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    <action_text><![CDATA[is currently reading: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6350150-a-disobedient-girl">A Disobedient Girl: A Novel (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2879846.Ru_Freeman">Ru Freeman</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 22:42:29 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This book just hit the New Release Hardbacks in B&amp;N and I was intrigued by the focus on challenges of life for women in Sri Lanka. I love Sri Lankan culture and history so I'm all about this new goody!]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 22:39:46 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I'm going to start reading a book I bought in 2001- about &quot;women writing on the green world&quot; - I'm feelin' kinda in-tune with Nature and this book includes snippets of earth-focused pieces form well known nature writting enthusiasts.]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/357486.Voices_from_Chernobyl_The_Oral_History_of_a_Nuclear_Disaster">Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/204798.Svetlana_Alexievich">Svetlana Alexievich</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 22:37:48 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Life changing. The Chernobyl Nuclear Power plant melted down in 1986 in the Ukraine. This book is an engrossing read of memoirs detailing the effects of that experience on the landscape and so many people's lives. Heart-wrenching and addictive. You wouldn't think you'd like it, but it's probably in ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/Life%20changing.%20The%20Chernobyl%20Nuclear%20Power%20plant%20melted%20down%20in%201986%20in%20the%20Ukraine.%20This%20book%20is%20an%20engrossing%20read%20of%20memoirs%20detailing%20the%20effects%20of%20that%20experience%20on%20the%20landscape%20and%20so%20many%20people's%20lives.%20Heart-wrenching%20and%20addictive.%20You%20wouldn't%20think%20you'd%20like%20it,%20but%20it's%20probably%20in%20my%20top%2010%20favorite%20non-fiction%20books.%20This%20book%20will%20season%20your%20soul.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 22:37:22 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Ok, I gave up on this book. It's like reading a post graduate college text book on the whole world. WAAAY too deep for me right now. Maybe when I'm old and have a whole lotta time to contemplate the Mogul's migration to the Americas....]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Fri, 08 May 2009 06:45:37 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Kinda weird: the book has 3 different &quot;sections&quot; with 3 different stories that all entertwine. I think the author gives TOO much detail, and I don't see the deep metaphor and underlying messages the reviewers raved about.... nearly done with the book. So far, not super impressed: it's not ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/Kinda%20weird:%20the%20book%20has%203%20different%20%22sections%22%20with%203%20different%20stories%20that%20all%20entertwine.%20I%20think%20the%20author%20gives%20TOO%20much%20detail,%20and%20I%20don't%20see%20the%20deep%20metaphor%20and%20underlying%20messages%20the%20reviewers%20raved%20about....%20nearly%20done%20with%20the%20book.%20So%20far,%20not%20super%20impressed:%20it's%20not%20%22deep%20enough%22%20for%20me.%20This%20is%20my%20first%20Alice%20Hoffman%20book%20-%20don't%20know%20if%20I'll%20hang%20out%20with%20her%20again...">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/480479.Under_the_Tuscan_Sun">Under the Tuscan Sun (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4826.Frances_Mayes">Frances Mayes</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 14:18:10 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This book is a nice little &quot;vacation&quot; from heavy reading. It's easy to read and details a woman's experience traveling to Italy and purchasing an old home. You learn a lot about the culture and landscape of Italy through this woman's eyes. But be warned: if you don't have $5,000 to drop on...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/This%20book%20is%20a%20nice%20little%20%22vacation%22%20from%20heavy%20reading.%20It's%20easy%20to%20read%20and%20details%20a%20woman's%20experience%20traveling%20to%20Italy%20and%20purchasing%20an%20old%20home.%20You%20learn%20a%20lot%20about%20the%20culture%20and%20landscape%20of%20Italy%20through%20this%20woman's%20eyes.%20But%20be%20warned:%20if%20you%20don't%20have%20$5,000%20to%20drop%20on%20a%20trip%20to%20Europe%20after%20reading%20this%20book,%20you'll%20be%20greatly%20disappointed!%20;-)">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 14:14:47 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I heard this book was lame. Let me know what you think after you are done. I kinda wanted to read it...]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[marked as to-read: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/271685.Five_Smooth_Stones">Five Smooth Stones (Mass Market Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/158380.Ann_Fairbairn">Ann Fairbairn</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 10:22:05 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I read a lot of books my Grandma recommends. This is her all-time favorite book. I stumbled upon it in a used bookstore. Good luck finding an in-print version. It's pretty thick, but I heard it's incredible!]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3636.The_Giver">The Giver (The Giver, #1)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2493.Lois_Lowry">Lois Lowry</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 10:18:43 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[FANTASTIC BOOK! It's very different, and stages a &quot;what if&quot; story line. I read this book YEARS ago and still think about it every once-in-a-while. It's the kind of book you can read in 1 day, and EVERYONE should plug through this one. GREAT message behind the story.]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 10:14:35 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I'm warning you: it's a depressing, odd book.]]></body>
        
    
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