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    <updated_at>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:31:07 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Kerouac may be best known for On The Road, but this is by far my favorite of his books. Looking back, it has probably been the most influential book on my life. The story is just so fun and honest and original, it confirmed my desire to be a writer when I read it as a sophomore in high school. But n...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78658675">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:37:02 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[If you're a Twilight fan -- and I never thought I'd become one, but I am a big one -- this is the book you're waiting for. It won't spoil any of it but the first few pages to say that it begins with Edward and Bella's over-the-top wedding (arranged by Alice, of course) which is equally satisfying as...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78589885">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[marked as to-read: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/542712.Soul_Surfer_A_True_Story_of_Faith_Family_and_Fighting_to_Get_Back_on_the_Board">Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/298611.Bethany_Hamilton">Bethany Hamilton</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:17:38 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
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    <updated_at>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:15:01 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I'm still in the section where some very curious British men are developing the science of geology (it started as an elite good ol' boys club that developed into practically a cult). Who'd of thunk this would be a hilarious topic, but it is when Bryson is telling it. I can't say I understood the cha...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74969923">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 07:36:34 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I reread this recently and loved it so much more than when I had to read it in high school. Fitzgerald's humor is so much more subtle than most humor writer's today and the funny lines are tucked between such beautifully crafted prose. The story is so simple - basically just describes a few parties ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74908205">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 10:27:37 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[A beautiful profile of a very brave man who changed surfing.]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6317404.Fierce_Heart_The_Story_of_Makaha_and_the_Soul_of_Hawaiian_Surfing">Fierce Heart: The Story of Makaha and the Soul of Hawaiian Surfing (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/126180.Stuart_Holmes_Coleman">Stuart Holmes Coleman</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 10:26:40 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Doing this Saltwater Buddha book tour, I’ve felt a little saturated with surf book talk. In-fact, I’ve been on a bit of surf lit boycott. Nothing against them, it’s just that in my little spare reading time, I’ve wanted to curl up with fantasy novels that make me dream of wizards and fairies...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66305689">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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