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    <updated_at>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:33:25 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This book made me feel invigorated.]]></body>
        
    
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          <body><![CDATA[Though the second-to-last chapter gets five stars and made me cry.]]></body>
        
    
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