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    <updated_at>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 09:14:00 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1759481.The_Lost_Memoirs_of_Jane_Austen">The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/806500.Syrie_James">Syrie James</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 06:49:43 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I had picked up this book because I desperately needed something light after reading The Lovely Bones.  I was feeling a bit down and thought to myself &quot;A Jane Austen story would be the perfect picker-upper.&quot;<br/><br/>I was wrong.  Though wonderfully wrought and beautifully executed, this...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/I%20had%20picked%20up%20this%20book%20because%20I%20desperately%20needed%20something%20light%20after%20reading%20The%20Lovely%20Bones.%20%20I%20was%20feeling%20a%20bit%20down%20and%20thought%20to%20myself%20%22A%20Jane%20Austen%20story%20would%20be%20the%20perfect%20picker-upper.%22%0D%0A%0D%0AI%20was%20wrong.%20%20Though%20wonderfully%20wrought%20and%20beautifully%20executed,%20this%20story%20left%20me%20even%20more%20depressed%20than%20before.%20%20It%20was,%20as%20the%20author%20so%20perfectly%20put%20it,%20a%20story%20about%20a%20woman%20who%20%22dared%20to%20love%20above%20her%20station,%20and%20lost.%22%20%20The%20fact%20that%20she%20had%20loved%20a%20man,%20but%20could%20not%20be%20with%20him,%20I%20found,%20a%20much%20more%20realistic,%20if%20depressing,%20ending%20to%20such%20a%20story.%20%20Everyone%20has%20been%20there%20-%20driven%20mad%20by%20want%20of%20another%20and%20forever%20denied%20them.%0D%0A%0D%0AIncidentally,%20a%20greatly%20fascinating%20side%20of%20the%20story%20was%20the%20writer's%20process.%20%20I%20found%20the%20author%20quite%20correctly%20captured%20the%20inspiration%20behind%20writing%20characters%20and%20scenes,%20acknowledging%20that%20most%20authors,%20either%20aware%20of%20it%20or%20not,%20take%20real%20life%20experiences%20and%20create%20from%20them%20fictional%20scenarios.%20%20As%20a%20writer%20myself,%20I%20found%20I%20could%20very%20much%20identify%20with%20this%20little%20aside%20in%20the%20novel.%0D%0A%0D%0ANow,%20some%20women%20find%20it%20comforting%20to%20read%20or%20hear%20about%20others%20in%20the%20same%20situation%20as%20they%20-%20they%20find%20comfort%20knowing%20that%20they%20are%20not%20the%20only%20ones%20who%20feel%20lonely,%20or%20unloved,%20or%20are%20craving%20a%20love%20that%20can%20never%20be%20realised.%20%20I%20find%20it%20utterly%20devastating.%20%20There%20are%20a%20flood%20of%20emotions%20that%20I%20have%20trouble%20enough%20dealing%20with%20on%20my%20behalf.%20%20Reliving%20them%20for%20another's%20sake%20is%20no%20comfort%20to%20me%20at%20all.%20%20It%20is%20loneliness%20felt%20twice%20over.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe%20story%20itself%20is%20brilliant,%20taking%20aspects%20from%20each%20of%20Austen's%20works%20and%20weaving%20them%20into%20a%20singular%20love%20story%20where%20Ms.%20Austen%20is%20the%20central%20heroine.%20%20As%20we%20all%20know,%20Jane%20Austen%20never%20married.%20%20I%20should%20have%20been%20prepared%20for%20the%20outcome.%0D%0A%0D%0AEven%20better%20was%20the%20fact%20that%20the%20whole%20thing%20was%20presented%20as%20if%20they%20had%20been%20written%20by%20Jane%20Austen%20herself,%20discovered,%20edited%20and%20reproduced%20for%20the%20masses.%20%20There%20are%20even%20editor's%20notes%20in%20little%20footnotes%20scattered%20throughout%20the%20book.%20%20It%20put%20a%20smile%20on%20my%20face%20as%20the%20author%20was%20evidently%20aware%20of%20which%20parts%20of%20Ms.%20Austen's%20supposed%20love%20affair%20influenced%20which%20part%20of%20which%20tale%20later%20written%20by%20Ms.%20Austen.%20%20It%20put%20a%20smile%20on%20my%20face.%0D%0A%0D%0AThree%20stars%20because%20it%20was%20a%20good%20read,%20even%20if%20not%20my%20usual%20genre.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/492057.The_Lovely_Bones">The Lovely Bones (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/316.Alice_Sebold">Alice Sebold</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:10:13 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I have never before been so engrossed, yet so repulsed by a book before in my life.  