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    <updated_at>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 07:03:18 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/414298.Straight_Man_A_Novel">Straight Man: A Novel (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7844.Richard_Russo">Richard Russo</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 07:02:44 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Very entertaining read.  Couldn't put it down once it got rolling.  Equal parts hilarious and poignant.  Hank and Rourke are two characters I'd love to read about and adventure with again.  This has to be a favorite among college professors (or teachers in general).  I can only imagine that if I was...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17592163">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1052540.Nine_Stories">Nine Stories (Mass Market Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/819789.J_D_Salinger">J.D. Salinger</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 21:17:43 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Stories ranged from superb (The Laughing Man, Uncle Wiggily, Bananafish) to the downright bland (De Daumier-Smith, Eskimos), but more often than not they were well-written, compelling reads.  Salinger, as I've stated before, is a master of prose.  Can't wait to read Raise High to complete his far to...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70682299">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 2 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5291540.The_Girl_with_the_Dragon_Tattoo">The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/706255.Stieg_Larsson">Stieg Larsson</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 21:16:11 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Well, I already finished it, in part because I wanted to get it over and move on, and in part because I was interested in discovering the solution. Alas, it was totally predictable. That was my first guess while reading. Lame to the nth degree. Some really poorly constructed female characters, some ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70468095">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/198483.The_Infernal_Desire_Machines_of_Doctor_Hoffman">The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/27500.Angela_Carter">Angela Carter</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:54:07 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[ATTN: Haruki Murakami<br/><br/>Read The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman. Take notes. Learn from it. That is how surreality is done.<br/><br/>What a brilliant book. One of the best I've read.  HIGHLY recommended to everyone who loves great prose and playing with the laws of reality.]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/320.One_Hundred_Years_of_Solitude">One Hundred Years of Solitude (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/13450.Gabriel_Garc_a_M_rquez">Gabriel García Márquez</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 06:20:01 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I loved this book. Marquez seamlessly weaves into his fictional town of Macondo the real and surreal, as well as the natural and supernatural, so that while I was reading nothing seemed out of place or suspicious. The family history of the Buendias was endlessly fascinating. I love how Marquez calls...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9808245">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24213.Alice_s_Adventures_in_Wonderland_Through_the_Looking_Glass">Alice's Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8164.Lewis_Carroll">Lewis Carroll</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:45:27 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This was kind of a disappointment.  I think the Disney film version, and how often I watched it, spoiled much of the magic of the book.  I had a hard time pushing their images of each character out of my head to create my own imaginings.  It also felt a bit slapdash.  Just little blips thrown togeth...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65866579">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 09:49:15 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2156.Persuasion">Persuasion (Oxford World's Classics)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1265.Jane_Austen">Jane Austen</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 09:03:39 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Well, I have really mixed feelings about this one. The first forty or so pages are a chore to get through, but once it develops its angle and proceeds, it's quite good. Until the last 10-15 pages. Basically, everything after the love letter was increasingly lame. Austen hands out quite the objection...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65304205">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10847.Under_the_Banner_of_Heaven">Under the Banner of Heaven (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1235.Jon_Krakauer">Jon Krakauer</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 13:53:28 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This was a very difficult read. Since becoming a father, I'm terribly sensitive to any type of violence against children, and unfortunately this novel is rampant with just such monstrosities, many still be inflicted to this day with no repercussions for the guilty parties. Krakauer did a fantastic j...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9809704">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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