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    <updated_at>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:50:12 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I found the unexpected humor in this book to be refreshing.  I enjoyed Dean Koontz's ability to have the characters tease each other in times of severe stress and fear.  It showed a new twist to his writing style that I had yet to discover.  The twists and turns the story took was also interesting a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78905911">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:45:39 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <updated_at>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:18:10 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2751802.The_Darkest_Evening_of_the_Year">The Darkest Evening of the Year (Mass Market Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/9355.Dean_Koontz">Dean Koontz</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:49:44 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Dean Koontz is my favorite murder mystery writer.  He doesn't disappoint in this book.  Even if no one else would like the book, dog lovers should find it worth their time.  Being an animal lover myself, I was delighted that Koontz chose to include a dog as one of the &quot;good guys&quot; in this s...]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:46:56 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Even though I'm not done reading this book yet, I am impressed with the story.  It's heartbreaking and intriguing at the same time to read the story from the patient's perspective.  I've read half the book in one day.]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3985460.Twice_Freed">Twice Freed (Freestyle Fiction 12)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/298919.Patricia_St_John">Patricia St. John</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:28:08 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This book was awesome. It was so nice to be able to understand a biblical story.  I could imagine myself there, and I felt the emotion Patricia St. John was trying to convey to her readers.]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 06:40:44 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Thelma did a good job with the book.  There are parts in the book that remind us that it really is Thelma because of the comments she allows to slip through.  Her personality is what makes the book a success.]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 07:29:11 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This book is a beautiful,heartbreaking, and encouraging story to parents of any children.  It is especially good for parents of autistic children who need moral support and a bonding with another parent.<br/>Dan's story allows us into his heart and mind, his sadness, his struggles, and his courage....<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70586249">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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