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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1738611.La_suma_de_los_d_as">La suma de los días (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2238.Isabel_Allende">Isabel Allende</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:40:11 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Ah, there are some authors that I've loved so long they feel like old friends. Allende is certainly top of that list. This was an autobiography written as a letter to Allende's deceased daughter, Paula. In slant, therefore, the text is very similar to  the non-fiction book Paula by though Allene's d...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77086660">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:36:38 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 2 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6739745-the-widow-of-the-south">The Widow of the South (Mass Market Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/40507.Robert_Hicks">Robert Hicks</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:36:01 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I was hoping for more action and deeper characterizations. The text gets some traction in the last 100 pages as the focus for Carrie becomes clear and her determination shows. But the story line meandered too long for me to more fully appreciate that last breath. ]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/151272.No_Turning_Back_The_History_of_Feminism_and_the_Future_of_Women">No Turning Back: The History of Feminism and the Future of Women (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/87392.Estelle_Freedman">Estelle Freedman</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:36:37 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[A good Women's Studies primer. <br/><br/>Maybe it's my age, maybe it's my apathy, but at some point I had to stop reading about the domestic workload discrepancy. <br/><br/>The inequitable distribution of domestic/parenting responsibilities and labor is absolutely true. Even for those of us who ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68994566">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/944860.The_Periodic_Kingdom_A_Journey_into_the_Land_of_the_Chemical_Elements">The Periodic Kingdom: A Journey into the Land of the Chemical Elements (Science Masters Series)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2063606.P_W_Atkins">P.W. Atkins</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:04:19 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I'm the sort of person who is endlessly fascinated by the chemistry of everyday things. My family often giggles at my constant talk of cooking as a tasty form of chemistry for instance. So an accessible text about chemistry was right up my alley.<br/><br/>This book takes the periodic table and des...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67471236">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2728527.The_Guernsey_Literary_and_Potato_Peel_Pie_Society">The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1194527.Mary_Ann_Shaffer">Mary Ann Shaffer</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:07:08 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[A charming tale told by letters. Debut novel by the late Mary Ann Shaffer and her niece Annie Barrows tells the history of a small group of Channel Islanders during five years of Nazi occupation.<br/><br/>The letter format puts a formality to the text. Rather than bind the story, however, the lett...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67261685">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2316748.Up_Till_Now_The_Autobiography">Up Till Now: The Autobiography (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/43972.William_Shatner">William Shatner</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 19:22:58 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I cannot feign objectivity here. I adore William Shatner beyond words. His autobiography was egocentric, melodramatic, self-effacing, and utterly charming. I listened to this book in its audio format. Narrated by the author and laughed from beginning to end.  ]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 19:18:43 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Charming read with cheese as a central character everyone adores. The fantastical tale of cows who only milk for pregnant vegetarians made me giggle in its description. The plot is rather predictable, though, with a predictable romance. The dialogue was stilted, and seeing quotation marks on the pag...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61421597">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/95186.The_Inheritance_of_Loss">The Inheritance of Loss (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/31428.Kiran_Desai">Kiran Desai</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 06:51:12 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Murky narrative that was exquisite and accurate but at times hard to follow. Desai takes up just about every international issue (globalization, fundamentalism, terrorism, economic inequity...)within the text of this is an ambitious novel. Each character heart-breakingly stunted somehow. Suffering a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53180862">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 15:33:57 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I enjoyed parts of this novel very much. Colonizing Mars is an interesting premise, for example. The non-linear time, and Teaching Machines were also aspects of the novel I enjoyed. I wasn't surprised to realize Martian Time Slip was originally a novella. The pace seemed to stand still at times. Par...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57480481">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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