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    <updated_at>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 15:20:52 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sun, 03 May 2009 13:19:40 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[The story kept me going, but the writing was so-so.]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sun, 03 May 2009 13:16:10 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I love holidays on Ice!  The story about him being a Macy's elf is a classic - we saw it as a one-man play this past December - hilarious!  The Holiday letter story is also one of my favorites.]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sat, 11 Apr 2009 09:55:39 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I've thought about reading this, but not sure I want my reading to be that painful!]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sun, 05 Apr 2009 15:07:28 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[<em>Carla wrote: &quot;Like Karen, I find poetry readings and poetry slams bring poetry to life especially when read from the writer of the poem as they bring with the reading the passion that came from their experiences...&quot;</em><br/><br/>The series you mention sounds good, I'll have to check it out.  I also find that how much I like a poem is often related to how it resonates with my life at time.  Sometimes I will read a poem I loved in the past, but find I don't like it all that much anymore, because my circumstances/issues/emotions about the topic has changed.]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 18:51:20 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I just finished <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77203.The_Kite_Runner" title="The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini">The Kite Runner</a>and felt it definitely lived up to everything people said about it - I loved it.  I'm now reading <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/123604.Boundary_Waters_Mysteries_Horror_" title="Boundary Waters (Mysteries &amp; Horror) by William Kent Krueger">Boundary Waters</a>which is not of the caliber of KR, but fun because I've spent some time in that part of the country.]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 18:38:04 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This book lived up to its reputation.  Beautifully written, with vivid descriptions and complex characters.  I did not want it to end, even though it tells a sad and difficult story.]]></body>
        
    
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