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    <action_text><![CDATA[marked as to-read: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5941385.A_Sweet_Disorder">A Sweet Disorder (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/361605.Jacqueline_Kolosov">Jacqueline Kolosov</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:02:32 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[marked as to-read: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6539747-lighting-their-fires">Lighting Their Fires: Raising Extraordinary Children in a Mixed-up, Muddled-up, Shook-up World (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/23969.Rafe_Esquith">Rafe Esquith</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:37:56 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6218281.The_Sweetness_at_the_Bottom_of_the_Pie">The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (The BuckShaw Chronicles, #1)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1074866.Alan_Bradley">Alan Bradley</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:08:33 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Murder mystery set in 1950’s English countryside and focused on stamp collecting.   The protag is an 11 year old girl genius who is an expert in chemistry and especially poisons.  The whole story has an old-fashionedness that I really enjoyed.  Flavia is a wonderful character and I look forward to...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/Murder%20mystery%20set%20in%201950%E2%80%99s%20English%20countryside%20and%20focused%20on%20stamp%20collecting.%20%20%20The%20protag%20is%20an%2011%20year%20old%20girl%20genius%20who%20is%20an%20expert%20in%20chemistry%20and%20especially%20poisons.%20%20The%20whole%20story%20has%20an%20old-fashionedness%20that%20I%20really%20enjoyed.%20%20Flavia%20is%20a%20wonderful%20character%20and%20I%20look%20forward%20to%20more%20books%20about%20her.%0D%0A%0D%0AI%20only%20have%20two%20complaints.%20%20First,%20at%20times%20the%20clues%20to%20the%20mystery%20%20felt%20a%20bit%20contrived.%20%20The%20deceased%20name%20(in%20connection%20to%20the%20stamp%20on%20the%20dead%20bird%E2%80%99s%20beak)%20felt%20too%20convenient.%20%20Same%20with%20some%20of%20the%20drops%20of%20information,%20etc.%0D%0A%20%20%0D%0ASecond,%20although%20Flavia%20worked%20as%20a%20character,%20there%20were%20times%20her%20voice%20(written%20in%201st%20person)%20was%2040-year-old-man%20&amp;%20not%2011-year-old-girl.%20%20For%20example%20(from%20page%20147),%20she%20thought%20the%20following%20about%20a%20washstand%20leg:%20%E2%80%9Cas%20if%20some%20sour%20old%20chamberlain%20were%20looking%20on%20dyspeptically%20as%20his%20mistress%20unfurled%20silk%20stockings%20over%20her%20long,%20youthful%20legs.%E2%80%9D%20%20An%2011%20year%20old%20cares%20about%20old%20men%E2%80%99s%20mistresses%3F%20%20%20%20Uh,%20Yeah.%0D%0A%0D%0AStill,%20I%20thoroughly%20enjoyed%20Flavia's%20wit%20and%20intelligence%20and%20childishness.%20%20Her%20relationships%20with%20her%20sisters%20(I%20was%20dying%20to%20know%20the%20outcome%20of%20the%20poisoned%20lipstick),%20the%20inspectors,%20and%20Dogger(especially)%20really%20%20made%20this%20book%20work.%0D%0A">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 2 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5598960.Sea_Change">Sea Change (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/21912.Aimee_Friedman">Aimee Friedman</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:55:15 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Ordinary teenage girl (who is really stunningly beautiful, but doesn’t realize it) becomes the object of obsession of paranormal boy and chaos ensues.  This time it is mermen off the East Coast.<br/><br/>This book would have been written in a style too young for me if it weren’t for the under-...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/Ordinary%20teenage%20girl%20(who%20is%20really%20stunningly%20beautiful,%20but%20doesn%E2%80%99t%20realize%20it)%20becomes%20the%20object%20of%20obsession%20of%20paranormal%20boy%20and%20chaos%20ensues.%20%20This%20time%20it%20is%20mermen%20off%20the%20East%20Coast.%0D%0A%0D%0AThis%20book%20would%20have%20been%20written%20in%20a%20style%20too%20young%20for%20me%20if%20it%20weren%E2%80%99t%20for%20the%20under-age%20drinking%20&amp;%20sexual%20references.%20%20%20%20I%20would%20not%20recommend%20this%20for%20younger%20girls.%20%20I%20found%20the%20message%20that%20true%20love%20is%20determined%20by%20sexual%20desire%20incredibly%20offensive.%0D%0A%0D%0AOccasionally%20I%20also%20wanted%20to%20whack%20the%20heroine%20upside%20the%20head%20for%20not%20getting%20clues%20that%20were%20glaringly%20obvious.%20%20And%20the%20majority%20of%20the%20characters%20were%20rather%20cardboard.%0D%0A%0D%0AOn%20the%20other%20hand,%20the%20paranormal%20aspect%20was%20well%20done.