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    <updated_at>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 11:19:38 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Even more non-fiction!  I really liked this.  It's about how people become wildly successful and what they need in order to make success happen.<br/><br/>A lot of reviews implied that it was simplistic but I thought that the points were valid (and if not surprising well articulated).  Most important...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81665101">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:30:56 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6938504-catching-up-or-leading-the-way">Catching Up or Leading the Way: American Education in the Age of Globalization (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/170696.Yong_Zhao">Yong Zhao</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:30:13 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I just can't bring myself to give 5 stars to non-fiction - I can't imagine I'll ever like it that much.<br/><br/>But I did enjoy this and it was a pretty quick easy read with some interesting points.  I am very much looking forward to talking to some of my friends who know more about China then I ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78023315">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/285210.Steal_the_Dragon">Steal the Dragon (Sianim, #2)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/40563.Patricia_Briggs">Patricia Briggs</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:15:46 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I liked it but not as much as her werewolf books.  I will be looking for the others in the series.  I'm a little disappointed to see that they have different characters.  I felt like this ended a little fast.  I also would have like to have seen the romance developed a little more. <br/>As always I...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78022116">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:07:53 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 2 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/558833.Sir_Apropos_of_Nothing">Sir Apropos of Nothing (Sir Apropos of Nothing, #1)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/13681.Peter_David">Peter David</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:06:53 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I expected to like this a lot more.  Maybe my expectations were too high.  There were some nice puns and humor but it just seemed much too violent and bitter for the type of humor/fantasy/adventure that it seemed to be.]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1583018.Samsara_Dog">Samsara Dog (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/735013.Helen_Manos">Helen Manos</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:47:23 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This was another OneWorldLibrary book for children.  And another great one.  A very nice story about reincarnation.  My kids are interested in religion at the moment so it is nice to find good stories like this.  Be warned though that some people find it a tearjerker.  My kids are still pretty clini...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75825563">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[marked as to-read: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5983694.Where_the_Mountain_Meets_the_Moon">Where the Mountain Meets the Moon (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/59390.Grace_Lin">Grace Lin</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 10:11:36 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <updated_at>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:28:41 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This is great.  I loved the Haiku.  And I loved the art.  And I loved the lesson.  But a warning - the Japanese Haiku on each page doesn't match the English haiku.  I was confused until I got to the end and saw the Japanese translations.]]></body>
        
    
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