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    <updated_at>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:22:46 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6185624.Enough_Breaking_Free_from_the_World_of_More">Enough: Breaking Free from the World of More (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/327542.John_Naish">John Naish</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:29:19 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Having mulled... enough... about excessive consumerism, this book appealed to me philosophically in many ways.  Full of some practical information for embracing &quot;enoughism&quot;, this book is a good read.<br/><br/>My main gripe with the author is that he seems to talk about humanity needing t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52530646">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:19:29 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This collection of essays made me admire Franzen's nonfiction as much as his fiction.]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:18:29 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5136921.Denken_Sie_selbst_Sonst_tun_es_andere_f_r_Sie">Denken Sie selbst! Sonst tun es andere für Sie (Broschiert)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1108925.Vince_Ebert">Vince Ebert</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:15:22 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Feels like a German book version of the best Penn &amp; Teller's Bullshit episodes.]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/71728.Jonathan_Livingston_Seagull">Jonathan Livingston Seagull (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/16904.Richard_Bach">Richard Bach</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:27:04 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This, along with &quot;Illusions&quot;, was one of my favorite books - at one point.<br/><br/>Guided by my own hopefulness (and books such as these), I was really convinced that this world was but a shadow, a mere Pringles-crisp that belied our true homegrown Potato of Reality.<br/><br/>And I st...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51989616">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2244799.The_Sorrows_of_an_American_A_Novel">The Sorrows of an American: A Novel (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/40851.Siri_Hustvedt">Siri Hustvedt</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 12:01:32 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Although the book was a fun read, I felt that the author kept trying to force her thoughts and insights on me, rather than being more subtle.  Which bugs me, because it feels I'm trapped in conversation, forced to listen to another worldview, without having a chance to respond.  All in all, the char...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51706171">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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