%20%20Mer-people%20as%20characters%20can%20be%20a%20bit%20cheesy,%20%20but%20the%20author%20handled%20them%20well%20by%20using%20hints%20and%20suggestions%20rather%20than%20beating%20us%20over%20the%20head%20with%20sea%20lore.%20%20I%20felt%20like%20the%20way%20the%20story%20unfolded%20worked%20quite%20well,%20as%20this%20is%20clearly%20a%20set-up%20for%20a%20series.%0D%0A">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3236307.Graceling">Graceling (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1373880.Kristin_Cashore">Kristin Cashore</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:42:46 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[YA Fantasy about a really unusual female lead.  At 8 years of age, Katsa was 'graced' with the ability to kill.  She became her royal uncle's 'hired thug' and grew up doing the dirty work in his kingdom.<br/><br/>The story if of her learning to free herself from his control and then taking on an g...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/YA%20Fantasy%20about%20a%20really%20unusual%20female%20lead.%20%20At%208%20years%20of%20age,%20Katsa%20was%20'graced'%20with%20the%20ability%20to%20kill.%20%20She%20became%20her%20royal%20uncle's%20'hired%20thug'%20and%20grew%20up%20doing%20the%20dirty%20work%20in%20his%20kingdom.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe%20story%20if%20of%20her%20learning%20to%20free%20herself%20from%20his%20control%20and%20then%20taking%20on%20an%20greater%2Feviler%20ruler%20who%20also%20wants%20Katsa%20under%20his%20thumb.%0D%0A%0D%0AEverything%20about%20this%20story%20worked,%20and%20I%20thoroughly%20enjoyed%20it.%20%20However,%20the%20theme%20is%20that%20marriage%20makes%20a%20woman%20lose%20her%20self%20identity%20and%20become%20something%20of%20her%20husband.%20%20The%20ideal,%20according%20to%20the%20story,%20is%20to%20have%20romantic,%20emotional,%20sexual%20ties%20to%20a%20man,%20but%20not%20make%20those%20ties%20permanent.%20%20I%20feel%20like%20what%20Katsa%20really%20needed%20to%20learn%20(and%20didn't)was%20that%20the%20ideal%20is%20two%20people%20creating%20a%20bond,%20giving%20of%20themselves,%20and%20sacrificing%20self,%20in%20order%20to%20create%20something%20strong,%20better,%20larger%20than%20either%20one%20of%20them%20could%20be%20alone.%20%20%20">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 2 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2832909.An_Echo_in_the_Bone">An Echo in the Bone (Outlander, #7)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3617.Diana_Gabaldon">Diana Gabaldon</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 12:30:40 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I  never in a million years thought I’d give DG less than five stars.  She’s one of three authors on my release-date auto-buy, and I’ve been eagerly awaiting this book for years.  But having spent the last couple of weeks reading it, I really don’t even know what to say (I know I should take...<a 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t%20was%20(to%20me)%20where%20the%20real%20story%20was.%20%20The%20good%20stuff%20was%20glossed%20over.%0D%0A%0D%0ASo%20while%20DG%20is%20still%20one%20of%20the%20masters%20of%20the%20written%20word%20and%20I%20will%20probably%20fork%20out%20another%20$30%20for%20her%20next%20book,%20I%20overall%20am%20rather%20disappointed.%20%20%20I%20feel%20like%20she%20is%20more%20interested%20in%20showing%20all%20the%20neat%20historical%20details%20she%20has%20learned%20than%20in%20telling%20a%20story.%20%20She%20has%20lost%20the%20story.%20%20And%20that%20makes%20me%20so%20sad%20because%20I%20have%20spent%20something%20%20like%2016%20or%2017%20years%20following%20these%20characters%20and%20being%20invested%20in%20their%20final%20outcome%20(we%20all%20know%20it%20comes%20back%20to%20that%20ghost%20watching%20Claire%20brush%20her%20hair).%20%20Please%20DG,%20go%20back%20to%20telling%20us%20their%20story%20rather%20than%20showing%20us%20what%20it%20was%20like%20to%20live%20in%20the%20eighteenth%20century.%0D%0A">more...</a>]]></body>
 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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4835871.Heartsinger">Heartsinger (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/697710.Karlijn_Stoffels">Karlijn Stoffels</a>]]></action_text>
    <link>http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71840483</link>
