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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/669644.There_s_Something_About_Christmas">There's Something About Christmas (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/11349.Debbie_Macomber">Debbie Macomber</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:55:16 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I chose this book because I'd seen a Christmas show based on one of her stories.  I was curious about her books.  Our library has a large selection of her books.  <br/><br/>This is a fun Christmas story that didn't take long to read.  My one complaint about it is the writing &quot;formula&quot; of...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80993746">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2619856.Grave_Secrets">Grave Secrets (Audio)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1154999.Marlene_Austin">Marlene Austin</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:50:10 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This is LDS fiction.  I've never read this author before.  I'd like to read more by her.  I found myself quite involved with the story.  ]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1194616.The_Christmas_Wish">The Christmas Wish (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/581036.Richard_Siddoway">Richard Siddoway</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:38:20 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I read this book for my neighborhood book group.  It was a quick, but good read.  The story developed differently than I expected, much to my delight.<br/><br/>The author was my swimming teacher.  I took lessons in his back yard pool, along with a brother and sister of mine.  Very nice man.]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 2 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35220.The_Red_Badge_of_Courage">The Red Badge of Courage (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/19879.Stephen_Crane">Stephen Crane</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:34:20 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I just picked this up to read along with Corinna.  I thought it was slow and boring.  She thinks it's wordy.  I tried to encourage her by saying the chapters are short.]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/186618.Time_Flies">Time Flies (Mass Market Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3537.Bill_Cosby">Bill Cosby</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:32:36 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This is a book about being 50 and the aging process.  True to Bill Cosby form, there's plenty of humor.  There were some read-aloud chapters and laugh-out-loud descriptions.  Though I am not yet 50, my husband is, and my brother-in-law just tried to deny his way through it, so reading this was timel...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80392463">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51741.Sarah_s_Quilt_A_Novel_of_Sarah_Agnes_Prine_and_the_Arizona_Territories_1906">Sarah's Quilt: A Novel of Sarah Agnes Prine and the Arizona Territories, 1906 (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/29184.Nancy_E_Turner">Nancy E. Turner</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:29:14 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This is the 2nd book to These Is My Words.  <br/>This is one tough lady, who is quite independent for the time period.  ]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/348225.These_Is_My_Words">These Is My Words (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/29184.Nancy_E_Turner">Nancy E. Turner</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:14:03 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Written as from the diary of the main character, Sarah in the late 1800's.<br/><br/>I love Sarah's personality!  She's such a spitfire and there are many good one- or two-liners written into the story.  She's such an independent lady for her time period.  I'm glad her husband saw and encouraged th...]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/498082.Some_Danger_Involved_A_Novel">Some Danger Involved: A Novel (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/53535.Will_Thomas">Will Thomas</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:31:33 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[A mystery set in the 1800's.  Slow to start but picked up.  The end surprised me!  I would try another book by this author.  There are fight scenes, guys.  ]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:13:57 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Mom and Dad said they really liked it.  Someone in my book group said their ancestor was born at the bottom of Hole in the Rock.]]></body>
        
    
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