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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6224826.Juliet_Naked_A_Novel">Juliet, Naked: A Novel (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2929.Nick_Hornby">Nick Hornby</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 23:27:35 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <updated_at>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 06:00:33 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/261331.The_Tea_Rose">The Tea Rose (The Tea Rose, #1)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/36346.Jennifer_Donnelly">Jennifer Donnelly</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 08:39:34 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I liked this book. For me it was nice to step back in time and be reminded what it must have been like to live in London in the 1800's (yuck....) It's a racy read... For some people there might be too many moments of synchronicity but what the heck... it was high drama and good on the heroine... tha...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/I%20liked%20this%20book.%20For%20me%20it%20was%20nice%20to%20step%20back%20in%20time%20and%20be%20reminded%20what%20it%20must%20have%20been%20like%20to%20live%20in%20London%20in%20the%201800's%20(yuck....)%20It's%20a%20racy%20read...%20For%20some%20people%20there%20might%20be%20too%20many%20moments%20of%20synchronicity%20but%20what%20the%20heck...%20it%20was%20high%20drama%20and%20good%20on%20the%20heroine...%20thank%20god%20for%20a%20gutsy%20woman%20who%20knows%20what%20she%20wants%20despite%20the%20excessive%20negative%20self%20talk%20she%20sometimes%20experiences!!%0D%0A">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3074284.The_Girl_Who_Played_with_Fire">The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium, #2)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/706255.Stieg_Larsson">Stieg Larsson</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 20:08:32 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[challenging &amp; exciting all the way through - ending perhaps a bit rushed but still was hanging on to every page. great characters can't wait until october for the final]]></body>
        
    
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    <link>http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66241934</link>
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    <updated_at>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:41:17 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[i'm savouring this book - it seems to answer all the questions i've had about why some people are into connecting via technology more than others - or even into making life 'simpler'.... still learning about the different 'connectors' can't wait to see how it all ties in together at the end.]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[is currently reading: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6482996-connection-generation">Connection Generation: How connection determines our place in society and business (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2936541.Iggy_Pintado">Iggy Pintado</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 20:06:59 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1990178.The_Girl_with_the_Dragon_Tattoo">The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/706255.Stieg_Larsson">Stieg Larsson</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 23:39:28 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[to be honest when i first started reading this book i was disappointed and struggled with the first 3-4 chapters. there was a lot of 'background' info being thrown out and i couldn't see where it was going nor did i find it very interesting. all of a sudden though it kicks in and once we are on the ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/to%20be%20honest%20when%20i%20first%20started%20reading%20this%20book%20i%20was%20disappointed%20and%20struggled%20with%20the%20first%203-4%20chapters.%20there%20was%20a%20lot%20of%20'background'%20info%20being%20thrown%20out%20and%20i%20couldn't%20see%20where%20it%20was%20going%20nor%20did%20i%20find%20it%20very%20interesting.%20all%20of%20a%20sudden%20though%20it%20kicks%20in%20and%20once%20we%20are%20on%20the%20rollercoaster%20that%20is%20lisbeth%20salander,%20mikael%20blomkvist%20and%20others%20i%20didn't%20want%20to%20get%20off.%20not%20for%20the%20faint%20hearted%20-%20there%20are%20some%20disturbing%20scenes%20which%20you%20might%20not%20want%20your%20mother%20to%20read%20but%20i%20for%20one%20couldn't%20look%20away%20and%20was%20intrigued%20with%20every%20word.%20such%20a%20shame%20we%20must%20be%20rationed%20to%20one%20trilogy%20only.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1908456.Presentation_Zen_Simple_Ideas_on_Presentation_Design_and_Delivery">Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery (Voices That Matter)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/868792.Garr_Reynolds">Garr Reynolds</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 05:18:16 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This is a great book - giving anyone who does presentations clues on how to avoid killing your audience with 'boring powerpoint'..... I went out straight away and bought a remote for the laptop to move things forward!!!]]></body>
        
    
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