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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6059004.Catching_Fire_How_Cooking_Made_Us_Human">Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/206398.Richard_W_Wrangham">Richard W. Wrangham</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:08:12 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
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    <updated_at>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 05:47:38 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This is a biography with a big B:  it was authorized; the author had full access to Julia Child, her letters, several family diaries, as well as letters and interviews with family and friends.   It’s very much the historical work, sometimes overstuffed with minutia, names and dates, but does an ex...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76547283">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5552635.Olive_Kitteridge_A_Novel_in_Stories">Olive Kitteridge: A Novel in Stories (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/97313.Elizabeth_Strout">Elizabeth Strout</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:09:04 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[For our book club, we all choose a word and a number.  I would give Olive Kitteridge a 7 (pretty good) and the word would be &quot;ordinary&quot;.  Its tough to write pretty good about the ordinary.  The book was very fragmented, which didn't always work, but it did bring together all those little t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76546517">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6259.Birdsong_A_Novel_of_Love_and_War">Birdsong: A Novel of Love and War (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4229.Sebastian_Faulks">Sebastian Faulks</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:58:52 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[After a whole slew of WWII books for book club, we decided we really needed a different topic.  So ... how about WWI?  <br/><br/>Well, it was still a pretty gruesome war even though overall it was not quite as horrific as WWII.  One point that I found interesting was that in Britain, although many...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70953544">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 2 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5982875.Under_the_Table_Saucy_Tales_from_Culinary_School">Under the Table: Saucy Tales from Culinary School (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2741378.Katherine_Darling">Katherine Darling</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 09:28:13 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[My summary: I was brave to leave a low level job that paid the bills and go to cooking school, which was really really hard (and we drank a lot although me not as much as others) and I was the best in the class. OK, maybe I'm being harsh, but this is not the first book written about cooking school. ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70952918">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 2 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5739373.The_Defector">The Defector (Gabriel Allon, #9)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/29085.Daniel_Silva">Daniel Silva</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 09:21:49 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Your basic thriller, about Israeli spies and Russian thugs with lots of violence. What hit me: some of the dialog seems directly from the narration in the TV series call Burn Notice.  This is part of series, don't think I will be looking for the rest of it!]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49465.Those_Who_Save_Us">Those Who Save Us (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/27857.Jenna_Blum">Jenna Blum</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 09:13:03 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[A nicely done story.  I liked how it showed a side of human behavior where you do what you can to survive, and move on. Down play the drama that seems so prevalent today.  Of course, there are still scars from the experience, and that is what this story is about (well, in addition to horrible atroci...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70951100">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5986847.Spiced_A_Pastry_Chef_s_True_Stories_of_Trials_by_Fire_After_Hours_Exploits_andWhat_Really_Goes_on_in_the_Kitchen">Spiced: A Pastry Chef's True Stories of Trials by Fire, After-Hours Exploits, andWhat Really Goes on in the Kitchen (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2742905.Dalia_Jurgensen">Dalia Jurgensen</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:23:37 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Quick read about a pastry chef - how she started, the ups and downs. It interesting to start, but the end a little lackluster. And I know, I still have this bias about New York authors. What can I say?]]></body>
        
    
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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>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:27:32 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[The story is set in Jackson, Mississippi in 1962 – 63 during the height of the civil rights movement.  It’s the story of young white women (mostly Junior Leaguers), and the story of African-American women that work for them.   It’s funny, well written, educational, and makes you think.   It’...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62275061">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 2 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6065178.In_the_Kitchen_A_Novel">In the Kitchen: A Novel (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/11271.Monica_Ali">Monica Ali</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:25:42 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[A fictional story about a chef in England who’s life is clearly going get very very ugly, and I just didn’t  care.  Sorry to be harsh, but I didn't finish,]]></body>
        
    
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