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    <updated_at>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:41:24 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
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    <action_text><![CDATA[is currently reading: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/603369.Fresh_from_the_Vegetarian_Slow_Cooker_200_Recipes_for_Healthy_and_Hearty_One_Pot_Meals_that_Are_Ready_When_You_are">Fresh from the Vegetarian Slow Cooker: 200 Recipes for Healthy and Hearty One-Pot Meals that Are Ready When You are (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1844102.Robin_G_Robertson">Robin G. Robertson</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Thu, 14 Jun 2007 07:44:54 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[marked as to-read: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16695.Healthy_at_100_The_Scientifically_Proven_Secrets_of_the_World_s_Healthiest_and_Longest_Lived_Peoples">Healthy at 100: The Scientifically Proven Secrets of the World's Healthiest and Longest-Lived Peoples (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/10177.John_Robbins">John Robbins</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Thu, 14 Jun 2007 07:43:34 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[is currently reading: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/75186.Real_Food_What_to_Eat_and_Why">Real Food: What to Eat and Why (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/42682.Nina_Planck">Nina Planck</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Wed, 13 Jun 2007 10:08:51 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/108381.Unstrange_Minds_Remapping_the_World_of_Autism">Unstrange Minds: Remapping the World of Autism (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/62710.Roy_Richard_Grinker">Roy Richard Grinker</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Wed, 13 Jun 2007 10:07:50 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[The author convincingly argues that there is not an autism epidemic. The book is about autism as a disease, autism in society, and his autistic daughter. It is very well written and an enjoyable read.]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11089.The_Read_Aloud_Handbook_Sixth_Edition">The Read-Aloud Handbook: Sixth Edition (Read-Aloud Handbook)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7220.Jim_Trelease">Jim Trelease</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Wed, 13 Jun 2007 10:06:10 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 2 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/434052.Twinkie_Deconstructed_My_Journey_to_Discover_How_the_Ingredients_Found_in_Processed_Foods_Are_Grown_Mined_Yes_Mined_and_Manipulated_Into_What_America_Eats">Twinkie, Deconstructed: My Journey to Discover How the Ingredients Found in Processed Foods Are Grown, Mined (Yes, Mined), and Manipulated Into What America Eats</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/138699.Steve_Ettlinger">Steve Ettlinger</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Wed, 13 Jun 2007 10:04:31 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Sensationalist. This ought to be a good book, but the author ruined it. I gave it two stars because the subject matter rescues it a little bit. There is no depth to this book, the writing is poor, and the author is a complete sensationalist who half the time doesn't seem to understand the chemistry ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/Sensationalist.%20This%20ought%20to%20be%20a%20good%20book,%20but%20the%20author%20ruined%20it.%20I%20gave%20it%20two%20stars%20because%20the%20subject%20matter%20rescues%20it%20a%20little%20bit.%20There%20is%20no%20depth%20to%20this%20book,%20the%20writing%20is%20poor,%20and%20the%20author%20is%20a%20complete%20sensationalist%20who%20half%20the%20time%20doesn't%20seem%20to%20understand%20the%20chemistry%20behind%20what%20he%20is%20explaining.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 2 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/805301.Finding_Darwin_s_God_A_Scientist_s_Search_for_Common_Ground_Between_God_and_Evolution">Finding Darwin's God: A Scientist's Search for Common Ground Between God and Evolution (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/120435.Kenneth_R_Miller">Kenneth R. Miller</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Wed, 13 Jun 2007 10:01:36 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[The first half is great, and the second half is mediocre. I would love for everybody I know who doesn't &quot;believe in&quot; evolution to read the first half of this book, which does a great job of refuting all of the arguments against it.]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sun, 20 May 2007 18:49:34 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2187.Middlesex">Middlesex (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1467.Jeffrey_Eugenides">Jeffrey Eugenides</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sun, 20 May 2007 18:48:58 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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