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    <action_text><![CDATA[is currently reading: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/826576.How_to_Steal_a_Dog">How to Steal a Dog (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/138514.Barbara_O_Connor">Barbara O'Connor</a>]]></action_text>
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/485440.Amazing_Gracie_A_Dog_s_Tale">Amazing Gracie: A Dog's Tale (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/257570.Dan_Dye">Dan Dye</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 09:12:16 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This book was so heartwarming and full of love that you can't help but wish you knew Gracie personally.  When you look at what a beautiful soul Gracie was, you immediately understand her name.  Born deaf and albino, she was what her vet called a &quot;little miracle&quot; because not only did she di...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37752207">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[is currently reading: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6202556.The_Evolution_of_Calpurnia_Tate">The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2824557.Jacqueline_Kelly">Jacqueline Kelly</a>]]></action_text>
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2252947.Not_Quite_What_I_Was_Planning_Six_Word_Memoirs_by_Writers_Famous_and_Obscure">Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1016923.Rachel_Fershleiser">Rachel Fershleiser</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 11:18:06 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I read the teen version of this book first. <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6251070.I_Can_t_Keep_My_Own_Secrets_Six_Word_Memoirs_by_Teens_Famous_Obscure" title="I Can't Keep My Own Secrets  Six-Word Memoirs by Teens Famous &amp; Obscure by Larry Smith">I Can't Keep My Own Secrets</a>, and I actually thought the teens were much more eloquent than the adults.  <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40102108">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[marked as to-read: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3874811.Something_Maybe">Something, Maybe (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/363405.Elizabeth_Scott">Elizabeth Scott</a>]]></action_text>
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    <action_text><![CDATA[is currently reading: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6279774.Holding_On_to_Good_Ideas_in_a_Time_of_Bad_Ones_Six_Literacy_Principles_Worth_Fighting_For">Holding On to Good Ideas in a Time of Bad Ones: Six Literacy Principles Worth Fighting For (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/47512.Thomas_Newkirk">Thomas Newkirk</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Fri, 25 Dec 2009 16:11:02 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 1 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6385622-the-mysterious-benedict-society-and-the-prisoner-s-dilemma">The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/47672.Trenton_Lee_Stewart">Trenton Lee Stewart</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 07:53:02 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I was extremely underwhelmed by this most recent installment of MBS.  I honestly think Stewart should've just left the story alone at the end of the first book.  The characters felt extremely flat and unmemorable, which was not the case in the first book.  I've said it before and I'll say it again: ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69795380">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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