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    <about><![CDATA[I'm a reader and a writer, and I can't seem to stop doing either one. Nor do I want to stop. ]]></about>
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 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>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:32:47 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[If you belong to a book group, this is the book for you. My group talked about this book for hours before we turned to other topics. And I hope they'll forgive me for describing phenomenology as &quot;educated navel gazing.&quot; Completely engrossing slice of two intersecting lives in one apartment...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/If%20you%20belong%20to%20a%20book%20group,%20this%20is%20the%20book%20for%20you.%20My%20group%20talked%20about%20this%20book%20for%20hours%20before%20we%20turned%20to%20other%20topics.%20And%20I%20hope%20they'll%20forgive%20me%20for%20describing%20phenomenology%20as%20%22educated%20navel%20gazing.%22%20Completely%20engrossing%20slice%20of%20two%20intersecting%20lives%20in%20one%20apartment%20building%20in%20Paris.%20">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:30:35 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Deeply disturbing, no way possible to guess the turns the story is going to take, excellent ending. This took me inside a mental disorder that I knew nothing about and made it understandable. The main character is so tortured--by her life and by herself. This writer has an extremely deft way of turn...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/Deeply%20disturbing,%20no%20way%20possible%20to%20guess%20the%20turns%20the%20story%20is%20going%20to%20take,%20excellent%20ending.%20This%20took%20me%20inside%20a%20mental%20disorder%20that%20I%20knew%20nothing%20about%20and%20made%20it%20understandable.%20The%20main%20character%20is%20so%20tortured--by%20her%20life%20and%20by%20herself.%20This%20writer%20has%20an%20extremely%20deft%20way%20of%20turning%20a%20phrase.%20Small%20sentences,%20small%20phrases%20that%20will%20take%20you%20by%20surprise%20with%20their%20utter%20perfection.%20Disturbing%20and%20totally%20enthralling.%20I%20could%20not%20put%20it%20down.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:27:48 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This was an excellent view of what happened during the Salem witch trials. I'll warn you, though, the ending comes along as a dull thud. The author could have built a lot more suspense about the ending, but instead the truth of the matter is revealed much too early (for me). But extremely well writt...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/This%20was%20an%20excellent%20view%20of%20what%20happened%20during%20the%20Salem%20witch%20trials.%20I'll%20warn%20you,%20though,%20the%20ending%20comes%20along%20as%20a%20dull%20thud.%20The%20author%20could%20have%20built%20a%20lot%20more%20suspense%20about%20the%20ending,%20but%20instead%20the%20truth%20of%20the%20matter%20is%20revealed%20much%20too%20early%20(for%20me).%20But%20extremely%20well%20written%20and%20evocative.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43931.The_Woods">The Woods (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/24689.Harlan_Coben">Harlan Coben</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 08:05:21 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Can't remember why I picked this up, but the book really captured me. It's two stories going on at the same time, the trial the main character is active in, and the hints that a horrific event from his past isn't over yet. He has to stay focused on his prosecution, unravel the clues about his past, ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/Can't%20remember%20why%20I%20picked%20this%20up,%20but%20the%20book%20really%20captured%20me.%20It's%20two%20stories%20going%20on%20at%20the%20same%20time,%20the%20trial%20the%20main%20character%20is%20active%20in,%20and%20the%20hints%20that%20a%20horrific%20event%20from%20his%20past%20isn't%20over%20yet.%20He%20has%20to%20stay%20focused%20on%20his%20prosecution,%20unravel%20the%20clues%20about%20his%20past,%20and%20take%20care%20of%20his%20young%20daughter%20at%20the%20same%20time.%20I%20think%20the%20story%20is%20pretty%20balanced,%20and%20there%20were%20a%20lot%20of%20twists%20that%20I%20didn't%20see%20coming.%20Definitely%20going%20on%20my%20%22read%20more%20of%20this%20author%22%20list.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34548.If_Chins_Could_Kill_Confessions_of_a_B_Movie_Actor">If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B Movie Actor (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1362939.Bruce_Campbell">Bruce  Campbell</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 08:00:05 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This is great reading if you're a Bruce Campbell fan. It's not a cinderella story by any means, but details how this average guy from Detroit wound up as the B movie king. He doesn't sugarcoat anything or try to make himself look better than he is/was. It's very humorous and very matter-of-fact abou...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/This%20is%20great%20reading%20if%20you're%20a%20Bruce%20Campbell%20fan.%20It's%20not%20a%20cinderella%20story%20by%20any%20means,%20but%20details%20how%20this%20average%20guy%20from%20Detroit%20wound%20up%20as%20the%20B%20movie%20king.%20He%20doesn't%20sugarcoat%20anything%20or%20try%20to%20make%20himself%20look%20better%20than%20he%20is%2Fwas.%20It's%20very%20humorous%20and%20very%20matter-of-fact%20about%20what%20a%20long,%20long,%20long%20and%20tedious%20process%20movie%20making%20can%20be.%20">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/92184.Make_Love_the_Bruce_Campbell_Way">Make Love the Bruce Campbell Way (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1362939.Bruce_Campbell">Bruce  Campbell</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 07:57:26 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This book is an hilarious send up of the movie industry, the A-listers and the B-listers and how movies get made. It made me laugh out loud.]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 2 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/113310.The_Eight">The Eight (Mass Market Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7172.Katherine_Neville">Katherine Neville</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:04:30 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[My book group read this, and none of us were really impressed. The suspension of disbelief went way beyond our limits, and we have a pretty widely-read group of women. ]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3191189.Pandemonium">Pandemonium (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1343790.Daryl_Gregory">Daryl Gregory</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:01:45 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Excellent, can’t wait for him to write a sequel. In this reality, “possession” is real, by a certain set of characters or archetypes or demons. But does the main character hold the key to who gets possessed, and why, and by whom? Hooks up with a sexy bald female priest to ferret out the answer...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/Excellent,%20can%E2%80%99t%20wait%20for%20him%20to%20write%20a%20sequel.%20In%20this%20reality,%20%E2%80%9Cpossession%E2%80%9D%20is%20real,%20by%20a%20certain%20set%20of%20characters%20or%20archetypes%20or%20demons.%20But%20does%20the%20main%20character%20hold%20the%20key%20to%20who%20gets%20possessed,%20and%20why,%20and%20by%20whom%3F%20Hooks%20up%20with%20a%20sexy%20bald%20female%20priest%20to%20ferret%20out%20the%20answers,%20which%20lie%20in%20comic%20books,%20of%20all%20places.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2009100.The_Genius">The Genius (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/63091.Jesse_Kellerman">Jesse Kellerman</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 25 May 2009 06:56:34 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <updated_at>Mon, 11 May 2009 16:44:49 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Who doesn't love a good alpha male?]]></body>
        
    
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