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    <updated_at>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:36:13 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I read about a third of this for my book group but never really got into it &amp; decided to move on.]]></body>
        
    
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          <body><![CDATA[ Too complicated! I am doing Weight Watchers but making some of his veggie dishes, which aren't too hard when done once in awhile. Otherwise, I'd be chopping vegetables all day!]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:33:03 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I have never heard of these books. How did you come across them? Which one should I start with? They sound intriguing.]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:31:13 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I don't remember if I ever saw the movie --if I did, it was when it came out, which would have been a long time ago, yes? ]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:29:24 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Did I tell you that we read this in book group? I can't remember. :-)  Intersting, isn't it? Bechdel recently wrote a book review in <u>The New York Times</u> Sunday book review section -- writing it in her graphic novel form! So, how do you like the book?]]></body>
        
    
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