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    <action_text><![CDATA[is currently reading: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43887.Chainfire">Chainfire (Sword of Truth, #9)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3441.Terry_Goodkind">Terry Goodkind</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 12:25:21 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4286737.Tuck">Tuck (King Raven, Book 3)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/28083.Stephen_R_Lawhead">Stephen R. Lawhead</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 12:22:59 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Slightly weak finish to the series, but it's been ages since I read book #2.  Interesting, creative, predictable... eh.]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/62291.A_Storm_of_Swords">A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/346732.George_R_R_Martin">George R.R. Martin</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:13:06 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[1100+ pages of unputdownable.  With a few serious surprises!]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6425725-sense-and-sensibility-and-sea-monsters">Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/735413.Ben_H_Winters">Ben H. Winters</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:04:10 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[So much fun.  More changes to the original than Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (lots more), but they're appropriately wacky and I love them all.]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6251440.The_King_s_Gold_A_Novel">The King's Gold: A Novel (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2843717.Arturo_Perez_Riverte">Arturo Perez-Riverte</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:43:20 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Great series, keeps going strong.  Elegantly simple writing, needs no embellishment.]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5899779.Pride_and_Prejudice_and_Zombies">Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/169377.Seth_Grahame_Smith">Seth Grahame-Smith</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:23:19 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Brilliant and hilarious.  Why did I think of this?  Also, I still love this story and was speeding through to see what happens to Elizabeth and Darcy... again!]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/48757.The_Tao_of_Pooh">The Tao of Pooh (The Wisdom of Pooh)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/27397.Benjamin_Hoff">Benjamin Hoff</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:11:12 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[So cute, very insightful.]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43893.Naked_Empire">Naked Empire (Sword of Truth, #8)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3441.Terry_Goodkind">Terry Goodkind</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:17:13 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Best book yet!  How can the 8th book still be so amazing?!  That's 7000 or so pages of continued improvement.  I have to slow down, only 3 books left.  I can't face the end.]]></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, 20 Oct 2009 23:00:26 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Brilliant, scathing, dark, hilarious and I saw myself in more than a few of Sedaris' observations.  Perhaps I should worry, as I am not so witty.]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1918305.The_Geography_of_Bliss_One_Grump_s_Search_for_the_Happiest_Places_in_the_World">The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/326788.Eric_Weiner">Eric Weiner</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 11:03:52 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[More of a travelogue than a research project, and that's why I liked it.  Wiener is funny and gives you a sense of contentment combined of almost all the peoples he meets on his journey.  He seems to know from the start that happiness is both unquantifiable and different from person to person.  He s...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71928659">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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