<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<GoodreadsResponse>
	<Request>
		<authentication>false</authentication>
		    <method><![CDATA[]]></method>
	</Request>
	<user>
  <id>797114</id>
  <name><![CDATA[Phil]]></name>
  <user_name><![CDATA[Skep41]]></user_name>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/797114-phil]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1200618225p3/797114.jpg]]></image_url>
  <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1200618225p2/797114.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  
    <about><![CDATA[]]></about>
    <age>58</age>
    <gender>male</gender>
    <location>Woodland Hills, CA</location>
    <website><![CDATA[]]></website>
    <joined>01/2008</joined>
    <last_active>11/2009</last_active>
    <interests><![CDATA[Film, history, politics]]></interests>
    <favorite_books><![CDATA[Decline and Fall Of The Roman Empire, 1984, Tropic Of Cancer, Aztec, The Bounty Trilogy, Lord Of The Rings, The River God, The Great Arab Conquests, America Alone, The Devil's Horsemen, Comrades Of War, Modern Times, Paul Johnson's History Of The American ]]></favorite_books>
    <favorite_authors>
	    
	  </favorite_authors>
    
    <updates_rss_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/updates_rss/797114?key=d97376ee2bef9b38f9438964977ccc49e7ed0a45]]></updates_rss_url>
    <reviews_rss_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/list_rss/797114?key=d97376ee2bef9b38f9438964977ccc49e7ed0a45&shelf=%23ALL%23]]></reviews_rss_url>
    <friends_count type="integer">9</friends_count>
    <reviews_count type="integer">71</reviews_count>
    <user_shelves type="array">
  <user_shelf>
    <book_count type="integer">71</book_count>
    <description nil="true"></description>
    <exclusive_flag type="boolean">true</exclusive_flag>
    <id type="integer">5629766</id>
    <name>read</name>
  </user_shelf>
  <user_shelf>
    <book_count type="integer">0</book_count>
    <description nil="true"></description>
    <exclusive_flag type="boolean">true</exclusive_flag>
    <id type="integer">1613913</id>
    <name>currently-reading</name>
  </user_shelf>
  <user_shelf>
    <book_count type="integer">0</book_count>
    <description nil="true"></description>
    <exclusive_flag type="boolean">true</exclusive_flag>
    <id type="integer">1613912</id>
    <name>to-read</name>
  </user_shelf>
</user_shelves>

          <updates type="array">
      <update type="review">
    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/572026.The_Making_of_the_President_1968">The Making of the President 1968 (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/149675.Theodore_H_White">Theodore H. White</a>]]></action_text>
    <link>http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78729363</link>
    <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1241203411s/572026.jpg</image_url>
    <actor>
  <id type="integer">797114</id>
  <name>Phil</name>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1200618225p2/797114.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/797114-phil</link>
</actor>

    <updated_at>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:23:25 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[More research on the book I'm writing. I wasnt prepared for how much I liked this book. It points to how much journalism has declined in a generation. This book was written in the six months or so right after the election so even though it contains biases and predictions that are amusing to a reader...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78729363">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
  </update>  
      <update type="review">
    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30672.Darkness_at_Noon">Darkness at Noon (Mass Market Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17219.Arthur_Koestler">Arthur Koestler</a>]]></action_text>
    <link>http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78728427</link>
    <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168080503s/30672.jpg</image_url>
    <actor>
  <id type="integer">797114</id>
  <name>Phil</name>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1200618225p2/797114.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/797114-phil</link>
</actor>

    <updated_at>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:15:12 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I hadnt read or thought about this book in years but I was doing some research on interrogations and it popped up in my mind. This book never got the eclat that 1984 got and has faded away as the Cold War has faded from memory into the depths of history but it is a deep and pentrating look at how ou...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78728427">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
  </update>  
      <update type="review">
    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51504.Post_Office">Post Office (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/13275.Charles_Bukowski">Charles Bukowski</a>]]></action_text>
    <link>http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78727896</link>
    <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223373494s/51504.jpg</image_url>
    <actor>
  <id type="integer">797114</id>
  <name>Phil</name>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1200618225p2/797114.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/797114-phil</link>
</actor>

    <updated_at>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:07:24 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I love this book! I was a parent volunteer on one of my kid's school field trip to the main post office in our area and asked one of the people we met if they'd ever read it. He laughed, &quot;Hell yes! Everybody here loves that book!&quot; was the reply. What better review can there be? Bukowski ha...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78727896">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
  </update>  
      <update type="review">
    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/100142.The_Art_of_Love">The Art of Love (Modern Library Classics)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1127.Publius_Ovidius_Naso">Publius Ovidius Naso</a>]]></action_text>
    <link>http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13931071</link>
    <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171465231s/100142.jpg</image_url>
    <actor>
  <id type="integer">797114</id>
  <name>Phil</name>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1200618225p2/797114.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/797114-phil</link>
</actor>

