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	<description>“A man is known by the books he reads.”   - Ralph Waldo Emerson</description>
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		<title>Review: Lost on Planet China</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For those of you wondering if I am still alive, the answer is a firm yes. My lack of updates can be wholly attributed to the chaos that surrounds a major life decision; in this case, it&#8217;s my husband and I deciding to move to China for a year (or three) that has deprived me [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.shelflifereviews.com/?p=523</link>
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		<title>Review: The Gargoyle</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s review wouldn&#8217;t be possible if it weren&#8217;t for Pam of  Pam&#8217;s Perspective. Her glowing review for Andrew Davidson&#8217;s The Gargoyle sparked my interest right away, and when I found myself with time to spare at the library, that&#8217;s what I reached for. And after reading it in a record 4 days (it helped being [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.shelflifereviews.com/?p=516</link>
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		<title>Review: Shanghai Girls</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Oh Lisa See. If I’ve ever come close to a destructive relationship with someone, it’s definitely you.  Your first book I devoured, and came back for seconds. Your second kept me hanging on, frustration after frustration, to ultimately disappoint in a huge way. But I still remembered the good times we had together, and so [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.shelflifereviews.com/?p=511</link>
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		<title>Review: The Girl with the Glass Feet</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Of all the genres out there, the ubiquitous novel has to be the most varied of the lot. You never really know what you might end up with; it&#8217;s almost like a little lottery each time you open the cover. Mostly, I have found that novels are a nice form of entertainment a step above [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.shelflifereviews.com/?p=496</link>
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		<title>Review: Twilight and Philosophy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wait! Don&#8217;t close that window!
Twilight, like Sarah Palin and Conan O&#8217;Brien, is one of those rare topics in our society today that can sharply divide the masses. But you don&#8217;t have to be a twihard to enjoy this book &#8212; in fact, many of the contributors make no secret of their disdain. Instead, the book [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.shelflifereviews.com/?p=493</link>
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		<title>Three Books on Geisha: A Mini Review</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A  few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to re-watch my favorite movie (Memoirs of a Geisha) with one of my favorite friends. I do not love the movie just because it is set in Japan, nor do I believe everything portrayed is &#8220;historically accurate.&#8221; I love it because it is so beautiful to watch: [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.shelflifereviews.com/?p=478</link>
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		<title>Fanfiction: A Mini Rant</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As part of my daily routine, I check the various social networking sites, including the ones of yesteryear like LiveJournal. And as part of LJ&#8217;s daily routine, they post a &#8220;writer&#8217;s block&#8221; question, to which one may respond. Today&#8217;s question was &#8220;Fanfiction: do you love it or hate it, or are you totally indifferent?&#8221;
I think [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.shelflifereviews.com/?p=466</link>
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		<title>Review: Catching Fire</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Considering this book, the much-anticipated sequel to The Hunger Games, has been on the NY Times best-seller list for a while&#8211;and that it&#8217;s highly demanded at my public library&#8211;you can imagine by shock at actually finding a copy when I went to return my audiobooks last week. Knowing such a chance might not come again [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.shelflifereviews.com/?p=463</link>
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		<title>Review: The Hunger Games</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I can&#8217;t remember where I first heard about this book, but I do remember my first impression was something along the lines of a high-school satire about eating disorders. Boy, I couldn&#8217;t have been more wrong. Instead of a shallow, &#8220;it&#8217;s ok to be curvy&#8221; lecture on Anorexia, I was pleasantly surprised by a complex, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.shelflifereviews.com/?p=458</link>
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		<title>Review: The Sociopath Next Door</title>
		<description><![CDATA[She lives! And moreover, she reads! I&#8217;m sure that&#8217;s the sentiment most of you are feeling right about now. As I said earlier, several life factors have conspired against me to make it hard to read, much less update lately.
But at least I feel bad about abandoning my readers, few though they may be. If [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.shelflifereviews.com/?p=450</link>
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