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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5931169.Santa_Olivia">Santa Olivia (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/9237.Jacqueline_Carey">Jacqueline Carey</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:26:42 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
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    <action_text><![CDATA[is currently reading: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13651.The_Dispossessed_An_Ambiguous_Utopia">The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia (Mass Market Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/874602.Ursula_K_Le_Guin">Ursula K. Le Guin</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:14:57 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 2 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30281.Guilty_Pleasures">Guilty Pleasures (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #1)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/9550.Laurell_K_Hamilton">Laurell K. Hamilton</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:45:22 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This book doesn't read like a first book in a series.  I was reading it thinking &quot;Did I pick up the wrong book?&quot;  I didn't worry about it at first because I read the series a long time ago and am now pulling the comic (which is a lot of fun by the way) and thought that I just remembered mo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/This%20book%20doesn't%20read%20like%20a%20first%20book%20in%20a%20series.%20%20I%20was%20reading%20it%20thinking%20%22Did%20I%20pick%20up%20the%20wrong%20book%3F%22%20%20I%20didn't%20worry%20about%20it%20at%20first%20because%20I%20read%20the%20series%20a%20long%20time%20ago%20and%20am%20now%20pulling%20the%20comic%20(which%20is%20a%20lot%20of%20fun%20by%20the%20way)%20and%20thought%20that%20I%20just%20remembered%20more%20than%20I%20thought%20I%20did.%20%20Nope.%20%20The%20story%20references%20characters%20like%20a%20second%20book%20in%20a%20series%20would%20-%20quick%20references%20to%20looks%20and%20a%20history%20already%20established.%20%20It%20was%20very%20strange.%0D%0A%0D%0AOtherwise,%20this%20is%20popcorn.%20%20I%20know%20what%20Hamilton%20usually%20writes%20but%20I%20have%20gotten%20to%20where%20I%20prefer%20other%20author's%20interpretations%20of%20paranormal%20romance%20and%20most%20certainly%20other%20writing%20styles.%0D%0A%0D%0ABut%20popcorn%20is%20fun%20sometimes%20and%20who%20doesn't%20like%20sex%3F%20%20Okay,%20so%20there%20actually%20isn't%20any%20sex%20in%20this%20one%20but%20everyone%20knows%20that%20there%20is%20in%20later%20books%20and%20we%20have%20to%20start%20at%20the%20beginning.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[is currently reading: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/706011.Bangkok_8_A_Novel">Bangkok 8: A Novel (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/30860.John_Burdett">John Burdett</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:36:12 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <updated_at>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:52:48 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <updated_at>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:45:50 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[You guys do know that it isn't the author that decides what the level of advertising is going to be, right?  Blame the publishing company that will promote and bury as they see fit.  The author has zero say though the agent might have a tiny bit of pull.<br/><br/>At least they picked a good quality book this time. Yes, not your cup of tea but I have seen absolute trash being shoved down the throats of unsuspecting consumers.]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[marked as to-read: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4912857.The_Angel_s_Game">The Angel's Game (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/815.Carlos_Ruiz_Zaf_n">Carlos Ruiz Zafón</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:41:22 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3413662.Bone_Crossed">Bone Crossed (Mercedes Thompson, #4)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/40563.Patricia_Briggs">Patricia Briggs</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:09:43 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I admit it, I am hooked.  I picked this up in an airport bookstore when I really should have been sleeping.  I finished it that day.<br/><br/>This book picks up immediately where the last one left off.  I mean immediately.  She is still taking off her shirt.  It is good that this book starts there a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/I%20admit%20it,%20I%20am%20hooked.%20%20I%20picked%20this%20up%20in%20an%20airport%20bookstore%20when%20I%20really%20should%20have%20been%20sleeping.%20%20I%20finished%20it%20that%20day.%0A%0AThis%20book%20picks%20up%20immediately%20where%20the%20last%20one%20left%20off.%20%20I%20mean%20immediately.%20%20She%20is%20still%20taking%20off%20her%20shirt.%20%20It%20is%20good%20that%20this%20book%20starts%20there%20as%20there%20really%20were%20some%20unresolved%20issues%20from%20the%20previous%20book.%20%20Mercy%20now%20has%20panic%20attacks%20and%20has%20to%20deal%20with%20them.%20%20I%20am%20glad%20that%20she%20is%20not%20a%20total%20badass%20that%20can%20just%20shrug%20off%20the%20rape%2Fmind%20rape%20of%20the%20previous%20book%20but%20I%20am%20not%20sure%20that%20it%20is%20accurately%20portrayed.%20%20It%20doesn't%20matter%20though,%20it%20was%20still%20a%20lot%20of%20fun.%20%20Of%20course%20there%20isn't%20quite%20the%20tension%20as%20in%20the%20previous%20books,%20in%20more%20ways%20than%20one,%20but%20I%20tore%20through%20it%20as%20I%20do%20with%20all%20Briggs%20books.%20%20They%20are%20fast%20reads%20that%20are%20still%20quite%20satisfying%20for%20the%20amount%20of%20time%20I%20invest.%20%20They%20are%20popcorn%20length%20in%20both%20page%20count%20and%20reading%20time%20but%20I%20always%20feel%20like%20I%20get%20more%20out%20of%20it%20than%20I%20put%20in.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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