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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6867.Atonement">Atonement (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2408.Ian_McEwan">Ian McEwan</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:43:21 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I thought this was a good book until I watched the movie, then I thought it was a great book.<br/><br/>Because of having seen all the movie trailers before reading(listening), I knew something really bad happens, and it was agony listening to 5 discs before finding out what it was. I was like some...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/I%20thought%20this%20was%20a%20good%20book%20until%20I%20watched%20the%20movie,%20then%20I%20thought%20it%20was%20a%20great%20book.%0D%0A%0D%0ABecause%20of%20having%20seen%20all%20the%20movie%20trailers%20before%20reading(listening),%20I%20knew%20something%20really%20bad%20happens,%20and%20it%20was%20agony%20listening%20to%205%20discs%20before%20finding%20out%20what%20it%20was.%20I%20was%20like%20somebody%20watching%20a%20horror%20movie,%20thinking%20that%20every%20bit%20of%20foreshadowing%20is%20when%20the%20monsters%20is%20going%20to%20leap%20out%20from%20the%20shadows.%0D%0A%0D%0AI%20enjoyed%20the%20story%20more%20after%20The%20Big%20Bad%20Thing%20happened.%20And%20then...the%20twist.%20Well,%20I%20don't%20know.%20Listening,%20by%20the%20end,%20I%20almost%20forgave%20her.%20But%20the%20movie%20made%20her%20seem%20a%20much%20more%20suspect%20character,%20self-serving%20and%20fantasist%20to%20the%20end.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:20:17 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Normally I feel that way, and certainly seek out books for that unlike experience now, but in grade school, kids like that didn't seem real. Maybe I was just jealous.]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[is currently reading: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4428988.Sag_Harbor_A_Novel">Sag Harbor: A Novel (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/10029.Colson_Whitehead">Colson Whitehead</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:08:58 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 2 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2851458.Summer_of_Rescue">Summer of Rescue (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1238364.Barbara_Nelson">Barbara Nelson</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:06:51 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I cheered when I finished this book - because I was so glad I was done reading it. A friend gave it to me 5+ years ago because it was a really important book to her. The friendship disintegrated and the book cover didn't appeal so I never worried about reading it. But I was bored and I thought I'd g...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/I%20cheered%20when%20I%20finished%20this%20book%20-%20because%20I%20was%20so%20glad%20I%20was%20done%20reading%20it.%20A%20friend%20gave%20it%20to%20me%205+%20years%20ago%20because%20it%20was%20a%20really%20important%20book%20to%20her.%20The%20friendship%20disintegrated%20and%20the%20book%20cover%20didn't%20appeal%20so%20I%20never%20worried%20about%20reading%20it.%20But%20I%20was%20bored%20and%20I%20thought%20I'd%20give%20it%20a%20try.%20All%20the%20stuff%20I%20hate%20about%20short%20stories%20drawn%20out%20forever%20and%20ever%20into%20a%20novel.%20And%20I%20really,%20really%20wonder%20why%20the%20lost%20friend%20liked%20it%20so%20much.%20She%20was%20exactly%20the%20opposite%20of%20the%20sort%20of%20person%20that%20would%20care%20about%20middle-aged%20marriages%20and%20drowned%20children%20and%20quiet%20centennial%20musical%20productions%20in%20little%20Arizona%20towns....or%20was%20she%3F">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/232576.Harriet_the_Spy">Harriet the Spy (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2560.Louise_Fitzhugh">Louise Fitzhugh</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:02:37 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I never read this when I was a kid. It would not have interested me then. Who can relate to an 11-year-old who has parents that sit at dressing tables and go out at night, who has a nanny and a cook and goes to a private school in Manhattan? ]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6413788-last-night-i-sang-to-the-monster">Last Night I Sang to the Monster (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2905454.Benjamin_Alire_S_enz">Benjamin  Alire Sáenz</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:51:44 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I read this book because I really liked <em>Sammy &amp; Juliana</em>. Unlike S&amp;J, I read this one instead of listening to it, and there were a couple of phrases the narrator leaned on that got on my nerves after a while- 'tear me up', etc. I wonder if the same repetitive use was lyrical when I was listening, but...