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    <updated_at>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 21:37:09 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[alright. i'm sold on the title alone.]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/281700.Potty_Train_Your_Child_in_Just_One_Day_Proven_Secrets_of_the_Potty_Pro_toilet_training_">Potty Train Your Child in Just One Day: Proven Secrets of the Potty Pro [toilet training] (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/163789.Teri_Crane">Teri Crane</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 08:00:37 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This book offers a system of potty-training that is quick, but elaborate, and potentially a lot of fun. It describes in great great great detail how to throw an extravagant party to teach your child to use the toilet. Unfortunately, I don't think it'll work for every child, and the stars did not lin...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/This%20book%20offers%20a%20system%20of%20potty-training%20that%20is%20quick,%20but%20elaborate,%20and%20potentially%20a%20lot%20of%20fun.%20It%20describes%20in%20great%20great%20great%20detail%20how%20to%20throw%20an%20extravagant%20party%20to%20teach%20your%20child%20to%20use%20the%20toilet.%20Unfortunately,%20I%20don't%20think%20it'll%20work%20for%20every%20child,%20and%20the%20stars%20did%20not%20line%20up%20for%20my%20particular%20child%20when%20I%20attempted%20to%20potty%20train%20her%20in%20one%20day.%20In%20fact,%20I%20was%20close%20to%20tears%20by%20the%20end%20of%20the%20day.%20Though%20I%20knew%20better%20than%20to%20place%20too%20many%20expectations%20on%20my%20daughter%20(as%20well%20as%20myself),%20it%20was%20still%20a%20big%20letdown%20to%20see%20the%20day%20going%20so%20poorly.%20My%20advice%20to%20parents%20who%20try%20this%20method:%20If%20the%20day%20starts%20off%20all%20wrong%20(e.g.,%20kid%20wakes%20up%20crabby,%20constipated,%20and%20miserable):%20just%20scrap%20it%20and%20try%20on%20another%20day.%20I%20do%20think%20it%20was%20a%20good%20kick-start%20to%20the%20much%20longer,%20shudder-inducing%20process%20of%20training%20my%20child.%20Hallelujah,%20it's%20accomplished%20now,%20but%20not%20because%20of%20this%20book%20(though%20it%20might%20have%20helped%20a%20bit).%0D%0A%0D%0AI%20think%20you%20have%20to%20read%20the%20personality%20of%20your%20child,%20and%20decide%20if%20this%20is%20the%20right%20fit%20for%20her%20(and%20for%20you!).%20">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15886.The_Facts_Behind_the_Helsinki_Roccamatios">The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/811.Yann_Martel">Yann Martel</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 07:52:40 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Great collection of short stories from author of &quot;Life of Pi&quot;. I haven't read a collection of short stories in a while, and this made me want to delve back into this genre. These stories are inventive and told so well. The themes are depressing (dying of AIDS, executions, Vietnam vet's tro...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/Great%20collection%20of%20short%20stories%20from%20author%20of%20%22Life%20of%20Pi%22.%20I%20haven't%20read%20a%20collection%20of%20short%20stories%20in%20a%20while,%20and%20this%20made%20me%20want%20to%20delve%20back%20into%20this%20genre.%20These%20stories%20are%20inventive%20and%20told%20so%20well.%20The%20themes%20are%20depressing%20(dying%20of%20AIDS,%20executions,%20Vietnam%20vet's%20troubled%20life),%20but%20they%20all%20have%20this%20light%20of%20hope%20infused%20into%20them.%20Quick%20read,%20too.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/105696.Milk_Glass_Moon">Milk Glass Moon (Big Stone Gap, Book 3)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/9219.Adriana_Trigiani">Adriana Trigiani</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 07:49:24 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58826.Big_Stone_Gap_Big_Cherry_Holler">Big Stone Gap / Big Cherry Holler (Big Stone Gap, Books 1 &amp; 2)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/9219.Adriana_Trigiani">Adriana Trigiani</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 07:48:53 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Painful relationship problems going on in this one. Almost as good as the first.]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58822.Big_Stone_Gap">Big Stone Gap (Big Stone Gap, Book 1)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/9219.Adriana_Trigiani">Adriana Trigiani</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 07:48:04 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This was a refreshing novel. I love the setting--Appalachia--and the characters are good, down-home folk. The drama is very real-life stuff, and the writing, as well as plot, really captured me. Though it's contemporary, it has an old-fashioned feel to it. Loved the whole series.]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/669570.Dragon_Slippers">Dragon Slippers (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/359109.Jessica_Day_George">Jessica Day George</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 07:10:27 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Charming 1st book by the soon-to-be illustrious Jessica Day George. This is a lot of fun to read, no matter your age. Creel is the heroine that all of us girls want to be. She consorts with dragons, has a handsome &amp; fun-lovin' guy-friend, magical slippers, and lots of nerve. Oh, but her aunt IS a nu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/Charming%201st%20book%20by%20the%20soon-to-be%20illustrious%20Jessica%20Day%20George.%20This%20is%20a%20lot%20of%20fun%20to%20read,%20no%20matter%20your%20age.%20Creel%20is%20the%20heroine%20that%20all%20of%20us%20girls%20want%20to%20be.%20She%20consorts%20with%20dragons,%20has%20a%20handsome%20&amp;%20fun-lovin'%20guy-friend,%20magical%20slippers,%20and%20lots%20of%20nerve.%20Oh,%20but%20her%20aunt%20IS%20a%20nut,%20which%20would%20kind%20of%20stink.%0D%0A%0D%0AAnd%20did%20I%20mention%20that%20my%20sister-in-law%20wrote%20this%3F%20Yeah,%20I'm%20kind%20of%20famous.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe%20sequel%20comes%20out%20in%20April.%20And%20another,%20unrelated%20book%20she%20wrote%20(which%20I%20haven't%20read%20yet)%20was%20just%20released%20this%20month:%20Sun%20and%20Moon,Ice%20and%20Snow.%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/386187.Midnight_in_the_Garden_of_Good_and_Evil">Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4952.John_Berendt">John Berendt</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 18 Feb 2008 08:51:59 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Fabulous book. I started this book with the assumption that is was strictly nonfiction. See, I have this policy to not read the jacket of a book, for fear that it may give something away, so I did not realize that is was actually categorized as &quot;nonfiction.&quot; And I didn't really know anythi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/Fabulous%20book.%20I%20started%20this%20book%20with%20the%20assumption%20that%20is%20was%20strictly%20nonfiction.%20See,%20I%20have%20this%20policy%20to%20not%20read%20the%20jacket%20of%20a%20book,%20for%20fear%20that%20it%20may%20give%20something%20away,%20so%20I%20did%20not%20realize%20that%20is%20was%20actually%20categorized%20as%20%22nonfiction.%22%20And%20I%20didn't%20really%20know%20anything%20about%20it,%20besides%20that%20it%20was%20very%20popular%20for%20a%20few%20years.%20So%20I%20read%20the%20first%20half%20thinking%20that%20it%20felt%20so%20much%20like%20a%20true%20life%20story%20told%20in%20an%20incredibly%20colorful%20way.%20Only%20when%20I%20was%20done%20with%20it,%20did%20I%20realize%20that%20it's%20%22true%20crime%22,%20though%20obviously%20liberties%20are%20taken%20with%20the%20story.%20Such%20fascinating%20and%20colorful%20characters--chapter%20after%20chapter%20of%20them.%20Any%20one%20character%20could%20fill%20a%20book%20with%20his%2Fher%20antics.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 08:14:11 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Glad to hear it! I'm really loving the book, but have also been starting to wonder when the action is going to kick in. ]]></body>
        
    
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