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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[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>A Knight in Shining Armor</title>
		<link>http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2010/02/a-knight-in-shining-armor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:23:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shen Git</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[England]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jude Deveraux]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Jude Deveraux
Attempted to Read: January 2010
Rating: AUGH
Wot the shit is this?! Today, RB stands for RIDICULOUSLY BAD.
Hey Jude don&#8217;t make it bad
Take a sad song and make it better
Remember to let her under your skin
Then you&#8217;ll begin to make it better
Better, better, better, better, better, Yeah,Yeah,YeahNa Na Na Na Na Na Na
Na Na Na <a href='http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2010/02/a-knight-in-shining-armor/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Landower Legacy</title>
		<link>http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2010/01/the-landower-legacy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 07:40:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shen Git</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[England]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Twentieth Century]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Victoria Holt]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Victoria Holt
Read: January 2010
Rating: Not Bad
I don&#8217;t remember where it came from, but I wound up with a paperback of this out-of-print book. I can&#8217;t see a reason for it to be. It&#8217;s not a romance novel&#8211;it&#8217;s a novel with romance in it. So there.
Caroline Tressidor is the second daughter of a wealthy, upstanding <a href='http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2010/01/the-landower-legacy/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Hebrew Tutor of Bel-Air</title>
		<link>http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2009/08/the-hebrew-tutor-of-bel-air/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2009/08/the-hebrew-tutor-of-bel-air/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 04:48:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shen Git</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Americas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Twentieth Century]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[back cover copy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biographical]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blah]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Allan Appel]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Allan Appel
Read: August 2009
Rating: Disappointing
The back copy for The Hebrew Tutor paints a picture that is enticing:
Under threat of nuclear war and the gorgeous California sun, the two [Norman and Bayla] forge a tentative truce. They may not be learning Hebrew, but through the miracle of motorcycles and the epiphanies of the road, Bayla <a href='http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2009/08/the-hebrew-tutor-of-bel-air/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Mating Rituals of the North American WASP</title>
		<link>http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2009/07/mating-rituals-of-the-north-american-wasp/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2009/07/mating-rituals-of-the-north-american-wasp/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:27:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shen Git</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lauren Lipton]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Lauren Lipton
Read: June 2009
Rating: Urgh? 
For the Feminist Review
At its core, Mating Rituals of the North American WASP is wholly typical. Girl goes to Vegas. Girl gets drunk. Girl wakes up to find she married some stranger. Girl flees back to New York. Boy calls her up to tell her that, yes, they’re legally married. <a href='http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2009/07/mating-rituals-of-the-north-american-wasp/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>General Winston&#8217;s Daughter</title>
		<link>http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2009/07/general-winstons-daughter/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2009/07/general-winstons-daughter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:49:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shen Git</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[alternate reality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blah]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sharon Shinn]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Sharon Shinn
Read : June 2009
Rating: Ho hum?
Well, it wasn&#8217;t terrible. There were some good points, but it certainly wasn&#8217;t Shinn&#8217;s best. (It&#8217;s feeling a little redundant saying that&#8230;)
Essentially, it&#8217;s a story of imperialism, told for a young adult audience with a penchant for romance. Averie&#8217;s father is a general in what is a (thinly <a href='http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2009/07/general-winstons-daughter/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Helen of Troy</title>
		<link>http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2009/05/helen-of-troy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2009 06:07:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shen Git</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ancient Civilizations]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[deities]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Margaret George]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Margaret George
Read: May 2009, approx. 240 pages.
Rating: Sigh.
I get very disappointed when books I want to be good&#8230; aren&#8217;t. It comes particularly hard on the heels of a riveting series, like the Black Dagger Brotherhood. And I just gave up on The Mermaid Chair, so it&#8217;s doubly depressing to give up on this as <a href='http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2009/05/helen-of-troy/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Mermaid Chair</title>
		<link>http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2009/05/the-mermaid-chair/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2009/05/the-mermaid-chair/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 05:59:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shen Git</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Americas]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sue Monk Kidd]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Sue Monk Kidd
Read: Attempted May 2009
Rating: Disappointing.
I really, really liked The Secret Life of Bees. I was happy to see Kidd had another book, but I held off on getting it. My mom and I watched the Lifetime version of Mermaid Chair a while back and it didn&#8217;t strike me as particularly good&#8211;but that <a href='http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2009/05/the-mermaid-chair/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Wuthering Heights</title>
		<link>http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2009/03/wuthering-heights/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2009/03/wuthering-heights/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 06:52:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shen Git</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Book-in-a-Minute]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[ghosts and the undead]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Emily Bronte]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Emily Bronte
Read: March 2009
Rating: Poison
 I give up. I quit. I want nothing more to do with this torturous mess. I decided it was time to try Wuthering Heights because my TiVo had picked up a documentary on the Bronte sisters, which was of course full of people who think they&#8217;re the most brilliant <a href='http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2009/03/wuthering-heights/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Wagner the Werewolf</title>
		<link>http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2009/02/wagner-the-werewolf/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2009/02/wagner-the-werewolf/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 22:37:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shen Git</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[George W.M. Reynolds]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By George W. M. Reynolds
Attempted Read: Feb 2009
Rating: Goddamn.
Just&#8230; goddamn.  I saw this at Strand Books and spent MONTHS hemming and hawing over whether or not I should put my money toward it.
Pro: It&#8217;s a book from the 1800s about a werewolf in the 1500s. HOT DAMN it&#8217;s historical fiction^2 with a shot of supernatural!
Con: <a href='http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2009/02/wagner-the-werewolf/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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