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/I%20read%20this%20book%20because%20I%20really%20liked%20%3Ci%3ESammy%20&amp;%20Juliana%3C%2Fi%3E.%20Unlike%20S&amp;J,%20I%20read%20this%20one%20instead%20of%20listening%20to%20it,%20and%20there%20were%20a%20couple%20of%20phrases%20the%20narrator%20leaned%20on%20that%20got%20on%20my%20nerves%20after%20a%20while-%20'tear%20me%20up',%20etc.%20I%20wonder%20if%20the%20same%20repetitive%20use%20was%20lyrical%20when%20I%20was%20listening,%20but%20just%20too%20much%20on%20the%20page.%20Or%20maybe%20Saenz%20relied%20on%20it%20too%20often%20here.%20Otherwise,%20an%20interesting%20book%20with%20an%20unrealistically%20happy%20ending%20that%20I%20was%20almost%20okay%20with,%20because%20the%20point%20of%20the%20book%20is%20that%20maybe%20you%20should%20believe%20in%20those%20kinds%20of%20happy%20endings.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3289281.When_Will_There_Be_Good_News_A_Novel">When Will There Be Good News?: A Novel (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/10015.Kate_Atkinson">Kate Atkinson</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:39:37 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I've enjoyed the other Jackson Brodie books so much of the appeal comes from finding out what is happening to characters I'm fond of. But I think there's more to this story than satisfying the groove of character expectation that has been set up in the earlier stories. <br/><br/>As I listened, I c...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/I've%20enjoyed%20the%20other%20Jackson%20Brodie%20books%20so%20much%20of%20the%20appeal%20comes%20from%20finding%20out%20what%20is%20happening%20to%20characters%20I'm%20fond%20of.%20But%20I%20think%20there's%20more%20to%20this%20story%20than%20satisfying%20the%20groove%20of%20character%20expectation%20that%20has%20been%20set%20up%20in%20the%20earlier%20stories.%20%0D%0A%0D%0AAs%20I%20listened,%20I%20couldn't%20help%20but%20think%20that%20Atkinson%20was%20after%20a%20deeper,%20more%20important%20theme.%20Themes.%20Two%20are%20repeated%20openly%20in%20the%20text:%20%22There%20are%20no%20rules%22%20and%20%22Just%20because%20something%20bad%20happened%20to%20you%20once,%20it%20doesn't%20mean%20it%20can't%20happen%20again.%22%20That%20first%20one%20is%20not%20the%20cry%20of%20rebellion%20it%20seems%20out%20of%20context,%20rather%20a%20reminder%20that%20most%20of%20live%20our%20lives%20as%20if%20there%20are%20rules%20we%20have%20to%20adhere%20to,%20about%20when%20we%20wake%20up%20and%20how%20we%20survive,%20when%20really%20there%20are%20not.%20We%20like%20to%20pretend%20there%20are,%20because%20it%20makes%20us%20feel%20better.%20(Or%20most%20of%20us.)%0D%0A%0D%0AThe%20theme%20that%20is%20not%20directly%20spoken%20is%20%22all%20of%20the%20terrible%20things%20that%20happen%20to%20women%22,%20and%20by%20the%20time%20you%20come%20to%20the%20end,%20it's%20quite%20a%20long%20list.%20In%20this%20case,%20the%20purpose%20of%20the%20theme%20seems%20to%20be%20awareness,%20the%20respect%20of%20attention%20paid.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe%204%20stars%20come%20from%203%20stars%20worth%20of%20enjoyment,%20laughing%20at%20and%20with%20the%20characters%20as%20I%20read.%20The%204th%20star%20comes%20from%20all%20of%20the%20disturbing%20things%20that%20I%20felt%20working%20out%20beneath%20the%20surface.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5646082.Moribito_II_Guardian_Of_The_Darkness">Moribito II: Guardian Of The Darkness (Moribito)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1251054.Nahoko_Uehashi">Nahoko Uehashi</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:27:41 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I may have liked this more than the first one. I appreciate a world where tiny fairies hunt fireflies from the back of stoats.]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/513121.A_Spanish_Lover">A Spanish Lover (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/67820.Joanna_Trollope">Joanna Trollope</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 08:21:42 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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