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    <about><![CDATA[I've written a novel, Racing the Dark. It's a YA fantasy. Check it out? You can read the first three chapters at my website: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.alayadawnjohnson.com">http://www.alayadawnjohnson.com</a><br/><br/>]]></about>
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/186103.Peeps">Peeps (Peeps, #1)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/13957.Scott_Westerfeld">Scott Westerfeld</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:03:38 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Awesome. My favorite of his books so far. ]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/821583.The_Privilege_of_the_Sword">The Privilege of the Sword (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/11889.Ellen_Kushner">Ellen Kushner</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:59:01 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[One of my favorite books of all time, though I just read it a few months ago. Everything about it is astonishingly well done. It's the sort of book that one day, I hope I might be able to write. Not the particulars, of course, but the sense of painful, yet joyful, longing it invokes. The scenes with...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/One%20of%20my%20favorite%20books%20of%20all%20time,%20though%20I%20just%20read%20it%20a%20few%20months%20ago.%20Everything%20about%20it%20is%20astonishingly%20well%20done.%20It's%20the%20sort%20of%20book%20that%20one%20day,%20I%20hope%20I%20might%20be%20able%20to%20write.%20Not%20the%20particulars,%20of%20course,%20but%20the%20sense%20of%20painful,%20yet%20joyful,%20longing%20it%20invokes.%20The%20scenes%20with%20St.%20Vier%20in%20the%20middle%20had%20me%20weeping.%20I%20had%20to%20lock%20myself%20in%20the%20bathroom%20with%20some%20tissues%20just%20to%20finish%20this.%20%0A%0AThis%20won't%20mean%20anything%20to%20most%20people,%20but%20if%20you've%20read%20Lymond:%20I%20felt%20the%20same%20way%20after%20finishing%20this%20that%20I%20did%20after%20finishing%20Checkmate.%20Take%20that%20as%20you%20will.%20(And%20the%20author%20herself%20is%20a%20massive%20Lymond%20fan,%20of%20course,%20as%20though%20you%20couldn't%20tell).">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2293804.A_Lady_s_Secret">A Lady's Secret (Malloren, #8)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/10318.Jo_Beverley">Jo Beverley</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:55:31 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Self-assured, witty historical romance. The characters were well-drawn if a little stock as the beautiful ingenue and dashing, experienced rake. I found myself wishing at the end that everything didn't turn out quite so well (of course the bastard daughter is accepted into the bosom of her perfect n...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/Self-assured,%20witty%20historical%20romance.%20The%20characters%20were%20well-drawn%20if%20a%20little%20stock%20as%20the%20beautiful%20ingenue%20and%20dashing,%20experienced%20rake.%20I%20found%20myself%20wishing%20at%20the%20end%20that%20everything%20didn't%20turn%20out%20quite%20so%20well%20(of%20course%20the%20bastard%20daughter%20is%20accepted%20into%20the%20bosom%20of%20her%20perfect%20new%20family!),%20but%20then,%20I%20think%20I'd%20need%20to%20be%20reading%20something%20other%20than%20a%20well-written,%20if%20standard%20Georgian%20romance%20novel.%20%0A%0AAnother%20one%20of%20the%20freebies%20I%20picked%20up%20from%20RWA%20(I%20don't%20actually%20read%20that%20much%20romance,%20in%20normal%20circumstances!)">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:49:25 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Wow. Pithy and utterly accurate. I feel the vapors coming on every time I *think* about the party scene. God in heaven, I hope I live to see these books made into a BBC miniseries (much like P&amp;P, it won't be better than the books, but it will make me VERY HAPPY anyway).]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2707398.Delicious">Delicious (Mass Market Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/266470.Sherry_Thomas">Sherry Thomas</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 15:47:25 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Not as good as Private Arrangements, but still an excellently executed romance novel. The excuses the heroine gives not to show her face/wear a mask become vastly more contrived as the novel goes on, as does the hero's reaction to her eventual unmasking. Also, I wish that the food in this were more....<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/Not%20as%20good%20as%20Private%20Arrangements,%20but%20still%20an%20excellently%20executed%20romance%20novel.%20The%20excuses%20the%20heroine%20gives%20not%20to%20show%20her%20face%2Fwear%20a%20mask%20become%20vastly%20more%20contrived%20as%20the%20novel%20goes%20on,%20as%20does%20the%20hero's%20reaction%20to%20her%20eventual%20unmasking.%20Also,%20I%20wish%20that%20the%20food%20in%20this%20were%20more...food-like,%20and%20less%20magical-realism%20%22how%20does%20this%20make%20people%20feel!%22%20But%20that's%20just%20a%20personal%20quirk.%20I%20like%20people%20to%20struggle%20in%20the%20kitchen%20:)">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1331047.The_Rules_of_Gentility">The Rules of Gentility (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/441453.Janet_Mullany">Janet Mullany</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 15:44:45 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[A keeper. The author has a historian's knowledge of the regency period, and it shows in every line. Hilarious, romantic and surprisingly biting at times. I read it all on a plane ride and then flipped back to re-read my favorite parts. ]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/597852.Firethorn">Firethorn (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/324975.Sarah_Micklem">Sarah Micklem</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 15:43:16 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Seriously good fantasy. Manages to always skirt that line with its magic, such that it's never explicitly supernatural, yet the characters always clearly believe that it is. And a really clever and gripping exploration of lower-class women's issues in a gritty, realistic medieval world. Can't wait f...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/Seriously%20good%20fantasy.%20Manages%20to%20always%20skirt%20that%20line%20with%20its%20magic,%20such%20that%20it's%20never%20explicitly%20supernatural,%20yet%20the%20characters%20always%20clearly%20believe%20that%20it%20is.%20And%20a%20really%20clever%20and%20gripping%20exploration%20of%20lower-class%20women's%20issues%20in%20a%20gritty,%20realistic%20medieval%20world.%20Can't%20wait%20for%20the%20sequel.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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