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    <updated_at>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:40:02 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I read the excerpt in the New Yorker and had no desire to read the rest, I'm afraid.  To me, it read like a parody of someone Freudianizing (?) Where the Wild Things Are - and I didn't think the book needed or benefited from that treatment anyway.  ]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 12:49:14 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[If you want to learn more about Betty, read The Man in the Wooden Hat, Gardam's latest - it's Edward and Betty's story from Betty's perspective.<br/><br/>But I disagree about Edward.  He knew all about Betty's affair - that's why he hated his neighbor!  He just repressed everything because of all the loss he'd suffered all his life.]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:12:58 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This book is the equivalent of a Hallmark made-for-tv movie.  Not bad but manipulative and simultaneously made of cardboard and fluff.<br/><br/>Georgia Walker does things solo - sole proprietor of Walker and Daughter knitting emporium, sole parent of biracial daughter Dakota.  But she isn't quite ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79536853">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:01:40 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <updated_at>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:00:38 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49436.Three_Cups_of_Tea_One_Man_s_Mission_to_Promote_Peace_One_School_at_a_Time">Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/27837.Greg_Mortenson">Greg Mortenson</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:31:42 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I resisted reading this book for a long time because everyone else was reading it, blogging about it, raving about it ... now I see why.  Greg Mortenson failed to climb K2, blundered into the wrong tiny mountain village trying to get down to camp, stayed for a while living with the incredibly poor, ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37492527">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/907980.Gloriana_s_Torch">Gloriana's Torch (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/203305.Patricia_Finney">Patricia Finney</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 10:50:44 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I'm not sure I've ever classified a book as both historical fiction and fantasy before.  The approaching invasion of the Spanish Armada is seen from the point of view of numerous players, including an English  former warrior whose heart is true but whose reputation and strength are in ruins, a Jewis...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74281531">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 17:24:33 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[How do you get to be a top waiter at a top NY restaurant?  And what's it like?  I was surprised and intrigued by this beautifully written account.  Note: You don't have to be a New Yorker to appreciate this book, but it's definitely a book for foodies.]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:39:11 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[It is a truth universally acknowledged, that this is a delightful and bizarre book about precisely what the title says.  Don't forget to read the book discussion notes at the end!]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sat, 05 Sep 2009 15:09:38 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Nina, thank you for recommending this book for my daughter last Chanukah.  She opened it up and then refused to put it down and join the party.  (I can forgive that for a great book!)]]></body>
        
    
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