<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Book rants @ grerp.blog-city.com</title><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/</link><description>(Book rants) </description><copyright>Copyright 2008 grerp.blog-city.com</copyright><generator></generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:36:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><title>Book rants @ grerp.blog-city.com</title><url>http://server1.blog-city.com/images/bc_v5_logo_small.gif</url><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/</link></image><ttl>360</ttl><docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss</docs><item><title>Reading between the lines...</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/reading_between_the_lines.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/reading_between_the_lines.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2007 04:02:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=reading%5Fbetween%5Fthe%5Flines</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[...here , here  and here, it looks like by book #4 (Fourth Comings) there is still no satisfactory resolution to the muddle McCafferty made of Jessica and Marcus&#39;s relationship.&nbsp; Sigh.&nbsp; I would really like to know what the &quot;big sec]]></description><category>megan mccafferty</category><category>marcus flutie</category><category>jessica darling</category><category>young adult lit</category><category>books</category></item><item><title>Double Standards by Judith Mcnaught: 2nd time around</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/double_standards_2nd_time_around.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/double_standards_2nd_time_around.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2007 16:42:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=double%5Fstandards%5F2nd%5Ftime%5Faround</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I read Double Standards for the first time in 2001 and quite enjoyed it.&nbsp; I remember I was jonesing for some alpha jerk behavior, and Nick Sinclair served it right up.&nbsp;]]></description><category>romance novels</category><category>books</category><category>rereading</category></item><item><title>Just how many admirers does Sookie have?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/just_how_many_admirers_does_sookie_have.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/just_how_many_admirers_does_sookie_have.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2007 14:42:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=just%5Fhow%5Fmany%5Fadmirers%5Fdoes%5Fsookie%5Fhave</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I&#39;ve been catching up on the Sookie Stackhouse series this year.&nbsp; I reread Dead until Dark earlier this spring and then two more in the series, Club Dead and Dead to the World.&nbsp; In my opinion, this series is growing progressively worse,]]></description><category>charlaine harris</category><category>sookie stackhouse</category><category>books</category></item><item><title>Good ending????</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/good_ending.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/good_ending.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2007 21:16:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=good%5Fending</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[So, I just finished this book.  This book that I waited two years for and finally got through bookcloseouts.com.I. Am. Feeling. Disgruntled.It is utterly clear to me now that Paullina Simons, whatever her gifts and talents, cannot - is not capab]]></description><category>the girl in times square</category><category>paullina simons</category><category>books</category><category>book rants</category></item><item><title>Mommy Wars</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/mommy_wars.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/mommy_wars.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jun 2006 04:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=mommy%5Fwars</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I picked up Mommy Wars: Stay-at-Home and Career Moms Face Off on Their Choices, Their Lives, and Their Families by Leslie Morgan Steiner hoping for a good discussion on the various pros and cons of staying home vs. working.  I didn't get it.Maybe]]></description></item><item><title>After the Night by Linda Howard</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/after_the_night.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/after_the_night.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2004 21:06:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=after%5Fthe%5Fnight</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[After the Night by Linda Howard has been in the TBR for quite some time, but after hearing a comment on how sexy the hero was on one of my boards, I pulled it out last night and starting reading.Ack!I had many, many, many, many problems with this sto]]></description></item><item><title>The Goodbye Summer by Patricia Gaffney</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/the_goodbye_summer.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/the_goodbye_summer.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2004 21:22:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=the%5Fgoodbye%5Fsummer</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Friday night before H. got here, I skimmed the new Patricia Gaffney. OMG, it was depressing. Capital D, capital PRESSING. Really a downer.The main character, Caddie, is a young woman who was raised by her grandmother who has recently had a fall and w]]></description></item><item><title>Finally know what Grandpere was doing in the basement</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/finally_know_what_grandpere_was_doing_in_the_basement.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/finally_know_what_grandpere_was_doing_in_the_basement.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2004 04:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=finally%5Fknow%5Fwhat%5Fgrandpere%5Fwas%5Fdoing%5Fin%5Fthe%5Fbasement</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Ritual sex rites.Ew.This book is like a train wreck for me. I&#39;m appalled, but I can&#39;t look away. I wonder if Brown could actually form a sentence that didn&#39;t include both the words Vatican and evil. Or sinister, or cunning, or diabolical.]]></description></item><item><title>Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/da_vinci_code.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/da_vinci_code.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2004 21:26:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=da%5Fvinci%5Fcode</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I&#39;ve been listening to The Da Vinci Code on tape, and, unfortunately, I&#39;m finding it remarkably annoying. I&#39;ve been on hold for this thing for months, several friends of mine recommended it, and it&#39;s a bestseller, so I expected to lik]]></description></item><item><title>Annoying book</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/annoying_book.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/annoying_book.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2003 04:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=annoying%5Fbook</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Last night I skimmed through the first half of The Conviction of Charlotte Grey by Jeanne Cheyney. This is an inspirational romance set in 1770 England. The heroine is a follower of John Wesley. Her family is killed in the fire that destroys her home]]></description></item></channel></rss>