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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3391271.The_Ten_Thousand">The Ten Thousand (Mass Market Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/387612.Paul_Kearney">Paul Kearney</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 07:49:03 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Xenophon-esque adventure in a vaguely Greek/Conan world. Good characters. Simple story, simply told.<br/><br/>Boy, did this book get lots better! The trite phrase &quot;an adventure of blood, torture, and nifty bonesnapping&quot; is totally applicable, and yet the characters who emerge, their pass...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/Xenophon-esque%20adventure%20in%20a%20vaguely%20Greek%2FConan%20world.%20Good%20characters.%20Simple%20story,%20simply%20told.%0D%0A%0D%0ABoy,%20did%20this%20book%20get%20lots%20better!%20The%20trite%20phrase%20%22an%20adventure%20of%20blood,%20torture,%20and%20nifty%20bonesnapping%22%20is%20totally%20applicable,%20and%20yet%20the%20characters%20who%20emerge,%20their%20passions%20and%20weaknesses,%20their%20pride%20and%20their%20strength,%20make%20this%20an%20outstanding%20book.%20Not%20outrageously%20coarse%20or%20vulgar,%20this%20powerful%20story%20comes%20to%20a%20logical%20conclusion.%20It%20doesn't%20cry%20for%20a%20sequel,%20but%20one%20is%20clearly%20possible.%0D%0A%0D%0AI%20really%20enjoyed%20this%20book.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2408602.The_Red_Wolf_Conspiracy">The Red Wolf Conspiracy (Chathrand Voyages, #1)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2845500.Robert_V_S_Redick">Robert V.S. Redick</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 07:44:31 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Another Christmas book from Eric, The Red Wolf Conspiracy is about naval adventures in an alternate universe. I am looking forward to getting further into it real soon.]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 2 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1338404.Tunnels">Tunnels (Book 1)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/573850.Roderick_Gordon">Roderick Gordon</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:55:23 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[The putative sucessor to the Harry Potter series. It isn't. Fairly interesting story line, but I found it hard to like the characters.]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/676003.Sit_Down_and_Shut_Up_Punk_Rock_Commentaries_on_Buddha_God_Truth_Sex_Death_and_Dogen_s_Treasury_of_the_Right_Dharma_Eye">Sit Down and Shut Up: Punk Rock Commentaries on Buddha, God, Truth, Sex, Death, and Dogen's Treasury of the Right Dharma Eye (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/362020.Brad_Warner">Brad Warner</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:54:08 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Easy to read intro to Buddhism. Nothing particularly revelatory. Neat angle of approach, though.]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2381094.The_Gryphon_s_Skull">The Gryphon's Skull (Hellenistic Seafaring Adventure)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/357657.H_N_Turteltaub">H. N. Turteltaub</a>]]></action_text>
    <link>http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58204172</link>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:48:35 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[HN Turtletaub is, of course, Harry Turtledove, of alternate history fame. Under the Turtletaub name he writes historical fiction, principally the adventures of Menedemos and his cousin Sostratos, ship captain and traders on &quot;the wine dark sea.&quot; The novels are not exactly plot-free, but the...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/HN%20Turtletaub%20is,%20of%20course,%20Harry%20Turtledove,%20of%20alternate%20history%20fame.%20Under%20the%20Turtletaub%20name%20he%20writes%20historical%20fiction,%20principally%20the%20adventures%20of%20Menedemos%20and%20his%20cousin%20Sostratos,%20ship%20captain%20and%20traders%20on%20%22the%20wine%20dark%20sea.%22%20The%20novels%20are%20not%20exactly%20plot-free,%20but%20they%20contain%20a%20wealth%20of%20information%20about%20life%20in%20the%204th%20century%20BCE.%20I%20just%20love%20them%20and%20eat%20up%20all%20the%20detail%20on%20the%20history%20of%20the%20day.%20I%20don't%20think%20many%20others%20do,%20but%20if%20you%20like%20this%20era,%20like%20to%20read%20about%20trade%20in%20the%20Med,%20and%20want%20to%20follow%20the%20adventures%20of%20a%20ladies%20man%20and%20his%20much%20more%20staid%20cousin,%20you%20just%20might%20like%20this%20series,%20too.%20%0D%0A%0D%0AThe%20second.%20book%20in%20the%20series">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[new comment from Burt]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:32:21 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I hope you enjoy it! I am such a big fan of Neverwhere (my local book dealer sold me the English paperback edition as soon as it came out--years ago) that I bought the BBC discs as soon as I saw them. Burt and I have watched it several times. Mrs. Hop even likes the show.]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/666257.Owls_to_Athens">Owls to Athens (Hellenistic Seafaring Adventure)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/357657.H_N_Turteltaub">H. N. Turteltaub</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:10:16 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[HN Turtletaub is, of course, Harry Turtledove, of alternate history fame. Under the Turtletaub name he writes historical fiction, principally the adventures of Menedemos and his cousin Sostratos, ship captain and traders on &quot;the wine dark sea.