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    <updated_at>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 11:53:23 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This was a fun read.  And you don't even have to care all that much about cooking or French cooking or France.  It's as much about finding what you're passionate about and pursuing it.  There's also some good stuff about learning and teaching and collaborating, as well as writing, editing and publis...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/This%20was%20a%20fun%20read.%20%20And%20you%20don't%20even%20have%20to%20care%20all%20that%20much%20about%20cooking%20or%20French%20cooking%20or%20France.%20%20It's%20as%20much%20about%20finding%20what%20you're%20passionate%20about%20and%20pursuing%20it.%20%20There's%20also%20some%20good%20stuff%20about%20learning%20and%20teaching%20and%20collaborating,%20as%20well%20as%20writing,%20editing%20and%20publishing.%0D%0A%0D%0AFun.%20">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 11:51:10 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[added: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6083076.Put_a_Lid_on_It">Put a Lid on It (Kindle Edition)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/30953.Donald_E_Westlake">Donald E. Westlake</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:27:00 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[It's been a long time since I've read any Westlake and I got this book for free on Amazon (Kindle).  I don't think I realized back then (when I last read a Westlake novel) how well he writes.  <br/><br/>His descriptions are never over-done but terrifically accurate.  The dialogue is great.  The pl...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/It's%20been%20a%20long%20time%20since%20I've%20read%20any%20Westlake%20and%20I%20got%20this%20book%20for%20free%20on%20Amazon%20(Kindle).%20%20I%20don't%20think%20I%20realized%20back%20then%20(when%20I%20last%20read%20a%20Westlake%20novel)%20how%20well%20he%20writes.%20%20%0D%0A%0D%0AHis%20descriptions%20are%20never%20over-done%20but%20terrifically%20accurate.%20%20The%20dialogue%20is%20great.%20%20The%20plot%20could%20easily%20get%20away%20from%20a%20lesser%20writer%20but--so%20far--Westlake%20has%20it%20all%20nicely%20under%20control.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:20:51 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[The voice *is* perfect!<br/><br/>You know, there's a parallel Brian coming of age story all through these books, which is kind of cool, actually.<br/><br/>Also, without giving anything away, the DJ and dating stuff in this was quite good.<br/><br/>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:34:18 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2495567.The_Name_of_the_Wind">The Name of the Wind (Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/108424.Patrick_Rothfuss">Patrick Rothfuss</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:33:29 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6318426.Front_and_Center">Front and Center (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/361963.Catherine_Gilbert_Murdock">Catherine Gilbert Murdock</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:32:42 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[There was lots to like about this book.  More DJ.  Resolutions of things that began back in books one and two.  Overall a very satisfying wrap up to the adventures of DJ Schwenk.  When all is said and done, though I didn't find that there was much *story* here.  In many ways the whole DJ Schwenk sto...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/There%20was%20lots%20to%20like%20about%20this%20book.%20%20More%20DJ.%20%20Resolutions%20of%20things%20that%20began%20back%20in%20books%20one%20and%20two.%20%20Overall%20a%20very%20satisfying%20wrap%20up%20to%20the%20adventures%20of%20DJ%20Schwenk.%20%20When%20all%20is%20said%20and%20done,%20though%20I%20didn't%20find%20that%20there%20was%20much%20*story*%20here.%20%20In%20many%20ways%20the%20whole%20DJ%20Schwenk%20story%20could%20have%20been%20done%20in%20one%20book.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/80571.American_Prometheus_The_Triumph_and_Tragedy_of_J_Robert_Oppenheimer">American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/45879.Kai_Bird">Kai Bird</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:29:28 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I finally finished this.  It took the authors twenty-five years to write it so I don't feel too badly that it took me six months to read it.  <br/><br/>Lots of politics.  Some insight into the sort of person who carries out a years-long vendetta (not Oppenheimer).  Fascinating look at a man who wa...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/I%20finally%20finished%20this.%20%20It%20took%20the%20authors%20twenty-five%20years%20to%20write%20it%20so%20I%20don't%20feel%20too%20badly%20that%20it%20took%20me%20six%20months%20to%20read%20it.%20%20%0D%0A%0D%0ALots%20of%20politics.%20%20Some%20insight%20into%20the%20sort%20of%20person%20who%20carries%20out%20a%20years-long%20vendetta%20(not%20Oppenheimer).%20%20Fascinating%20look%20at%20a%20man%20who%20was%20far%20from%20perfect,%20but%20was%20brilliant,%20though%20not%20necessarily%20in%20the%20ways%20one%20might%20expect.%20%20A%20look%20at%20some%20of%20the%20particular%20ways%20that%20scientists%20work%20and%20work%20with%20each%20other.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:29:37 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[added: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5937607.A_Spell_for_the_Revolution">A Spell for the Revolution (Traitor to the Crown, #2)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2725468.C_C_Finlay">C.C. Finlay</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:29:14 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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