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    <updated_at>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:33:27 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/115076.Love_Walked_In">Love Walked In (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/66631.Marisa_de_los_Santos">Marisa de los Santos</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:17:51 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[If you are hopping on a plane, stressed out after a long day of work, or (like me) overwhelmed after hours of statistics homework, this book should do the trick. It was a little empty, a little predictable, and it tried way too hard to be cute and quirky, but in the end, it served up a nice little l...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/If%20you%20are%20hopping%20on%20a%20plane,%20stressed%20out%20after%20a%20long%20day%20of%20work,%20or%20(like%20me)%20overwhelmed%20after%20hours%20of%20statistics%20homework,%20this%20book%20should%20do%20the%20trick.%20It%20was%20a%20little%20empty,%20a%20little%20predictable,%20and%20it%20tried%20way%20too%20hard%20to%20be%20cute%20and%20quirky,%20but%20in%20the%20end,%20it%20served%20up%20a%20nice%20little%20love%20story%20that%20didn't%20tax%20my%20brain%20too%20much.%20The%20best%20part%20about%20it,%20I%20thought,%20was%20the%20pace%20and%20progression%20of%20the%20narrative.%20Like%20a%20blockbuster%20movie,%20it%20built%20up%20to%20a%20shining%20moment%20and%20held%20you%20there%20for%20a%20moment%20before%20the%20credits%20rolled.%20Am%20I%20saying%20that%20it's%20formulaic%3F%20I%20am.%20Is%20that%20ok%20with%20me%3F%20Sure.%20">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37415.Their_Eyes_Were_Watching_God">Their Eyes Were Watching God (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/15151.Zora_Neale_Hurston">Zora Neale Hurston</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:36:41 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Absolute awe. This is one of those novels that is a &quot;classic&quot; not only because it is mind-alteringly dense with symbolism, social commentary, and insights into the meaning of life itself, but also because it is so freaking fun to read. It's a story of race, of love, and of just plain human...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/Absolute%20awe.%20This%20is%20one%20of%20those%20novels%20that%20is%20a%20%22classic%22%20not%20only%20because%20it%20is%20mind-alteringly%20dense%20with%20symbolism,%20social%20commentary,%20and%20insights%20into%20the%20meaning%20of%20life%20itself,%20but%20also%20because%20it%20is%20so%20freaking%20fun%20to%20read.%20It's%20a%20story%20of%20race,%20of%20love,%20and%20of%20just%20plain%20humanness.%20This%20is%20a%20new%20favorite%20of%20mine,%20and%20I%20hope%20to%20be%20able%20to%20read%20it%20several%20more%20times,%20because%20there%20is%20just%20so%20much%20to%20it,%20page%20after%20page,%20that%20I'm%20sure%20I%20didn't%20absorb%20it%20all.%20%0D%0A%0D%0ATake%20this%20quote%20for%20instance.%20I%20could%20hardly%20recover%20from%20it,%20when%20another%20like%20it%20followed.%20And%20then%20another.%20These%20types%20of%20revelations,%20butted%20up%20against%20the%20richness%20of%20the%20dialogue,%20were%20just%20a%20little%20too%20much%20for%20me.%20:)%0D%0A%0D%0A%22She%20had%20found%20a%20jewel%20down%20inside%20herself%20and%20she%20had%20wanted%20to%20walk%20where%20people%20could%20see%20her%20and%20gleam%20it%20around.%20But%20she%20had%20been%20set%20in%20the%20market-place%20to%20sell.%20Been%20set%20for%20still-bait.%20When%20God%20had%20made%20The%20Man,%20he%20made%20him%20out%20of%20stuff%20that%20sung%20all%20the%20time%20and%20glittered%20all%20over.%20Then%20after%20that%20some%20angels%20got%20jealous%20and%20chopped%20him%20into%20millions%20of%20pieces,%20but%20still%20he%20glittered%20and%20hummed.%20So%20they%20beat%20him%20down%20to%20nothing%20but%20sparks%20but%20each%20little%20spark%20had%20a%20shine%20and%20a%20song.%20So%20they%20covered%20each%20one%20over%20with%20mud.%20And%20the%20lonesomeness%20in%20the%20sparks%20make%20them%20hunt%20for%20one%20another,%20but%20the%20mud%20is%20deaf%20and%20dumb.%20Like%20all%20the%20other%20tumbling%20mud-balls,%20Janie%20had%20tried%20to%20show%20her%20shine.%22%20">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3181564.The_Housekeeper_and_the_Professor">The Housekeeper and the Professor (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/42775.Yoko_Ogawa">Yoko Ogawa</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:55:40 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[One of the most original and pleasurable books I've read in a long time! Please take a few hours to read this gorgeous, quiet little volume. It tells the story of a mathematics professor whose memory lasts only 80 minutes and the housekeeper who comes to take care of him. Even though mathematics and...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/One%20of%20the%20most%20original%20and%20pleasurable%20books%20I've%20read%20in%20a%20long%20time!%20Please%20take%20a%20few%20hours%20to%20read%20this%20gorgeous,%20quiet%20little%20volume.%20It%20tells%20the%20story%20of%20a%20mathematics%20professor%20whose%20memory%20lasts%20only%2080%20minutes%20and%20the%20housekeeper%20who%20comes%20to%20take%20care%20of%20him.%20Even%20though%20mathematics%20and%20baseball%20(two%20subjects%20that%20I%20actually%20kind%20of%20despise)%20are%20at%20the%20heart%20of%20the%20plot,%20the%20relationships%20between%20the%20characters,%20and%20the%20crisp,%20delicate%20writing%20that%20makes%20those%20relationships%20come%20alive,%20result%20in%20pure%20beauty.%20">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/133518.The_Things_They_Carried">The Things They Carried (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2330.Tim_O_Brien">Tim O'Brien</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:04:11 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This is an exceptional piece of writing. I think the most striking thing about it is that it is primarily lyrical, yet it is strikingly concise and unsentimental. This ability to balance on a razor edge, it seems to me, is what makes this book so special. That and its subject matter: Vietnam. O'Brie...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/This%20is%20an%20exceptional%20piece%20of%20writing.%20I%20think%20the%20most%20striking%20thing%20about%20it%20is%20that%20it%20is%20primarily%20lyrical,%20yet%20it%20is%20strikingly%20concise%20and%20unsentimental.%20This%20ability%20to%20balance%20on%20a%20razor%20edge,%20it%20seems%20to%20me,%20is%20what%20makes%20this%20book%20so%20special.%20That%20and%20its%20subject%20matter:%20Vietnam.%20O'Brien%20embraces%20the%20contradictions%20about%20this%20war%20in%20a%20way%20that%20gives%20it%20structure%20and%20meaning.%0D%0A%0D%0AWhile%20I%20have%20no%20overt%20criticisms,%20I%20just%20have%20to%20say%20that%20this%20was%20hard%20to%20read.%20It%20wasn't%20so%20much%20that%20it%20was%20gruesome%20or%20excessively%20complex.%20It%20was%20just%20emotionally%20taxing.%20I%20kind%20of%20avoided%20it%20sometimes.%20Perhaps%20that%20is%20a%20good%20thing;%20it%20means%20it%20challenged%20me.%20But%20I%20think%20it's%20important%20to%20know%20before%20reading.%20This%20isn't%20a%20light%20thrill%20--%20it's%20a%20slow,%20painful,%20prodding%20march.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:33:30 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Is it for the same reason that the song “My Humps” hit number one?<br/><br/>YES.]]></body>
        
    
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