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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5161066.Dead_and_Gone">Dead and Gone (Sookie Stackhouse, #9)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17061.Charlaine_Harris">Charlaine Harris</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:44:46 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[All I can say on this one: when does the next book come out?!]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2233407.From_Dead_to_Worse">From Dead to Worse (Sookie Stackhouse, #8)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17061.Charlaine_Harris">Charlaine Harris</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:44:10 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6456851-all-together-dead">All Together Dead (Sookie Stackhouse, #7)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17061.Charlaine_Harris">Charlaine Harris</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:42:46 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This book also features a large time gap, but then Sookie's world collides with the real world as the vampires, demons, werewolves, and the other citizens of Louisiana deal with the devastation left behind from that terrible storm.<br/><br/>Oh, and she also takes a trip to Chicago, which apparently ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/This%20book%20also%20features%20a%20large%20time%20gap,%20but%20then%20Sookie's%20world%20collides%20with%20the%20real%20world%20as%20the%20vampires,%20demons,%20werewolves,%20and%20the%20other%20citizens%20of%20Louisiana%20deal%20with%20the%20devastation%20left%20behind%20from%20that%20terrible%20storm.%0A%0AOh,%20and%20she%20also%20takes%20a%20trip%20to%20Chicago,%20which%20apparently%20has%20a%20vampire%20convention%20center,%20of%20all%20things.%20:-)%0A%0AAnother%20fun%20and%20delightful%20story,%20well%20worth%20the%20read!%0A">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/140079.Definitely_Dead">Definitely Dead (Sookie Stackhouse, #6)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17061.Charlaine_Harris">Charlaine Harris</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:39:35 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I sped through the rest of the Sookie Stackhouse novels at a rapid pace, but didn't get around to writing them all up until now :)<br/><br/>This book had me worried at first - it was the first book that contained more than a short lapse of time since the last one. Sookie was referring to major thi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/I%20sped%20through%20the%20rest%20of%20the%20Sookie%20Stackhouse%20novels%20at%20a%20rapid%20pace,%20but%20didn't%20get%20around%20to%20writing%20them%20all%20up%20until%20now%20:)%0D%0A%0D%0AThis%20book%20had%20me%20worried%20at%20first%20-%20it%20was%20the%20first%20book%20that%20contained%20more%20than%20a%20short%20lapse%20of%20time%20since%20the%20last%20one.%20Sookie%20was%20referring%20to%20major%20things%20that%20had%20happened%20in%20the%20past,%20but%20that%20I%20hadn't%20read.%20I%20thought%20for%20sure%20I%20had%20missed%20a%20book,%20but%20no,%20this%20was%20just%20the%20authors%20way%20of%20speeding%20up%20the%20story%20line%20a%20bit.%0D%0A%0D%0ASookie%20finds%20herself%20in%20New%20Orleans,%20investigating%20the%20death%20(true%20death)%20of%20her%20cousin,%20who%20had%20been%20a%20vampire%20-%20and%20then%20ending%20up%20in%20the%20service%20of%20the%20Queen%20of%20Lousiana.%0D%0A%0D%0AOh,%20and%20the%20new%20supernatural%20being%20in%20this%20book%3F%20Demons!%20:-)%0D%0A">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[is currently reading: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/185897.How_Doctors_Think">How Doctors Think (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/108325.Jerome_Groopman">Jerome Groopman</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:32:36 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6465483-cake-wrecks">Cake Wrecks: When Professional Cakes Go Hilariously Wrong (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2929458.Jen_Yates">Jen Yates</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:44:18 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This is a silly book that has you laughing out loud and scratching your head as you wonder, &quot;what *were* they thinking?!