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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>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 06:22:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shen Git</dc:creator>
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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>A Stroke of Midnight</title>
		<link>http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2010/03/a-stroke-of-midnight/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 23:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shen Git</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Laurell K. Hamilton
Read: March 2010
Rating: Whirlwind
Time moves differently in the sithen. Merry says, &#8220;I wish we had more time!&#8221; and suddenly they do. Time is moving glacially outside the hill, giving them all they need&#8230; to catch a killer.
The book begins with a press conference, sometime in the afternoon (I think). Shortly after it <a href='http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2010/03/a-stroke-of-midnight/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Jonathan Strange &amp; Mr. Norrell</title>
		<link>http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2010/01/jonathan-strange-mr-norrell/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2010/01/jonathan-strange-mr-norrell/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 04:04:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shen Git</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[England]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Susanna Clarke]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Susanna Clarke
Read: December 2009
Rating: Engrossing
For the record, I am including this in the 2009 50Book list, because I read the vast majority of it during December. So there.
Mein gott, this has been sitting on my shelf since FOREVER. And it is one daunting brick of a book, too. Over 1000 pages in the paperback. <a href='http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2010/01/jonathan-strange-mr-norrell/'>[...]</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>
		<category><![CDATA[you call that love?!]]></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>Megatokyo</title>
		<link>http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2009/05/megatokyo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 05:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shen Git</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Japan]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Fred Gallagher
 Read: Continuously, reread May 2009
 Rating: Brills
Get sucked in: http://www.megatokyo.com/
If you&#8217;ve been reading webcomics for any period of time and haven&#8217;t come across Megatokyo you&#8217;re not surfing the right comics. Ever seen the Sad Girl In Snow trope? This is where it was born.
Megatokyo is a lot of things, on a lot <a href='http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2009/05/megatokyo/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Subtle Knife</title>
		<link>http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2008/09/the-subtle-knife/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2008/09/the-subtle-knife/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 02:45:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shen Git</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[England]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Philip Pullman
Read: August 2008
Rating: Disappointing
Gentle readers, it is a sad day for my bookshelf. I am usually very good about finishing the books I pick up, I hate stopping partway, unless they&#8217;re really trash. Even when something becomes mediocre, I see it through, if only to see how bad it gets. I got 2/3 <a href='http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2008/09/the-subtle-knife/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Golden Compass(es)</title>
		<link>http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2008/08/the-golden-compasses/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2008/08/the-golden-compasses/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 03:14:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shen Git</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Philip Pullman
Read: August 2008
Rating: Intense
I totally missed the boat on this one. It&#8217;s a real shame, because I think I would have quite liked it at the time it was published, and I was just ten years old. At 22, I&#8217;m much more critical of some things, and less easy to impress in other <a href='http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2008/08/the-golden-compasses/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Victory of Eagles</title>
		<link>http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2008/08/victory-of-eagles/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2008/08/victory-of-eagles/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2008 01:14:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shen Git</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[England]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Temeraire]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[dragons]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Naomi Novik]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Naomi Novik
Read: July 2008
Rating: Intense
I got an email alert announcing the release of this book, and was able to attend Naomi Novik&#8217;s very first book signing EVARR. She was excited, we were excited, and the space at the Greenwich Village B&#38;N was standing room only. How cool was that?!
She read an as-yet-unpublished short story <a href='http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2008/08/victory-of-eagles/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Empire of Ivory</title>
		<link>http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2008/07/empire-of-ivory/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2008/07/empire-of-ivory/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:19:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shen Git</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Naomi Novik
Read: June/July 2008
Rating: Fascinating
I put off reading EoI for a long while because I just wasn&#8217;t in the mood. I read the first three Temeraire books back in &#8216;06 and they have since been passed on to both my parents. All our paperbacks now have warped spines and white, messy edges. Signs of <a href='http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2008/07/empire-of-ivory/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Cat&#8217;s Cradle</title>
		<link>http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2007/10/cats-cradle/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2007/10/cats-cradle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2007 21:22:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shen Git</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Kurt Vonnegut.
Available @Amazon.com (but I&#8217;m too lazy to link right now)
Read: September 2007
Rating: PHWOAR.
See the cat, see the cradle?
Book is farking brilliant. My apologies that I&#8217;m not more coherent about it, but I thought it was brilliant.
Vonnegut is my new personal hero. In the course of Cat&#8217;s Cradle he needles modern science, scientists, and <a href='http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2007/10/cats-cradle/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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