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    <updated_at>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 11:30:40 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Great review!<br/><br/>I agree with you on pretty much everything.]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[is currently reading: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1462020.Winterbirth">Winterbirth (The Godless World, Book 1)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/685776.Brian_Ruckley">Brian Ruckley</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 06:14:11 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/887877.Red_Seas_Under_Red_Skies">Red Seas Under Red Skies (Gentleman Bastards, #2)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/73149.Scott_Lynch">Scott Lynch</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 06:13:54 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I've never been too keen on the &quot;pirate&quot; type of fantasy books but luckily, Scott Lynch pulled it off pretty well.  And I was glad that it was not the whole book's focus.<br/><br/>While I can't say that Red Seas was as good as the first Gentleman Bastards book, it still held it's own and...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81179189">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:41:21 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <updated_at>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:40:58 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <updated_at>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:52:49 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This book definitely deserved the five star rating I have given it.  Gemmell really knows how to enchant the reader and bring them into the story.  It's been awhile since I've gotten that &quot;magical&quot; feeling of being swept away from reality and stepping foot into a new realm.  <br/><br/>Ge...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37101373">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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