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		<title>The Linnet</title>
		<link>http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2010/06/the-linnet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 21:14:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shen Git</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Middle Ages]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Elizabeth English (aka Elizabeth Minogue)
Read: June 2010
Rating: Sigh.
I have been waiting to read this book since I read The Prince (Jan &#8216;06). I loved that so much that I immediately set my sights on the only other book under this name.
Alas, The Linnet does not live up to The Prince&#8217;s standard.
Lady Maude is the <a href='http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2010/06/the-linnet/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Bodyguard</title>
		<link>http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2010/05/the-bodyguard/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 03:01:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shen Git</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Joan Johnston]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Joan Johnston
Not Read: May 2010
Rating: Ungh
Truly disappointing. I wanted to flesh out my Men In Kilts category, and I just couldn&#8217;t bring myself to finish this.
Scotland, approximately Regency-era-ish? Hard to know.
I wasn&#8217;t too keen on the opening chapter, but, hey, openers are hard. Kitt&#8217;s father, the head of Clan McKlintock, is dying, and he <a href='http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2010/05/the-bodyguard/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Defiant Spitfire</title>
		<link>http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2010/04/defiant-spitfire/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Apr 2010 06:49:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shen Git</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Americas]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[you call that love?!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kay McMahon]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Kay McMahon
Not Read: April 2010
Rating: AUGH
Coming out of Beyond Heaving Bosoms, I naturally wanted to indulge in some of the best/worst of the genre. I swapped for this book a short while ago and figured it was as good a place to start as any. But the Smart Bitches have just given me a <a href='http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2010/04/defiant-spitfire/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Beyond Heaving Bosoms</title>
		<link>http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2010/04/beyond-heaving-bosoms/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Apr 2010 06:07:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shen Git</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[cover art]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Candy "Smart Bitch" Tan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sarah "Smart Bitch" Wendell]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/?p=1306</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Candy Tan and Sarah Wendell
Read: April 2010
Rating: BWAHA!
By god, I love the Smart Bitches! Their fabulously hilarious blog, SmartBitchesTrashyBooks.com was the perfect platform for their snarkage, but it couldn&#8217;t really contain everything about the genre. Blogs are topical, this book is more an overview of the genre as a whole, while reiterating the Smart <a href='http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2010/04/beyond-heaving-bosoms/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Merry Gentry Series, books 6-8</title>
		<link>http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2010/04/the-merry-gentry-series-books-6-8/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2010/04/the-merry-gentry-series-books-6-8/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 06:22:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shen Git</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Americas]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Laurell K Hamiltom
Read: April 2010
Rating: Phwoar
I tried really hard not to let them all run together, but they did. Rather than try to pull the last three books apart, I&#8217;m just going to shove &#8216;em in one post and mention what lasting impressions I have.
 A Lick of Frost
I was all ready for this <a href='http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2010/04/the-merry-gentry-series-books-6-8/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Seduced by Moonlight</title>
		<link>http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2010/03/seduced-by-moonlight/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2010/03/seduced-by-moonlight/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:58:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shen Git</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Americas]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/?p=1259</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Laurell K. Hamilton
Read: March 2010
Rating: Engrossing
First, let me just say that that cover is a total plot-tease. It shows a woman&#8217;s belly, with a nice little round to it, and her hand just so&#8230; The series is about a woman trying to get pregnant. You are plot-teasing me, you stupid cover art! Bonus, nothing <a href='http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2010/03/seduced-by-moonlight/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Graceling</title>
		<link>http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2010/03/graceling/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 04:04:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shen Git</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[book trailers]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kristin Cashore]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/?p=1236</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Kristin Cashore
Read: Feb/Mar 2010
Rating: Worthy
Graceling was a gift, from someone who swore it was excellent. It should be, it has the endorsement of Tamora Pierce. It is a good book, with a good world, and enough momentum to keep one reading. I won&#8217;t say I adored it, but it was very enjoyable.
In the world <a href='http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2010/03/graceling/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Until Forever</title>
		<link>http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2010/02/until-forever/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 00:31:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shen Git</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Americas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Book-in-a-Minute]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[England]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[France]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Viking Hoards]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/?p=1030</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Johanna Lindsey
Read: Feb 2010
Rating: Convoluted
There&#8217;s a LOT of fun to poke at this thing. Before I have fun, let me say that it wasn&#8217;t awful. It wasn&#8217;t really good, either.
BOOK-IN-A-MINUTE, Git-style
(Yes, that means spoiler) 
Roseleen: I am a history professor with a penchant for old weapons. Look at this fabulous old sword my brother <a href='http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2010/02/until-forever/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Movie vs. Book: Ella Enchanted</title>
		<link>http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2010/02/movie-vs-book-ella-enchanted/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2010/02/movie-vs-book-ella-enchanted/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 06:57:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shen Git</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Movie vs. Book]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[classics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gail Carson Levine]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Once upon a time, I discovered a wonderful, wonderful book. Gail Carson Levine&#8217;s Ella Enchanted is immerses you in Ella&#8217;s world, giving you a best friend as well as an adventure.
Then Hollywood got their hands on it. And THEY RAPED IT.
Below is an off-the-cuff rant I wrote in 2004, before the movie was even released. <a href='http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2010/02/movie-vs-book-ella-enchanted/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Amazon</title>
		<link>http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2010/02/amazon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 09:19:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shen Git</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Amazons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ancient Civilizations]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Barbara G. Walker]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/?p=741</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Barbara G. Walker
Not Read: Feb 2010
Rating: *zones out*
I&#8217;m trying to be good, really I am. But 50 pages out of 170 isn&#8217;t such a bad run&#8230;
The book is awkward and boring and it reads like what it is&#8211;a work of fiction by a feminist scholar that has been described (by The Northwest Gay and <a href='http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2010/02/amazon/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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