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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6749.Oblivion_Stories">Oblivion: Stories (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4339.David_Foster_Wallace">David Foster Wallace</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 07:11:09 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/228264.Literary_Theory_A_Very_Short_Introduction">Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/191342.Jonathan_D_Culler">Jonathan D. Culler</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 08:16:42 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Culler, as always, is great, and brings clarity and simplicity to what to-many make out to be overly complex and obscure ideas. I wasn't entirely sold on his idea of relegating the &quot;schools&quot; of theory to the appendix, though. A good introduction. ]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 1 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52782.Seize_the_Day">Seize the Day (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4391.Saul_Bellow">Saul Bellow</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 08:14:03 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Even though it is a novella, I kept wondering when it would be over. The main character could literally blow away, and I only know he was a character because he had all these things attached to him. He was more like a fence that collects themes, traits and ridiculous philosophizings like windblown g...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/Even%20though%20it%20is%20a%20novella,%20I%20kept%20wondering%20when%20it%20would%20be%20over.%20The%20main%20character%20could%20literally%20blow%20away,%20and%20I%20only%20know%20he%20was%20a%20character%20because%20he%20had%20all%20these%20things%20attached%20to%20him.%20He%20was%20more%20like%20a%20fence%20that%20collects%20themes,%20traits%20and%20ridiculous%20philosophizings%20like%20windblown%20garbage%20than%20he%20was%20like%20a%20person.%20If%20it'd%20been%20Bellow's%20first%20book,%20we%20wouldn't%20know%20who%20he%20is.%20%20">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 2 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12474.The_Armies_of_the_Night_History_as_a_Novel_the_Novel_as_History">The Armies of the Night: History as a Novel, the Novel as History (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7927.Norman_Mailer">Norman Mailer</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:15:32 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/970488.Legacy_of_Ashes_the_History_of_the_CIA">Legacy of Ashes: the History of the CIA (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/159090.Tim_Weiner">Tim Weiner</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:10:27 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[A brutal, depressing book about American foreign policy. Amazing research and devastating story. I want to make people read this book and then ask them who are America's friends? What are our interests?]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24610.Where_I_m_Calling_from_Selected_Stories">Where I'm Calling from: Selected Stories (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7363.Raymond_Carver">Raymond Carver</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 04:45:12 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Raymond Carver is amazing. His work can be emotionally devastating. I love the way his prose feels like fall: clear, cold, sharp, and filled with ambiguous sadness. I most love these paragraphs where Carver describes men and women and it's spiritually completely crushing but the descriptions, actual...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/Raymond%20Carver%20is%20amazing.%20His%20work%20can%20be%20emotionally%20devastating.%20I%20love%20the%20way%20his%20prose%20feels%20like%20fall:%20clear,%20cold,%20sharp,%20and%20filled%20with%20ambiguous%20sadness.%20I%20most%20love%20these%20paragraphs%20where%20Carver%20describes%20men%20and%20women%20and%20it's%20spiritually%20completely%20crushing%20but%20the%20descriptions,%20actually,%20are%20all%20concrete,%20with%20just%20details,%20and%20he%20could%20be%20describing%20a%20couple%20in%20love%20or%20in%20hate,%20intimacies%20or%20estrangement.%20The%20descriptions%20themselves%20mean%20more%20and%20less.%20Examples:%0D%0A%0D%0A%22He%20sat%20down%20on%20one%20end%20of%20the%20sofa,%20and%20she%20sat%20down%20at%20the%20other%20end.%20But%20it%20was%20a%20small%20sofa,%20and%20they%20were%20still%20sitting%20close%20to%20each%20other.%20They%20were%20so%20close%20he%20could%20have%20put%20out%20his%20hand%20and%20touched%20her%20knee.%20But%20he%20didn't.%20She%20glanced%20around%20the%20room%20and%20then%20fixed%20her%20eyes%20on%20him%20again.%20He%20knew%20he%20hadn't%20shaved%20and%20that%20his%20hair%20stood%20up.%20But%20she%20was%20his%20wife,%20and%20she%20knew%20everything%20there%20was%20to%20know%20about%20him.