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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2101410.A_Christmas_Carol_and_other_Holiday_Tales_The_Chimes_The_Cricket_on_the_Hearth">A Christmas Carol and other Holiday Tales--The Chimes, The Cricket on the Hearth (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/239579.Charles_Dickens">Charles Dickens</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 11:34:18 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Like anything that has been remade over and over again, our ideas of this book can be based more on modern atlerations than the actual story.  But nothing beats going back to the source material to see why so many people have wanted to present this story again.  In this case, the source material tru...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/Like%20anything%20that%20has%20been%20remade%20over%20and%20over%20again,%20our%20ideas%20of%20this%20book%20can%20be%20based%20more%20on%20modern%20atlerations%20than%20the%20actual%20story.%20%20But%20nothing%20beats%20going%20back%20to%20the%20source%20material%20to%20see%20why%20so%20many%20people%20have%20wanted%20to%20present%20this%20story%20again.%20%20In%20this%20case,%20the%20source%20material%20trumps%20all%20attempts%20to%20reinterpret%20it.%20%20It's%20funny,%20moving%20and%20insightful.%20%20I%20read%20it%20every%20year%20at%20Christmas,%20and%20I%20would%20reommend%20it%20everyone.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[marked as to-read: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5599692.Batman_Whatever_Happened_to_the_Caped_Crusader_">Batman: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1221698.Neil_Gaiman">Neil Gaiman</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 10:09:25 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[is currently reading: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6429110-the-best-american-essays-2009">The Best American Essays 2009 (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/23988.Mary_Oliver">Mary Oliver</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 09:28:34 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44508.The_Best_American_Spiritual_Writing_2006">The Best American Spiritual Writing 2006 (The Best American Series (TM))</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/24989.Philip_Zaleski">Philip Zaleski</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 09:27:13 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Like the other books in this series, not everything contained within its pages is a gem.  Many of the pieces in this year's collection didn't wow me, and one of them made me so angry in the first few paragraphs that I skipped over it.  However, I find that the gems are so good, that it makes sloggin...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/Like%20the%20other%20books%20in%20this%20series,%20not%20everything%20contained%20within%20its%20pages%20is%20a%20gem.%20%20Many%20of%20the%20pieces%20in%20this%20year's%20collection%20didn't%20wow%20me,%20and%20one%20of%20them%20made%20me%20so%20angry%20in%20the%20first%20few%20paragraphs%20that%20I%20skipped%20over%20it.%20%20However,%20I%20find%20that%20the%20gems%20are%20so%20good,%20that%20it%20makes%20slogging%20through%20the%20dirt%20worthwhile,%20because%20I%20wouldn't%20have%20been%20able%20to%20read%20them%20anywhere%20else.%20%20The%20highlights%20this%20year%20include%20%22Music's%20Missing%20Magic%22%20by%20Miles%20Hoffman%20(although%20it's%20hard%20to%20think%20of%20this%20essey%20as%20spiritual%20writing,%20since%20it%20hardly%20mentions%20anything%20of%20that%20nature,%20it%20was%20one%20of%20the%20best%20reads%20in%20the%20collection),%20%22Into%20the%20Wonder%22%20by%20Alan%20Jacobs%20(a%20great%20piece%20on%20one%20of%20my%20literary%20idols,%20C.%20S.%20Lewis),%20and%20%22The%20Church's%20Way%20of%20Speaking%22%20by%20Robert%20Louis%20Wilken.%20%20These%20and%20many%20more%20pieces%20made%20reading%20this%20collection%20well%20worth%20my%20while.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6388946-end-the-fed">End the Fed (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/395622.Ron_Paul">Ron Paul</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:36:46 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[We should end the Fed.  It's really that simple.  All of us (and by that I mean all of us normal people; I'm excluding politicians and all those who have bought them) would be much better off if we did.  Money would be honest and all of the regulations that all of the current politicians are talking...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/We%20should%20end%20the%20Fed.%20%20It's%20really%20that%20simple.