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    <action_text><![CDATA[voted on the book list 'Best Early Modern Plays']]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:10:51 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[is currently reading: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6278019.Heart_s_Blood">Heart's Blood (Whistling Tor, #1)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8649.Juliet_Marillier">Juliet Marillier</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 21:18:45 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5659537.Naamah_s_Kiss">Naamah's Kiss (Kushiel's Legacy, #7)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/9237.Jacqueline_Carey">Jacqueline Carey</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 21:17:46 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This was a really great addition to the world Carey's created.  I have to admit I was little hesitant when I found out that this novel took place generations after Phedre and Imriel, but this new heroine won me over.  Moirin is complex, beautiful, and her intriguing and mystical personality made me ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/This%20was%20a%20really%20great%20addition%20to%20the%20world%20Carey's%20created.%20%20I%20have%20to%20admit%20I%20was%20little%20hesitant%20when%20I%20found%20out%20that%20this%20novel%20took%20place%20generations%20after%20Phedre%20and%20Imriel,%20but%20this%20new%20heroine%20won%20me%20over.%20%20Moirin%20is%20complex,%20beautiful,%20and%20her%20intriguing%20and%20mystical%20personality%20made%20me%20love%20her%20(maybe%20not%20as%20much%20as%20Phedre,%20but,%20that's%20a%20different%20story).%20%20This%20had%20all%20of%20Carey's%20hallmarks:%20it's%20a%20sprawling%20story%20that%20goes%20from%20Alba,%20to%20Terre%20D'Ange,%20to%20Ch'in.%20%20All%20of%20the%20lands%20bear%20a%20very%20similar%20resemblance%20to%20their%20real-life%20counterparts%20with%20key%20differences.%20And%20it%20takes%20the%20protagonist%20on%20a%20true%20life-changing%20journey,%20finding%20her%20father,%20falling%20in%20love,%20growing%20into%20her%20magic,%20and%20saving%20a%20princess%20and%20a%20dragon.%20%20The%20reason%20I%20loved%20Moirin%20so%20much%20is%20that%20she%20is%20so%20inherently%20magical.%20%20Her%20gifts%20are%20natural%20and%20are%20very%20much%20a%20part%20of%20her,%20but%20they%20are%20magic.%20%20Phedre%20was%20beautiful,%20intelligent,%20and%20often%20uncannily%20intuitive%20but%20there%20was%20nothing%20supernatural%20about%20her.%20%20She%20was%20an%20ordinary%20person%20that%20rose%20to%20the%20occasion%20and%20accomplished%20great%20things.%20%20The%20same%20can%20be%20said%20for%20Moirin%20but%20I%20love%20the%20added%20element%20of%20her%20magic%20and%20how%20it%20adds%20to%20her%20personality%20and%20the%20way%20people%20see%20her.%20%20Carey's%20gift%20is%20creating%20incredibly%20deep%20and%20interesting%20characters,%20there's%20not%20a%20one-note%20or%20stereotype%20in%20sight.%20%20Fortunately,%20the%20ending%20is%20wide%20open%20for%20the%20sequel%20that%20I'm%20sure%20is%20coming.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[marked as to-read: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6101718.The_Magicians">The Magicians (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/142270.Lev_Grossman">Lev Grossman</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 20:30:32 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[made a comment on the poll <strong>The 2009 Goodreads Choice Awards:</strong><br/> Choose your favorite <strong>FANTASY</strong> book of 2009. <br/> Results will be announ]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 20:28:32 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[<em>PlatinumPrincess wrote: &quot;It doesn't look like it. The Narnia series by C.S. Lewis would get my vote, if it was on here.&quot;</em><br/><br/>These are the best books from 2009.  We're not voting for the best books of all time.<br/><br/>Though I disagree with many in this category.  Where is <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5659537.Naamah_s_Kiss_Kushiel_s_Legacy_7_" title="Naamah's Kiss (Kushiel's Legacy, #7) by Jacqueline Carey">Naamah's Kiss</a> by Jacqueline Carey, or <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6278019.Heart_s_Blood_Whistling_Tor_1_" title="Heart's Blood (Whistling Tor, #1) by Juliet Marillier">Heart's Blood</a> by Juliet Marillier?  Both were released this year and were fantastic.  This list is strange, I've never heard of most of them.  Except Pride and Prejudice and Zombies which really doesn't even belong on this list.]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[new comment from Katie]]></action_text>
    <link>http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42304104</link>
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    <updated_at>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:10:27 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Thank you! :) I would honestly love to do that, but I have no idea where to start.  Besides being a teacher, I've always wanted to review books or become an editor.  I really did love it.  I was a little skeptical b/c I had heard so many things about it (sometimes the whole 'Oprah's Book Club' thing turns me off haha) but this definitely lived up to the hype.  Now to decide if I'll see the movie...hmmm..think you will?]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/373755.Absalom_Absalom_">Absalom, Absalom! (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3535.William_Faulkner">William Faulkner</a>]]></action_text>
