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    <updated_at>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 07:02:49 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:11:51 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:11:10 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Certainly not my cup of tea.  Predictable, fluffy and way too sweet (not just the cookies).  It reminded me of a bad episode of Murder She Wrote, and I never really thought that any of them were good.  Surprisingly I finished it, but am wondering why.]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1461959.The_Girlfriends_Club_A_Novel">The Girlfriends Club: A Novel (Mass Market Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/105628.Judith_Henry_Wall">Judith Henry Wall</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 09:47:23 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 13:12:18 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I wasn't entirely sure what to expect when I picked this out at the library, but I'd have to say I was pleasantly surprised.  Dean and Augusta's friendship and escapades had a kind of Thelma and Louise feel to it.  There was sadness, dispair and some pathetic situations but the book was well balance...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14261294">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:59:17 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <updated_at>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 07:41:32 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I understand that the original title of this book was &quot;Men Who Hate Women&quot; and I can see why the name was changed.  Who would want to read that?  <br/><br/>Too many characters and too many foreign names  caused me too much confusion.  It took way too long to tell that story and solve the mystery in my opinion.]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:36:59 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This one was okay, but far from my favorite by Elin Hilderbrand.  It was a bit disappointing and depressing and I wasn't really crazy about any of the characters.  I felt sorry for some and was just plain annoyed with others.  Still a decent read.]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:58:13 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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