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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6522461-the-6th-seal">The 6th Seal (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2951838.J_M_Emanuel">J. M. Emanuel</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 17:44:28 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[The 6th Seal pulled me in from page one. It's yet another good vs. evil, end of the world scenario, but it's written so smartly and believably that the situation seems new. <br/><br/>The bad guys are truly frightening, and Emanuel doesn't rely on cheap gore for scares. His dark characters can conv...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/The%206th%20Seal%20pulled%20me%20in%20from%20page%20one.%20It's%20yet%20another%20good%20vs.%20evil,%20end%20of%20the%20world%20scenario,%20but%20it's%20written%20so%20smartly%20and%20believably%20that%20the%20situation%20seems%20new.%20%0D%0A%0D%0AThe%20bad%20guys%20are%20truly%20frightening,%20and%20Emanuel%20doesn't%20rely%20on%20cheap%20gore%20for%20scares.%20His%20dark%20characters%20can%20convey%20a%20bottomless%20pit%20of%20want%20and%20ambition%20with%20a%20mere%20gesture%20or%20turn%20of%20phrase.%20Much%20of%20what%20they%20are%20is%20revealed%20through%20the%20reactions%20of%20those%20around%20them.%20It's%20been%20a%20long%20time%20since%20I've%20had%20this%20type%20of%20visceral%20scare%20from%20a%20book.%20The%20good%20guys%20are%20heroic,%20but%20in%20a%20way%20that's%20entirely%20relatable.%20There%20are%20no%20action%20hero%20types%20here,%20just%20ordinary%20folk%20who%20want%20the%20world%20and%20everything%20they%20love%20in%20it%20to%20endure.%20%0D%0A%0D%0AEmanuel%20brings%20a%20realism%20to%20the%20final%20conflict,%20skillfully%20balancing%20the%20military%2Fepic%20and%20the%20spiritual%2Fpersonal.%20There's%20a%20lot%20of%20soul%20here,%20yet%20no%20religiosity.%0D%0A%0D%0AIf%20you%20enjoy%20the%20works%20of%20Peter%20Straub,%20or%20you've%20enjoyed%20Dan%20Brown's%20books%20but%20wished%20they%20had%20a%20bit%20more%20depth,%20this%20is%20the%20book%20for%20you.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[is currently reading: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2331954.Infected">Infected (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/114504.Scott_Sigler">Scott Sigler</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:57:06 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10108.The_Autobiography_of_Henry_VIII_With_Notes_by_His_Fool_Will_Somers">The Autobiography of Henry VIII: With Notes by His Fool, Will Somers (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6599.Margaret_George">Margaret George</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:56:05 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This was a very interesting and entertaining book. I was inspired to read it after watching the first two seasons of The Tudors on cable, which left me wanting to know more about the real Henry VIII. Now I just wish I knew how much of this novel was based on historical fact and how much was embroide...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/This%20was%20a%20very%20interesting%20and%20entertaining%20book.%20I%20was%20inspired%20to%20read%20it%20after%20watching%20the%20first%20two%20seasons%20of%20The%20Tudors%20on%20cable,%20which%20left%20me%20wanting%20to%20know%20more%20about%20the%20real%20Henry%20VIII.%20Now%20I%20just%20wish%20I%20knew%20how%20much%20of%20this%20novel%20was%20based%20on%20historical%20fact%20and%20how%20much%20was%20embroidery.%20Either%20way,%20it's%20a%20ripping%20good%20read.%20">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6534932-official-book-club-selection">Official Book Club Selection: A Memoir According to Kathy Griffin (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2956496.Kathy_Griffin">Kathy Griffin</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:53:29 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[What can I say? If you like Kathy Griffin (I *love* her!), you will love this memoir. If not, not. It's like a combination of her dishy standup and more heart-tugging personal details of her family life and marriage. 'Nuff said.]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6381205-soulless">Soulless (The Parasol Protectorate #1)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2891665.Gail_Carriger">Gail Carriger</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:39:12 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7669.Timeline">Timeline (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5194.Michael_Crichton">Michael Crichton</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 09:53:12 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Liked this a lot, though was annoyed with the author's tendency to use characters' first AND last names long after they've been introduced and his excessive use of &quot;[so-and-so:] said&quot; / &quot;said [so-and-so:]&quot; in dialog passages. Both problems seem like bad habits on the author's par...