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    <updated_at>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:54:40 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I love the mixture of the everyday and the magical in this book, where there are no clear dividing lines. Tolly and his grandmother are warm and wonderful characters, and the world they inhabit is enchanting. L.M. Boston's writing is also beautiful.]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:49:57 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[is currently reading: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/136846.Through_the_Narrow_Gate_A_Memoir_of_Spiritual_Discovery">Through the Narrow Gate: A Memoir of Spiritual Discovery (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2637.Karen_Armstrong">Karen Armstrong</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:48:58 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[is currently reading: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16051.The_Piano_Shop_on_the_Left_Bank_Discovering_a_Forgotten_Passion_in_a_Paris_Atelier">The Piano Shop on the Left Bank: Discovering a Forgotten Passion in a Paris Atelier (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/9914.Thaddeus_Carhart">Thaddeus Carhart</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:46:21 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/92112.Breaking_Clean">Breaking Clean (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/52959.Judy_Blunt">Judy Blunt</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:41:45 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Judy Blunt's writing is tremendous. From the first page, I was enthralled by her story-telling, but I also constantly wanted to share excerpts with my husband because the writing is so beautiful and powerful. I want to write like her...]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:38:49 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Aargh! I began by finding this book unputdownable, but about halfway through I began to feel extremely irritated by it. Foer constantly draws attention to himself and his cleverness in such a way that it's hard to suspend one's disbelief. I felt that he was more interested in displaying his genius (and he is an amazing writer) than in entering deeply into his characters. I couldn't finish it.]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:35:15 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <updated_at>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 11:34:32 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1297985.Musicophilia_Tales_of_Music_and_the_Brain">Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/843200.Oliver_W_Sacks">Oliver W. Sacks</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 11:34:10 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Sacks writes captivating tales of the strange ways in which our brains deal with music, from the mundane to the truly extraordinary.]]></body>
        
    
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