    <link>http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72032611</link>
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    <updated_at>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:04:29 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This was my first novel by William Faulkner.  At first I resented it.  I had to read this for my Modern American Fiction class, and after reading just the first two pages I realized what a daunting and impossible read it was going to be.  And then, something changed.  The story started to draw me in...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/This%20was%20my%20first%20novel%20by%20William%20Faulkner.%20%20At%20first%20I%20resented%20it.%20%20I%20had%20to%20read%20this%20for%20my%20Modern%20American%20Fiction%20class,%20and%20after%20reading%20just%20the%20first%20two%20pages%20I%20realized%20what%20a%20daunting%20and%20impossible%20read%20it%20was%20going%20to%20be.%20%20And%20then,%20something%20changed.%20%20The%20story%20started%20to%20draw%20me%20in,%20and%20I%20began%20to%20view%20the%20language%20as%20a%20form%20of%20art,%20sometimes%20letting%20it%20roll%20through%20my%20brain%20even%20if%20there%20were%20a%20few%20sentences%20or%20images%20that%20I%20didn't%20understand.%20%20%0D%0A%0D%0AFaulkner's%20use%20of%20language%20is%20staggering.%20%20The%20prose%20is%20thick,%20dense,%20sticky,%20it%20gives%20the%20mental%20feeling%20of%20molasses%20or%20taffy;%20it%20pulls%20you%20in%20and%20wraps%20around%20you%20until%20you%20cannot%20remember%20where%20you%20started.%20%20The%20imagery%20is%20vivid%20because%20that%20is%20how%20Faulkner%20captures%20his%20characters.%20%20I%20found%20out%20more%20about%20each%20character%20through%20the%20physical%20descriptions%20of%20their%20appearance,%20their%20facial%20expressions%20and%20actions%20than%20through%20any%20of%20the%20dialogue.%20%20%0D%0A%0D%0AEverything%20in%20Faulkner's%20novel%20evokes%20the%20South.%20%20He%20paints%20a%20startling%20and%20fascinating%20look%20at%20what%20really%20happened%20before,%20during,%20and%20after%20the%20Civil%20War%20in%20this%20small%20made-up%20town%20in%20Mississippi.%20%20There's%20no%20%22Gone%20With%20the%20Wind%22%20sugar-coating%20here;%20there%20is%20no%20melodramatic%20pining%20over%20the%20%22Lost%20Cause%22%20of%20the%20South.%20%20Faulkner%20uses%20the%20Sutpen%20family%20to%20showcase%20the%20cruelty,%20greed,%20violence,%20and%20conflict%20which%20led%20to%20the%20destruction%20and%20ruin%20of%20the%20South.%20%20If%20you%20can%20really%20dig%20into%20the%20writing%20style%20and%20immerse%20yourself%20it%20is%20a%20beautifully%20written%20novel%20about%20racism,%20love,%20the%20boundaries%20one%20sets%20for%20oneself,%20how%20one%20relates%20to%20the%20past,%20and%20how%20one%20family%20was%20doomed%20from%20the%20start%20because%20of%20their%20patriarch.%20%20">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6288.The_Road">The Road (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4178.Cormac_McCarthy">Cormac McCarthy</a>]]></action_text>
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          <body><![CDATA[*THERE ARE A FEW SPOILERS IN THIS REVIEW*<br/><br/>This novel was stark, harsh, and full of an indefinable greyness that permeated my mood and thoughts while I was reading.  The father's struggle for his son was heart-breaking.  It was interesting that McCarthy didn't go into as much gory detail w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/*THERE%20ARE%20A%20FEW%20SPOILERS%20IN%20THIS%20REVIEW*%0D%0A%0D%0AThis%20novel%20was%20stark,%20harsh,%20and%20full%20of%20an%20indefinable%20greyness%20that%20permeated%20my%20mood%20and%20thoughts%20while%20I%20was%20reading.%20%20The%20father's%20struggle%20for%20his%20son%20was%20heart-breaking.%20%20It%20was%20interesting%20that%20McCarthy%20didn't%20go%20into%20as%20much%20gory%20detail%20with%20the%20%22bad%20guys%22%20as%20he%20could%20have.%20%20He%20used%20a%20few%20gut-twisting,%20agonizing,%20disgusting,%20and%20horrifying%20moments%20to%20paint%20a%20picture%20of%20the%20people%20that%20used%20the%20barren%20world%20and%20lawlessness%20to%20their%20advantage,%20and%20let%20our%20imaginations%20fill%20in%20the%20rest.%20%20The%20infant%20on%20a%20spit%20is%20something%20that%20will%20stay%20with%20me%20forever.%20%20I%20literally%20gasped%20in%20a%20breath%20when%20I%20read%20that%20passage.%20%20%0D%0A%0D%0AThe%20style%20was%20particularly%20unique.%20%20There%20were%20no%20breaks%20in%20the%20story.%20%20No%20place%20to%20end%20it%20for%20the%20night%20and%20put%20the%20book%20down.%20%20It%20kept%20relentlessly%20going%20forth,%20just%20like%20the%20father%20and%20son%20who%20had%20no%20choice%20but%20to%20keep%20going%20in%20that%20desolate%20world.%20%20I%20definitely%20cried%20at%20the%20end,%20but%20I%20thought%20the%20ending%20was%20perfect.%20%20In%20a%20small%20way%20it%20offered%20a%20glimmer%20of%20hope%20that%20there%20actually%20were%20more%20people%20out%20there%20%22carrying%20the%20fire%22.%20%20%0D%0A%0D%0AThis%20was%20a%20gorgeous,%20amazing%20piece%20of%20fiction.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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