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    <action_text><![CDATA[is currently reading: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4527502.The_Scarecrow">The Scarecrow (Jack McEvoy, #2)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/12470.Michael_Connelly">Michael Connelly</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 08:24:22 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 1 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/528918.The_Quiet_Girl_A_Novel">The Quiet Girl: A Novel (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/369288.Peter_H_eg">Peter Høeg</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 08:06:16 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This is the third time I've tried this book.  I liked Smilla's Sense of Snow, and Bookmarks magazine had a great review, so I thought I would try to stretch myself a bit and &quot;read outside the box&quot;.  I just can't do it.  Not only is the plot somewhat fantasy, but the story starts out like y...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/This%20is%20the%20third%20time%20I've%20tried%20this%20book.%20%20I%20liked%20Smilla's%20Sense%20of%20Snow,%20and%20Bookmarks%20magazine%20had%20a%20great%20review,%20so%20I%20thought%20I%20would%20try%20to%20stretch%20myself%20a%20bit%20and%20%22read%20outside%20the%20box%22.%20%20I%20just%20can't%20do%20it.%20%20Not%20only%20is%20the%20plot%20somewhat%20fantasy,%20but%20the%20story%20starts%20out%20like%20you%20are%20already%20supposed%20to%20know%20who%20the%20characters%20are%20and%20what%20is%20happening.%20%20I%20felt%20totally%20lost%20about%20who%20was%20who,%20who%20was%20where,%20and%20what%20was%20going%20on.%20%20This%20genre%20is%20just%20not%20for%20me.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/146219.Martin_Dressler_The_Tale_of_an_American_Dreamer">Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/12589.Steven_Millhauser">Steven Millhauser</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 22:43:08 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[You can really feel the time period in this story, along with the dreams of the protagonist.  Each dream gets bigger and better, until it is so big it can't be accepted by others.  Well written, but lacking in much excitement, other than overly drawn out descriptions of fantastical dreams of spaces ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/You%20can%20really%20feel%20the%20time%20period%20in%20this%20story,%20along%20with%20the%20dreams%20of%20the%20protagonist.%20%20Each%20dream%20gets%20bigger%20and%20better,%20until%20it%20is%20so%20big%20it%20can't%20be%20accepted%20by%20others.%20%20Well%20written,%20but%20lacking%20in%20much%20excitement,%20other%20than%20overly%20drawn%20out%20descriptions%20of%20fantastical%20dreams%20of%20spaces%20to%20be%20lived%20in%20and%20played%20in....where%20the%20sky%20is%20the%20limit,%20but%20not%20really.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43015.A_Long_Way_Gone_Memoirs_of_a_Boy_Soldier">A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/24189.Ishmael_Beah">Ishmael Beah</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 08:45:12 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[If you didn't believe in fate before you read this book, you certainly will once you are finished.  Ismael survived not only being a child soldier, but also a massacre on his home village (and several others), months of hunger and hiding; he was selected from many other child soldiers by the UN/UNIC...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/If%20you%20didn't%20believe%20in%20fate%20before%20you%20read%20this%20book,%20you%20certainly%20will%20once%20you%20are%20finished.%20%20Ismael%20survived%20not%20only%20being%20a%20child%20soldier,%20but%20also%20a%20massacre%20on%20his%20home%20village%20(and%20several%20others),%20months%20of%20hunger%20and%20hiding;%20he%20was%20selected%20from%20many%20other%20child%20soldiers%20by%20the%20UN%2FUNICEF%20group%20for%20rehabilitation,%20then%20chosen%20to%20speak%20in%20NY%20as%20a%20conference;%20met%20an%20American%20woman%20working%20for%20the%20UN%20who%20eventually%20was%20his%20saviour%20from%20Sierra%20Leone;%20attended%20Oberlin%20College%20and%20wrote%20this%20book.%20%20%0D%0A%0D%0AThe%20story%20is%20truly%20unsettling%20to%20know%20that%20in%20the%2020th%20and%2021st%20century%20these%20kind%20of%20atrocities%20continue%20to%20occur%20and%20that%20I%20can%20not%20do%20anything%20about%20it.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[marked as wish-list: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5126859.The_Girl_Who_Chased_the_Moon">The Girl Who Chased the Moon (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/566874.Sarah_Addison_Allen">Sarah Addison Allen</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 16:19:13 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[marked as to-read: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/89788.The_Lady_and_the_Unicorn">The Lady and the Unicorn (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1973.Tracy_Chevalier">Tracy Chevalier</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:12:10 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[marked as wish-list: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6202556.The_Evolution_of_Calpurnia_Tate">The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2824557.Jacqueline_Kelly">Jacqueline Kelly</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:30:34 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <updated_at>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:32:34 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[If I didn't have ANYTHING else to read.....like when I had this one thrown at me on the beach and I was out of books.....]]></body>
        
    
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