<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<GoodreadsResponse>
	<Request>
		<authentication>false</authentication>
		    <method><![CDATA[]]></method>
	</Request>
	<user>
  <id>1858725</id>
  <name><![CDATA[Deborah]]></name>
  <user-name><![CDATA[DeborahKWhite]]></user-name>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1858725-deborah]]></link>
  <author>
  <id type="integer">472297</id>
  <name>Deborah K. White</name>
</author>
  <image-url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-F-111x148.jpg]]></image-url>
  
  
  
    <about><![CDATA[]]></about>
    <gender>F</gender>
    <location>Alpena, AR</location>
    <website><![CDATA[http://www.deborahkwhite.blogspot.com/]]></website>
    <joined>01/2009</joined>
    <last-active>08/2009</last-active>
    <interests><![CDATA[writing, martial arts, horseback riding, sewing, history, mentoring]]></interests>
    <favorite-books><![CDATA[]]></favorite-books>
    
    <favorite_authors>
	    
	  </favorite_authors>
    
    
    <updates-rss-url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/updates_rss/1858725?key=02f95d41f789fed194b92075552517ebfee4bf35]]></updates-rss-url>
    <reviews-rss-url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/list_rss/1858725?key=02f95d41f789fed194b92075552517ebfee4bf35&shelf=%23ALL%23]]></reviews-rss-url>
    <friends-count type="integer">2</friends-count>
    <reviews-count type="integer">34</reviews-count>
    <user_shelves type="array">
  <user_shelf>
    <book_count type="integer">34</book_count>
    <description nil="true"></description>
    <exclusive_flag type="boolean">true</exclusive_flag>
    <id type="integer">5661395</id>
    <name>read</name>
  </user_shelf>
  <user_shelf>
    <book_count type="integer">0</book_count>
    <description nil="true"></description>
    <exclusive_flag type="boolean">true</exclusive_flag>
    <id type="integer">4076769</id>
    <name>currently-reading</name>
  </user_shelf>
  <user_shelf>
    <book_count type="integer">0</book_count>
    <description nil="true"></description>
    <exclusive_flag type="boolean">true</exclusive_flag>
    <id type="integer">4076768</id>
    <name>to-read</name>
  </user_shelf>
  <user_shelf>
    <book_count type="integer">31</book_count>
    <description nil="true"></description>
    <exclusive_flag type="boolean">false</exclusive_flag>
    <id type="integer">4403856</id>
    <name>non-fiction</name>
  </user_shelf>
  <user_shelf>
    <book_count type="integer">20</book_count>
    <description nil="true"></description>
    <exclusive_flag type="boolean">false</exclusive_flag>
    <id type="integer">4404105</id>
    <name>history</name>
  </user_shelf>
  <user_shelf>
    <book_count type="integer">5</book_count>
    <description nil="true"></description>
    <exclusive_flag type="boolean">false</exclusive_flag>
    <id type="integer">4404783</id>
    <name>writing</name>
  </user_shelf>
  <user_shelf>
    <book_count type="integer">2</book_count>
    <description nil="true"></description>
    <exclusive_flag type="boolean">false</exclusive_flag>
    <id type="integer">4404006</id>
    <name>christian</name>
  </user_shelf>
  <user_shelf>
    <book_count type="integer">1</book_count>
    <description nil="true"></description>
    <exclusive_flag type="boolean">false</exclusive_flag>
    <id type="integer">4474052</id>
    <name>memoir</name>
  </user_shelf>
  <user_shelf>
    <book_count type="integer">1</book_count>
    <description nil="true"></description>
    <exclusive_flag type="boolean">false</exclusive_flag>
    <id type="integer">4404062</id>
    <name>muslim</name>
  </user_shelf>
</user_shelves>


          <updates type="array">
      <update type="review">
    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/602414.The_Roman_War_Machine">The Roman War Machine (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/51143.John_Peddie">John Peddie</a>]]></action_text>
    <link>http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47069981</link>
    <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176184707s/602414.jpg</image_url>
    <actor>
  <id type="integer">1858725</id>
  <name>Deborah</name>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-F-50x66.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1858725-deborah</link>
</actor>

