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    <updated_at>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:47:23 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Just the other day I was thinking how that segment on ads was the most helpful thing I ever learned in school &amp; I wished I could remember the different types of advertising because the only one I remember is &quot;bandwagon&quot;--&quot;everyone else is doing it, why don't you?&quot; So this is great! You remember the other categories! Cardstacking. Testimonials. Ordinary People. Any others? I lurv you!]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/774032.A_Fan_s_Notes">A Fan's Notes (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/23394.Frederick_Exley">Frederick Exley</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:40:01 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This book was wonderful, from what I remember. Brutally honest and hilarious description of wrestling with alcoholism and mental illness. <br/><br/>And I didn't know the bit about baseball games not being played on the radio within a certain radius. That was fascinating: Exley driving far enough o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/This%20book%20was%20wonderful,%20from%20what%20I%20remember.%20Brutally%20honest%20and%20hilarious%20description%20of%20wrestling%20with%20alcoholism%20and%20mental%20illness.%20%0D%0A%0D%0AAnd%20I%20didn't%20know%20the%20bit%20about%20baseball%20games%20not%20being%20played%20on%20the%20radio%20within%20a%20certain%20radius.%20That%20was%20fascinating:%20Exley%20driving%20far%20enough%20out%20to%20a%20bar%20that%20would%20have%20the%20game%20on.%0D%0A%0D%0AWish%20I%20could%20remember%20what%20the%20blackout%20radius%20was.%20Then%20I%20could%20impress%20people%20with%20details%20instead%20of%20vaguely%20peculiar-sounding%20notions.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 2 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/117467.Last_Notes_from_Home">Last Notes from Home (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/23394.Frederick_Exley">Frederick Exley</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:35:27 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I'm so sorry, Fred, but I could barely make it through this baby. <br/><br/>Loved &quot;A Fan's Notes.&quot; Found this book full of wonderful bits, but far too overwritten and sprawling to command my attention for long periods of time. <br/><br/>Still, the wonderful bits are hilariously, depres...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/I'm%20so%20sorry,%20Fred,%20but%20I%20could%20barely%20make%20it%20through%20this%20baby.%20%0D%0A%0D%0ALoved%20%22A%20Fan's%20Notes.%22%20Found%20this%20book%20full%20of%20wonderful%20bits,%20but%20far%20too%20overwritten%20and%20sprawling%20to%20command%20my%20attention%20for%20long%20periods%20of%20time.%20%0D%0A%0D%0AStill,%20the%20wonderful%20bits%20are%20hilariously,%20depressingly%20wonderful,%20and%20I%20kept%20picking%20it%20back%20up%20just%20to%20find%20another%20brilliant,%20meandering%20side%20story.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3068.The_Assistant_A_Novel">The Assistant: A Novel (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/447.Bernard_Malamud">Bernard Malamud</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:31:11 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Well, I have to say that I probably did not grasp the importance of this book. It felt like it was a quite important story, a story that spoke about redemption, Judaism, the immigrant experience, the process of Americanization, the American Dream, the whole shebang.<br/><br/>Mostly I was really de...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/Well,%20I%20have%20to%20say%20that%20I%20probably%20did%20not%20grasp%20the%20importance%20of%20this%20book.%20It%20felt%20like%20it%20was%20a%20quite%20important%20story,%20a%20story%20that%20spoke%20about%20redemption,%20Judaism,%20the%20immigrant%20experience,%20the%20process%20of%20Americanization,%20the%20American%20Dream,%20the%20whole%20shebang.%0D%0A%0D%0AMostly%20I%20was%20really%20depressed%20by%20the%20description%20of%20the%20family%20and%20their%20constrained%20life%20that%20depends%20entirely%20on%20the%20survival%20of%20their%20grocery%20store.%20This%20was%20a%20bit%20too%20close%20to%20home%20&amp;%20I%20think%20after%20identifying%20strongly%20with%20the%20characters,%20I%20had%20to%20disengage%20a%20bit%20so%20that%20depression%20didn't%20set%20in.%20%0D%0A%0D%0AAs%20far%20as%20the%20assistant%20himself,%20I%20think%20his%20change%20over%20time%20might%20have%20made%20more%20of%20an%20impression%20when%20this%20book%20was%20first%20published.%20I%20didn't%20quite%20manage%20to%20get%20into%20the%20psychological%20prejudices%20against%20Italians%20that%20would%20be%20crucial%20to%20really%20feeling%20how%20much%20his%20conversion%20at%20the%20end%20means.%20The%20prejudice%20against%20Jews%20seemed%20not%20to%20have%20changed,%20so%20I%20got%20that.%20Made%20if%20I%20were%20Italian%20I'd%20feel%20differently.%0D%0A%0D%0AOkay,%20never%20mind.%20I%20should%20read%20some%20literary%20critique%20of%20the%20book%20and%20all%20will%20be%20explained.%20There%20were%20some%20great%20Yiddish%20words%20used.%20It's%20always%20nice%20to%20come%20upon%20new%20Yiddish%20words%20that%20I%20haven't%20heard%20before.%20Yiddish%20is%20great%20fun.%20Unless%20you're%20the%20person%20being%20slandered.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/256008.Lonesome_Dove">Lonesome Dove (Mass Market Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1055.Larry_McMurtry">Larry McMurtry</a>]]></action_text>
