| 1. |  | The Shack: Where Tragedy Confronts Eternity
from Oasis Audio
Price: $18.47
Customer Review:
I thought this book was stupid! I started to happily read thinking I had come across another joy of a book and then felt profoundly let down by the author's stage play of the Trinity. Any number of other ways this could have been written. | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 2. |  | Unaccustomed Earth
from Knopf Canada
Customer Review:
My wife has read this book. She noemally does not like the short-story approach, but this one she thought was very good. We have some friends that were in the same situation and the book really tells the story of trheir problems.
| 4.5 / 5.0
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| 3. |  | Life of Pi
from Canongate Pub Ltd
Customer Review:
If I could find a couple words to describe this novel, they would be the words "philosophical", "deep", or "exciting". The main reason for this is the point of view. Pi, the main character, is a practicing Hindu, Christian, AND Muslim ALL AT THE SAME TIME. So when faced with a life or death... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 4. |  | The Gargoyle
from Doubleday
Price: $15.57
Customer Review:
I laughed and cried as I read this book. You will see the worst parts of yourself form entire broken characters, which, in turns, will make you squirm uncomfortably and make you feel less alone. My only complaint is that often the references are obscure and, left unexplained, make the reader feel... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 5. |  | The Cellist of Sarajevo
from Riverhead Hardcover
Price: $14.27
Customer Review:
are the drop dead series of paintings of this story painted by Canadian artist, Deryk Houston of BC. They would have made for the perfect book of an amazing story. | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 6. |  | The Best American Mystery Stories 2008 (The Best American Series)
from Houghton Mifflin
Price: $10.72
Customer Review:
The Best American Mystery Stories series is consistantly one of the best short story anthologies of the year and this is no exception. This year's collection offers many traditional favorite writers as well as a few surprises. A must for short story lovers! | 5.0 / 5.0
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| 7. |  | The Best American Short Stories 2007 (Edition 001)
from Houghton Mifflin
Price: $10.67
Customer Review:
Every year I read both "The Best American Short Stories" and "The O. Henry Prize Stories", which both attempt to accomplish the same goal: collect the top 20 short stories published in North America in a given year. The highly subjective nature of this endeavor is proven by the fact that there is... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 8. |  | Personal Demon (Women of the Otherworld, Book 8)
from Spectra
Price: $6.99
Customer Review:
I am a big fan of Kelley Armstrong's Women of the Otherworld series so I was really looking forward to reading Personal Demon. I'm happy to say I was not disappointed.
For anyone unfamiliar with the series, each book is narrated by a female character who is some sort of supernatural. So far... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 9. |  | Someone Knows My Name
from Norton
Price: $9.07
Customer Review:
Good, not great. I enjoy historical fiction, but this one felt (literally) too textbook for me. I didn't mind the history, but really would have preferred if it were cloaked in a more personal story with stronger emotional ties to the characters.
| 4.5 / 5.0
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| 10. |  | The Outlander
from Ecco
Price: $17.13
Customer Review:
After the Washington Post named this novel one of the best of 2008, I had high hopes. Parts of it were wonderful, but overall, it was a disappointment to me, marred most frequently by wooden dialogue that an editor could have improved. It did contain some beautiful descriptions of a rugged... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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