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    <updated_at>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:20:56 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <updated_at>Tue, 27 May 2008 13:14:54 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 1 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/406185.A_Girl_Named_Zippy_Growing_Up_Small_in_Mooreland_Indiana">A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland Indiana  (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/9464.Haven_Kimmel">Haven Kimmel</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 27 May 2008 13:13:27 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Bad writing, and why do we care who she is?]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31548.Of_Human_Bondage">Of Human Bondage (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6794.W_Somerset_Maugham">W. Somerset Maugham</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 13 May 2008 09:03:18 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Wonderful. At 600 pages it's a bit slow-going at first, but Maugham writes characters Dickens would envy. The struggles of his main character, Philip, are relatable and his pain is palpable. A fantastic read.]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 2 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/712598.Ambidextrous_The_Secret_Lives_of_Children">Ambidextrous: The Secret Lives of Children (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/26766.Felice_Picano">Felice Picano</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 13 May 2008 08:51:27 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I'm trying to expand my familiarity with the GLBTQ canon, but I just don't think Picano is a very good writer.  I'm sorry, Gregory!]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 1 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15171.A_Girl_Named_Zippy">A Girl Named Zippy (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/9464.Haven_Kimmel">Haven Kimmel</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 13 May 2008 08:48:38 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I'm not sure why this was published.  Kimmel is just a passable writer and her stories are rather ordinary, and not in the charming hey-my-family-does-that-too kind of way.  She's also lacking the strangeness of David Sedaris or Augusten Burroughs, who make you feel on the safe side of normal when y...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/I'm%20not%20sure%20why%20this%20was%20published.%20%20Kimmel%20is%20just%20a%20passable%20writer%20and%20her%20stories%20are%20rather%20ordinary,%20and%20not%20in%20the%20charming%20hey-my-family-does-that-too%20kind%20of%20way.%20%20She's%20also%20lacking%20the%20strangeness%20of%20David%20Sedaris%20or%20Augusten%20Burroughs,%20who%20make%20you%20feel%20on%20the%20safe%20side%20of%20normal%20when%20you%20read%20them.%20%20">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9953.On_Chesil_Beach">On Chesil Beach (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2408.Ian_McEwan">Ian McEwan</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:09:00 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[In this one McEwan accomplishes what he does best: exploring the ugliest human emotions (in an honest way) and how they can cause people to make rash, irreversible decisions.<br/><br/>This is a quick easy read and the characters feel very authentic.  It's not my favorite McEwan book, but it's perf...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/In%20this%20one%20McEwan%20accomplishes%20what%20he%20does%20best:%20exploring%20the%20ugliest%20human%20emotions%20(in%20an%20honest%20way)%20and%20how%20they%20can%20cause%20people%20to%20make%20rash,%20irreversible%20decisions.%0D%0A%0D%0AThis%20is%20a%20quick%20easy%20read%20and%20the%20characters%20feel%20very%20authentic.%20%20It's%20not%20my%20favorite%20McEwan%20book,%20but%20it's%20perfectly%20crafted%20and%20very%20entertaining.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1175376.This_Common_Secret_My_Journey_as_an_Abortion_Doctor">This Common Secret: My Journey as an Abortion Doctor (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/573666.Susan_Wicklund">Susan Wicklund</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sun, 30 Mar 2008 22:15:46 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I read this in one straight shot.  The writing is not the best and it's a tiny bit cheesy, but this is a must-read.  Too many people don't realize how difficult it is to get a safe, legal abortion.  This puts a nice face on an issue that too many see in black and white.]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/371136.From_the_Mixed_Up_Files_of_Mrs_Basil_E_Frankweiler">From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2713.E_L_Konigsburg">E.L. Konigsburg</a>]]></action_text>
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