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    <updated_at>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:22:17 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[<em>Lara wrote: &quot;Hello! I was wondering if any of you all have an external hard drive to recommend.  My laptop is almost full, due mostly to audiobooks. I was thinking of buying an external hard drive, but I wanted...&quot;</em> We had a huge number of audiobooks on our hard drive from Audible (built up over time).  When my computer slowed down I realized that Audible has a record of them all (in the cloud?) and after deleting them from our hard drive, any time we want a book we can get it back from Audible for free (because it is ours, we bought it).<br/><br/>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 09:39:28 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I loved this book too.  Trevor can give you a terrible feeling of suspense like no other writer.  Every time I see a young woman as a street person I think of Felicia.  I think back to his short story (that I read in the New Yorker) about a rather mentally limited young man sent from Ireland to London to set off a bomb.  The suspense as you followed him was nearly unbearable.]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:52:13 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I have been reading here through other reviews, especially the ones who rated it low.  Hirsi Ali has a way of remembering her childhood so vividly you feel you are experiencing it with her.  You follow her emotional and rational life step by step until she reaches the point of apostasy.<br/>   For ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/I%20have%20been%20reading%20here%20through%20other%20reviews,%20especially%20the%20ones%20who%20rated%20it%20low.%20%20Hirsi%20Ali%20has%20a%20way%20of%20remembering%20her%20childhood%20so%20vividly%20you%20feel%20you%20are%20experiencing%20it%20with%20her.%20%20You%20follow%20her%20emotional%20and%20rational%20life%20step%20by%20step%20until%20she%20reaches%20the%20point%20of%20apostasy.%0D%0A%20%20%20For%20those%20who%20say%20Islam%20is%20similar%20to%20all%20religions,%20and%20time%20will%20soften%20the%20rough%20edges,%20I%20say%20look%20at%20her%20statistics.%20%20In%20just%20two%20regions%20of%20Holland%20they%20collected%20statistics%20of%20girls%20killed%20by%20their%20families%20in%20%22honor%20killings%22%20--%20it%20came%20to%2011%20girls%20in%20one%20year%20%20--%20out%20of%20what,%2040%20regions%3F%20%20In%20Holland%3F%20%20In%20this%20day%20and%20age%3F%20%20As%20she%20says,%20how%20long%20does%20a%20young%20girl%20have%20to%20wait%3F%20%20Looking%20at%20statistics%20from%20all%20over%20the%20world,%20I%20would%20agree%20with%20Hirsi%20Ali%20that%20this%20is%20a%20major%20issue%20of%20our%20time.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:38:20 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[<em>Andreea wrote: &quot;Hello<br/><br/>I've been reading your posts for some time now, but I haven't really replied, so I guess I'm kinda new :)<br/>Anyway, I saw some Johnny Depp fans here and as I am a fan myself ( regarding his ac...&quot;</em>  Usually we don't like Tim Burton, but we loved &quot;Sweeney Todd&quot; and thought Johnny Depp terrific.  Also in &quot;Finding Neverland&quot;.  &quot;Ed Wood&quot; kept us interested.<br/><br/>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 09:17:26 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[<em>Gabrielle wrote: &quot;I'll rent JULIE AND JULIA the day it comes out.  I missed it at the theatre and I can't remember why.  <br/><br/>I should probably read the book, too.  My husband is French, I liked in France and went to s...&quot;</em>  I think you might enjoy both.  I bought the book using a 30% off coupon from Borders - they had two editions, one before the movie, one after.  I picked the one that had the best clarity in the black and white pictures that her husband took.  They are scattered throughout the book and add to the whole experience.<br/><br/>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:09:46 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Both of the youtube selections I highlighted above in a previous message have been deleted.  This is one of the sad things about Youtube -- unless you have a way of downloading a saving them.]]></body>
        
    
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