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    <updated_at>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:02:50 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Mom, I never read this book. Perhaps I was already signed in and then you wrote this?  I'm so confused.]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:01:50 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
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    <updated_at>Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:14:02 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I really enjoyed this book.  Perhaps I've taken a longer break from Kingsolver than others, so I don't remember the wonder of her other books, but I was immediately smitten by her writing style.  She envelopes you with words in a way like no other.  I also loved many of the characters.  And while it...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79353576">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 08:32:24 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[3.5 stars. I really enjoy Jhumpa Lahiri's stories; they are so good at capturing a feeling of melancholy and struggle in realistic ways. However, this being the third book I've read by her, I wish she would write a story that included none of the following: someone studying or working at MIT or Harv...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79195634">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:28:29 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I was thoroughly impressed with this book.  I'm not a huge Stephen King fan, but this book dissected the complications of good and evil so well, had such memorable characters, and told such a great story that I couldn't put it down.  Like Becky, I'm glad I could read it all at once and did not have ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78506817">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:24:09 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[A great collection of newspaper columns observing American culture.  Bill Bryson is a funny guy.  Though I particularly love the essays where he gets a bit political about American culture.  One that stuck out particularly was about our desire to drive everywhere and destroy quaint town squares and ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77148956">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:15:38 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[A great perspective on the history of Iran, especially modern history (the Shah and Iranian Revolution), told movingly from the eyes of a girl coming of age.  ]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:44:57 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[All the other Hispanic generational novels I've read have been by Isabelle Allende, so it was interesting to read a new author, especially a male perspective.  Oscar made me so sad throughout the book.  But I love each of the women's stories -- each woman is so STRONG in her own right!  I enjoyed le...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65833118">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:41:28 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I thought this was a pretty good read.  The characters were lovable, as Becky said, but overall I was disappointed that I knew almost exactly where this book was headed from the moment I started it.  I feel like the characters would make great movie people, but I couldn't fully identify with any of ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76129958">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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