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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3024368.Family_Gardens">Family Gardens (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/390695.Bunny_Guinness">Bunny Guinness</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:58:06 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I enjoyed looking through the expensive designs in this book, and my toddler liked it, too. I got lots of ideas... the only question is when and how we'll be able to implement them! <br/><br/>I liked the Wind in the Willows garden, even though it was just a showpiece for the author.]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/183595.Gardening_When_It_Counts_Growing_Food_in_Hard_Times">Gardening When It Counts: Growing Food in Hard Times (Mother Earth News Wiser Living Series)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/107107.Steve_Solomon">Steve Solomon</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:59:12 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I don't know why I'm suddenly so into reading gardening books, but this was one that I couldn't put down. The author is quite opinionated, which made for livelier reading than it might have been if he'd stuck to presenting his information in a more neutral tone.  <br/><br/>I don't actually have a ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/I%20don't%20know%20why%20I'm%20suddenly%20so%20into%20reading%20gardening%20books,%20but%20this%20was%20one%20that%20I%20couldn't%20put%20down.%20The%20author%20is%20quite%20opinionated,%20which%20made%20for%20livelier%20reading%20than%20it%20might%20have%20been%20if%20he'd%20stuck%20to%20presenting%20his%20information%20in%20a%20more%20neutral%20tone.%20%20%0D%0A%0D%0AI%20don't%20actually%20have%20a%20garden%20yet,%20but%20I%20plan%20to%20start%20one%20in%20the%20coming%20year,%20and%20I'll%20be%20interested%20to%20see%20how%20all%20this%20advice%20pans%20out.%20%20The%20final%20section,%20which%20ranks%20vegetables%20by%20difficulty-to-grow,%20might%20prove%20to%20be%20the%20most%20useful%20to%20me%20as%20I%20get%20the%20garden%20started.%20%20">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:55:26 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This was a fascinating book about one Japanese farmer's approach to agriculture and small-scale organic farming as both a practical pursuit and a spiritual path.  I will probably re-read it.]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:49:32 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I would have given this 5 stars except for the stock kidnapping scene at the end, which felt artificial. It was a nice, fast, fun read with strong characters and enough twists on the standard Regency romance tropes to keep it interesting.  ]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:47:09 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:42:49 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This was an entertaining read with good historical detail, but towards the middle of the book I got a bit fed up with the characters. It's got one of those plots which hinges on people not being straightforward with each other and maintaining pretenses longer than is reasonably likely.  ]]></body>
        
    
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