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    <updated_at>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:25:58 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
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    <updated_at>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:17:30 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <updated_at>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:56:30 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I picked this up on the $3 table having no idea what to expect since there wasn't a single synopsis available on the back cover or inside the book itself.<br/><br/>This is basically a dark fairy-tale, featuring a book-obsessed little boy who has a lot of growing up to do. And of course he does, le...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/I%20picked%20this%20up%20on%20the%20$3%20table%20having%20no%20idea%20what%20to%20expect%20since%20there%20wasn't%20a%20single%20synopsis%20available%20on%20the%20back%20cover%20or%20inside%20the%20book%20itself.%0D%0A%0D%0AThis%20is%20basically%20a%20dark%20fairy-tale,%20featuring%20a%20book-obsessed%20little%20boy%20who%20has%20a%20lot%20of%20growing%20up%20to%20do.%20And%20of%20course%20he%20does,%20learning%20many%20lessons%20and%20foiling%20many%20evil%20plots%20along%20the%20way.%20As%20with%20most%20fairy-tales,%20the%20story%20doesn't%20have%20a%20lot%20of%20depth%20and%20there's%20that%20somewhat-removed%20%22tone%22%20you%20get%20when%20you're%20reading%20a%20fable.%20But%20overall%20I%20enjoyed%20the%20alternate%20world%20created%20by%20the%20author%20and%20found%20myself%20interested%20all%20the%20way%20to%20the%20end,%20and%20was%20pleased%20with%20where%20it%20left%20me.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4588.Extremely_Loud_and_Incredibly_Close">Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2617.Jonathan_Safran_Foer">Jonathan Safran Foer</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:48:34 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I've been &quot;currently reading&quot; this book for about 4 months now. I try to read it while at the gym, on an elliptical machine no less! It started off as an easy and compelling little story that gave an added zing to my workout. Now I've lost my momentum (har har). Can't tell if I should blam...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/I've%20been%20%22currently%20reading%22%20this%20book%20for%20about%204%20months%20now.%20I%20try%20to%20read%20it%20while%20at%20the%20gym,%20on%20an%20elliptical%20machine%20no%20less!%20It%20started%20off%20as%20an%20easy%20and%20compelling%20little%20story%20that%20gave%20an%20added%20zing%20to%20my%20workout.%20Now%20I've%20lost%20my%20momentum%20(har%20har).%20Can't%20tell%20if%20I%20should%20blame%20the%20story%20or%20my%20overpowering%20indifference%20at%20the%20gym%20but%20the%20story%20is%20becoming%20overwrought%20and%20I%20just%20want%20it%20to%20be%20over%20already.%20I%20think%20I%20have%20over%20100%20pages%20to%20go.%0D%0A%0D%0AEdit%206%2F26%2F09%20-%20Oh%20hey,%20I%20never%20did%20finish%20this%20book.%20I%20think%20its%20still%20under%20a%20pile%20of%20gym%20clothes%20in%20my%20cabinet.%20I%20ended%20up%20quitting%20both,%20I%20guess.%20">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:32:09 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43641.Water_for_Elephants">Water for Elephants (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/24556.Sara_Gruen">Sara Gruen</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 03 Jul 2007 10:29:21 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I loved this book. It didn't make me smarter or a better person, but it made me wistful because it was a GOOD STORY. I like wist and I like good stories.<br/><br/>I hate books about everyday life with everyday dialogue, so for me a good story is something utterly fantastical and on the verge of be...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/I%20loved%20this%20book.%20It%20didn't%20make%20me%20smarter%20or%20a%20better%20person,%20but%20it%20made%20me%20wistful%20because%20it%20was%20a%20GOOD%20STORY.%20I%20like%20wist%20and%20I%20like%20good%20stories.%0D%0A%0D%0AI%20hate%20books%20about%20everyday%20life%20with%20everyday%20dialogue,%20so%20for%20me%20a%20good%20story%20is%20something%20utterly%20fantastical%20and%20on%20the%20verge%20of%20being%20practically%20unbelievable.%20I%20don't%20want%20reality.%20I%20want%20circus%20elephants!%20This%20book%20has%20circus%20elephants.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40440.The_Thirteenth_Tale">The Thirteenth Tale (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/22665.Diane_Setterfield">Diane Setterfield</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 03 Jul 2007 10:21:34 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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