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    <action_text><![CDATA[is currently reading: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6164358.The_Mysterious_Benedict_Society_and_the_Prisoner_s_Dilemma">The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma (Audio CD)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/47672.Trenton_Lee_Stewart">Trenton Lee Stewart</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:54:51 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[is currently reading: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3980.From_the_Mixed_Up_Files_of_Mrs_Basil_E_Frankweiler">From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs Basil E. Frankweiler (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2713.E_L_Konigsburg">E.L. Konigsburg</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:54:48 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <updated_at>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:03:58 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I agree with someone's review that the first half of the book was **fascinating** and the second half of the book was a little meh.  ]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[is currently reading: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/342504.The_Science_of_Getting_Rich">The Science of Getting Rich (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/65913.Wallace_D_Wattles">Wallace D. Wattles</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 05:59:36 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 2 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/310468.The_Worst_Years_of_Your_Life">The Worst Years of Your Life (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/178904.Mark_Jude_Poirier">Mark Jude Poirier</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:08:02 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I found the stories to be out of touch with what I felt as a teen.  I love nostalgia and angst, but some of these were TOO out there for my taste.  ]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29999.The_Maltese_Falcon">The Maltese Falcon (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/16927.Dashiell_Hammett">Dashiell Hammett</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:05:16 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I don't understand why the main character of this book became SO INVESTED in the premise SO QUICKLY.  Detective stories aren't right up my alley, but it wasn't bad.  Dated, maybe, but not a bad story overall.  ]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6534932-official-book-club-selection">Official Book Club Selection: A Memoir According to Kathy Griffin (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2956496.Kathy_Griffin">Kathy Griffin</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:02:28 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I love Kathy.  You might not.  I recommend it to her fans, but no one else.]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 18:19:44 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[You might know or you might not:  I love gay men.  I just do... not sure why.  Perhaps it's because I ACTUALLY do have a &quot;Fairy Godfather,&quot; however I never really knew him well.   <br/><br/>This book is so/so, but it was a fast read... and some parts were funny.  And so, I like it well e...]]></body>
        
    
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