%22%0D%0A%0D%0A%22She%20says,%20Don't%20you%20have%20someplace%20else%20you%20should%20be%3F%20Some%20plane%20to%20catch%3F%20Shouldn't%20you%20be%20somewhere%20far%20from%20here%20at%20this%20very%20minute%3F%0D%0ANo,%20I%20say.%20I%20say%20it%20again:%20No.%20No%20place,%20I%20say.%20I%20don't%20have%20anyplace%20i%20have%20to%20be.%0D%0AAnd%20then%20I%20do%20something.%20I%20reach%20over%20and%20take%20the%20sleeve%20of%20her%20blouse%20between%20my%20thumb%20and%20forefinger.%20That's%20all.%20I%20just%20touch%20it%20that%20way,%20and%20then%20I%20just%20bring%20my%20hand%20back.%20She%20doesn't%20draw%20away.%20She%20doesn't%20move.%22%0D%0A%0D%0A">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12070.Good_Omens_The_Nice_and_Accurate_Prophecies_of_Agnes_Nutter_Witch">Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1654.Terry_Pratchett">Terry Pratchett</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 04:34:01 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[A fun book, with a lot of end-of-the-world jokes (which I enjoyed) and a great British humor.]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61535.The_Selfish_Gene_30th_Anniversary_Edition">The Selfish Gene: 30th Anniversary Edition (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1194.Richard_Dawkins">Richard Dawkins</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 06:31:18 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This book is about genes. That is a surprisingly important point, considering that everyone acts like this book is wildly controversial and that it's about God, or how humans should act, or what evolution means for the meaning of life. It's about genes. <br/><br/>When we say &quot;survival of the ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/This%20book%20is%20about%20genes.%20That%20is%20a%20surprisingly%20important%20point,%20considering%20that%20everyone%20acts%20like%20this%20book%20is%20wildly%20controversial%20and%20that%20it's%20about%20God,%20or%20how%20humans%20should%20act,%20or%20what%20evolution%20means%20for%20the%20meaning%20of%20life.%20It's%20about%20genes.%20%0D%0A%0D%0AWhen%20we%20say%20%22survival%20of%20the%20fittest,%22%20Dawkins%20asks,%20%22survival%20of%20the%20fittest%20what%3F%22%20and%20then%20argues%20evolution%20works%20out%20at%20the%20level%20of%20genetics,%20as%20opposed%20to%20individuals%20or%20species.%20It's%20really%20interesting,%20really%20clearly%20written,%20and%20really%20not%20controversial%20is%20you're%20aware%20of%20the%20is%2Fought%20distinction.%20Even%20the%20part%20about%20selfishness%20turns%20out%20to%20be%20mostly%20a%20tautology%20that's%20useful%20as%20a%20shorthand%20so%20we%20don't%20get%20distracted%20from%20the%20main%20subject,%20which%20is%20genes.%0D%0A%0D%0AHighlight:%20Dawkins%20use%20of%20game%20theory%20to%20explore%20the%20actions%20of%20animals%20in%20fights.%20%0D%0A%0D%0AHighlight%202:%20A%20whole%20Animal's%20Planet%20of%20weird,%20cool%20and%20gross%20animal%20facts.%20">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6753.Brief_Interviews_with_Hideous_Men">Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4339.David_Foster_Wallace">David Foster Wallace</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 07:32:30 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://danielsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/07/reappraisal-of-david-foster-wallace.html">I had to reconsider David Foster Wallace.</a><br/><br/><br/>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40470.Cities_of_the_Plain">Cities of the Plain (Border Trilogy, Vol 3)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4178.Cormac_McCarthy">Cormac McCarthy</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 07:30:19 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[One of Cormac McCarthy's weaker efforts, especially since most of the plot and most of the material covered has been done better in his other books. I was hoping it would be more of a grand finale, a triumph to end the trilogy. I really liked The Crossing and All the Pretty Horses was McCarthy's bre...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/One%20of%20Cormac%20McCarthy's%20weaker%20efforts,%20especially%20since%20most%20of%20the%20plot%20and%20most%20of%20the%20material%20covered%20has%20been%20done%20better%20in%20his%20other%20books.%20I%20was%20hoping%20it%20would%20be%20more%20of%20a%20grand%20finale,%20a%20triumph%20to%20end%20the%20trilogy.%20I%20really%20liked%20The%20Crossing%20and%20All%20the%20Pretty%20Horses%20was%20McCarthy's%20breakthrough%20book.%20But,%20still,%20it%20is%20McCarthy,%20and%20even%20his%20description%20early%20in%20the%20book%20of%20stopping%20to%20fix%20a%20flat%20tire%20is%20filled%20with%20enough%20beauty%20to%20make%20me%20believe%20in%20a%20sacrament%20of%20work.%20">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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