So I wrote up my own little SOAP client to Allconsuming, which, while not nearly as cool as booktalk, works nicely to maintain my little READING sidebar. (though as you can see in the case of Applying Patterns there are still some aesthetic tweaks to make). Get the script and the template.

By the way, it looks a little different then DJ’s because SOAP::Lite’s autodispatch+ feature breaks Template Toolkit (and is kind of icky anyway)