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    <action_text><![CDATA[is currently reading: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2845024.Anathem">Anathem (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/545.Neal_Stephenson">Neal Stephenson</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:52:31 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Listening to this in the car, so it will take me awhile with my short commute.  Already liking the &quot;tone&quot; of it, though I'm just at the very beginning.  It's reminding me of the Sean McMullen trilogy, the Ender books and the Foundation series in it's careful creation of the world and time ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/Listening%20to%20this%20in%20the%20car,%20so%20it%20will%20take%20me%20awhile%20with%20my%20short%20commute.%20%20Already%20liking%20the%20%22tone%22%20of%20it,%20though%20I'm%20just%20at%20the%20very%20beginning.%20%20It's%20reminding%20me%20of%20the%20Sean%20McMullen%20trilogy,%20the%20Ender%20books%20and%20the%20Foundation%20series%20in%20it's%20careful%20creation%20of%20the%20world%20and%20time%20(and%20history).">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2832909.An_Echo_in_the_Bone">An Echo in the Bone (Outlander, #7)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3617.Diana_Gabaldon">Diana Gabaldon</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:50:02 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[As usual, I loved this book.  You do need to start at the beginning of the series.  I'm not sure why, but I had thought that the last book was the last one so I was surprised when this one came out.  It's interesting to be following the American Revolution from this perspective and to get glimpses o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/As%20usual,%20I%20loved%20this%20book.%20%20You%20do%20need%20to%20start%20at%20the%20beginning%20of%20the%20series.%20%20I'm%20not%20sure%20why,%20but%20I%20had%20thought%20that%20the%20last%20book%20was%20the%20last%20one%20so%20I%20was%20surprised%20when%20this%20one%20came%20out.%20%20It's%20interesting%20to%20be%20following%20the%20American%20Revolution%20from%20this%20perspective%20and%20to%20get%20glimpses%20of%20famous%20figures%20(like%20Benedict%20Arnold%20and%20Ben%20Franklin%20-%20what%20a%20character!).%20%20I%20couldn't%20believe%20she%20left%20the%20ending%20where%20she%20did%20though...%20suspense%20is%20one%20thing%20--%20but%20Jem!">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[marked as to-read: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/129972.Mrs_Bridge_A_Novel">Mrs. Bridge: A Novel (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/34111.Evan_S_Connell">Evan S. Connell</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 09:24:41 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1247562.Teaching_the_Art_of_Poetry_The_Moves">Teaching the Art of Poetry: The Moves (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/280006.Baron_Wormser">Baron Wormser</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:12:01 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I really only skimmed this one but it's clear that Wormser is an excellent teacher.  ]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1379961.People_of_the_Book">People of the Book (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/211268.Geraldine_Brooks">Geraldine Brooks</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:48:12 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[What a great book!  I listened to this and the reader was excellent -- did an amazing job with the different voices/accents from different time periods and parts of the world.<br/>I was fascinated both by the profession of the main narrator (a book conservator) and by the history of the book (a hag...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/What%20a%20great%20book!%20%20I%20listened%20to%20this%20and%20the%20reader%20was%20excellent%20--%20did%20an%20amazing%20job%20with%20the%20different%20voices%2Faccents%20from%20different%20time%20periods%20and%20parts%20of%20the%20world.%0D%0AI%20was%20fascinated%20both%20by%20the%20profession%20of%20the%20main%20narrator%20(a%20book%20conservator)%20and%20by%20the%20history%20of%20the%20book%20(a%20haggadah).%20%20The%20stories%20of%20the%20characters%20were%20also%20interesting%20and%20emotionally%20resonant.%20%20%0D%0AIf%20you%20liked%20the%20Red%20Violin,%20The%20Source%20(Michener)%20or%20any%20stories%20following%20a%20theme%20or%20item%20over%20history.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6304165.Little_Bird_of_Heaven_A_Novel">Little Bird of Heaven: A Novel (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3524.Joyce_Carol_Oates">Joyce Carol Oates</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:43:42 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[As always, Oates's characters are compellingly complicated and dark.  Her endings always seem exactly right.]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1667981.Engendered_Lives_A_New_Psychology_of_Women_s_Experience">Engendered Lives: A New Psychology of Women's Experience (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/38054.Ellyn_Kaschak">Ellyn Kaschak</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:24:33 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Excellent, dense study of being female in society.  I was especially intrigued by the Antigone comparisons.  ]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 2 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/397799.Boys_and_Girls_Forever">Boys and Girls Forever (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2046.Alison_Lurie">Alison Lurie</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:23:31 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This was very interesting at first, but I lost interest about 3/4 of the way through and finally had to admit that I was never going to finish it.]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 2 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41665.Exile">Exile (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/10327.Blake_Nelson">Blake Nelson</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:21:41 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Interesting take on what &quot;success&quot; means in poetry (or the artistic life in general).  In the middle I really hated the main character...  but it was interesting enough to keep on to the end.  Hysterical scene near the end depicting a radio interview.]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6076387.A_Gate_at_the_Stairs">A Gate at the Stairs (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/11746.Lorrie_Moore">Lorrie Moore</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:05:50 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Lorrie Moore is a great writer.  She brings characters and places and situations to life in vivid ways and tackles very hard issues head-on.  Unfortunately, all the people in this book were difficult to like and even more difficult to empathize with.  While I recognize what a well done book this is,...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/Lorrie%20Moore%20is%20a%20great%20writer.%20%20She%20brings%20characters%20and%20places%20and%20situations%20to%20life%20in%20vivid%20ways%20and%20tackles%20very%20hard%20issues%20head-on.%20%20Unfortunately,%20all%20the%20people%20in%20this%20book%20were%20difficult%20to%20like%20and%20even%20more%20difficult%20to%20empathize%20with.%20%20While%20I%20recognize%20what%20a%20well%20done%20book%20this%20is,%20it%20is%20hard%20to%20say%20that%20I%20liked%20it.%20%20Not%20an%20easy%20read.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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