2008 Fiction and Classics Book Club Favorites

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Our Book Clubs voted of their favorites of 2008 selections.

Fiction chose the following:

1st Place is Sacred Games by Vikram Chandra.

2nd Place went to Ines of My Soul by Isabel Allende.

3rd Place goes to The Enchantress of Florence by Salmon Rushdie.

4th Place goes to The March by E.L. Doctorow. Sherman set a blistering pace marching across the south. He needed to conquer territory and move troops, he had battles to fight. As Sherman moved on, Johnny Reb would be nipping at his heels. Life could become unfortunate for the liberated blacks and poor whites left in Sherman's wake. Rather than sticking around to find out the mood of Johnny Reb, they attached themselves to the hindquarters of Sherman's army slowing him down. Characters swirl in and out of the story as Sherman keeps on moving.

The Classic Book Club chose the following winners.

1st Place goes to A Passage to India by E.M. Forster. Set during the time of the British Raj, an Indian man is accused of a crime, can he find justice? Adela travels to India with her future mother in law, Mrs. Moore. The ladies want to see the real India, meet the locals. Ronny, Mrs. Moore's son and Adela's fianc

2nd Place The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James

3rd Place Tied Between:

Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes and Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh

Sacred Games (Paperback)

By Vikram Chandra

$16.95

ISBN-13: 9780061130366
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Published: Harper Perennial, 12/2007

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In 2007 when this book released it absolutely took my breath away, it was my pick for the best book of the year. This year it is the book club's first choice. Epic is the right description, Sacred Games reaches from the violent partition of India and Pakistan to terrorism in present day London. Opening with the death of a gangster in Mumbai,Inspector Sartaj Singh must discover what the man was up to in the last days of his life. Even the minor characters are captivating. What is good, what is evil? Is it possible the violence visited upon us today sprang from the seed of discontent sown when lines were drawn on a map in government offices thousands of miles away? Are the gangsters and the rulers really flip sides of the same coin?

Ines of My Soul (Paperback)

By Isabel Allende

$14.99

ISBN-13: 9780061161544
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Published: Harper Perennial, 9/2007

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Ines Suarez follows her husband to the New World arriving to find herself a widow. She catches the eye of Pedro de Valdivia. Together they cross deserts and mountains to conquer the natives and create Chile. This much is true. Allende The Conquistadors were men of great bravery and great cruelty who rode for riches or death and were not sensitive to the indigenous people.

The Enchantress of Florence (Paperback)

By Salman Rushdie

$15.00

ISBN-13: 9780679640516
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Random House Trade Paperbacks, 1/2009

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A blond stranger arrives at the court of the Great Akbar with a story fit only for the ears of an emperor. He tells of a beautiful woman, an enchantress of great power, who traveled to Italy long ago. It was a good year for Mr. Rushdie; his book was picked as one of the best books of 2008 by The New York Times and was on the Indie Bound list of Bestsellers.