&quot;. I'm a big fan of the website, so I've seen a lot of the material before - but loved how Yates added new cakes and additional background for some of the others.<br/><br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/This%20is%20a%20silly%20book%20that%20has%20you%20laughing%20out%20loud%20and%20scratching%20your%20head%20as%20you%20wonder,%20%22what%20*were*%20they%20thinking%3F!%22.%20I'm%20a%20big%20fan%20of%20the%20website,%20so%20I've%20seen%20a%20lot%20of%20the%20material%20before%20-%20but%20loved%20how%20Yates%20added%20new%20cakes%20and%20additional%20background%20for%20some%20of%20the%20others.%0D%0A%0D%0AWhile%20this%20is%20no%20major%20literary%20accomplishment,%20it%20is%20a%20great%20way%20to%20pass%20time%20on%20a%20plane%20or%20with%20family%20or%20friends.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/80568.Sam_s_Letters_to_Jennifer">Sam's Letters to Jennifer (Mass Market Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3780.James_Patterson">James Patterson</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:09:46 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[A friend lent me this book, so you really can't complain about a free book... but I will anyways :-)<br/><br/>In the prologue, it's established that the main character, Jennifer, had lost her young husband, Danny, in a swimming accident 18 months before.  She laments that she mostly went through t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/A%20friend%20lent%20me%20this%20book,%20so%20you%20really%20can't%20complain%20about%20a%20free%20book...%20but%20I%20will%20anyways%20:-)%0D%0A%0D%0AIn%20the%20prologue,%20it's%20established%20that%20the%20main%20character,%20Jennifer,%20had%20lost%20her%20young%20husband,%20Danny,%20in%20a%20swimming%20accident%2018%20months%20before.%20%20She%20laments%20that%20she%20mostly%20went%20through%20this%20grieving%20on%20her%20own,%20with%20the%20exception%20of%20support%20from%20two%20friends.%20One%20of%20those%20two%20friends%20was%20named%20...%20Danny.%20%20Okay,%20four%20characters%20have%20been%20introduced%20and%20two%20have%20the%20same%20name%3F%20Not%20a%20Danny%20and%20a%20Daniel,%20but%20both%20Danny.%20I%20had%20to%20reread%20a%20few%20pages%20to%20make%20sure%20I%20had%20it%20all%20straight.%20This%20is%20fiction%20-%20pick%20unique%20names!%20Why%20couldn't%20the%20friend%20be%20called%20Bob%3F%20David%3F%20Charles%3F%20%20the%20good%20news%20is%20that%20the%20friend%20Danny%20was%20only%20mentioned%20in%20the%20prologue%20and%20never%20again.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe%20book%20covers%20Jennifer's%20ability%20to%20love%20again%20and%20her%20mixed%20up%20emotions%20when%20she%20finds%20her%20self%20falling%20for%20a%20childhood%20friend%20that%20...%20is%20dying.%20Oh,%20and%20her%20grandmother%20is%20in%20a%20coma,%20likely%20dying.%20%20Fortunately%20for%20Jennifer,%20her%20grandmother%20has%20left%20her%20a%20series%20of%20letters%20detailing%20her%20life,%20so%20it%20would%20all%20be%20written%20down.%20Of%20course,%20Jennifer%20learns%20secrets%20so%20shocking%20she%20isn't%20sure%20what%20to%20do%20with%20them,%20but%20eventually%20learns%20to%20accept%20her%20grandmother%20for%20the%20imperfect%20woman%20she%20was.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe%20book%20was%20a%20bit%20sappy%20for%20my%20taste,%20but%20due%20to%20the%20way%20it%20was%20mostly%20presented%20in%20%22letters%22%20it%20was%20a%20very%20fast%20read.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:00:20 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Thanks for the review. I was interested in this book, but with your comments it doesn't seem like it would help me, either.]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/170210.Dead_as_a_Doornail">Dead as a Doornail (Sookie Stackhouse, #5)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17061.Charlaine_Harris">Charlaine Harris</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 19:21:31 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[The suspense continues in this book, as Sookie's brother, Jason, has now joined the rank of the shape shifters - and someone has it out for shape shifters as they are turning up dead all over the tri-state area!  