    <updated_at>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:12:14 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[The first book of this trilogy of books tells the story of Ovid's love for Corrina, the aristocratic wife of another man. He woos her by promising, through his poetry, to make her immortal and the toast of Rome. She gives in and Ovid keeps his side of the bargain, publishing poems praising her beaut...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13931071">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
  </update>  
      <update type="review">
    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/912021.The_Journal_of_Dora_Damage_A_Novel">The Journal of Dora Damage: A Novel (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/466534.Belinda_Starling">Belinda Starling</a>]]></action_text>
    <link>http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66992377</link>
    <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179408335s/912021.jpg</image_url>
    <actor>
  <id type="integer">797114</id>
  <name>Phil</name>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1200618225p2/797114.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/797114-phil</link>
</actor>

    <updated_at>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:58:15 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This was a nice fun read. The book tells the story of a woman in Victorian England who replaces her husband in his bindery when he becomes crippled with arthritis and the family is faced with ruin. The characters are all really engaging and draw you into the story. This is a rich, emotional book tha...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66992377">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
  </update>  
      <update type="review">
    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2116379.Zhou_Enlai_The_Last_Perfect_Revolutionary">Zhou Enlai: The Last Perfect Revolutionary (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/963795.Gao_Wenqian">Gao Wenqian</a>]]></action_text>
    <link>http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58575186</link>
    <image_url>http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51he59t8mSL._SL75_.jpg</image_url>
    <actor>
  <id type="integer">797114</id>
  <name>Phil</name>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1200618225p2/797114.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/797114-phil</link>
</actor>

    <updated_at>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:26:22 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This is a very interesting fragment of history. A researcher in the Chicom central archives, with full access to many top secret documents has written a book about the second most famous Chicom revolutionary. The complex character that emerges evokes the same ambivalent feelings as other not-complet...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58575186">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
  </update>  
      <update type="review">
    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/63740.Dreaming_the_Serpent_Spear_Boudica_4">Dreaming the Serpent Spear: Boudica 4 (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/35848.Manda_Scott">Manda Scott</a>]]></action_text>
    <link>http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56740651</link>
    <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170619043s/63740.jpg</image_url>
    <actor>
  <id type="integer">797114</id>
  <name>Phil</name>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1200618225p2/797114.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/797114-phil</link>
</actor>

    <updated_at>Wed, 20 May 2009 09:24:10 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I love historical novels about this period. I started read this quadrilogy a few years ago but stopped because the last two books hadn't been released yet. A few weeks ago I got the last two and read the set all the way through. Scott is a very good writer and the subject is interesting but her more...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56740651">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
  </update>  
      <update type="review">
    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/404829.Dreaming_the_Bull">Dreaming the Bull (Mass Market Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/35848.Manda_Scott">Manda Scott</a>]]></action_text>
    <link>http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56740669</link>
    <image_url>http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41FWW23FW2L._SL75_.jpg</image_url>
    <actor>
  <id type="integer">797114</id>
  <name>Phil</name>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1200618225p2/797114.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/797114-phil</link>
</actor>

    <updated_at>Wed, 20 May 2009 09:05:47 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
  </update>  
      <update type="review">
    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/404828.Dreaming_the_Hound">Dreaming the Hound (Boudica Book 3)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/35848.Manda_Scott">Manda Scott</a>]]></action_text>
    <link>http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56740630</link>
    <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174464357s/404828.jpg</image_url>
    <actor>
  <id type="integer">797114</id>
  <name>Phil</name>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1200618225p2/797114.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/797114-phil</link>
</actor>

    <updated_at>Wed, 20 May 2009 09:05:29 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
  </update>  
      <update type="review">
    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6407778-boudica">Boudica: Dreaming the Eagle (Kindle Edition)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/35848.Manda_Scott">Manda Scott</a>]]></action_text>
    <link>http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56740609</link>
    <image_url>http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51tgKeIkeuL._SL75_.jpg</image_url>
    <actor>
  <id type="integer">797114</id>
  <name>Phil</name>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1200618225p2/797114.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/797114-phil</link>
</actor>

    <updated_at>Wed, 20 May 2009 09:05:19 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
  </update>  
  </updates>
      
</user>

</GoodreadsResponse>