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    <action_text><![CDATA[is currently reading: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2833172.Scarpetta">Scarpetta (Kay Scarpetta, #16)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1025097.Patricia_Cornwell">Patricia Cornwell</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 15:24:23 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4667024.The_Help">The Help (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1943477.Kathryn_Stockett">Kathryn Stockett</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:46:47 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This was a great book!  It gave a very different point of view that is seldom discussed.  I would love to see this as a bookclub book because there are so many things to discuss.  <br/>I enjoyed relating to the period in time when the story takes place. I remember these events and was interested in...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/This%20was%20a%20great%20book!%20%20It%20gave%20a%20very%20different%20point%20of%20view%20that%20is%20seldom%20discussed.%20%20I%20would%20love%20to%20see%20this%20as%20a%20bookclub%20book%20because%20there%20are%20so%20many%20things%20to%20discuss.%20%20%0D%0AI%20enjoyed%20relating%20to%20the%20period%20in%20time%20when%20the%20story%20takes%20place.%20I%20remember%20these%20events%20and%20was%20interested%20in%20the%20way%20the%20southerners%20-both%20black%20and%20white-%20related%20to%20them.%0D%0AAs%20we%20house-hunted%20in%20Atlanta%20in%20the%20early%2070's,%20I%20was%20struck%20by%20the%20number%20of%20homes%20that%20had%20bathrooms%20in%20the%20cellar...even%20small%20houses%20where%20one%20wouldn't%20necessarily%20expect%20to%20find%20%22help.%22%20%20%0D%0AI%20was%20also%20interested%20in%20the%20generational%20issues%20as%20the%20black%20women%20raised%20white%20children%20who%20became%20their%20mistresses%20and%20masters%20while%20they%20raised%20the%20next%20generation.%20%20What%20a%20switch%20to%20make%3F%20%20How%20did%20children%20of%20the%2060's,%20who%20loved%20their%20black%20'mothers,'%20make%20the%20switch%20to%20being%20their%20boss%20and%20joining%20the%20prejudice%20of%20their%20parents%3F">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:31:10 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Are you finished?  What do you think?  Wouldn't this be a good bookclub book...if one was in a bookclub that is...I smiled at all the league stuff. <br/>Hope all is well with you.]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6135237.South_of_Broad">South of Broad (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6942.Pat_Conroy">Pat Conroy</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 05:37:41 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[A wonderful read.  The characters are so real and Charleston is the perfect setting.  It is a story of friendships that mature as they work together through crisis.  A story of putting away the bad things in ones life a moving on.  A story of unconditional love thatoccurs because the friends allow i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/A%20wonderful%20read.%20%20The%20characters%20are%20so%20real%20and%20Charleston%20is%20the%20perfect%20setting.%20%20It%20is%20a%20story%20of%20friendships%20that%20mature%20as%20they%20work%20together%20through%20crisis.%20%20A%20story%20of%20putting%20away%20the%20bad%20things%20in%20ones%20life%20a%20moving%20on.%20%20A%20story%20of%20unconditional%20love%20thatoccurs%20because%20the%20friends%20allow%20it%20to%20happen.%0D%0AVague%20and%20empty%20enough%3F%0D%0AWell,%20I%20loved%20it%20and%20hope%20that%20you%20will%20love%20it%20also.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77203.The_Kite_Runner">The Kite Runner (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/569.Khaled_Hosseini">Khaled Hosseini</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:02:13 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 2 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1779869.What_Happened_to_Anna_K_">What Happened to Anna K? (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/222710.Irina_Reyn">Irina Reyn</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:05:19 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[With so many great books to read...I just couldn't spend any more time on this one.  I'm sure that if I was in a lighter mood,I might have finished it but...<br/>It felt as though it was trying too hard to be parallel to the Russian Anna K. in a Jewish genre...It was too simple, light and not nearl...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/With%20so%20many%20great%20books%20to%20read...I%20just%20couldn't%20spend%20any%20more%20time%20on%20this%20one.%20%20I'm%20sure%20that%20if%20I%20was%20in%20a%20lighter%20mood,I%20might%20have%20finished%20it%20but...%0D%0AIt%20felt%20as%20though%20it%20was%20trying%20too%20hard%20to%20be%20parallel%20to%20the%20Russian%20Anna%20K.%20in%20a%20Jewish%20genre...It%20was%20too%20simple,%20light%20and%20not%20nearly%20as%20romantic%20a%20the%20%22real%20thing.%22%20">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33512.One_Thousand_White_Women_The_Journals_of_May_Dodd">One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/18854.Jim_Fergus">Jim Fergus</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 13:12:21 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I liked this alot.   The author did a very realistic writing job.  It was a &quot;real&quot; diary from which one learned how a woman would get into a situation where she marries a Native American and survivie life in the wild through her willingness to learn and be herself.  It also tell of the pli...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/I%20liked%20this%20alot.%20%20%20The%20author%20did%20a%20very%20realistic%20writing%20job.%20%20It%20was%20a%20%22real%22%20diary%20from%20which%20one%20learned%20how%20a%20woman%20would%20get%20into%20a%20situation%20where%20she%20marries%20a%20Native%20American%20and%20survivie%20life%20in%20the%20wild%20through%20her%20willingness%20to%20learn%20and%20be%20herself.%20%20It%20also%20tell%20of%20the%20plight%20of%20the%20indians%20being%20forced%20onto%20reservations%20and%20the%20fight%20between%20the%20whites%20and%20the%20%22savages.%22">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:07:30 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 2 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3121162.Testimony">Testimony (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3530.Anita_Shreve">Anita Shreve</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 03:51:40 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[<div style="font-style: italic">This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74158264">click here.</a></div>]]></body>
        
    
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