Though written simply, there were passages in this book that literally had me gagging and wanting nothing more than to curl in my blankets and cry, or devour large tubs of ice-cream and several bottles of scotch.<br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/I%20have%20never%20before%20been%20so%20engrossed,%20yet%20so%20repulsed%20by%20a%20book%20before%20in%20my%20life.%20%20Though%20written%20simply,%20there%20were%20passages%20in%20this%20book%20that%20literally%20had%20me%20gagging%20and%20wanting%20nothing%20more%20than%20to%20curl%20in%20my%20blankets%20and%20cry,%20or%20devour%20large%20tubs%20of%20ice-cream%20and%20several%20bottles%20of%20scotch.%0D%0A%0D%0AThis%20story,%20particularly%20in%20the%20earliest%20pages,%20is%20not%20for%20the%20faint%20of%20heart.%20%20If%20ever%20you've%20had%20a%20traumatic%20experience,%20prepare%20your%20therapist%20well%20before%20picking%20up%20this%20book.%20%20It's%20not%20that%20it's%20especially%20graphic,%20but%20the%20author%20manages%20to%20create%20the%20most%20profound%20sense%20of%20horror%20with%20nothing%20more%20than%20a%20few%20simple%20words.%20%20That%20is%20quite%20a%20talent.%0D%0A%0D%0ALovingly%20woven,%20this%20tale%20is%20actually,%20despite%20the%20initial%20few%20blows%20to%20the%20stomach,%20quite%20a%20wonderful%20tale%20of%20acceptance,%20of%20perseverance%20and%20of%20the%20bonds%20of%20love.%0D%0A%0D%0AIt's%20a%20good%20book,%20and%20worth%20its%20acclaim.%20%20Just...%20be%20careful%20if%20you're%20considering%20reading%20this.%0D%0A%0D%0A">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:49:57 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Bwah hah hah!  That's awesome and awful at the same time!]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6828163-king-by-right-of-blood-and-might">King by Right of Blood and Might (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3063977.Anna_Walls">Anna Walls</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:50:22 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I was given this book by the author, who has published it independently, and more power to her!<br/><br/>I might start off by explaining my rating system:<br/>  <br/>No    (0) stars - It's utter crap, don't buy it, what a waste of paper.<br/>One   (1) star  - It's utter crap, with one or two re...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/I%20was%20given%20this%20book%20by%20the%20author,%20who%20has%20published%20it%20independently,%20and%20more%20power%20to%20her!%0D%0A%0D%0AI%20might%20start%20off%20by%20explaining%20my%20rating%20system:%0D%0A%20%20%0D%0ANo%20%20%20%20(0)%20stars%20-%20It's%20utter%20crap,%20don't%20buy%20it,%20what%20a%20waste%20of%20paper.%0D%0AOne%20%20%20(1)%20star%20%20-%20It's%20utter%20crap,%20with%20one%20or%20two%20redeeming%20qualities.%0D%0ATwo%20%20%20(2)%20stars%20-%20It's%20crap,%20but%20has%20a%20fair%20amount%20of%20potential.%0D%0AThree%20(3)%20stars%20-%20It's%20good,%20though%20not%20my%20preferred%20reading%20fare,%20you%20should%20still%20read%20it.%0D%0AFour%20%20(4)%20stars%20-%20It's%20great,%20and%20you%20should%20probably%20read%20it.%0D%0AFive%20%20(5)%20stars%20-%20Blew%20my%20frikkin'%20mind!%20%20Buy%20it!%20%20Now.%20%20You'll%20thank%20me.%0D%0A%0D%0AKing%20by%20Right%20of%20Blood%20and%20Might%20earned%20three%20stars%20because%20it%20is%20genuinely%20good,%20though%20not%20typically%20something%20I%20would%20read.%20%20The%20story%20is%20good%20and%20imaginative%20and%20quite%20engrossing%20in%20places,%20though%20the%20simplistic%20style%20of%20writing%20suggests%20that%20it%20would%20be%20more%20suitable%20for%20a%20young%20reader%20(aged%20around%207-12,%20I%20should%20think).%20%20Please%20note,%20this%20is%20NOT%20a%20bad%20thing%20at%20all!%20%20This%20book%20tackles%20gritty%20and%20gruesome%20happenstance%20in%20a%20manner%20that%20is%20easily%20digested%20and%20not%20at%20all%20traumatising.%0D%0A%0D%0AThere%20were%20a%20couple%20of%20awkward%20sentences%20here%20and%20there%20(name%20a%20book%20that%20doesn't%20have%20one%20or%20two%20and%20I'll%20call%20you%20a%20liar),%20and%20one%20instance%20of%20inappropriate%20language%20for%20the%20style%20that,%20honestly,%20shocked%20me.