%20%20All%20of%20us%20(and%20by%20that%20I%20mean%20all%20of%20us%20normal%20people;%20I'm%20excluding%20politicians%20and%20all%20those%20who%20have%20bought%20them)%20would%20be%20much%20better%20off%20if%20we%20did.%20%20Money%20would%20be%20honest%20and%20all%20of%20the%20regulations%20that%20all%20of%20the%20current%20politicians%20are%20talking%20about%20would%20be%20natural%20consequences.%20%20Irresponsible%20bankers%20would%20be%20punished%20for%20their%20foolishness,%20not%20by%20the%20government,%20but%20by%20the%20market.%20%20Responsible%20citizens,%20who%20live%20within%20their%20means%20and%20save%20for%20their%20futures,%20would%20be%20rewarded.%20%20Freedom%20would%20prevail.%20%20It's%20encouraging%20to%20hear%20that%20someone%20in%20Ron%20Paul's%20position,%20a%20position%20from%20which%20he%20can%20see%20the%20problems%20much%20clearer%20than%20we%20can,%20can%20be%20so%20optimistic%20about%20the%20future.%20%20When%20I%20read%20the%20news,%20it's%20hard%20to%20think%20that%20there's%20a%20brighter%20future%20ahead%20of%20us,%20but%20if%20we%20end%20the%20Fed,%20which%20Paul%20seems%20to%20think%20is%20possible,%20it%20would%20go%20a%20long%20way%20to%20dissipating%20the%20clouds%20of%20doom%20on%20the%20horizon.%0D%0AThat%20said,%20I%20do%20have%20some%20qualms%20with%20this%20book,%20with%20it's%20presentation,%20not%20content.%20%20It%20gets%20repetitive%20at%20times,%20and%20sometimes%20feels%20like%20a%20two-hundred%20page%20rant.%20%20These%20shouldn't%20prevent%20anyone%20from%20reading%20this%20book,%20since%20you'll%20also%20get%20insights%20from%20it%20that%20you%20probably%20can't%20get%20anywhere%20else.%20%20I%20would%20just%20like%20to%20see%20the%20content%20tightened%20up%20a%20bit.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[marked as to-read: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39934.Reading_Like_a_Writer_A_Guide_for_People_Who_Love_Books_and_for_Those_Who_Want_to_Write_Them">Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them (P.S.)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/12180.Francine_Prose">Francine Prose</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 19:38:31 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[marked as to-read: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6523058-the-new-york-regional-mormon-singles-halloween-dance">The New York Regional Mormon Singles Halloween Dance (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1161302.Elna_Baker">Elna Baker</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 16:35:43 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6504161-the-best-american-short-stories-2009">The Best American Short Stories 2009 (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/316.Alice_Sebold">Alice Sebold</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:56:10 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[As usual with the Best American Series, not everything contained within these pages knocked my socks off.  Many of the stories were good enough, and were well enough written, but weren't anything to write home about.  I only skiped over one of the stories (the one by the only Pulitzer Prize winner t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/As%20usual%20with%20the%20Best%20American%20Series,%20not%20everything%20contained%20within%20these%20pages%20knocked%20my%20socks%20off.%20%20Many%20of%20the%20stories%20were%20good%20enough,%20and%20were%20well%20enough%20written,%20but%20weren't%20anything%20to%20write%20home%20about.%20%20I%20only%20skiped%20over%20one%20of%20the%20stories%20(the%20one%20by%20the%20only%20Pulitzer%20Prize%20winner%20that%20I%20know%20of%20in%20the%20collection).%20%20There%20were%20a%20few%20gems,%20though,%20such%20as%20Greg%20Hrbek's%20%22Sagittarius,%22%20Adam%20Johnson's%20%22Hurricanes%20Anonymous,%22%20and%20Yiyun%20Li's%20%22A%20Man%20Like%20Him.%22%20%20The%20collection%20is%20worth%20reading,%20just%20as%20it%20always%20is.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[is currently reading: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54273.Hitler_s_Beneficiaries_Plunder_Racial_War_and_the_Nazi_Welfare_State">Hitler's Beneficiaries: Plunder, Racial War, and the Nazi Welfare State (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/30694.Gotz_Aly">Gotz Aly</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:37:40 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[marked as to-read: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5249492.New_Deal_or_Raw_Deal_How_FDR_s_Economic_Legacy_Has_Damaged_America">New Deal or Raw Deal?: How FDR's Economic Legacy Has Damaged America (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2876593.Burton_W_Folsom_Jr_">Burton W. Folsom, Jr.</a>]]></action_text>
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