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    <action_text><![CDATA[is currently reading: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34494.The_Wee_Free_Men">The Wee Free Men (Discworld, #30)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1654.Terry_Pratchett">Terry Pratchett</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:45:31 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[is currently reading: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6319870.Stardust_A_Novel">Stardust: A Novel (Audio CD)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/12984.Joseph_Kanon">Joseph Kanon</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:44:15 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[added: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4745776.Sunnyside">Sunnyside (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2716.Glen_David_Gold">Glen David Gold</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:42:55 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Can't get into it - I'll try again another time.]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 2 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6380353-be-yourself-everyone-else-is-already-taken">Be Yourself, Everyone Else is Already Taken: Transform Your Life with the Power of Authenticity (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/225810.Mike_Robbins">Mike Robbins</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:41:26 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Don't bother with this one. ]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6541090-matchless">Matchless: A Christmas Story (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7025.Gregory_Maguire">Gregory Maguire</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 06:33:43 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This is a sweet reimagining of Hans Christian Andersen's Little Matchgirl tale. The simple illustrations and emphasis on family make it easy to share with children or just to enjoy for yourself.]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46756.Oryx_and_Crake">Oryx and Crake (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3472.Margaret_Atwood">Margaret Atwood</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 17:20:42 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I started reading Atwood's new book, The Year of the Flood, then realized it is a follow-up (not exactly a sequel) to Oryx and Crake. So I put it aside and read this one. It is a very strange book! For most of the way through, I wasn't sure if I really liked it or if it was compelling in the way an ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79338831">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25460.Animal_Vegetable_Miracle_A_Year_of_Food_Life">Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3541.Barbara_Kingsolver">Barbara Kingsolver</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 17:12:42 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I enjoyed this, but then again, the great goal of my life is to live on a small farm and produce most of my own food, so she is definitely preaching to the choir with me! The sidebars written by Kingsolver's husband and daughter are good, but the abrupt change of style and voice is a bit jarring, an...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23264152">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/158446.Captain_Blood">Captain Blood (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/82608.Rafael_Sabatini">Rafael Sabatini</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:51:28 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Sometimes I just need me some Sabatini!]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6324833.Amigoland_A_Novel">Amigoland: A Novel (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/86355.Oscar_Casares">Oscar Casares</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:27:46 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Sweet story of two elderly brothers who set off on a journey into Mexico to visit their grandfather's original home, accompanied by the younger brother's housekeeper/girlfriend. Casares deals with the realities of old age, but in a no-nonsense, often funny way.]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60279.All_Mortal_Flesh_A_Rev_Clare_Fergusson_and_Russ_Van_Alstyne_Mystery">All Mortal Flesh: A Rev. Clare Fergusson and Russ Van Alstyne Mystery (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/33986.Julia_Spencer_Fleming">Julia Spencer-Fleming</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:38:29 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This is the strongest book in the series, IMO. I admit I skipped ahead and read the sequel before I could get this one, so I knew what was coming. But even knowing that, the tension never abated throughout the whole book. Every character is real, every situation is real, there were no superfluous si...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31863785">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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