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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 1 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2866450.Homo_Politicus_The_Strange_and_Scary_Tribes_that_Run_Our_Government">Homo Politicus: The Strange and Scary Tribes that Run Our Government (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/74430.Dana_Milbank">Dana Milbank</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 09:18:13 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Read 10 pages. Stopped. So boring if you know anything at all about politics. What a snoozer.]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 09:15:03 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Benjamin Black (the pen name of <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/search/search?q= John Banville" title=" John Banville"> John Banville</a>) starts this one out with an interesting premise: A girl is dead; the protagonist's brother-in-law and son of his adopted parents starts investigating. Psychologically there's a lot going on, but it ends with a thud instead of a bang. The conclusion of ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28875332">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 09:12:21 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This book takes an interesting topic and turns it boring. Plus, it's poorly written as well.]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 09:10:48 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[The first half - a complete tale - is great, but once the manuscript was lost and the translators tried piecing everything back together, it all falls apart. Still, good book.]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 1 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1556580.Microtrends_The_Small_Forces_Behind_Tomorrow_s_Big_Changes">Microtrends: The Small Forces Behind Tomorrow's Big Changes (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/724307.Mark_J_Penn">Mark J. Penn</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 09:08:24 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I found this to be too focused on the trends. Penn did a great job writing four-page chapters on every trend out there. What he didn't do was tie the topic of microtrends back into a greater understanding of, well, anything else. I get what he wants to say; he just doesn't do a good job of saying it...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6991869">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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