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    <updated_at>Wed, 28 May 2008 11:36:09 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I think one of my very favorites of Haruki Murikami. I loved this one. I'd give it 4 and a half stars if they'd let me. Its interesting, sad, and metaphysical- but not annoyingly so which is a feat unto itself. ]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Wed, 28 May 2008 11:34:17 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Took me a little bit to get into this book and its unusual style- but wow! It was like a landslide, where by the last few pages I was racing through it! A fantastic book.]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 2 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/89998.Blessed_Unrest_How_the_Largest_Movement_in_the_World_Came_into_Being_and_Why_No_One_Saw_It_Coming">Blessed Unrest: How the Largest Movement in the World Came into Being and Why No One Saw It Coming (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/445.Paul_Hawken">Paul Hawken</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Wed, 14 May 2008 09:09:16 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I forced my way through this book because its written by Paul Hawken, one of the authors of <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/683.Natural_Capitalism_Creating_the_Next_Industrial_Revolution" title="Natural Capitalism  Creating the Next Industrial Revolution by Paul Hawken">Natural Capitalism</a> (one of my very favorites). But man, it was hard to get through. Overly emotional and too historical. The bits about the civil rights movement were interesting though. Anway, I was about ha...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21216728">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2904804.Earth_The_Sequel_The_Race_to_Reinvent_Energy_and_Stop_Global_Warming">Earth: The Sequel: The Race to Reinvent Energy and Stop Global Warming (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1257715.Fred_Krupp">Fred Krupp</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:35:15 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Very good and informative book- I loved all of it. I would recommend this, though, only to people who are geeky about renewable energy and climate change stuff- could be a little too technical if you're not nerdy over it. I found the stuff in this book absolutely amazing and learned so much about wh...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21216571">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7763.The_Joy_Luck_Club">The Joy Luck Club (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5246.Amy_Tan">Amy Tan</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:35:04 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Awesome awesome awesome. Great style of writing, great stories, made me laugh and cry and learn! What more can you ask. A must read if you haven't read it already. ]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 2 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4954.You_Shall_Know_Our_Velocity_">You Shall Know Our Velocity! (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3371.Dave_Eggers">Dave Eggers</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:43:43 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Not as good as I'd hoped. An interesting story and a good plot, but the writing was kind of annoying. As with &quot;A Heartbreaking work of staggering genius&quot;, I had to skip several pages at a time just to get through the rants. I think we're supposed to find his character similar to Holdren in...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18802741">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1624.West_with_the_Night">West with the Night (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1054.Beryl_Markham">Beryl Markham</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:40:53 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[WOW. More than you would expect from such a boring cover. One of the best books I've read in a while. The first few pages made it hard to get into, but suddenly I couldn't put it down. Amazing style of writing and you're reading about this amazing life and then theres, amidst it all, a gleaming gem ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18802466">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18122.The_Amber_Spyglass">The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials, #3)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3618.Philip_Pullman">Philip Pullman</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:39:15 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[super excitement never ending... but the ending a little weird. Would almost make more sense in movie format where you could see the characters.. still overall a great series. Fun quick read that are adventurous and so much better than reading paleoceanography papers!]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/119324.The_Subtle_Knife">The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials, #2)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3618.Philip_Pullman">Philip Pullman</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:36:59 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[awesome! can't stop reading them! Can see now why the jesus freaks are up in arms about these books- the fictional religion in the books has many of the same faults as contemporary religions and could cause some negative self reflection- god forbid.]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/119322.The_Golden_Compass">The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, #1)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3618.Philip_Pullman">Philip Pullman</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:35:31 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Weird to be giving 4 stars to a silly fiction filled novel meant for some younger age- but I thought it was really good! Action packed, immediately gripping. I read this book super fast and on to the next two...]]></body>
        
    
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