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    <updated_at>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:28:36 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <updated_at>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:15:49 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2265.It_s_Not_About_the_Bike_My_Journey_Back_to_Life">It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1544.Lance_Armstrong">Lance Armstrong</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:12:44 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I enjoyed this book more than I thought I would. I don't really understand why it has so many negative reviews. People seem to think he wrote the book to show us what a great guy he is. I think he wrote the book to share his experience and offer hope to other cancer patients. ]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:17:47 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <updated_at>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:16:25 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I wanted to love this book, but I had too many problems with it. I didn't like the way the narrative jumped all over the place, going from character to character like a documentary. Each character was exhaustively described, but never brought to life. I never had a chance to get attached to anyone. ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73505594">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:09:10 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I enjoyed about 70% of the pieces in this book. There were a few things that I couldn't even finish reading, but I'm still going to give the book four stars because overall it was a great experience. I enjoyed being exposed to things that I might not have read otherwise. And the stories that I did l...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70599557">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[marked as to-read: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/435896.Talking_to_the_Enemy_Stories">Talking to the Enemy: Stories (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/245614.Avner_Mandelman">Avner Mandelman</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:00:50 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:52:03 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3285808.The_Pushcart_Prize_XXXIII_Best_of_the_Small_Presses">The Pushcart Prize XXXIII: Best of the Small Presses (2009 Edition)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/98702.The_Pushcart_Prize_Editors">The Pushcart Prize Editors</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:15:22 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Even better than I was expecting. Nearly all of the stories are wonderful and I enjoyed several of the essays, though I'm not really an essay person.]]></body>
        
    
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