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    <updated_at>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:33:13 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[We are no longer on speaking terms now.]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[is currently reading: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6051882.Havana_Nocturne_How_the_Mob_Owned_Cuba_and_Then_Lost_It_to_the_Revolution">Havana Nocturne: How the Mob Owned Cuba.and Then Lost It to the Revolution (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/904440.T_J_English">T.J. English</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:14:42 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/101117.Honey_for_the_Bears">Honey for the Bears (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5735.Anthony_Burgess">Anthony Burgess</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:12:10 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Kinda surprised Steven Soderbergh/George Clooney haven't adapted this 'un into a film yet either. ]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/985374.The_Man_Who_Was_Thursday_A_Nightmare">The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare (Read Red)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/27973.G_K_Chesterton">G.K. Chesterton</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:26:56 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This book's pretty freaking awesome.]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/544336.Another_Bullshit_Night_in_Suck_City_A_Memoir">Another Bullshit Night in Suck City: A Memoir (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/220.Nick_Flynn">Nick Flynn</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:42:26 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Definitely hits a lot of hipster hot-button issues: fucked up childhood, alcohol and drug problems, alcoholic and perpetually homeless father with delusions of grandeur... You can just practically hear someone who works at American Apparel saying, &quot;Wow, this guy totally had a fucked up life. Th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/Definitely%20hits%20a%20lot%20of%20hipster%20hot-button%20issues:%20fucked%20up%20childhood,%20alcohol%20and%20drug%20problems,%20alcoholic%20and%20perpetually%20homeless%20father%20with%20delusions%20of%20grandeur...%20You%20can%20just%20practically%20hear%20someone%20who%20works%20at%20American%20Apparel%20saying,%20%22Wow,%20this%20guy%20totally%20had%20a%20fucked%20up%20life.%20That's%20bad%20ass.%22%20But%20it's%20not%20like%20the%20author%20set%20out%20to%20inspire%20ennui-addled%20urban%20youths%20to%20wear%20skinny%20jeans%20and%20keep%20their%20keys%20clipped%20to%20a%20belt%20loop.%20Flynn's%20intention%20didn't%20strike%20me%20as%20disingenuous%20at%20all.%20Really%20just%20felt%20like%20a%20dude%20trying%20to%20sort%20his%20shit%20out.%20And%20while%20some%20of%20his%20experimental%20writing%20flourishes%20fell%20kinda%20flat,%20others%20worked%20fairly%20well.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/619916.Children_of_the_Flames_Dr_Josef_Mengele_and_the_Untold_Story_of_the_Twins_of_Auschwitz">Children of the Flames: Dr. Josef Mengele and the Untold Story of the Twins of Auschwitz (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/335156.Lucette_Matalon_Lagnado">Lucette Matalon Lagnado</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 10:27:30 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[A co-worker who's obsessed with Naoki Urasawa's <em>Monster</em> recommended this. She never really struck me as the kind of person to read about the Holocaust. Actually, not even sure if she read it. Think the whole twins thing just intrigued her. Either way, I'd be surprised to hear that Urasawa didn't rea...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/A%20co-worker%20who's%20obsessed%20with%20Naoki%20Urasawa's%20%3Ci%3EMonster%3C%2Fi%3E%20recommended%20this.%20She%20never%20really%20struck%20me%20as%20the%20kind%20of%20person%20to%20read%20about%20the%20Holocaust.%20Actually,%20not%20even%20sure%20if%20she%20read%20it.%20Think%20the%20whole%20twins%20thing%20just%20intrigued%20her.%20Either%20way,%20I'd%20be%20surprised%20to%20hear%20that%20Urasawa%20didn't%20read%20this%20when%20he%20was%20researching%20Germany%20for%20his%20manga.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6094181.Blood_s_A_Rover">Blood's A Rover (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2887.James_Ellroy">James Ellroy</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:19:24 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Duuuuude, I waited eight years for this book. True to Ellroy's mission statement, he's delivered another Russian novel of a crime yarn. Institutionalized racism and corruption, sexual obsession and frustration, famous people who are either queer, addicted to goofballs, or both—this hits all those ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/Duuuuude,%20I%20waited%20eight%20years%20for%20this%20book.%20True%20to%20Ellroy's%20mission%20statement,%20he's%20delivered%20another%20Russian%20novel%20of%20a%20crime%20yarn.%20Institutionalized%20racism%20and%20corruption,%20sexual%20obsession%20and%20frustration,%20famous%20people%20who%20are%20either%20queer,%20addicted%20to%20goofballs,%20or%20both%E2%80%94this%20hits%20all%20those%20spots%20and%20more.%20Ellroy's%20books%20don't%20just%20make%20most%20other%20crime%20novels%20look%20anemic,%20they%20make%20you%20wonder%20why%20most%20other%20contemporary%20authors%20even%20bother%20trying.