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    <updated_at>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 08:22:09 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I was drawn to this book for a number of reasons, one of which is  that it's a memoir written in poetry. Now, before you think to yourself &quot;No F(*&amp;King way,&quot; know that the poems are very narrative and well-written. The rhythm that she creates and the way that poetry allows her to get at sm...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47368683">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 13:51:27 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I listened to this one and really enjoyed it. An all-American story about a good man and his family, largely set in the Depression and in the South. Rick Bragg is a great writer; I read All Over But the Shoutin a number of years back and enjoyed it--probably 10 years ago and I still remember it.<br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47289332">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1790836.Falling_Into_Manholes">Falling Into Manholes (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/819687.Wendy_Merrill">Wendy Merrill</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 09:26:00 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Not a deep read, but an entertaining look at one woman's struggle to find herself after an eating disorder, alcoholism, and addiction to men. Lest you think it will be one of those whiny look-at-what-my-parents-did- to- me- and- my- life- sucks memoirs, know that she's actually entertaining &amp; funny ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46863354">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/549742.Leaving_Dirty_Jersey_A_Crystal_Meth_Memoir">Leaving Dirty Jersey: A Crystal Meth Memoir (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/301993.James_Salant">James Salant</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 09:23:03 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[A nicely done memoir about a young man who grows up in a middle class family and become addicted to meth &amp; heroin. Somewhat bland but some good stuff. Not about recovery, really, and no angst about his addiction. It just is what it is. He does some soul searching. Really, it was just more of an esca...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46863196">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 2 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4783459.Chemical_Pink">Chemical Pink (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/227322.Katie_Arnoldi">Katie Arnoldi</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 05:27:05 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Oh My God--I've had my first one night stand with a book. What a trashy novel and I loved it. Couldn't put it down. I knew when I picked it up that it would be total escape, but whoa! Complete with perverted sex and a female heroine who gets her silly but apt revenge in the end.<br/><br/>I could t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46017894">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/135917.Donkey_Gospel_Poems">Donkey Gospel: Poems (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/78570.Tony_Hoagland">Tony Hoagland</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 11:14:59 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[An unbelievable book of entertaining and insightful if not overly masculine poetry. This one is more raw than What Narcissism Means to Me, but good because of that. This is accessible poetry at its best--every day topics complete with names of people he knows, so you feel like you could be speaking ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45944039">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1044355.When_You_Are_Engulfed_in_Flames">When You Are Engulfed in Flames (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2849.David_Sedaris">David Sedaris</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 11:11:52 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Again, I listened to this one and actually laughed out loud a couple of times, which is a good sign as I think it is incredibly difficult to be funny on the page. Typical Sedaris--he starts with one idea and roams, seemingly with no connection, through seemingly unrelated events that always end up t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45943532">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23202.The_Last_American_Man">The Last American Man (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/11679.Elizabeth_Gilbert">Elizabeth Gilbert</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 10:07:06 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I listened to this in the car, again. Found it to be well-written and interesting, about a real man, Eustice Conway, whose goal in life is to live as naturally as possible, meaning on his land, in a teepee, growing his own food, etc. He also wants everyone else to live this way.<br/><br/>I didn't ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43246268">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14254.Another_America_Otra_Am_rica">Another America / Otra América (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3541.Barbara_Kingsolver">Barbara Kingsolver</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 10:03:06 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[One of the most powerful books of poetry I've read. What more to say? Not for the faint of heart, though--some of them had me in tears, but they said what needed to be said. Especially &quot;Your Mother's Eyes&quot;--last poem of the volume written to a young woman who was born as a result of rape. ...]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2547.The_Prophet">The Prophet (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2978248.Kahlil_Gibr_n">Kahlil Gibrán</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 11:31:43 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Wow--I've read it again and again and always find something worthwhile. A great read to begin the new year, reminding us of what it is to be alive, what it is to be human, and what it is to be good in a world where it is sometimes difficult to do so.]]></body>
        
    
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