Jason's brother becomes a prime suspect, as he was made a shape shifter by a terrible o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/The%20suspense%20continues%20in%20this%20book,%20as%20Sookie's%20brother,%20Jason,%20has%20now%20joined%20the%20rank%20of%20the%20shape%20shifters%20-%20and%20someone%20has%20it%20out%20for%20shape%20shifters%20as%20they%20are%20turning%20up%20dead%20all%20over%20the%20tri-state%20area!%20%20Jason's%20brother%20becomes%20a%20prime%20suspect,%20as%20he%20was%20made%20a%20shape%20shifter%20by%20a%20terrible%20ordeal%20in%20the%20last%20book,%20so%20Sookie%20has%20to%20work%20double%20time%20to%20try%20and%20clear%20her%20brother's%20name.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe%20Bon%20Temps%20detective,%20Andy,%20is%20finally%20coming%20around%20to%20admitting%20Sookie%20might%20be%20a%20telepath...%20and%20is%20ready%20to%20test%20it%20for%20helping%20to%20solve%20some%20crimes,%20all%20the%20while%20the%20Werewolf%20community%20in%20Shreveport%20is%20in%20the%20middle%20of%20a%20raging%20political%20battle%20to%20find%20the%20next%20pack%20master.%0D%0A%0D%0AYes,%20really.%0D%0A%0D%0AOkay,%20I%20know%20this%20is%20all%20very%20silly,%20but%20I%20love%20how%20Charlaine%20Harris%20takes%20you%20to%20the%20deep%20south%20where%20you%20can%20just%20imagine%20everything%20is%20not%20as%20it%20seems.%20%20I%20love%20the%20local%20flavor%20all%20of%20these%20books%20have%20and%20how%20unique%20and%20varied%20all%20of%20the%20characters%20are.%0D%0A%0D%0AAgain,%20Sookie%20finds%20herself%20the%20subject%20of%20the%20affection%20of%20many%20supernaturals,%20but%20never%20seems%20to%20find%20the%20right%20%22guy%22.%20All%20the%20same,%20I'm%20already%20well%20into%20the%20next%20book%20seeing%20how%20she%20fares%20now%20that%20she's%20got%20fairies%20in%20her%20life...%20:-)%0D%0A%0D%0A">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/140082.Club_Dead">Club Dead (Sookie Stackhouse, #3)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17061.Charlaine_Harris">Charlaine Harris</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:45:01 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Another wonderful fast read from Charlaine Harris. Sookie's adventures with the vampires continue in this book as she gains more exposure (although unwittingly) to other &quot;supernatural&quot; cultures - werewolves and shape shifters! <br/><br/>It is wonderful how Sookie's character evolves and ch...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/Another%20wonderful%20fast%20read%20from%20Charlaine%20Harris.%20Sookie's%20adventures%20with%20the%20vampires%20continue%20in%20this%20book%20as%20she%20gains%20more%20exposure%20(although%20unwittingly)%20to%20other%20%22supernatural%22%20cultures%20-%20werewolves%20and%20shape%20shifters!%20%0A%0AIt%20is%20wonderful%20how%20Sookie's%20character%20evolves%20and%20changes%20-%20much%20as%20any%20of%20us%20would%20do%20-%20as%20she%20is%20now%20experiencing%20the%20downside%20of%20falling%20in%20love%20when%20the%20relationship%20has%20trouble.%20In%20this%20case,%20her%20boyfriend%20was%20kidnapped%20-%20but%20not%20before%20deciding%20he%20was%20going%20to%20end%20things%20with%20her.%0A%0ASookie%20finds%20herself%20in%20between%20a%20rock%20and%20a%20hard%20place,%20knowing%20she%20has%20the%20power%20(telepathy)%20to%20help%20find%20Vampire%20Bill,%20but%20having%20a%20broken%20heart%20makes%20her%20just%20want%20to%20stay%20home%20in%20bed.%0A%0AShe%20travels%20this%20time%20to%20Jackson%20and%20spends%20a%20lot%20of%20time%20with%20a%20werewolf,%20Alcied.%20%20Harris%20does%20a%20great%20job%20of%20developing%20his%20character%20and%20Sookie's%20conflicted%20feelings.%0A%0AMy%20only%20%22nit%22%20in%20this%20book%20is%20the%20lack%20of%20any%20historical%20fiction,%20which%20is%20an%20aspect%20I%20really%20enjoyed%20in%20the%20first%20book%20(and%20the%20TV%20show,%20TrueBlood,%20relies%20on%20heavily).%0A%0AAt%20this%20point,%20it%20seems%20that%20the%20book%20and%20the%20TV%20show%20no%20longer%20have%20much%20in%20common">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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