As some of you may or may not know, being a bookstore manager myself I can make a couple of great recommendations if you wish... First off and a MUST read this year is The Night Circus by Erin Mortgenstern. A crazy story of two magicians that run a circus that begins at Dusk and closes at dawn. Any fiction lover will indeed LOVE this book as it is going to be one of the biggest for the holiday. For music lovers there is alot of hype behind the Randy Bachman bio recently released. I saw an interview with him at Indigo and it looks like a great music bio. another big one for fiction lovers this year is The Cats Table by Michael Ondaatje... recently nominated for the Giller short list. If you dont know what the Cats table is, it is in fact the farthest table away from the Captains table on any ocean liner... obviously the lowest of the low would be here... potential? Id say so. For hockey lovers Ron MacLean's "Cornered" was just released last week and I cant wait to read this one. anyone that knows Ron from Coaches corner would indeed agree it would most likely be a great read. One more Ill add that looks alot of fun and actually very funny is the upcoming bio of Jann Arden. I think it may actually be an autobio as well which means she will definitely have you in histerics. Hope this may be useful to some.