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    <updated_at>Sun, 27 Dec 2009 21:00:37 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/92717.The_Darkangel">The Darkangel (Darkangel Trilogy, #1)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/22543.Meredith_Ann_Pierce">Meredith Ann Pierce</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sat, 26 Dec 2009 13:46:47 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/448873.The_Thief">The Thief (The Queen's Thief, #1)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/22542.Megan_Whalen_Turner">Megan Whalen Turner</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sat, 26 Dec 2009 13:39:49 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Quite of bit of fun, this tightly plotted story had several good points: an interesting, believable world based very roughly off the Grecian Mediterranean, roughly post-medieval, though still pagan; some nicely told tales-within-the-story, that give lots of cultural clues about the people, and also ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/82096013">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5292853.Hunting_Ground">Hunting Ground (Alpha &amp; Omega, #2)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/40563.Patricia_Briggs">Patricia Briggs</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:36:59 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[The first book in the new series, Cry Wolf, left me a bit cold. The sequel is much better, and shows off Patricia Briggs' talent well, with very interesting characters with complex relationships, set in a well-plotted story.<br/><br/>Anna's status as Omega becomes quite important during a gathering ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81397268">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3381197.The_Mousehunter">The Mousehunter (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1425940.Alex_Milway">Alex Milway</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:26:38 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[A cute, whimsical story about Emiline, a mousekeeper for the wealthy mouse hunter Lovelock, who joins an expedition of privateers to seek the dreaded Mousebeard. The illustrations are darling... the assorted mice are charming... unfortunately, there's really not much to the story other than the mice...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81396744">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3236307.Graceling">Graceling (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1373880.Kristin_Cashore">Kristin Cashore</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:25:57 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Reasonably fun novel about a young girl with an innate, magical ability (&quot;a Grace&quot;) to fight and kill. Fast paced, with good fighting scenes, though rather predictable. I saw the twist with King Leck coming a long way off. Also, after the first mission, when they return to the castle, Kats...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76913453">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58.Changeling">Changeling (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/24.Delia_Sherman">Delia Sherman</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:16:36 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Changeling is a really terrific contemporary fairy fantasy set in New York Between, the fairy version of NYC, told first-person by Neef, a human child stolen as an infant and replaced by Changeling (who appears later). Packed with fairy motifs and references to modern culture, twisted through a uniq...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76138117">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6351939-sea-glass">Sea Glass (Glass, #2)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/445303.Maria_V_Snyder">Maria V. Snyder</a>]]></action_text>
    <link>http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75765786</link>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 07:52:50 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[After the somewhat mediocre previous Glass book, I decided I wasn't going to read any more of Snyder's books. But then I was in the bookstore and couldn't find anything else. Fortunately, this book has a lot of the magic of her first books, and chugs along at a much better pace than the fragmented f...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75765786">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[marked as to-read: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6321845.Ice">Ice (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/99117.Sarah_Beth_Durst">Sarah Beth Durst</a>]]></action_text>
    <link>http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74785056</link>
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    <updated_at>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:49:38 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2873356.Sacred_Scars">Sacred Scars (A Resurrection of Magic, Book 2)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/179733.Kathleen_Duey">Kathleen Duey</a>]]></action_text>
    <link>http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74784770</link>
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    <updated_at>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:48:47 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Top notch sequel to the earlier Skin Hunger. Sadima's story is far better told than in the first book, and moves through the years closer to Hahp's. Really looking forward to the final story. Here's a middle book in a trilogy that doesn't suffer from middle book syndrome. The story really develops w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74784770">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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