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    <updated_at>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 09:46:54 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I've been flirting with this book at the store -- I don't think it's getting the love (and sales) it deserves. Maybe I'll make a grander gesture, since you've reviewed it so highly...]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 16:51:54 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[So I happened to read this during the Christmas season, but don't think for a minute this is a Christmas-related read. Nope, in fact it might strip all your benevolent Christmas spirit away, as this is the story of coming-of-age. Well, a twenty-something coming-of-age. Sheltered, good-natured upper-...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/So%20I%20happened%20to%20read%20this%20during%20the%20Christmas%20season,%20but%20don't%20think%20for%20a%20minute%20this%20is%20a%20Christmas-related%20read.%20Nope,%20in%20fact%20it%20might%20strip%20all%20your%20benevolent%20Christmas%20spirit%20away,%20as%20this%20is%20the%20story%20of%20coming-of-age.%20Well,%20a%20twenty-something%20coming-of-age.%20Sheltered,%20good-natured%20upper-middle%20class%20British%20boy%20meets%20the%20real%20world%20on%20his%20first%20solo%20trip%20to%20Paris.%20He%20is%20introduced%20to%20poverty,%20prostitution,%20murder,%20ex-cons,%20fascists,%20communists,%20etc.%20The%20nature%20of%20friendship%20is%20redefined,%20and%20an%20appreciation%20for%20art%20is%20seen%20through%20new%20eyes.%20In%20fact,%20the%20handful%20of%20pages%20describing%20how%20different%20classes%20appreciate%20beauty%20and%20artistic%20skill%20are%20dazzling.%20A%20thought-provoking%20and%20intriguing%20read.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:23:04 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I have an advance of this. Looking forward to reading your review!]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:10:41 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[It's calling my name, too. I haven't read Cocaine Nights, so I'll have to take a look. I think I see the comparison you make for Crash, but I think there's something so compelling about the soul-deadening mall of our generation that can make for interesting new literature, without the layers of drugs or sexual addictions that Crash relies on. Those layers aren't necessary to discovering why a mall, with its florescent lights and fake palms, is such an attraction, and at the same time, such a zombification of otherwise normal people. I work in one myself, so perhaps I have a biased view. But I know that guy in the electric wheelchair, coming in day after day for his Mozart on tape. That guy is real, and the mall made him. ]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:44:13 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Though centered around a missing child, this story plays out not as a mystery, but a contemplation on crime, identity, and environment. Our ten-year-old child-detective reminds me a lot of Neal Shusterman's &quot;The Schwa Was Here&quot;, as she learns to embrace her invisibility in the generic, man...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/Though%20centered%20around%20a%20missing%20child,%20this%20story%20plays%20out%20not%20as%20a%20mystery,%20but%20a%20contemplation%20on%20crime,%20identity,%20and%20environment.%20Our%20ten-year-old%20child-detective%20reminds%20me%20a%20lot%20of%20Neal%20Shusterman's%20%22The%20Schwa%20Was%20Here%22,%20as%20she%20learns%20to%20embrace%20her%20invisibility%20in%20the%20generic,%20manufactured%20environment%20of%20the%20local%20gargantuan%20mall.%20Quite%20a%20shock%20to%20discover%20she's%20not%20as%20invisible%20as%20she%20believes.%20There%20are%20a%20few%20scenes%20thrown%20in%20of%20%22life%20in%20the%20mall%22%20which,%20though%20spread%20thin%20for%20relevance,%20are%20amusing%20little%20scenes%20that%20most%20retail%20drones%20will%20relate%20to.%20Loose%20ends%20are%20tied%20rather%20tidily,%20if%20a%20bit%20unrealistically.%20">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/376503.One_Flew_Over_the_Cuckoo_s_Nest_Revised_Edition">One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: Revised Edition (Viking Critical Library)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7285.Ken_Kesey">Ken Kesey</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:30:51 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[A classic, of course. And if you think you've heard the story a million times before, that the independent man must fight against the machine, and that the machine may win the battle, but we can't stop fighting the war, if that sounds familiar, well...it's familiar because Kesey said it first and sa...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/A%20classic,%20of%20course.