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    <updated_at>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 19:44:32 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
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    <updated_at>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 13:46:15 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
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    <action_text><![CDATA[is currently reading: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77278.I_Know_This_Much_Is_True">I Know This Much Is True (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3505.Wally_Lamb">Wally Lamb</a>]]></action_text>
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    <action_text><![CDATA[marked as to-read: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27999.Close_Range_Wyoming_Stories">Close Range: Wyoming Stories (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1262010.Annie_Proulx">Annie Proulx</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 07:28:07 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24213.Alice_s_Adventures_in_Wonderland_Through_the_Looking_Glass">Alice's Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8164.Lewis_Carroll">Lewis Carroll</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sun, 27 Dec 2009 19:21:01 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
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          <body><![CDATA[Maybe it was my mindset at the time, but I couldn't get into the plot, although it's evident that the writer is his usual creative self. I think I need to reread King Lear; then perhaps I will understand the allusions better.]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sun, 27 Dec 2009 13:46:51 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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