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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 1 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6411961-the-lost-symbol">The Lost Symbol (Robert Langdon, #3)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/630.Dan_Brown">Dan Brown</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:39:04 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[OK so let's just get a couple of things out there first...<br/>1) I really enjoyed DaVinci Code.  It was fast paced and kept me reading.  Lots of fun. Word candy.  Empty delicious calories.<br/><br/>2)  Then I also read Angels and Demons.  Didn't like it quite as much as Code but nevertheless, go...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/OK%20so%20let's%20just%20get%20a%20couple%20of%20things%20out%20there%20first...%0D%0A1)%20I%20really%20enjoyed%20DaVinci%20Code.%20%20It%20was%20fast%20paced%20and%20kept%20me%20reading.%20%20Lots%20of%20fun.%20Word%20candy.%20%20Empty%20delicious%20calories.%0D%0A%0D%0A2)%20%20Then%20I%20also%20read%20Angels%20and%20Demons.%20%20Didn't%20like%20it%20quite%20as%20much%20as%20Code%20but%20nevertheless,%20good%20times.%20%20Loved%20%20the%20Catholic%20Church%20info,%20intrigue%20etc.%20%20Cool.%20%20%0D%0A%0D%0A3)%20%20Then%20this%20one...UG.%20%20Parts%20were%20interesting%20and%20I%20felt%20like%20Brown%20could%20have%20really%20engaged%20us%20in%20the%20way%20he%20did%20in%20the%20above%20two...and%20it%20just%20didn't%20happen%20for%20me.%20%20And%20the%20villian...well%20I%20hated%20him.%20%20I%20don't%20mean%20I%20hated%20him%20in%20the%20sense%20that%20he%20was%20a%20good%20villian%20that%20you%20loved%20to%20hate.%20%20I%20was%20sickened%20by%20him,%20annoyed%20by%20him%20and%20mostly%20lost%20when%20it%20came%20to%20his%20motivation.%20%20Then%20Brown%20dumps%20his%20motivation%20on%20me%20(and%20trust%20me,%20I%20can%20suspend%20my%20disbelief%20for%20a%20good%20tale)%20and%20my%20thought%20was.....OK.%20%20%0D%0A%0D%0ANot%20WOW.%20%20Not%20WHOA!%20%20But%20UG.%20%20Cause%20I%20was%20just%20glad%20it%20was%20almost%20over.%20%20%0D%0A%0D%0AI%20even%20read%20the%20whole%20thing%20(when%20I%20might%20have%20dumped%20any%20other%20book%20that%20was%20giving%20me%20this%20response)%20but%20I%20didn't....why%3F%20%20Because%20I%20was%20giving%20Dan%20Brown%20the%20benefit%20of%20the%20doubt.%20%20I%20thought%20he%20might%20engage%20me%20in%20the%20story%20eventually%20and%20then%20I%20wouldn't%20want%20to%20miss%20it.%20%20%0D%0A%0D%0ASadly,%20it%20was%20like%20waiting%20for%20a%20loved%20one%20who%20keeps%20doing%20something%20stupid%20to%20change.%20%20Noble%20idea%20but%20ultimately%20kind%20of%20stupid.%20%0D%0A%0D%0ASadly...I%20was%20hoping%20it%20would%20be%20good%20enough%20to%20drag%20to%20the%20bathroom.%20%20Not%20so%20much.%20:-(%0D%0A%0D%0A">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/111885.The_Still_Point_Dhammapada_Living_the_Buddha_s_Essential_Teachings">The Still Point Dhammapada: Living the Buddha's Essential Teachings (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/64717.Geri_Larkin">Geri Larkin</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:22:30 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[The stories with the translation were enjoyable but mostly I loved the translation of the text. It made the Dhammapada really accessible for someone who hasn't read it before.<br/>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 21:51:53 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Thanks for not insisting that every book we read has to be gloriously written to be impossible to put down.  Great review.  Totally get it.  ]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[is currently reading: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/580067.Kiss_the_Sunset_Pig">Kiss the Sunset Pig (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/222870.Laurie_Gough">Laurie Gough</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 22:28:00 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6300674.Islands_Apart_A_Year_on_the_Edge_of_Civilization">Islands Apart: A Year on the Edge of Civilization (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/289974.Ken_McAlpine">Ken McAlpine</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 22:25:35 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I found the focus of this book a little distracting.  Is it a book about the author being &quot;on the edge of civilization&quot; or a book about a guy who goes camping for 5? different weeks on the Channel Islands and then is around the homeless, meeting street performers etc?  I thought both topic...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/I%20found%20the%20focus%20of%20this%20book%20a%20little%20distracting.%20%20Is%20it%20a%20book%20about%20the%20author%20being%20%22on%20the%20edge%20of%20civilization%22%20or%20a%20book%20about%20a%20guy%20who%20goes%20camping%20for%205%3F%20different%20weeks%20on%20the%20Channel%20Islands%20and%20then%20is%20around%20the%20homeless,%20meeting%20street%20performers%20etc%3F%20%20I%20thought%20both%20topics%20were%20interesting%20but%20the%20title%20gave%20me%20the%20impression%20that%20this%20would%20be%20about%20the%20author's%20revelations%20on%20each%20island.%20%20While%20I%20enjoyed%20the%20book%20and%20was%20interested%20in%20other%20things%20he%20has%20written,%20I%20wished%20this%20had%20packed%20more%20of%20what%20it%20promised...where%20were%20the%20insights%20and%20revelations%3F%20%20He%20clearly%20had%20some%20in%20civilization%20but%20the%20parts%20about%20the%20islands%20could%20have%20been%20more%20developed.%20">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3130430.Harry_A_History_The_True_Story_of_a_Boy_Wizard_His_Fans_and_Life_Inside_the_Harry_Potter_Phenomenon">Harry, A History: The True Story of a Boy Wizard, His Fans, and Life Inside the Harry Potter Phenomenon (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1336408.Melissa_Anelli">Melissa Anelli</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 22:18:46 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4941201.The_Killing_Tree_A_Novel">The Killing Tree: A Novel (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2054274.Rachel_Keener">Rachel Keener</a>]]></action_text>
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