense of deja vu the whole time. Made me think I had read it before and didn't like it enough to remember I had read it. ]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12691.Marley_Me_Love_and_Life_with_the_World_s_Worst_Dog">Marley &amp; Me: Love and Life with the World's Worst Dog (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8002.John_Grogan">John Grogan</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 18:29:14 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[<div style="font-style: italic">This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25024456">click here.</a></div>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[marked as to-read: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/362002.A_Land_Remembered">A Land Remembered (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/166192.Patrick_D_Smith">Patrick D. Smith</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 18:27:24 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/128029.A_Thousand_Splendid_Suns">A Thousand Splendid Suns (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/569.Khaled_Hosseini">Khaled Hosseini</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 18:09:34 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I read this before &quot;Kite Runner,&quot; and again was surprised by the changes in Afghanistan life...in my lifetime, since my dauther was born. Some violence in this was a bit disturbing, but it's not too graphic. Just disturbing because it was an accepted part of that lifestyle.]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 18:07:23 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[That once upon a time - in my lifetime - life in Afghanistan was nothing like it seems to be now. I should have known that but I didn't pay enough attention to world history back then. It's a well-written book and a powerful story.]]></body>
        
    
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