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    <updated_at>Sat, 05 Jan 2008 14:01:22 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[There's only one thing more frustrating than reading a book by a terrific author who has nothing worthwhile to say (see Richard Ford) and that's reading a book with really terrific subject matter by an author who can't write worth a lick.<br/>Here's a taste:  <br/><br/>&quot;They said their troop...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11237770">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/113441.The_Day_of_the_Locust">The Day of the Locust (Mass Market Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/65685.Nathanael_West">Nathanael West</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sat, 05 Jan 2008 13:55:53 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Nathaniel West's examination of the vain, desperate, self-deluded hangers-on at the fringes of Hollywood is perhaps more pertinent today than it was seventy years ago if for no other reason than that these pathetic archetypes seem to be even more among us today, no longer mere aberrations, as they w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11392754">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sun, 30 Dec 2007 13:44:48 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Yes, the style is hypnotic and it's loaded with telling obervations about the human condition but really should you have to work this hard at keeping the character's straight.  It's not just that many of the characters share variations of the same names; it's that GG Marquez doesn't differentiate th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10505757">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9530.Shadow_Divers">Shadow Divers (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6243.Robert_Kurson">Robert Kurson</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Thu, 20 Dec 2007 07:46:32 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[A masterful mix of adventure and non-fiction, Shadow Divers tells the true story of the discovery of a wrecked WWII era submarine off the coast of New Jersey and the race to identify it before word gets out and recreational divers begin swarming over it, obfuscating its historical significance and c...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10744398">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sun, 16 Dec 2007 10:13:35 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Anyone who wants to accuse this book of being a little too predictable or one-dimensional or sentimental, well, okay.  But for my money I like a good old fashioned story once in awhile with characters that behave in ways that I've come to expect and events meant to elicit obvious emotions.  I only d...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10266619">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4395.The_Grapes_of_Wrath">The Grapes of Wrath (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/585.John_Steinbeck">John Steinbeck</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sat, 15 Dec 2007 17:07:51 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Whenever I revisit a classic I'm struck by how much more I get out of it now than I did when I was 24 or 19 or, God forbid, 15.  Giving a book like the Grapes of Wrath to a 15 year old serves largely to put them off fine literature for the rest of their lives.  The depth of understanding and compass...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10266560">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77426.The_Fortune_of_War">The Fortune of War (Aubrey/Maturin Book 6)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5600.Patrick_O_Brian">Patrick O'Brian</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Fri, 14 Dec 2007 07:33:45 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[While not quite the gripping adventure of Desolation Island, with the Fortune of War, Patrick O'Brian adds a new thread to the saga by bringing in the War of 1812 and exploring the British attitude toward the United States during the conflict.  The nearly two centuries of British respect for their A...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10266374">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/865936.Deer_Hunting_with_Jesus_Dispatches_from_America_s_Class_War">Deer Hunting with Jesus: Dispatches from America's Class War (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/447030.Joe_Bageant">Joe Bageant</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Thu, 13 Dec 2007 07:37:00 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Oh boy, are the ditto heads and Bill O'Reilly fans gonna hate this one (rubbing hands together with glee).  Imagine, a former small town redneck rejects the assertion that higher education is a form of snobbery, goes to California, gets a degree and embraces &quot;the humanities&quot; (gasp!) and th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10266538">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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