    <updated_at>Sat, 21 Feb 2009 13:24:56 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I read this book for research purposes, and this book had the information I was looking for. The downside is that I couldn't read this book at night because it put me to sleep. <br/><br/>Some of the information wasn't relevant to my search for answers, but that same information might be exactly wh...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/I%20read%20this%20book%20for%20research%20purposes,%20and%20this%20book%20had%20the%20information%20I%20was%20looking%20for.%20The%20downside%20is%20that%20I%20couldn't%20read%20this%20book%20at%20night%20because%20it%20put%20me%20to%20sleep.%20%0D%0A%0D%0ASome%20of%20the%20information%20wasn't%20relevant%20to%20my%20search%20for%20answers,%20but%20that%20same%20information%20might%20be%20exactly%20what%20others%20are%20looking%20for.%20For%20example,%20some%20people%20might%20not%20like%20that%20the%20book%20focuses%20too%20much%20time%20on%20modern%20British%20WWII%20examples%20of%20the%20same%20problems%20the%20Romans%20faced,%20but%20I%20found%20that%20interesting%20since%20I'm%20making%20a%20study%20of%20war,%20not%20just%20Roman%20war.%20%0D%0A%0D%0AWhat%20I%20absolutely%20loved%20about%20this%20book%20is%20the%20details%20it%20went%20into:%20it%20had%20charts%20about%20how%20far%20did%20the%20various%20missile%20weapons%20reached,%20talked%20about%20how%20signals%20were%20passed%20along,%20how%20much%20food%20would%20need%20to%20be%20brought%20along,%20how%20many%20baggage%20carts,%20wagons,%20or%20mules%20needed%20to%20carry%20it,%20and%20the%20'why'%20that's%20always%20stumped%20me:%20why%20an%20army%20could%20only%20move%20about%2010-12%20miles%20a%20day.%20The%20answer%3F%20The%20column%20was%20so%20long%20(when%20baggage%20carts,%20etc,%20were%20included)%20that%20the%20first%20part%20of%20the%20column%20would%20be%20reaching%20the%20new%20camp%20and%20starting%20to%20set%20up%20before%20the%20last%20of%20the%20column%20was%20even%20leaving%20the%20old%20camp!%20He%20crunches%20the%20numbers%20to%20prove%20it.%20These%20were%20just%20the%20types%20of%20numbers%20I%20was%20looking%20for,%20so%20I%20consider%20this%20book%20a%20jewel%20since%20I%20haven't%20found%20them%20elsewhere%20(in%20my%20admittedly%20small%20research%20done%20so%20far).">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
  </update>  
      <update type="review">
    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/275833.The_Face_of_Battle">The Face of Battle (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5797.John_Keegan">John Keegan</a>]]></action_text>
    <link>http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47069891</link>
    <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173337159s/275833.jpg</image_url>
    <actor>
  <id type="integer">1858725</id>
  <name>Deborah</name>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-F-50x66.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1858725-deborah</link>
</actor>

    <updated_at>Sat, 21 Feb 2009 13:24:02 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I read this book to research what battle would be like in previous eras for the average soldier. This book certainly did that. I liked that the author quoted primary sources about the battle or from those who had been in the battles so the reader could better understand what those battles looked lik...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/I%20read%20this%20book%20to%20research%20what%20battle%20would%20be%20like%20in%20previous%20eras%20for%20the%20average%20soldier.%20This%20book%20certainly%20did%20that.%20I%20liked%20that%20the%20author%20quoted%20primary%20sources%20about%20the%20battle%20or%20from%20those%20who%20had%20been%20in%20the%20battles%20so%20the%20reader%20could%20better%20understand%20what%20those%20battles%20looked%20like%20first-hand.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
  </update>  
      <update type="review">
    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/867247.Book_of_Five_Rings_The_Classic_Guide_to_Strategy">Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/14462.Miyamoto_Musashi">Miyamoto Musashi</a>]]></action_text>
    <link>http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47069692</link>
    <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179031481s/867247.jpg</image_url>
    <actor>
  <id type="integer">1858725</id>
  <name>Deborah</name>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-F-50x66.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1858725-deborah</link>
</actor>

    <updated_at>Sat, 21 Feb 2009 13:23:19 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I read this to do research on military strategy. The book was interesting from that respect and from a historical one, but even then a lot of what the book said seemed pretty obvious to me. It was worth reading for research, though, since I got some important tidbits from it.]]></body>
        