    <link>http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77341676</link>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:19:56 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Holy Schmoly! There are amazing books out there that occasionally I happen upon and life seems so much better. Reading &quot;Lonesome Dove&quot; was similar to discovering de Bernieres' Latin American trilogy.<br/><br/>Such wonderful characters, fantastic descriptions, good dialogue, expert eye fo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/Holy%20Schmoly!%20There%20are%20amazing%20books%20out%20there%20that%20occasionally%20I%20happen%20upon%20and%20life%20seems%20so%20much%20better.%20Reading%20%22Lonesome%20Dove%22%20was%20similar%20to%20discovering%20de%20Bernieres'%20Latin%20American%20trilogy.%0D%0A%0D%0ASuch%20wonderful%20characters,%20fantastic%20descriptions,%20good%20dialogue,%20expert%20eye%20for%20human%20psychology,%20and%20epic%20mastery%20of%20the%20many%20forces%20that%20worked%20to%20shape%20the%20American%20West%20after%20the%20Civil%20War.%20I%20was%20thrilled.%20Brilliant%20interweaving%20of%20all%20sorts%20of%20different%20characters'%20inner%20dialogue%20combined%20with%20terrific%20plotting%20and%20pacing.%20Gosh,%20can't%20say%20enough.%20Except%20what%20took%20me%20so%20long%20to%20read%20this%3F%20Oh%20yeah,%20I%20don't%20think%20I%20knew%20it%20was%20a%20book.%20Remember%20hearing%20about%20Robert%20Duvall%20in%20a%20TV%20series%20&amp;%20blocked%20it%20out.%0D%0A%0D%0AHard%20to%20believe%20McMurtry%20wrote%20%22Terms%20of%20Endearment%22%20also.%20But%20perhaps%20the%20movie%20took%20great%20liberties%20with%20the%20text,%20or%20at%20least%20the%20Shirley%20McLaine%20factor%20threw%20the%20project%20for%20a%20loop.%0D%0A%0D%0AMakes%20sense%20that%20he%20wrote%20%22The%20Last%20Picture%20Show.%22%20Again,%20I%20didn't%20know%20that%20was%20a%20book%20first.%20Can't%20wait%20to%20read%20it.%20Expect%20it%20will%20be%20wonderful%20as%20contains%20the%20elements%20that%20were%20done%20so%20well%20in%20%22Lonesome%20Dove%22:%20the%20restless%20folk%20inhabiting%20the%20windswept%20plains%20of%20the%20west,%20wandering,%20searching,%20using%20others%20for%20ill-gotten%20gain,%20the%20thin%20line%20that%20prevents%20some%20from%20articulating%20incredibly%20important%20thoughts....%0D%0A%0D%0APerhaps%20also%20this%20book%20was%20quite%20%22accessible%22%20to%20me%20as%20I've%20visited%20most%20of%20the%20places%20mentioned%20in%20%22Lonesome%20Dove,%22%20and%20I%20found%20it%20fascinating%20to%20read%20about%20how%20they%20were%20150%20years%20ago.%20">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 2 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1614511.American_Owned_Love">American Owned Love (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/220918.Robert_Boswell">Robert Boswell</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 08:54:48 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Good dramatic set-up possibilities of mainstream American town with community of illegal immigrants living across the river. Unfortunately, plotting of American characters a bit dull. Their problems not so interesting compared with problems of village without deeds, sewage, running water. Somehow mi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/Good%20dramatic%20set-up%20possibilities%20of%20mainstream%20American%20town%20with%20community%20of%20illegal%20immigrants%20living%20across%20the%20river.%20Unfortunately,%20plotting%20of%20American%20characters%20a%20bit%20dull.%20Their%20problems%20not%20so%20interesting%20compared%20with%20problems%20of%20village%20without%20deeds,%20sewage,%20running%20water.%20Somehow%20mixing%20of%20inhabitants%20from%20two%20zones%20wasn't%20made%20as%20compelling%20as%20could%20have%20been%20in%20hands%20of%20Garcia%20Marquez%20or%20Bernieres.%20But%20then,%20not%20every%20writer%20has%20their%20talent%20for%20getting%20at%20heart%20of%20social%20consciousness%20and%20individual%20characters.%0D%0A%0D%0ARita's%20eating%20disorder%20got%20tiresome,%20the%20Heart%20poker%20game%20tales%20dull,%20and%20Gay's%20marital%20thoughts%20rather%20uninteresting.%20Cared%20much%20more%20about%20Rudy's%20motivation,%20Enrique's%20thoughts,%20and%20Humberto's%20life.%0D%0A%0D%0APerhaps%20a%20reframing%20and%20re-edit%20might%20have%20made%20things%20a%20bit%20livelier%20and%20ultimately%20more%20meaningful.%0D%0A%0D%0ABest%20thing%20about%20the%20book%20is%20the%20title.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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