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		<title>Books Read in 2012</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Silence &#8211; Becca Fitzpatrick The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larsson The Girl Who Played with Fire - Stieg Larsson The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet&#8217;s Nest - Stieg Larsson First Snow on Fuji - Yasunari Kawabata The Gendarme - Mark Mustian Why We Broke Up - Daniel Handler The Burning - Jane [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review &#8211; Nemesis by Philip Roth</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When I saw a copy of this at the library, I was pretty excited. Originally, I had planned to review a digital ARC of this through NetGalley, but they pulled it from their list for whatever reason. Nemesis, written by the same icon of Jewish-American literature who brought you Portnoy&#8217;s Complaint, examines the Jewish-American experience [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review: Dirty Secret by Jessie Sholl</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hoarding. A psychological phenomenon that has quickly become part of our cultural vocabulary. A mental illness that, if unchecked, can leave people homeless and friendless. Unless you&#8217;ve had your head in the sand for the last two years, you&#8217;ve seen instances of this devastating disorder in the media. Both A&#38;E and TLC air documentary-style reality [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://meredithdias.com/2011/01/11/book-review-dirty-secret-by-jessie-sholl/</link>
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		<title>Books Read in 2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Blood and Chocolate - Annette Curtis Klause Deadly Little Lies - Laurie Faria Stolarz Dark Song - Gail Giles If I Stay - Gayle Forman Deadly Little Games - Laurie Faria Stolarz The Silver Kiss - Annette Curtis Klause From the Land of the Moon - Milena Agus The Devil and Miss Goody Two-Shoes - [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://meredithdias.com/2011/01/02/books-read-in-2011/</link>
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		<title>Books Read in 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Books read in 2010: Maxxed Out - David Collins Flying in Place - Susan Palwick Kushiel&#8217;s Chosen &#8211; Jacqueline Carey War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy Miles from Nowhere - Nami Mun After Dark - Haruki Murakami Breathers: A Zombie&#8217;s Lament &#8211; S.G. Browne A German Love Story - Rolf Hochhuth Kushiel&#8217;s Avatar - Jacqueline [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review &#8211; Damage by Josephine Hart</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On the surface, Damage is about a middle-aged man who has an affair with a younger woman. Pretty standard dramatic fare, right? But wait&#8211;there&#8217;s more. The younger woman in question happens to be his son&#8217;s fiancée, and the man in question happens to be a member of Parliament. There is much more at work here [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://meredithdias.com/2010/09/08/book-review-damage-by-josephine-hart/</link>
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		<title>Book Review &#8211; Evermore by Alyson Noël</title>
		<description><![CDATA[** spoiler alert ** I had a review written for this, but I can&#8217;t bring myself to post it. It isn&#8217;t constructive, and I try not to pan a book without offering up at least something positive or helpful. I once self-published an ebook (which has been offline for &#8220;repairs&#8221;/a total overhaul for three years [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://meredithdias.com/2010/08/31/book-review-evermore-by-alison-noel/</link>
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		<title>Book Review &#8211; Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My spoiler-free, character-based review. It does, however, contain generic quotes from throughout the book, so be warned. Title: Why Katniss Everdeen is not your typical YA heroine Subtitle: In other words, why Katniss rocks I am going to break this down one quote at a time. Indirectly, this book calls a lot of young adult [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://meredithdias.com/2010/08/27/book-review-mockingjay-by-suzanne-collins/</link>
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		<title>Book Review &#8211; Linger by Maggie Stiefvater</title>
		<description><![CDATA[** Spoiler Alert ** &#8220;Once upon a time, there was a girl named Grace Brisbane. There was nothing particularly special about her, except that she was good with numbers, very good at lying, and she made her home in between the pages of books. She loved all the wolves behind her house, but she loved [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://meredithdias.com/2010/08/19/book-review-linger-by-maggie-stiefvater/</link>
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		<title>Book Review &#8211; Just Listen by Sarah Dessen</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is not your average young adult romance. It has layers. Annabel isn&#8217;t always on her best behavior&#8211;she has flaws. Owen is edgy without being menacing. Frightening, emotionally abusive &#8220;heroes&#8221; have become a pervasive problem in young adult romances. It&#8217;s nice to see one break free of that formula. If there is a walking stereotype [...]]]></description>
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