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    <updated_at>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:46:57 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I'm not a big poetry person -- much of it is usually a little too esoteric for me, with references to obscure Greek myths and Scandinavian heroes or, worse yet, Biblical allusions, which always just make me feel illiterate or evil -- with the Biblical stuff at least.<br/><br/>This book is down to ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18227673">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:53:58 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Yes, this is what it was called, A Spot of Bother. I really enjoyed this novel, liked jumping between the characters. It's basically a family comedy of errors, with each family member making the situation worse, but not intentionally. ]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:52:27 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Couldn't put this book down. Loved the language, the story, the main character. (The book certainly spawned its share of imitators, with a whole slew of autistic first person narratives following fast on its heels.) Loved the follow up novel as well.]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:51:02 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I loved the first few stories. They come from such an odd and awkward place. The characters take such tentative steps and then question themselves. Where are they going? What are they doing? What is their motivation? Why can't they make a decision? Then, toward the end of the collection, I started t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15271790">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Thu, 07 Feb 2008 13:36:07 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29044.The_Secret_History">The Secret History (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8719.Donna_Tartt">Donna Tartt</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 16:57:36 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <updated_at>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 15:03:47 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Loved it. Love her.]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40144.Dermaphoria">Dermaphoria (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/18686.Craig_Clevenger">Craig Clevenger</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 15:03:09 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This book is very Burroughs-ian. I loved it. Like Paul Auster's Travels in the Scriptorium, this book also features a main character who wakes up in a mysterious room, not knowing who he is. Over the course of the book, he puts it all together. <br/>Craig did a <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.kqed.org/arts/writersblock/episode.jsp?id=13980">bang up reading</a> on my show. <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14555380">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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