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    <updated_at>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:34:10 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6345193-invisible">Invisible (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/296961.Paul_Auster">Paul Auster</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:33:22 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I've heard lots of good things about Paul Auster throughout the years,but for some reason or another,never got around to reading any of his work. Now that I finally have; I realize I've been missing out on a pretty good thing. Invisible, although populated by characters which I  found completely unl...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/82180007">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6687101-the-best-american-science-writing-2009">The Best American Science Writing 2009 (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/34261.Natalie_Angier">Natalie Angier</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sun, 27 Dec 2009 10:11:47 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Credit has to be given to the editor of this book as well as the writers themselves. A bountiful array of different topics all excellently documented, and every single essay was just as fascinating as the one that preceded it. ]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6323821.Last_Night_in_Twisted_River_A_Novel">Last Night in Twisted River: A Novel (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3075.John_Irving">John Irving</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:55:40 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[As always, a great Irving novel, with some of the most fascinating characters I've ever come across in a work of fiction. Ketchum is amazing ! I loved the ending-- the story ends with the narrator (a writer) telling us how he  writes his endings first and then works his way back to the beginning, wh...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79926267">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6320534.Under_the_Dome">Under the Dome (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3389.Stephen_King">Stephen King</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:41:29 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I don't think I've ever read a work of fiction so full of gratuitous violence, murder, and mayhem. Now if your thinking this is the beginning of a negative review, guess again. With so much non stop action,  fast paced narrative, and large cast of evil characters, this book was an awesome read !]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:10:27 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I loved the themes of conservation and vegetarianism  in this novel, but the story itself just didn't cut it. A world wide epidemic strikes the earth wiping out virtually all of humanity, but somehow all the main characters in the novel, no matter where they are, seem to survive. I mean, c'mon... ]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:25:32 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[       While subtitled the The Life, The Legend. To me it felt that the author spent much more time adding to the legend of Willie Mays  rather than  revealing the true life behind the legend. ]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6402364-superfreakonomics">SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes And Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/798.Steven_D_Levitt">Steven D. Levitt</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:23:01 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[The phrase thinking outside the box gets used a lot these days. But these two guys really take this phrase to the extreme. They see things in such a different, fascinating, and often humorous way that it's an absolute pleasure to read their stuff. In fact, the most disappointing thing about this boo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75707866">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6604712-eating-animals">Eating Animals (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2617.Jonathan_Safran_Foer">Jonathan Safran Foer</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 16:40:06 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[A truly disturbing read. I've gone through some vegetarian stages throughout my life and after reading this book I'd feel wrong if I didn't make another attempt to embrace a vegetarian diet. A book that should be read by everyone. ]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 2 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6699035-the-case-for-books">The Case for Books: Past, Present, and Future (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/198840.Robert_Darnton">Robert Darnton</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:22:17 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[The Case For Books. Well this collection of essays by Robert Darnton with that title; certainly isn't one. Boring with a capital B.]]></body>
        
    
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