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	<title>Reading Backwards book reviews &#187; England</title>
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		<title>Remarkable Creatures</title>
		<link>http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2010/03/remarkable-creatures/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 07:36:26 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[England]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tracy Chevalier]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Tracy Chevalier
Read: January &#8216;10
Rating: Illuminating
For the Feminist Review
I&#8217;m a huge fan of Tracy Chevalier. Like a lot of people, I began with Girl with a Pearl Earring, and have since made my way through all but one of her other books. So of course I leapt at the chance to sample her newest offering.
Like all <a href='http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2010/03/remarkable-creatures/'>[...]</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>
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		<category><![CDATA[Johanna Lindsey]]></category>

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		<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>A Knight in Shining Armor</title>
		<link>http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2010/02/a-knight-in-shining-armor/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2010/02/a-knight-in-shining-armor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:23:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shen Git</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[England]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[I am NOT reading this!]]></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>
		<comments>http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2010/01/the-landower-legacy/#comments</comments>
		<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>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>A Reputable Rake</title>
		<link>http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2009/12/a-reputable-rake/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2009/12/a-reputable-rake/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 23:01:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shen Git</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[England]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Diane Gaston]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Diane Gaston
Read: November 2009
 Rating: Amusing
Not a lot to say about this one. It was definitely amusing.
Totally ludicrous set-up that the book made work:
Morgana Hart has a maid who thinks she&#8217;s only fit to work as a common whore. Desperate to keep her from such a life, Morgana promises to help her become a <a href='http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2009/12/a-reputable-rake/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Love Only Once</title>
		<link>http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2009/11/love-only-once/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:18:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shen Git</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[England]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Johanna Lindsey]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Johanna Lindsey
Read: October/November 2009
Rating: Fun!
Do not be fooled by that innocuous cover in the Amazon preview. DO NOT, I SAY. That is a redesign, to appeal to modern readers. Why? Because this would never pass muster today:

I&#8217;m not sure it passed muster then, either. My edition is more orangey, but you get the point. <a href='http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2009/11/love-only-once/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason</title>
		<link>http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2009/11/bridget-jones-the-edge-of-reason/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2009/11/bridget-jones-the-edge-of-reason/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:18:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shen Git</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Helen Fielding]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[by Helen Fielding
Read: 2003-ish, October 2009
Rating: Even better.
I&#8217;ve fallen behind in my reviews, so this will have to be a bit quick.
Edge of Reason is even better than the original Bridget Jones. It&#8217;s longer, and more involved. It also has much more of her excellent friends.
And, yes, this is the one where she goes on <a href='http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2009/11/bridget-jones-the-edge-of-reason/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bridget Jones&#8217; Diary</title>
		<link>http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2009/11/bridget-jones-diary/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2009/11/bridget-jones-diary/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:06:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shen Git</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[England]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Helen Fielding
Read: October 2009, repeatedly since ~2002
Rating: v.v.v.v.g.
Bridget Jones is a classic of our time. She can&#8217;t be anything but. Plenty of people have gone on and on about how this book changed womens&#8217; literature to chick lit (for better or worse). When I first read it, I was sixteen and trapped on a <a href='http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2009/11/bridget-jones-diary/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Untamed</title>
		<link>http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2009/07/untamed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2009/07/untamed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:46:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shen Git</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Elizabeth Lowell]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Elizabeth Lowell
Read: June 2009
Rating:  Cool?
Yeah, so, I&#8217;ve talked about how dangerous library book sales are, right? Right. I found me some romances. Proper swooning cover romances. I mean, check this inner cover out. Pink satin sheets, hair spread wantonly across pillows, limbs tangled and toes curling.

Oh yeah, and he&#8217;s got a mullet.
You might <a href='http://www.thewordofgit.com/readingbackwards/2009/07/untamed/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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