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 2 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2109997.Mafiya_A_Novel_of_Crime">Mafiya: A Novel of Crime (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/402878.Charlie_Stella">Charlie Stella</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:15:34 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Really wasn't as impressed with this as I thought I would be. Sure, the climax was pretty fast-paced with decent amounts o' gunplay, but I couldn't get over how dated some of the dialogue seemed. When was the last time you remember hearing one woman say to another &quot;You go, girl&quot;? Maybe it'...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/Really%20wasn't%20as%20impressed%20with%20this%20as%20I%20thought%20I%20would%20be.%20Sure,%20the%20climax%20was%20pretty%20fast-paced%20with%20decent%20amounts%20o'%20gunplay,%20but%20I%20couldn't%20get%20over%20how%20dated%20some%20of%20the%20dialogue%20seemed.%20When%20was%20the%20last%20time%20you%20remember%20hearing%20one%20woman%20say%20to%20another%20%22You%20go,%20girl%22%3F%20Maybe%20it's%20a%20New%20York%20thing...%20The%20Russian%20bad%20guys%20were%20pretty%20cookie%20cutter%20too.%20The%20author's%20research%20into%20the%20Russian%20Mafia%20didn't%20seem%20to%20go%20beyond%20a%20couple%20of%20google%20searches%20and%20a%20viewing%20of%20%3Ci%3EEastern%20Promises.%3C%2Fi%3E%20Again,%20a%20bit%20of%20a%20letdown.%20%20">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/82333.The_Satanic_Bible">The Satanic Bible (Mass Market Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2983296.Anton_Szandor_LaVey">Anton Szandor LaVey</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 09:39:40 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I grew up on the same block that Anton LaVey lived on. To me as a kid, he was &quot;that old guy who only wore black leather, drove a black Jaguar, and lived in a big, black house with an equally big fence in front of it.&quot; Can't say I ever recall seeing him talk to anyone, though my mother woul...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/I%20grew%20up%20on%20the%20same%20block%20that%20Anton%20LaVey%20lived%20on.%20To%20me%20as%20a%20kid,%20he%20was%20%22that%20old%20guy%20who%20only%20wore%20black%20leather,%20drove%20a%20black%20Jaguar,%20and%20lived%20in%20a%20big,%20black%20house%20with%20an%20equally%20big%20fence%20in%20front%20of%20it.%22%20Can't%20say%20I%20ever%20recall%20seeing%20him%20talk%20to%20anyone,%20though%20my%20mother%20would%20occasionally%20chat%20with%20his%20daughter%20and%20his%20girlfriend%20at%20the%20corner%20store.%20My%20parents%20also%20told%20me%20that%20in%20the%20'70s%20he%20had%20a%20pet%20lion,%20but%20the%20neighbors%20complained%20about%20the%20noise%20so%20the%20zoo%20took%20it%20away,%20or%20something.%20After%20he%20died,%20his%20house%20remained%20untouched%20for%20a%20few%20years,%20but%20was%20eventually%20torn%20down%E2%80%94which%20was%20a%20real%20shame,%20especially%20since%20that%20building%20was%20allegedly%20an%20old%20speakeasy.%20Then,%20for%20a%20few%20more%20years,%20the%20lot%20stood%20vacant%20until%20someone%20without%20any%20taste%20built%20an%20ugly%E2%80%94yet%20nondescript%E2%80%94prefab%20piece%20of%20junk%20there.%20I'm%20also%20pretty%20sure%20that%20either%20the%20building%20directly%20adjacent%20to%20his,%20or%20one%20or%20two%20houses%20away,%20had%20a%20beauty%20parlor%20on%20the%20first%20floor%20and%20a%20brothel%20on%20the%20top%20floor.%20Anyway,%20him%20being%20a%20local%20celebrity%20and%20all%E2%80%94in%20addition%20to%20being%20a%20neighbor%E2%80%94I%20figured%20the%20least%20I%20owed%20the%20guy%20was%20to%20check%20his%20book%20out.%0D%0A%0D%0AIt%20was%20pretty%20much%20what%20I%20heard%20it'd%20be,%20namely%20that%20%22Satanism%22%20as%20he%20saw%20it%20was%20more%20or%20less%20a%20philosophy%20based%20on%20the%20power%20inside%20of%20people%20as%20opposed%20to%20prostrating%20yourself%20in%20front%20of%20religious%20icons%20or%20praying%20to%20the%20image%20of%20some%20anthropomorphic%20god.%20He%20also%20rejects%20the%20old%20notion%20of%20%22do%20unto%20others%20as%20they%20would%20do%20unto%20you%22%20and%20instead%20says%20%22do%20unto%20other%20as%20they%20do%20unto%20you.%22%20That%20is,%20if%20someone's%20a%20real%20jerk-off%20to%20you,%20don't%20forgive%20and%20forget,%20get%20them%20back.%20And%20twice%20as%20hard.%20I%20can%20definitely%20see%20how%20his%20beliefs%20can%20be%20appealing%20to%20any%20and%20all%20looking%20for%20something%20that%20empowers%20the%20individual%20over%20the%20group-thought%20nature%20of%20many%20organized%20religions.%0D%0A%0D%0AAnd%20on%20a%20purely%20grammatical%20note,%20I%20think%20he%20went%20a%20little%20over-budget%20in%20his%20use%20of%20exclamation%20marks,%20but%20other%20than%20that,%20the%20book%20is%20well%20written%20and%20fairly%20easy%20to%20follow.%20I%20highly%20recommend%20reading%20this%20on%20the%20bus%20or%20in%20a%20very%20crowded%20coffee%20shop%20for%20maximum%20effect.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/757362.Fever">Fever (A Sergeant Studer Mystery)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/400207.Friedrich_Glauser">Friedrich Glauser</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 09:48:49 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Still not as great as <em>Thumbprint</em>, but I did dig this one more than <em>In Matto's Realm</em>. Glauser is particularly good and writing rather vivid dream sequences, but I guess that's to be expected from an author who was an opium addict.]]></body>
        
    
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