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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5060378.The_Girl_Who_Played_with_Fire">The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium, #2)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/706255.Stieg_Larsson">Stieg Larsson</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:36:26 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Obviously, I was pretty hooked by the first one, so just had to follow it up with the second in the series. Although both of the books are crime novels, they are also much darker than most I have read. And I realized with this second one, that although the books are very violent, what they are reall...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/Obviously,%20I%20was%20pretty%20hooked%20by%20the%20first%20one,%20so%20just%20had%20to%20follow%20it%20up%20with%20the%20second%20in%20the%20series.%20Although%20both%20of%20the%20books%20are%20crime%20novels,%20they%20are%20also%20much%20darker%20than%20most%20I%20have%20read.%20And%20I%20realized%20with%20this%20second%20one,%20that%20although%20the%20books%20are%20very%20violent,%20what%20they%20are%20really%20doing%20is%20exposing%20the%20brutal%20violence%20that%20so%20many%20women%20face.%20And%20the%20way%20that%20journalism%20often%20covers%20it%20up%20or%20feeds%20the%20flames%20incorrectly.%20I%20would%20like%20to%20know%20more%20about%20Larsson%20and%20where%20his%20passion%20against%20this%20type%20of%20violence%20comes%20from.%20I%20am%20so%20glad%20that%20he%20was%20able%20to%20make%20the%20violence%20palpable%20and%20able%20to%20portray%20many%20smart,%20capable,%20strong%20women%20who%20rescue%20themselves.%20%20Though%20somewhat%20disturbing,%20also%20eye%20opening%20and%20have%20certainly%20changed%20my%20view%20that,%20for%20whatever%20reason,%20I%20thought%20of%20Sweden%20as%20some%20sort%20of%20benign%20place,%20which%20I%20certainly%20don't%20any%20more.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2429135.The_Girl_with_the_Dragon_Tattoo">The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/706255.Stieg_Larsson">Stieg Larsson</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:19:51 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Well, I had read about 90 pages of this over the weekend and I picked it up tonight for a little reading before bed. 500 pages and 5 hours later, I finished. It certainly makes for a riveting read and the mystery is tangled enough to hold your interest and also twisted enough to not be another Steph...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/Well,%20I%20had%20read%20about%2090%20pages%20of%20this%20over%20the%20weekend%20and%20I%20picked%20it%20up%20tonight%20for%20a%20little%20reading%20before%20bed.%20500%20pages%20and%205%20hours%20later,%20I%20finished.%20It%20certainly%20makes%20for%20a%20riveting%20read%20and%20the%20mystery%20is%20tangled%20enough%20to%20hold%20your%20interest%20and%20also%20twisted%20enough%20to%20not%20be%20another%20Stephanie%20Plum%20novel%20(which%20I%20also%20love%20to%20read,%20but%20it%20is%20a%20different%20form%20of%20fun).%20Absolutely%20just%20purely%20entertaining%20and%20engrossing--I%20truly%20lost%20all%20my%20thoughts%20of%20anything%20else%20for%20these%205%20hours.%20I%20wish%20I%20knew%20more%20about%20Sweden,%20finance,%20and%20sadism.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2967752.The_Elegance_of_the_Hedgehog">The Elegance of the Hedgehog (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/643126.Muriel_Barbery">Muriel Barbery</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:33:51 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I know people absolutely love this book and I can see why. It is sly and sweet, with an ending that is not too saccharine. And yet, something irked me the whole time. I wonder if it was a problem of translation and if reading it in French would have ironed out any of my misgivings, but I just couldn...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/I%20know%20people%20absolutely%20love%20this%20book%20and%20I%20can%20see%20why.%20It%20is%20sly%20and%20sweet,%20with%20an%20ending%20that%20is%20not%20too%20saccharine.%20And%20yet,%20something%20irked%20me%20the%20whole%20time.%20I%20wonder%20if%20it%20was%20a%20problem%20of%20translation%20and%20if%20reading%20it%20in%20French%20would%20have%20ironed%20out%20any%20of%20my%20misgivings,%20but%20I%20just%20couldn't%20seem%20to%20give%20myself%20over%20to%20the%20story,%20much%20as%20I%20wanted%20to.%20But,%20for%20a%20book%20lover,%20very%20affirming%20to%20the%20end%20that%20art%20and%20beauty%20hold%20the%20answers.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[marked as to-read: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6184317.Dead_Aid_Why_Aid_Is_Not_Working_and_How_There_Is_a_Better_Way_for_Africa">Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2817361.Dambisa_Moyo">Dambisa Moyo</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:28:54 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[marked as to-read: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6425404-changing-my-mind">Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2522.Zadie_Smith">Zadie Smith</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:01:43 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4804840.Zen_and_the_Art_of_Motorcycle_Maintenance_An_Inquiry_into_Values">Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values (P.S.)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/401.Robert_M_Pirsig">Robert M. Pirsig</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 19:07:18 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[marked as to-read: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6251222.Await_Your_Reply_A_Novel">Await Your Reply: A Novel (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/16560.Dan_Chaon">Dan Chaon</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:41:41 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/398323.Out_Stealing_Horses_A_Novel">Out Stealing Horses: A Novel (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/225944.Per_Petterson">Per Petterson</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:41:03 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <updated_at>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:40:47 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I could see that, I just found he idea of looking back and reflective very interesting. Have you read Out Stealing Horses? Kind of a similar feel, but I think you would enjoy it more.]]></body>
        
    
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