%0D%0A%0D%0AThat%20said,%20this%20is%20a%20definite%20must-read%20for%20any%20young%20readers%20you%20know.%20%20%0D%0A%0D%0A">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7096733-the-book-of-negroes">The Book of Negroes (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/20411.Lawrence_Hill">Lawrence Hill</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:48:16 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[The Book of Negroes is not my normal fare, but it was a good read all the same.  It was simply written and easy to understand.  Describing the experiences of an African stolen from her home and forced into slavery from a first person point of view, one would expect more emotionality to be involved a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/The%20Book%20of%20Negroes%20is%20not%20my%20normal%20fare,%20but%20it%20was%20a%20good%20read%20all%20the%20same.%20%20It%20was%20simply%20written%20and%20easy%20to%20understand.%20%20Describing%20the%20experiences%20of%20an%20African%20stolen%20from%20her%20home%20and%20forced%20into%20slavery%20from%20a%20first%20person%20point%20of%20view,%20one%20would%20expect%20more%20emotionality%20to%20be%20involved%20and%20in%20many%20cases,%20the%20book%20fails%20a%20little%20in%20that%20regard.%20%20It%20seems%20as%20if%20it%20was%20almost%20hazy%20in%20the%20depictions%20of%20life%20as%20a%20black%20slave%20in%20the%2018th%20century.%20%20That%20might%20well%20be%20deliberate,%20as%20it%20was%20written%20as%20if%20the%20protagonist%20was%20looking%20back%20on%20her%20life.%0D%0A%0D%0ADespite%20this,%20I%20could%20not%20help%20but%20feel%20horrified,%20or%20tear%20up%20after%20some%20episodes.%0D%0A%0D%0AAll%20throughout%20the%20book,%20there%20seems%20to%20be%20a%20bright%20undercurrent,%20something%20profound%20to%20say%20about%20the%20human%20spirit%20and%20all%20it%20can%20endure%20and%20why.%0D%0A%0D%0AFor%20those%20who%20enjoy%20historical%20fiction,%20this%20is%20a%20must%20read.%20%20For%20those%20who%20do%20not,%20I'd%20read%20it%20anyway.%20%20It%20might%20be%20good%20for%20you!">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/374855.A_Clash_of_Kings">A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/346732.George_R_R_Martin">George R.R. Martin</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:34:36 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Wow.  This follow-up to the promise offered by book 1 was just as spectacular as I hoped it would be.<br/><br/>I was so enthralled that I missed my bus stop on the way to work this morning.<br/><br/>There is nothing to say about Martin that hasn't been said already.  He crafts the story well, we...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/Wow.%20%20This%20follow-up%20to%20the%20promise%20offered%20by%20book%201%20was%20just%20as%20spectacular%20as%20I%20hoped%20it%20would%20be.%0D%0A%0D%0AI%20was%20so%20enthralled%20that%20I%20missed%20my%20bus%20stop%20on%20the%20way%20to%20work%20this%20morning.%0D%0A%0D%0AThere%20is%20nothing%20to%20say%20about%20Martin%20that%20hasn't%20been%20said%20already.%20%20He%20crafts%20the%20story%20well,%20weaving%20intrigue%20superbly%20with%20empathetic%20characters.%0D%0A%0D%0ASome%20of%20the%20characters%20are%20a%20little%20less%20one%20dimensional%20than%20they%20were%20in%20the%20first%20book%20(a%20blessed%20relief%7C).%20%20Not%20to%20present%20any%20spoilers,%20but%20The%20Hound%20is%20quickly%20becoming%20one%20of%20my%20favourites.%20%20I%20hope%20there%20is%20more%20of%20him%20in%20future%20books,%20as%20in%20this%20one%20there%20wasn't%20nearly%20enough.%0D%0A%0D%0AIf%20you%20are%20looking%20for%20a%20good%20read%20and%20you%20like%20fantasy,%20I'd%20pick%20this%20series%20up.%20%20I%20highly%20recommend%20it.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[marked as to-read: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7013345-storm-of-swords">Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire #3)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/346732.George_R_R_Martin">George R.R. Martin</a>]]></action_text>
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