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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9799.The_Fortress_of_Solitude">The Fortress of Solitude (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6404.Jonathan_Lethem">Jonathan Lethem</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:13:50 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Sad to say, but this is the first book I've read in a while that's even worth writing about.  Dense and at times difficult to get through, but ultimately a really satisfying read.  Let's me know my brain is ready again for some serious lit.  Bring on the recs.]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[is currently reading: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1845050.Beginner_s_Greek_A_Novel">Beginner's Greek : A Novel (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/21261.James_Collins">James Collins</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 13:30:05 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60932.Parable_of_the_Talents">Parable of the Talents (Mass Market Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/29535.Octavia_E_Butler">Octavia E. Butler</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 11:31:47 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Parable of the Talents falls into this sub-genre of bleak post-apocalyptic fiction (The Road, Blindness, etc.) that personally, I find really tough to read.  While Talents is ultimately hopeful, and there's some terrific writing here, the last third feels like the author didn't quite know how to get...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49341713">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25052.Mrs_Piggle_Wiggle_s_Magic">Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Magic (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/13369.Betty_MacDonald">Betty MacDonald</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 13:59:58 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Reading this to my daughter now, we've recently started in on the chapter books -- this was a series I absolutely loved as a kid.  Mrs. Piggle Wiggle was first published in the late 1940s and (as I'm finding with a lot of older books) the PC grown up in me is kind of freaked out by some of its ethic...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48029639">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/104762.Ad_le_Simon">Adèle &amp; Simon (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/60633.Barbara_McClintock">Barbara McClintock</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 13:53:21 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Wonderful!  Read this one on our ski trip to three little girls.  They had so much fun trying to find all of the lost objects.  And such beautiful illustrations.  Thanks Patricia!]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/396486.Picasso_and_Minou">Picasso and Minou (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/225058.P_I_Maltbie">P. I. Maltbie</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 13:51:57 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Read this to my daughter last night -- what a lovely introduction to his painting and life. ]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37784.Medea_and_Her_Children">Medea and Her Children (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/21215.Ludmila_Ulitskaya">Ludmila Ulitskaya</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 13:50:56 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Not sure if I'm just spectacularly distracted these days, but I found this harder to get through than her other books I've read.  Also, it was tough to find a solid stretch of time to read this past week -- and so many characters to track here.  Still, beautiful writing.  Taking nominations for a po...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46147556">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 18:47:12 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I would read Sonechka before this one... And the brief history of tractors in Ukranian is just wonderful too!]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 09:34:30 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Let me know what you think when you're through...]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/828387.A_Short_History_of_Tractors_in_Ukrainian_A_Novel">A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian: A Novel (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/41814.Marina_Lewycka">Marina Lewycka</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 09:44:10 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Excellent.  So rare when I care about characters in a book this quickly.]]></body>
        
    
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