Only one vote separates the books at this point. I really don't want to see a tie, as I really don't want to have to choose between these two. I really don't mind which wins as they both look excellent. Someone needs to some campaigning here. Christmas Mysteries looks excellent and I love a good mystery, but is everyone going to have time to read 674 pages by the 20th? Annie Proulx is an unknown for me, but she has a solid core of fans, and some of the samples they have posted elsewhere of her writing makes the book seem like a sure bet, and it's only 295 pages (or 323, depending on where you buy the book). And, of course, one of the stories was made into a major motion picture.
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