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    <updated_at>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:38:25 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <updated_at>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:16:16 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6418815-otis">Otis (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/329975.Loren_Long">Loren Long</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:14:28 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Cute story for kids who can't get enough of tractor stories. This would make a nice alternative for parents who are sick of the endless line of Thomas the Tank Engine books.  ]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5530988.The_Curious_Garden">The Curious Garden (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3092248.Peter_Brown">Peter  Brown</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:12:01 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Okay, the story is a bit preachy but I love the illustrations. So glossy and even the industrial cityscape is made beautiful. Plus, the message is a good one, so I mind the didacticism less.  ]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6534132-the-lion-the-mouse">The Lion &amp; the Mouse (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/70868.Jerry_Pinkney">Jerry Pinkney</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:07:10 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[If I were a betting lady, my money would be on this one for the Caldecott. Jerry Pinkney's illustrarions are(as usual)beautiful. The cover art alone is amazing. And maybe the problem was that the cover set the bar too high for me because the rest of the book, while good, didn't blow me away.  ]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5169728.The_Battle_of_the_Labyrinth">The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #4)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/15872.Rick_Riordan">Rick Riordan</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:43:26 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Oh man, the story's getting really good now. Things really pick up in this book and by the end I couldn't wait to start the next book. I popped the next cd in the player right away! I was annoyed with some of the voices the narrator uses on the audio books. But the story was good enough that I could...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81340435">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6393119-once-a-witch">Once a Witch (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/374429.Carolyn_MacCullough">Carolyn MacCullough</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:10:25 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I want to read the next book now!]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6262086.Harry_and_Horsie">Harry and Horsie (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2847845.Katie_Van_Camp">Katie Van Camp</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:08:11 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Loved the retro illustrations. ]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6562659-all-the-world">All the World (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2967394.Liz_Garton_Scanlon">Liz Garton Scanlon</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:05:51 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40158.The_Queen_of_Attolia">The Queen of Attolia (The Queen's Thief, #2)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/22542.Megan_Whalen_Turner">Megan Whalen Turner</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:13:16 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Not as good as The Thief. I was confused by the motivation behind the characters' actions and even at the end I was left scratching my head. I hear the next book is great though so I'll press on.    ]]></body>
        
    
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