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    <updated_at>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 13:02:32 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I don't know what feels worse: slagging this book or admitting that I read it. This was a plodding mystery/romance centered around an unlikeable character who no one in their right mind would relate to. Gina is a former lingerie model turned PhD, single mother of twin boys, and spends 70 percent of ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/I%20don't%20know%20what%20feels%20worse:%20slagging%20this%20book%20or%20admitting%20that%20I%20read%20it.%20This%20was%20a%20plodding%20mystery%2Fromance%20centered%20around%20an%20unlikeable%20character%20who%20no%20one%20in%20their%20right%20mind%20would%20relate%20to.%20Gina%20is%20a%20former%20lingerie%20model%20turned%20PhD,%20single%20mother%20of%20twin%20boys,%20and%20spends%2070%20percent%20of%20this%20story%20whining%20about%20how%20beautiful%20she%20is%20and%20how%20annoying%20it%20can%20be%20when%20every%20man%20who%20sets%20eyes%20on%20%20her%20falls%20in%20love.%20I%20feel%20like%20a%20total%20chump%20for%20reading%20this%20book.%20This%20is%20the%20author's%20first%20book%20and%20I%20hope%20she%20stops%20there.%20Mean,%20but%20true.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:42:33 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Only four stars because it was a bit too long. But it's a harrowing glimpse of 1940s Hungary and what two families did to survive. Heartbreaking.]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/72223.The_Worst_Hard_Time_The_Untold_Story_of_Those_Who_Survived_the_Great_American_Dust_Bowl">The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/40820.Timothy_Egan">Timothy Egan</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:32:39 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This book should be required reading in high school history classes if only to teach the brutal lesson learned about our environment. A stunning tale that needed to be told. ]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2815590.Serena_A_Novel">Serena: A Novel (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/24820.Ron_Rash">Ron Rash</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:36:06 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Brutal, fascinating and I did not want this book to end. I'm a Ron Rash fan now - can't wait to read the rest of his stable.]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11777.Black_Girl_White_Girl">Black Girl/White Girl (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3524.Joyce_Carol_Oates">Joyce Carol Oates</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 17:43:12 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[The second Joyce Carol Oates book that I tried to like. Zzzzzzzzzz]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 17:42:20 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I tried to like this but didn't feel the story was well-crafted.]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2161733.Child_44">Child 44 (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/981834.Tom_Rob_Smith">Tom Rob Smith</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 16:19:02 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[It's a thriller,  yes, but it's also a look into the '50s-era political and social culture of the Soviet Union. A book I couldn't wait to pick up again and I am checking out Smith's list of related background material to read next.]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2916001.Oxygen_A_Novel">Oxygen: A Novel (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1261957.Carol_Cassella">Carol Cassella</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:02:30 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[She does a great job of walking  you up to the tragedy and making you feel like you just can't stop reading until you find out WHY this happened. But there's a lull in the middle where she spends a lot of time on character development (uh, too late) that doesn't have much bearing on the outcome of t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/She%20does%20a%20great%20job%20of%20walking%20%20you%20up%20to%20the%20tragedy%20and%20making%20you%20feel%20like%20you%20just%20can't%20stop%20reading%20until%20you%20find%20out%20WHY%20this%20happened.%20But%20there's%20a%20lull%20in%20the%20middle%20where%20she%20spends%20a%20lot%20of%20time%20on%20character%20development%20(uh,%20too%20late)%20that%20doesn't%20have%20much%20bearing%20on%20the%20outcome%20of%20the%20story%20other%20than%20to%20let%20you%20know%20that%20the%20father%20might%20be%20old,%20but%20he's%20not%20stupid.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/180066.Beautiful_Boy_A_Father_s_Journey_Through_His_Son_s_Addiction">Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/104943.David_Sheff">David Sheff</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 21:47:42 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I still have his son's version of this story to read, but this was a truly heartbreaking tale of a father trying to cope with his son's crystal-meth addiction. No ABC After-School Special drama or lecturing here. Very real, not too preachy. ]]></body>
        
    
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