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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>
		<category><![CDATA[I am NOT reading this!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Middle Ages]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blah]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[historical]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[men in KILTS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[romance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spells and curses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elizabeth English]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elizabeth Minogue]]></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>
				<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blah]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cover art]]></category>
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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>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>
		<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[I am NOT reading this!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blah]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[magic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mental powers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[time travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barbara G. Walker]]></category>

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		<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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		<title>The Hebrew Tutor of Bel-Air</title>
		<link>http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2009/08/the-hebrew-tutor-of-bel-air/</link>
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		<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>
		<category><![CDATA[contemporary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[for Feminist Review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[you call that love?!]]></category>
		<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>
				<category><![CDATA[blah]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contemporary]]></category>
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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>
		<category><![CDATA[you call that love?!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[young adult]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sharon Shinn]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/?p=461</guid>
		<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>Powers of Detection</title>
		<link>http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2009/05/powers-of-detection/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2009 19:31:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shen Git</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[blah]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fantasy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[futuristic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[magic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spells and curses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anne Bishop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anne Perry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charlane Harris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dana Stabenow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Donna Andrews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jay Caselberg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Straley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Laura Anne Gilman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Armstrong]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mike Doogan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sharon Shinn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Simon R. Green]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Edited by Dana Stabenow
Read: Sept/Oct 2008 (review finalized May 2009)
Rating: Abysmal
It was a noble goal. Dana Stabenow writes sci fi/fantasy, and when someone suggested she try her hand at a mystery competition she laughed. But she said she&#8217;d try and it turned into a story. It was too long for the competition and she refused <a href='http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2009/05/powers-of-detection/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Helen of Troy</title>
		<link>http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2009/05/helen-of-troy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2009/05/helen-of-troy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2009 06:07:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shen Git</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ancient Civilizations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blah]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spells and curses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[you call that love?!]]></category>
		<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>
		<category><![CDATA[blah]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contemporary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[you call that love?!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sue Monk Kidd]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/?p=368</guid>
		<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>Le Divorce</title>
		<link>http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2008/12/le-divorce/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2008/12/le-divorce/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:41:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shen Git</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[France]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Movie vs. Book]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blah]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contemporary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[you call that love?!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diane Johnson]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/?p=210</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Diane Johnson
Read: November 2008
Rating: Mmph.
Right, so. I saw the movie ages back and don&#8217;t remember much about it except that I liked it more than my mother did, and she thought it was very disappointing.
The book is&#8230; strange. I wish we&#8217;d read it in one of my writing classes because it pulls all kinds <a href='http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2008/12/le-divorce/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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