&quot; The novels are not exactly plot-free, but the...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/HN%20Turtletaub%20is,%20of%20course,%20Harry%20Turtledove,%20of%20alternate%20history%20fame.%20Under%20the%20Turtletaub%20name%20he%20writes%20historical%20fiction,%20principally%20the%20adventures%20of%20Menedemos%20and%20his%20cousin%20Sostratos,%20ship%20captain%20and%20traders%20on%20%22the%20wine%20dark%20sea.%22%20The%20novels%20are%20not%20exactly%20plot-free,%20but%20they%20contain%20a%20wealth%20of%20information%20about%20life%20in%20the%204th%20century%20BCE.%20I%20just%20love%20them%20and%20eat%20up%20all%20the%20detail%20on%20the%20history%20of%20the%20day.%20I%20don't%20think%20many%20others%20do,%20but%20if%20you%20like%20this%20era,%20like%20to%20read%20about%20trade%20in%20the%20Med,%20and%20want%20to%20follow%20the%20adventures%20of%20a%20ladies%20man%20and%20his%20much%20more%20staid%20cousin,%20you%20just%20might%20like%20this%20series,%20too.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe%20fourth%20and%20most%20recent%20story%20in%20this%20series.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2381095.The_Sacred_Land">The Sacred Land (Hellenistic Seafaring Adventure)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/357657.H_N_Turteltaub">H. N. Turteltaub</a>]]></action_text>
    <link>http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58079251</link>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:09:57 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[HN Turtletaub is, of course, Harry Turtledove, of alternate history fame. Under the Turtletaub name he writes historical fiction, principally the adventures of Menedemos and his cousin Sostratos, ship captain and traders on &quot;the wine dark sea.&quot; The novels are not exactly plot-free, but the...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/HN%20Turtletaub%20is,%20of%20course,%20Harry%20Turtledove,%20of%20alternate%20history%20fame.%20Under%20the%20Turtletaub%20name%20he%20writes%20historical%20fiction,%20principally%20the%20adventures%20of%20Menedemos%20and%20his%20cousin%20Sostratos,%20ship%20captain%20and%20traders%20on%20%22the%20wine%20dark%20sea.%22%20The%20novels%20are%20not%20exactly%20plot-free,%20but%20they%20contain%20a%20wealth%20of%20information%20about%20life%20in%20the%204th%20century%20BCE.%20I%20just%20love%20them%20and%20eat%20up%20all%20the%20detail%20on%20the%20history%20of%20the%20day.%20I%20don't%20think%20many%20others%20do,%20but%20if%20you%20like%20this%20era,%20like%20to%20read%20about%20trade%20in%20the%20Med,%20and%20want%20to%20follow%20the%20adventures%20of%20a%20ladies%20man%20and%20his%20much%20more%20staid%20cousin,%20you%20just%20might%20like%20this%20series,%20too.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe%20third%20book%20in%20the%20series.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/779839.Over_the_Wine_Dark_Sea">Over the Wine-Dark Sea (Hellenistic Seafaring Adventure)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/357657.H_N_Turteltaub">H. N. Turteltaub</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:07:09 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[HN Turtletaub is, of course, Harry Turtledove, of alternate history fame. Under the Turtletaub name he writes historical fiction, principally the adventures of Menedemos and his cousin Sostratos, ship captain and traders on &quot;the wine dark sea.&quot; The novels are not exactly plot-free, but the...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/HN%20Turtletaub%20is,%20of%20course,%20Harry%20Turtledove,%20of%20alternate%20history%20fame.%20Under%20the%20Turtletaub%20name%20he%20writes%20historical%20fiction,%20principally%20the%20adventures%20of%20Menedemos%20and%20his%20cousin%20Sostratos,%20ship%20captain%20and%20traders%20on%20%22the%20wine%20dark%20sea.%22%20The%20novels%20are%20not%20exactly%20plot-free,%20but%20they%20contain%20a%20wealth%20of%20information%20about%20life%20in%20the%204th%20century%20BCE.%20I%20just%20love%20them%20and%20eat%20up%20all%20the%20detail%20on%20the%20history%20of%20the%20day.%20I%20don't%20think%20many%20others%20do,%20but%20if%20you%20like%20this%20era,%20like%20to%20read%20about%20trade%20in%20the%20Med,%20and%20want%20to%20follow%20the%20adventures%20of%20a%20ladies%20man%20and%20his%20much%20more%20staid%20cousin,%20you%20just%20might%20like%20this%20series,%20too.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2213661.The_Graveyard_Book">The Graveyard Book (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1221698.Neil_Gaiman">Neil Gaiman</a>]]></action_text>
    <link>http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58053488</link>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 08:14:18 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Gaiman ought to have a category of his own. This book, a children's book, tells the story of Bod Owens, who is orphaned as an infant and adopted by the ghosts of a nearby graveyard. Bod grows, faces challenges, interacts with his ghostly and lively worlds and finally takes his Hero's Journey. An abs...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/Gaiman%20ought%20to%20have%20a%20category%20of%20his%20own.%20This%20book,%20a%20children's%20book,%20tells%20the%20story%20of%20Bod%20Owens,%20who%20is%20orphaned%20as%20an%20infant%20and%20adopted%20by%20the%20ghosts%20of%20a%20nearby%20graveyard.%20Bod%20grows,%20faces%20challenges,%20interacts%20with%20his%20ghostly%20and%20lively%20worlds%20and%20finally%20takes%20his%20Hero's%20Journey.%20An%20absolutely%20fabulous%20read!">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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