    
  </update>  
      <update type="review">
    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/68317.Beginnings_Middles_Ends">Beginnings, Middles &amp; Ends (Elements of Fiction Writing)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/21158.Nancy_Kress">Nancy Kress</a>]]></action_text>
    <link>http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47067777</link>
    <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1232074038s/68317.jpg</image_url>
    <actor>
  <id type="integer">1858725</id>
  <name>Deborah</name>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-F-50x66.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1858725-deborah</link>
</actor>

    <updated_at>Sat, 21 Feb 2009 13:03:21 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I have no problem coming up with the beginning and end of the book, but I do have troubles with the middles of my stories. I read this book when I was switching over to writing fiction, and I found the advice most useful.  If you have trouble keeping your story on track or need help structuring your...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/I%20have%20no%20problem%20coming%20up%20with%20the%20beginning%20and%20end%20of%20the%20book,%20but%20I%20do%20have%20troubles%20with%20the%20middles%20of%20my%20stories.%20I%20read%20this%20book%20when%20I%20was%20switching%20over%20to%20writing%20fiction,%20and%20I%20found%20the%20advice%20most%20useful.%20%20If%20you%20have%20trouble%20keeping%20your%20story%20on%20track%20or%20need%20help%20structuring%20your%20story%20effectively,%20this%20book%20will%20be%20a%20tremendous%20help.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
  </update>  
      <update type="review">
    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1279059.The_Complete_Handbook_of_Novel_Writing">The Complete Handbook of Novel Writing (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/128384.Jack_Heffron">Jack Heffron</a>]]></action_text>
    <link>http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47067393</link>
    <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182457071s/1279059.jpg</image_url>
    <actor>
  <id type="integer">1858725</id>
  <name>Deborah</name>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-F-50x66.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1858725-deborah</link>
</actor>

    <updated_at>Sat, 21 Feb 2009 12:59:25 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This book has advice for every aspect and genre of writing. This is one of the first books I read when I switched to writing fiction, and parts of it were immensely helpful.  Some of this advice I've hear again in many other writing books, but others I've never heard again elsewhere despite the fact...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/This%20book%20has%20advice%20for%20every%20aspect%20and%20genre%20of%20writing.%20This%20is%20one%20of%20the%20first%20books%20I%20read%20when%20I%20switched%20to%20writing%20fiction,%20and%20parts%20of%20it%20were%20immensely%20helpful.%20%20Some%20of%20this%20advice%20I've%20hear%20again%20in%20many%20other%20writing%20books,%20but%20others%20I've%20never%20heard%20again%20elsewhere%20despite%20the%20fact%20I%20found%20it%20insightful.%20I'd%20recommend%20this%20book%20to%20beginning%20writers.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
  </update>  
      <update type="review">
    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18185.The_Pillow_Book_of_Sei_Shonagon">The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/10983.Sei_Shonagon">Sei Shonagon</a>]]></action_text>
    <link>http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47067282</link>
    <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166889879s/18185.jpg</image_url>
    <actor>
  <id type="integer">1858725</id>
  <name>Deborah</name>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-F-50x66.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1858725-deborah</link>
</actor>

    <updated_at>Sat, 21 Feb 2009 12:54:30 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This is a diary and notebook of a court lady in Heian era Japan. Some entries are detailed stories about a certain events she was involved in while others are lists of her likes and dislikes. It gives an interesting look into court life and what life was like for a highborn lady of the time. ]]></body>
        
    
  </update>  
      <update type="review">
    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/100352.Life_in_a_Medieval_City">Life in a Medieval City (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/18546.Joseph_Gies">Joseph Gies</a>]]></action_text>
    <link>http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47066574</link>
    <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171467232s/100352.jpg</image_url>
    <actor>
  <id type="integer">1858725</id>
  <name>Deborah</name>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-F-50x66.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1858725-deborah</link>
</actor>

