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    <updated_at>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:25:32 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[is currently reading: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/573106.I_ll_Sleep_When_I_m_Dead_The_Dirty_Life_and_Times_of_Warren_Zevon">I'll Sleep When I'm Dead: The Dirty Life and Times of Warren Zevon (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/313143.Crystal_Zevon">Crystal Zevon</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:15:02 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Incredibly interesting; sounds like he had some dirty life and times...I think everyone should be a Zevon fan.]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:13:03 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Never got around to reading these guys; no I do it for a study break!]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/310146.The_True_Confessions_of_Charlotte_Doyle">The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle (Mass Market Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/10105.Avi">Avi</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 22:48:21 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This is one of Lauren's favorites from childhood, so she's having me read it and it is enjoyable. ]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 22:47:09 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This book is fantastic, does it even really need a review from a lowly soul like me?]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/164656.Russian_Stories_A_Dual_Language_Book">Russian Stories: A Dual-Language Book (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/95693.Gleb_Struve">Gleb Struve</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 23:55:06 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I highly reccomend this for students of the Russian language (especially if you're out of college and can't take classes on russian lit).  The dual-language aspect of the book is helpful and it is easy to find the english translation of the russian text (it's usually on the same line of the opposite...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/I%20highly%20reccomend%20this%20for%20students%20of%20the%20Russian%20language%20(especially%20if%20you're%20out%20of%20college%20and%20can't%20take%20classes%20on%20russian%20lit).%20%20The%20dual-language%20aspect%20of%20the%20book%20is%20helpful%20and%20it%20is%20easy%20to%20find%20the%20english%20translation%20of%20the%20russian%20text%20(it's%20usually%20on%20the%20same%20line%20of%20the%20opposite%20page).%0D%0AThis%20book%20ranges%20from%2018th%20century%20literature%20to%20early%2020th%20century%20and%20varies%20greatly%20in%20difficulty%20(which%20is%20good).%0D%0AI'd%20start%20by%20%5Bb:reading%20Chekhov%7C5693%7CStories%20of%20Anton%20Chekhov%7CAnton%20Pavlovich%20Chekhov%7Chttp:%2F%2Fphoto.goodreads.com%2Fbooks%2F1165541706s%2F5693.jpg%7C84298%5D's%20%22Sleepy%22%20and%20Tolstoy's%20%22Three%20Hermits%22%20because%20they%20are%20both%20simple%20enough.%20%20I'm%20still%20trying%20to%20tackle%20Zamyatin's%20%22The%20Cave%22%20(i%20think%20that's%20the%20hardest%20in%20the%20book,%20even%20with%20the%20help%20of%20the%20translation).">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 09:53:42 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I didn't know that Gil was an author as well.  I've just heard his music/poetry.  That's cool.]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/94318.Awareness">Awareness (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/54195.Anthony_De_Mello">Anthony De Mello</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:24:27 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Very thought provoking book by an Indian Jesuit priest, does well to incorporate christian thought with eastern thought and psychology.  Although I don't seem to agree with everything the author says, even he would want it that way.  If I accepted everything in this book he'd consider me brainwashed...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/Very%20thought%20provoking%20book%20by%20an%20Indian%20Jesuit%20priest,%20does%20well%20to%20incorporate%20christian%20thought%20with%20eastern%20thought%20and%20psychology.%20%20Although%20I%20don't%20seem%20to%20agree%20with%20everything%20the%20author%20says,%20even%20he%20would%20want%20it%20that%20way.%20%20If%20I%20accepted%20everything%20in%20this%20book%20he'd%20consider%20me%20brainwashed.%20%20I%20love%20that%20I%20can%20agree%20by%20disagreeing.%20">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:24:05 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I read that a while back, it was great; I didn't think anyone else knew about it!]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:49:09 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Hopefully I will get some great ideas from this book, and it won't just provide me with the knowledge that yes, our auto and energy industries suck.]]></body>
        
    
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