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          <body><![CDATA[Five stars for writing craft, word-smithing, and story telling.  This is a beautifully done book.  The use of repetition was extremely well handled and the story came together perfectly.  (and the English is a translation – so hats off to the translator as well.)  It is written as an old fashioned...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/Five%20stars%20for%20writing%20craft,%20word-smithing,%20and%20story%20telling.%20%20This%20is%20a%20beautifully%20done%20book.%20%20The%20use%20of%20repetition%20was%20extremely%20well%20handled%20and%20the%20story%20came%20together%20perfectly.%20%20(and%20the%20English%20is%20a%20translation%20%E2%80%93%20so%20hats%20off%20to%20the%20translator%20as%20well.)%20%20It%20is%20written%20as%20an%20old%20fashioned%20fairy%20tale,%20which%20really%20worked.%0D%0A%0D%0AOne%20star%20for%20my%20reaction%20after%20finishing.%20%20I%20sat%20there,%20staring%20at%20the%20cover,%20and%20felt%20mildly%20depressed.%20%20That%20is%20not%20why%20I%20read%20books.%0D%0A%0D%0AIt%20is%20the%20story%20of%20Mee%20(the%20name%20isn%E2%80%99t%20accidental)%20%E2%80%93%20the%20singer%20of%20sorrows.%20%20He%20travels%20the%20land%20attending%20catastrophe%20and%20funerals%20to%20sing%20the%20truth%20of%20individual%E2%80%99s%20lives%20and%20thereby%20give%20comfort.%20%20As%20he%20sings,%20we%20learn%20different%20stories%20of%20different%20people,%20including%20a%20princess%20named%20Esperanza%20on%20a%20far%20off%20island%20that%20spends%20her%20entire%20life%20staring%20at%20herself%20in%20mirrors.%20%20Her%20people%20want%20Mee%20to%20save%20her%20from%20her%20mirrors%20along%20with%20the%20help%20of%20Mitou%20(say%20that%20aloud),%20a%20girl%20known%20as%20the%20merrymaker.%0D%0A%20%20%0D%0AThis%20is%20a%20book%20of%20messages.%20%20Each%20person%20Mee%20meets%20had%20a%20story%20message,%20the%20book%20overall%20had%20a%20message.%20%20The%20problem%20is%20that%20these%20messages%20were%20all%20so%20sad.%20%20They%20were%20about%20human%20relationships:%20%20parent-child,%20husband-wife,%20hero-followers,%20sex%20(although%20not%20overtly%20%E2%80%93%20the%20sexual%20story%20was%20handled%20via%20metaphor).%20%20Each%20one%20showcased%20the%20negative%20%E2%80%93%20abuse,%20abandonment,%20loneliness,%20craving,%20infidelity.%20%20%0D%0A%0D%0AI%20think%20the%20overall%20message%20was%20of%20chasing%20hope%20(Esperanza)%20and%20finding%20self,%20but%20it%20didn%E2%80%99t%20come%20off%20nearly%20as%20strongly%20as%20the%20negative.%20%20I%20have%20a%20hard%20time%20seeing%20teens%20enjoying%20this.%20%20It%20is%20more%20the%20type%20of%20book%20%20to%20read%20because%20you%20want%20to%20dissect%20it%20and%20figure%20out%20what%20is%20beneath%20the%20surface.%0D%0A%0D%0AGreat%20cover%20-%20but%20misleading%20on%20what%20is%20on%20the%20pages.%0D%0A">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[marked as to-read: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4667024.The_Help">The Help (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1943477.Kathryn_Stockett">Kathryn Stockett</a>]]></action_text>
    <link>http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70873302</link>
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/919075.Writing_for_Emotional_Impact">Writing for Emotional Impact (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/133848.Karl_Iglesias">Karl Iglesias</a>]]></action_text>
    <link>http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70681044</link>
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    <updated_at>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 21:03:13 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Fascinating book about writing.  It’s not for the easily intimidated though.  This book assumes a working knowledge of ARCs, Three-Act-Play, Character Development, Etc.  It is written for screenwriters, although 99% of the content applies to novelists as well.<br/><br/>It teaches something very ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/Fascinating%20book%20about%20writing.%20%20It%E2%80%99s%20not%20for%20the%20easily%20intimidated%20though.%20%20This%20book%20assumes%20a%20working%20knowledge%20of%20ARCs,%20Three-Act-Play,%20Character%20Development,%20Etc.%20%20It%20is%20written%20for%20screenwriters,%20although%2099%25%20of%20the%20content%20applies%20to%20novelists%20as%20well.%0D%0A%0D%0AIt%20teaches%20something%20very%20specific%20%E2%80%93%20How%20to%20connect%20the%20two%20primary%20emotional%20ARCs%20of%20a%20story.%20%20The%20emotions%20of%20the%20character%20on%20the%20page.%20%20The%20emotions%20of%20the%20audience%20beyond%20the%20page.%20%20%20Fascinating%20stuff%20and%20he%20teaches%20it%20in%20a%20very%20applicable%20format.%0D%0A%0D%0AThis%20earns%20a%20place%20on%20my%20very%20small%20keeper%20shelf%20for%20writing%20craft%20(right%20next%20to%20Swain).%0D%0A">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[marked as to-read: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/106092.Art_Of_Dramatic_Writing_Its_Basis_in_the_Creative_Interpretation_of_Human_Motives">Art Of Dramatic Writing: Its Basis in the Creative Interpretation of Human Motives (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/61402.Lajos_Egri">Lajos Egri</a>]]></action_text>
    <link>http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70679107</link>
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