    <updated_at>Sat, 21 Feb 2009 12:52:36 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I found this book interesting and easy to understand.  It gives details about life in 1250 A.D. in Troyes, a city in the county of Champagne in northern Europe.  It talks about town government, disasters, entertainment, education, religion, medicine, business (small and large), weddings, funerals, c...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/I%20found%20this%20book%20interesting%20and%20easy%20to%20understand.%20%20It%20gives%20details%20about%20life%20in%201250%20A.D.%20in%20Troyes,%20a%20city%20in%20the%20county%20of%20Champagne%20in%20northern%20Europe.%20%20It%20talks%20about%20town%20government,%20disasters,%20entertainment,%20education,%20religion,%20medicine,%20business%20(small%20and%20large),%20weddings,%20funerals,%20childbirth,%20children,%20housewives,%20and%20the%20home.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
  </update>  
      <update type="review">
    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/317212.The_Art_of_War">The Art of War (Barnes &amp; Noble Classics Series) (B&amp;N Classics)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1771.Sun_Tzu">Sun Tzu</a>]]></action_text>
    <link>http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47066066</link>
    <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173718452s/317212.jpg</image_url>
    <actor>
  <id type="integer">1858725</id>
  <name>Deborah</name>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-F-50x66.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1858725-deborah</link>
</actor>

    <updated_at>Sat, 21 Feb 2009 12:40:38 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I read this to learn more about Chinese war strategies.  I found the Sun Tzu part of this book interesting.  The added commentary, which gave examples from history to illustrate these principles, was fascinating and invaluable for my research.]]></body>
        
    
  </update>  
      <update type="review">
    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/180467.Self_Editing_for_Fiction_Writers_Second_Edition_How_to_Edit_Yourself_Into_Print">Self-Editing for Fiction Writers, Second Edition: How to Edit Yourself Into Print (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/105227.Renni_Browne">Renni Browne</a>]]></action_text>
    <link>http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46058839</link>
    <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172487066s/180467.jpg</image_url>
    <actor>
  <id type="integer">1858725</id>
  <name>Deborah</name>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-F-50x66.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1858725-deborah</link>
</actor>

    <updated_at>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 13:07:39 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This is an excellent book that I periodically re-read, and I'd recommend it for any writer who's starting out.  However, that recommendation would come with a warning since newbie writers often take the book's advice as a series of strict rules.<br/><br/>The advice given by the authors will help m...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/This%20is%20an%20excellent%20book%20that%20I%20periodically%20re-read,%20and%20I'd%20recommend%20it%20for%20any%20writer%20who's%20starting%20out.%20%20However,%20that%20recommendation%20would%20come%20with%20a%20warning%20since%20newbie%20writers%20often%20take%20the%20book's%20advice%20as%20a%20series%20of%20strict%20rules.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe%20advice%20given%20by%20the%20authors%20will%20help%20make%20your%20writing%20much%20stronger,%20but%20you'll%20note%20that%20pretty%20much%20every%20published%20writer%20breaks%20one%20or%20another%20of%20these%20%22rules.%22%20%20So%20read%20the%20book%20and%20apply%20the%20advice%20were%20it's%20helpful,%20but%20otherwise%20don't%20sweat%20the%20small%20stuff--just%20concentrate%20on%20writing%20an%20entertaining%20story.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
  </update>  
      <update type="review">
    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1481641.Deep_Water_Ancient_Ships">Deep Water, Ancient Ships (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/379872.Willard_Bascom">Willard Bascom</a>]]></action_text>
    <link>http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46057752</link>
    <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1234387660s/1481641.jpg</image_url>
    <actor>
  <id type="integer">1858725</id>
  <name>Deborah</name>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-F-50x66.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1858725-deborah</link>
</actor>

    <updated_at>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 13:04:58 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This book focus on ancient ships in the Mediterranean.  It talks about how the currents and winds are formed in the Mediterranean, what ancient ships were like and the difficulties they faced, the reasons why ships sink (both in the past and today), and much more.  The book was very, very interestin...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/This%20book%20focus%20on%20ancient%20ships%20in%20the%20Mediterranean.%20%20It%20talks%20about%20how%20the%20currents%20and%20winds%20are%20formed%20in%20the%20Mediterranean,%20what%20ancient%20ships%20were%20like%20and%20the%20difficulties%20they%20faced,%20the%20reasons%20why%20ships%20sink%20(both%20in%20the%20past%20and%20today),%20and%20much%20more.%20%20The%20book%20was%20very,%20very%20interesting%20since%20this%20is%20exactly%20the%20type%20of%20information%20I%20was%20looking%20for.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
  </update>  
  </updates>
      
</user>

</GoodreadsResponse>