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    <updated_at>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 06:39:09 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 2 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6474878-winter-of-secrets">Winter of Secrets: Trafalgar Mystery (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/550956.Vicki_Delany">Vicki Delany</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 08:08:38 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This one seemed a little more disjointed than IN THE SHADOW OF THE GLACIER by the same author.  In that one the main character had a stronger connection to the storyline and it was more personal.  In this one, the point of view shifts stay with other characters more than it stays with her.  It's har...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81079320">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6528117-stuck-on-murder">Stuck on Murder (A Decoupage Mystery, #1)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/382634.Lucy_Lawrence">Lucy Lawrence</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 06:55:21 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Brenna leaves the big city of Boston to live in a small town. She's working with her college roommate running a vintage paper crafts store.  She thinks she's safe from trouble, but murder comes knocking.  <br/><br/>This is a quick read with interesting and amusing characters.  I enjoyed it.]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 1 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6492546-wishin-and-hopin">Wishin' and Hopin': A Christmas Story (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3505.Wally_Lamb">Wally Lamb</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 09:13:37 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I found the book annoying and disappointing.  It's marketed as a holiday story, but there's nothing much about Christmas until the end.  <br/><br/>Part of the problem was the writing style, which was flat with weak attempts at immature humor.  The other part is that I just couldn't relate to the m...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80659185">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6516338-decked-with-folly">Decked with Folly (A Pennyfoot Hotel Mystery, #17)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/225514.Kate_Kingsbury">Kate Kingsbury</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 07:22:21 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This is one of the better Pennyfoot mysteries.  I liked how Gertie came across as a main character rather than a secondary one.  I normally don't like it when a writer switches point of view, but it works for this series.]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 2 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6310964.Evidence">Evidence (Alex Delaware, #24)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/43626.Jonathan_Kellerman">Jonathan Kellerman</a>]]></action_text>
    <link>http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79851775</link>
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    <updated_at>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 05:09:11 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I'm a huge fan of Kellerman, so I was super excited to see he had a new one so close to the holidays.  Unfortunately, I was either expecting too much or Kellerman produced too little in EVIDENCE.  Normally, I finish an Alex Delaware book in one sitting, this one took two and I had to force myself.  ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79851775">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6359292-the-tale-of-applebeck-orchard">The Tale of Applebeck Orchard (The Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter, #6)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/20828.Susan_Wittig_Albert">Susan Wittig Albert</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 07:15:49 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[The part I dislike about this series are the chapters where the animals are talking.  The part I really like are the parts with Beatrix Potter.  She's such a strong female character that it makes the cutesy part with the animals okay.]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 1 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6348952-there-goes-the-bride">There Goes the Bride: An Agatha Raisin Mystery (Agatha Raisin Mysteries)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1657638.M_C_Beaton">M.C. Beaton</a>]]></action_text>
    <link>http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79031133</link>
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    <updated_at>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:02:59 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Agatha Raisin is one nasty piece of work.  One of the most self-centered lead characters of any series, she really outdoes herself by showing up at her ex-husband's wedding just in time for the bride-to-be to be murdered.  I found the writing and the situations clumsy and not very convincing.<br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79031133">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 2 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6350898-holly-and-homicide">Holly and Homicide (A Domestic Bliss Mystery, #7)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/88927.Leslie_Caine">Leslie Caine</a>]]></action_text>
    <link>http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78715727</link>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:17:28 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[One of the tricks to writing a good cozy is making the characters likable.  Unfortunately, I found Erin, the main character, a bit too fussy.  Plus, there was a lot more romance in the mix than I like in a good mystery.  I probably won't be reading the rest of the series.]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 2 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6320077.Merry_Merry_Ghost">Merry, Merry Ghost (A Bailey Ruth Mystery, #2)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1977222.Carolyn_Hart">Carolyn Hart</a>]]></action_text>
    <link>http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78523130</link>
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    <updated_at>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:59:21 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Not my usual reading material, since I'm not into a lot of the supernatural genre.  This was kind of silly with the premise being that a ghost becomes the guardian angel to an orphaned boy during the holidays.<br/><br/><br/>It was okay, but I won't be reading the rest of the series.]]></body>
        
    
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