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    <updated_at>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 16:32:01 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[i can't believe you're actually reading fiction! you hardly ever do that! makes me feel better.]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6219362.Windless_Summer">Windless Summer (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/97071.Heather_Sharfeddin">Heather Sharfeddin</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:14:22 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Good book. Sort of paranormal but parts of the book could have been elaborated on to make it deeper and more interesting and in the end, I felt sort of shallow, like something was missing.  Even the ending was very abrupt and although I think the author intended it to be that way, I just wasn't read...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/Good%20book.%20Sort%20of%20paranormal%20but%20parts%20of%20the%20book%20could%20have%20been%20elaborated%20on%20to%20make%20it%20deeper%20and%20more%20interesting%20and%20in%20the%20end,%20I%20felt%20sort%20of%20shallow,%20like%20something%20was%20missing.%20%20Even%20the%20ending%20was%20very%20abrupt%20and%20although%20I%20think%20the%20author%20intended%20it%20to%20be%20that%20way,%20I%20just%20wasn't%20ready%20for%20it%20yet.%20Not%20to%20say%20I%20was%20so%20absorbed,%20I%20just%20felt%20like%20the%20story%20needed%20a%20little%20bit%20more.%20%20But%20I%20did%20overall%20like%20the%20premise%20behind%20the%20book%20-%20a%20motel,%20in%20a%20usually%20busy%20windsurfing%2Ftourist%20town,%20one%20summer%20has%20an%20unexpected%20tourist%20dry-up%20because%20of%20the%20lack%20of%20wind.%20But%20guests%20checking%20into%20one%20certain%20room%20keep%20turning%20up%20with%20various%20big%20events%20happening%20in%20their%20lives%20after%20check-out.%20Strange%20themes%20but%20pretty%20good%20book....%20I%20don't%20know%20what%20else%20to%20say.%20">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6131767.Henry_s_Sisters">Henry's Sisters (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/422343.Cathy_Lamb">Cathy Lamb</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:08:37 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I just don't know what to think of this book! It was an ok read, like it kept my interest but the end certainly didn't go with the beginning. It just made such a turn about 2/3 through the book that it threw me. There was plenty of bad language and some of the topics were questionable but it might h...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/I%20just%20don't%20know%20what%20to%20think%20of%20this%20book!%20It%20was%20an%20ok%20read,%20like%20it%20kept%20my%20interest%20but%20the%20end%20certainly%20didn't%20go%20with%20the%20beginning.%20It%20just%20made%20such%20a%20turn%20about%202%2F3%20through%20the%20book%20that%20it%20threw%20me.%20There%20was%20plenty%20of%20bad%20language%20and%20some%20of%20the%20topics%20were%20questionable%20but%20it%20might%20have%20been%20a%20good%20bookclub%20book%20for%20a%20less%20sensitive%20crowd.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24731.The_Tortilla_Curtain">The Tortilla Curtain (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1064072.T_C_Boyle">T.C. Boyle</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 19:50:53 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[The issue of immigration has been a hot topic these past few years and I frankly don't know much about it. Here in Utah there are a lot of Mexicans that come to work here but I'm not really aware of the impact they have on our economy.  This book takes a fictional journey into the impact that illega...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/The%20issue%20of%20immigration%20has%20been%20a%20hot%20topic%20these%20past%20few%20years%20and%20I%20frankly%20don't%20know%20much%20about%20it.%20Here%20in%20Utah%20there%20are%20a%20lot%20of%20Mexicans%20that%20come%20to%20work%20here%20but%20I'm%20not%20really%20aware%20of%20the%20impact%20they%20have%20on%20our%20economy.%20%20This%20book%20takes%20a%20fictional%20journey%20into%20the%20impact%20that%20illegal%20immigration%20has%20on%20one%20small%20area%20in%20Southern%20California.%20But%20it%20does%20so%20by%20delving%20into%20both%20sides%20of%20the%20story%20-%20both%20from%20the%20US%20nationals'%20perspectives%20as%20well%20as%20those%20of%20the%20illegals.%20%20The%20book%20was%20touching,%20revealing%20and%20definitely%20worth%20reading.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/669092.Taking_Care_of_Cleo_A_Novel">Taking Care of Cleo: A Novel (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/356806.Bill_Broder">Bill Broder</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 17:22:55 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/348225.These_Is_My_Words">These Is My Words (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/29184.Nancy_E_Turner">Nancy E. Turner</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 17:32:58 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14866.Nineteen_Minutes">Nineteen Minutes (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7128.Jodi_Picoult">Jodi Picoult</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 20:22:21 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[added: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3974.The_Terror">The Terror (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2687.Dan_Simmons">Dan Simmons</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 20:20:41 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[While I was reading this book, I didn't realize at the time that the events were based upon true history. But the book so captivated me that I did a search when I was through for the various events and thus found that it was in fact a &quot;sort of&quot; true story.<br/><br/>Back in 1845, HMS Erab...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/While%20I%20was%20reading%20this%20book,%20I%20didn't%20realize%20at%20the%20time%20that%20the%20events%20were%20based%20upon%20true%20history.%20But%20the%20book%20so%20captivated%20me%20that%20I%20did%20a%20search%20when%20I%20was%20through%20for%20the%20various%20events%20and%20thus%20found%20that%20it%20was%20in%20fact%20a%20%22sort%20of%22%20true%20story.%0D%0A%0D%0ABack%20in%201845,%20HMS%20Erabus%20and%20HMS%20Terror%20embarked%20on%20a%20mission%20to%20find%20the%20northwest%20passage%20in%20the%20arctic%20to%20connect%20the%20atlantic%20and%20pacific%20oceans.%20Unfortunately%20the%20ships%20attempted%20a%20route%20that%20was%20too%20late%20in%20the%20fall%20season%20and%20they%20consequently%20were%20stuck%20in%20ice%20that%20never%20thawed%20enough%20to%20let%20the%20ships%20out%20(for%203%20years!).%20Plagued%20by%20scurvy%20and%20just%20bitter%20winter%20cold,%20they%20decided%20to%20abandon%20the%20ailing%20ships%20and%20make%20a%20trek%20to%20land%20where%20they%20might%20be%20rescued.%20%20According%20to%20history,%20every%20one%20of%20the%20men%20perished%20and%20were%20never%20heard%20from%20again.%20%20However,%20this%20book%20adds%20the%20author's%20fictional%20interpretation%20of%20what%20might%20have%20happened%20instead.%20%20And%20it's%20good.%20Really%20good.%20It's%20suspenseful,%20educational%20and%20entertaining,%20and%20I%20wish%20it%20would%20have%20continued%20on!%20I%20hate%20when%20good%20books%20end!">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1230960.The_Thirteenth_Tale_A_Novel">The Thirteenth Tale : A Novel (Unabridged)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/22665.Diane_Setterfield">Diane Setterfield</a>]]></action_text>
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