%20And%20if%20you%20think%20you've%20heard%20the%20story%20a%20million%20times%20before,%20that%20the%20independent%20man%20must%20fight%20against%20the%20machine,%20and%20that%20the%20machine%20may%20win%20the%20battle,%20but%20we%20can't%20stop%20fighting%20the%20war,%20if%20that%20sounds%20familiar,%20well...it's%20familiar%20because%20Kesey%20said%20it%20first%20and%20said%20it%20best.%20%0D%0A">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/113744.Samuel_Johnson_Is_Indignant_Stories">Samuel Johnson Is Indignant: Stories (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/27427.Lydia_Davis">Lydia Davis</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:22:12 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I started reading this as if I had found my muse, a writer's voice who said the things I'd always been urged to say, but couldn't say all that well. Isn't that a sign of great writing -- when someone else is saying what you wish you could? Short, tight, brilliant constellations of words. I was mesme...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/I%20started%20reading%20this%20as%20if%20I%20had%20found%20my%20muse,%20a%20writer's%20voice%20who%20said%20the%20things%20I'd%20always%20been%20urged%20to%20say,%20but%20couldn't%20say%20all%20that%20well.%20Isn't%20that%20a%20sign%20of%20great%20writing%20--%20when%20someone%20else%20is%20saying%20what%20you%20wish%20you%20could%3F%20Short,%20tight,%20brilliant%20constellations%20of%20words.%20I%20was%20mesmerized,%20and,%20at%20the%20same%20time,%20thought%20maybe%20the%20moment%20had%20come%20to%20finally%20pick%20up%20my%20own%20pen.%20Driving%20home%20from%20the%20library%20I%20was%20forming%20my%20first%20Davis-inspired%20lines.%20But%20something%20must%20have%20happened%20between%20reading%20some%20in%20the%20library%20and%20picking%20it%20up%20again%20at%20home.%20I%20think%20it%20happened%20at%20%22Marie%20Curie%22,%20an%20interesting%20story,%20but%20not%20the%20same%20movement%20that%20the%20previous%20stories%20had.%20And%20then%20%22Mir%20the%20Hessian%22%20set%20the%20bar%20too%20low%20for%20the%20rest%20of%20the%20collection.%20Each%20one%20disappointed%20me%20more%20as%20I%20approached%20the%20end.%20What%20happened%3F%20Did%20I%20grow%20jaded%20to%20her%20style,%20or%20did%20she%20add%20a%20bunch%20of%20lesser%20work%20to%20the%20end%20to%20make%20her%20pub%20date%3F%20%0D%0ADavis's%20greatest%20strength%20is%20in%20recognizing%20the%20absurd%20in%20the%20hopelessly%20normal.%20She%20misses%20the%20mark%20when%20she%20attempts%20the%20opposite,%20to%20describe%20the%20absurd%20as%20completely%20normal.%20The%20best%20reason%20to%20pick%20up%20this%20book%20is%20to%20read%20her%20%22Old%20Mother%20and%20the%20Grouch%22.%20And%20then%20close%20the%20book%20and%20savor%20it.%20">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 07:11:20 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This book is 50% off at Barnes &amp; Noble right now.]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 2 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6416641-american-lightning">American Lightning: Anarchy and Murder in Ragtime America (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/28419.Howard_Blum">Howard Blum</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 08:14:28 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I'm giving up. I made it more than half way through this sucker, thinking I just wasn't in the right mind-set, too many distractions, whatever, but the fact of the matter is, this plot is distracting to itself. We hop around characters so frequently, and I have yet to discover how Griffith plays any...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/I'm%20giving%20up.%20I%20made%20it%20more%20than%20half%20way%20through%20this%20sucker,%20thinking%20I%20just%20wasn't%20in%20the%20right%20mind-set,%20too%20many%20distractions,%20whatever,%20but%20the%20fact%20of%20the%20matter%20is,%20this%20plot%20is%20distracting%20to%20itself.%20We%20hop%20around%20characters%20so%20frequently,%20and%20I%20have%20yet%20to%20discover%20how%20Griffith%20plays%20any%20kind%20of%20parallel%20role%20in%20Burns'%20detective%20work%20or%20union%20politics,%20and,%20well,%20I%20guess%20I%20just%20don't%20care%20at%20this%20point.%20Blum%20tries%20to%20create%20cliffhangers%20that%20sometimes%20work%20to%20carry%20you%20into%20the%20next%20chapter,%20and%20sometimes%20just%20plain%20dumbfound%20you%20with%20their%20irrelevance.%20This%20book%20is%20too%20much%20work%20for%20the%20minimal%20payback.%20Wish%20it%20wasn't%20so,%20because%20I%20love%20this%20time%20period%20in%20history,%20and%20the%20plot%20is%20intriguing,%20when%20it%20can%20be%20followed.%20%20">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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