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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/97898.The_Full_Cupboard_of_Life">The Full Cupboard of Life (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #5)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4738.Alexander_McCall_Smith">Alexander McCall Smith</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:08:15 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I love these books. They are kind of like watching the Botswana Hallmark channel...which would be a good thing.]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3850639.A_Thousand_Splendid_Suns">A Thousand Splendid Suns (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/569.Khaled_Hosseini">Khaled Hosseini</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:06:19 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I loved getting to know the recent history of Afghanistan from a woman's point of view. This can be a brutal tale, but beautifully written...and hopeful.]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[added: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2289240.A_Circle_of_Hope">A Circle of Hope (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1030814.Rod_White">Rod White</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 03:45:11 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[<strong>Welcome to the Book!</strong><br/><br/><em>A Circle of Hope,</em>, the book, is a bit like a salad, which is a bit like us – lots of flavors all mixed up and tasty. Enjoy.<br/><br/>1) It is based on the “proverbs” of Circle of Hope; so sometimes, it may read a bit like the book of Proverbs in the Bible – ...<a 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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/135890.Spiritual_Leadership">Spiritual Leadership (Commitment To Spiritual Growth)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/78560.J_Oswald_Sanders">J. Oswald Sanders</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:40:55 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/76865.Good_to_Great_Why_Some_Companies_Make_the_Leap_and_Others_Don_t">Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2826.Jim_Collins">Jim Collins</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 02:47:45 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[My colleagues are never sure I should be reading these business books. They can obviously be very worldly. This one is worldly enough, but it is a nice piece of work on how leaders lead and how organizations change and grow into the best rendition of what they are meant to be. Some of the &quot;find...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/My%20colleagues%20are%20never%20sure%20I%20should%20be%20reading%20these%20business%20books.%20They%20can%20obviously%20be%20very%20worldly.%20This%20one%20is%20worldly%20enough,%20but%20it%20is%20a%20nice%20piece%20of%20work%20on%20how%20leaders%20lead%20and%20how%20organizations%20change%20and%20grow%20into%20the%20best%20rendition%20of%20what%20they%20are%20meant%20to%20be.%20Some%20of%20the%20%22findings%22%20are%20the%20common-sense%20things%20that%20are%20written%20in%20the%20Proverbs.%20But%20when%20the%20insights%20are%20collected,%20they%20are%20very%20inspiring%20to%20me.%20I%20only%20recommend%20you%20read%20it%20if%20you%20can%20apply%20your%20faith,%20and%20only%20if%20you%20want%20to%20do%20something%20great.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 1 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1740044.Leading_with_a_Limp_Take_Full_Advantage_of_Your_Most_Powerful_Weakness">Leading with a Limp: Take Full Advantage of Your Most Powerful Weakness (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7267.Dan_B_Allender">Dan B. Allender</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 02:43:03 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[People give rapturous praise for this book, so I may be totally off base. I mistakenly left it on the bus from Sarajevo, so maybe there was more that I missed. It has good points about leading from weakness, which in the evangelical subculture from which Allender comes seems forbidden. The basic Bib...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/People%20give%20rapturous%20praise%20for%20this%20book,%20so%20I%20may%20be%20totally%20off%20base.%20I%20mistakenly%20left%20it%20on%20the%20bus%20from%20Sarajevo,%20so%20maybe%20there%20was%20more%20that%20I%20missed.%20It%20has%20good%20points%20about%20leading%20from%20weakness,%20which%20in%20the%20evangelical%20subculture%20from%20which%20Allender%20comes%20seems%20forbidden.%20The%20basic%20Bible%20teaching%20that%20in%20our%20weakness%20is%20God's%20strength%20is%20his%20main%20point.%20So%20that%20is%20good.%20But%20he%20wrote%20it%20right%20after%20he%20had%20a%20major%20leadership%20crisis%20of%20his%20own%20and%20his%20institution%20%20almost%20went%20down%20because%20of%20it%20and%20it%20was%20published%20before%20the%20lawsuit%20against%20them%20was%20won%20(as%20far%20as%20I%20can%20see).%20So%20it%20is%20kind%20of%20the%20pre-emptive%20strike%20book%20and%20comes%20off%20astoundingly%20self-serving%20throughout.%20Don't%20read%20it.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/347698.The_Secret_River">The Secret River (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/132420.Kate_Grenville">Kate Grenville</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 02:37:08 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Jacdob says to read the Booker prize books, so I at least buy them. This one is the story of a family that ended up being among the founders of Australia via the original prison colony (which an Aussie I met in Croatia was quick to tell me was not the ONLY way Australia was settled). Good, accessibl...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/Jacdob%20says%20to%20read%20the%20Booker%20prize%20books,%20so%20I%20at%20least%20buy%20them.%20This%20one%20is%20the%20story%20of%20a%20family%20that%20ended%20up%20being%20among%20the%20founders%20of%20Australia%20via%20the%20original%20prison%20colony%20(which%20an%20Aussie%20I%20met%20in%20Croatia%20was%20quick%20to%20tell%20me%20was%20not%20the%20ONLY%20way%20Australia%20was%20settled).%20Good,%20accessible%20historical%20fiction.%20Eye-opening.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1799887.In_the_Country_of_Men">In the Country of Men (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/35807.Hisham_Matar">Hisham Matar</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 02:34:04 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Lovely writing. The country of Libya under Ghaddafi written fromt he perspective of a young boy. Eye-opening.]]></body>
        
    
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