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/Liked%20this%20a%20lot,%20though%20was%20annoyed%20with%20the%20author's%20tendency%20to%20use%20characters'%20first%20AND%20last%20names%20long%20after%20they've%20been%20introduced%20and%20his%20excessive%20use%20of%20%22%5Bso-and-so:%5D%20said%22%20%2F%20%22said%20%5Bso-and-so:%5D%22%20in%20dialog%20passages.%20Both%20problems%20seem%20like%20bad%20habits%20on%20the%20author's%20part%20that%20his%20editor%20should%20have%20dealt%20with%20before%20the%20manuscript%20was%20published.%20Otherwise,%20a%20fun%20adventure%20with%20some%20interesting%20and%20colorful%20historical%20detail.%20Much%20better%20than%20the%20movie.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/880.Pompeii">Pompeii (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/575.Robert_Harris">Robert Harris</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 18 May 2009 14:26:42 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This review is based on the unabridged Audible audiobook.<br/><br/>I thoroughly enjoyed this fictionalized account of events leading up to the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius, and the narration was terrific. <br/><br/>It's a tribute to Harris' skill that even though you know going in exactly how the st...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/This%20review%20is%20based%20on%20the%20unabridged%20Audible%20audiobook.%0D%0A%0D%0AI%20thoroughly%20enjoyed%20this%20fictionalized%20account%20of%20events%20leading%20up%20to%20the%20eruption%20of%20Mt.%20Vesuvius,%20and%20the%20narration%20was%20terrific.%20%0D%0A%0D%0AIt's%20a%20tribute%20to%20Harris'%20skill%20that%20even%20though%20you%20know%20going%20in%20exactly%20how%20the%20story%20must%20end,%20his%20novel%20holds%20your%20attention%20all%20the%20way%20through.%20In%20addition%20to%20strong%20characterizations,%20the%20book%20has%20a%20lot%20of%20historical%20detail%20to%20offer.%20Fascinating%20for%20any%20history%20buff%20or%20engineering%20buff%20(much%20info%20about%20the%20aquaduct%20system%20is%20given).%20Also%20recommended%20for%20fans%20of%20the%20period.%0D%0A%0D%0A%20">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25099.The_Sandman_Vol_2_The_Doll_s_House">The Sandman Vol. 2: The Doll's House (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1221698.Neil_Gaiman">Neil Gaiman</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 18 May 2009 14:21:04 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Not quite as good as the first book in the series. I saw the ending coming from a mile off, and it seems like a lot of what's in this volume is there to set up future installments in the series. <br/><br/>I didn't feel I had much insight into the main character, Rose. Things happen to her and she ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/Not%20quite%20as%20good%20as%20the%20first%20book%20in%20the%20series.%20I%20saw%20the%20ending%20coming%20from%20a%20mile%20off,%20and%20it%20seems%20like%20a%20lot%20of%20what's%20in%20this%20volume%20is%20there%20to%20set%20up%20future%20installments%20in%20the%20series.%20%0D%0A%0D%0AI%20didn't%20feel%20I%20had%20much%20insight%20into%20the%20main%20character,%20Rose.%20Things%20happen%20to%20her%20and%20she%20reacts%20more%20or%20less%20believably,%20but%20there%20wasn't%20anything%20inherently%20compelling%20about%20her.%20Some%20of%20the%20other%20inhabitants%20of%20the%20house%20where%20Rose%20has%20a%20room%20are%20so%20floridly%20bizarre%20that%20it's%20kind%20of%20hard%20to%20believe%20Rose%20would%20accept%20them,%20and%20interact%20with%20them,%20so%20calmly%20and%20without%20asking%20a%20lot%20more%20questions.%20%0D%0A%0D%0AIt%20seemed%20to%20me%20that%20apart%20from%20Morpheus%20(The%20Sandman%20of%20the%20series'%20title),%20the%20most%20fully-developed%20character%20in%20the%20book%20is%20The%20Corinthian,%20a%20psychopathic%20killer%20who's%20a%20relatively%20minor%20player%20in%20the%20story.%20Other%20characters,%20like%20the%20weird%20sisters%20and%20Gilbert,%20were%20very%20difficult%20to%20get%20a%20bead%20on.%20As%20for%20Morpheus,%20his%20character%20was%20established%20in%20the%20first%20book,%20Preludes%20and%20Nocturnes.%20If%20I'd%20begun%20with%20this%20volume,%20I%20think%20I%20would've%20found%20him%20a%20little%20confusing%20too.%20%0D%0A%0D%0AFinally,%20while%20there%20are%20some%20interesting%20and%20darkly%20comic%20ideas%20in%20this%20volume---which%20I%20expect%20will%20be%20explored%20further%20in%20future%20installments---,%20the%20main%20plotline%20of%20this%20volume%20seemed%20a%20little%20pat%20to%20me.%20%20%20">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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