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    <updated_at>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 07:53:38 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Very fun book and I'm looking forward to reading more in the series.  The characters are interesting and there's plenty of action at sea.]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:52:16 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Dubus is an impressive writer, and as I read it, I admired the challenge he'd taken on and his technique.  And it was hard to put down.  But even though I wanted to keep reading, I found that there ultimately was something missing for me.  I'm still trying to figure out why I didn't love it.  Part o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28818327">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/207754.Writer_s_Workshop_in_a_Book_The_Squaw_Valley_Community_of_Writers_on_the_Art_of_Fiction">Writer's Workshop in a Book: The Squaw Valley Community of Writers on the Art of Fiction (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/63790.Alan_Cheuse">Alan Cheuse</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:46:22 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Not at all a how-to book, but a terrific companion.  Just like sitting down with a whole room full of mentors.  The essays by Mark Childress and Amy Tan are great, and plenty of others, too.]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:59:28 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I think you were actually the one who made me aware of this book, Scott.  Thanks!  Great post yesterday on your blog.]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2612.The_Tipping_Point">The Tipping Point (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1439.Malcolm_Gladwell">Malcolm Gladwell</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sun, 13 Jul 2008 16:57:41 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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