[.ca] Chicken Soup for the Unsinkable Soul: 101 Inspirational ... (ISBN 1558746994)

tough times:
i found that when reading a few of the stories i felt greatly moved, more books like Chicken soup should be written as i feel deeply emotional especially as something unforgettable happened to me recently that has made me look at life completely differently.

a really perfect book:
these book is a good book to read when you feel that life is not good with you and when you face alot of problems in it . it really help me in my school and family life.

Restoring my faith in Chicken Soup . . .:
After reading the hokey "Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul," I was a bit leery about reading another Chicken Soup book. I wasn't sure if the stories in Chicken Soup were ones that I could relate to my life and my experiences. But when I heard that the Chicken Soup people had published a book for the "unsinkable soul," I decided to give the books another try. As a mildly disabled person who has conquered many obstacles in my own childhood, I thought that if there was any characteristic that I related to, it would be triumph -- success -- unsinkability. Needless to say, I was very pleased with this book. There were stories that made me laugh, others that made me cry, and even more that made me think. My favorite story was called "The Flight of the Red-Tail," written by Penny Porter, an awesome author. The story narrates one family's attempt to save a bird struck by a vehicle. Although the bird had one bad wing and was on the brink of death, it was able to recover and eventually learned to fly. Also, Erma Bombeck's contributions to the book were especially poignant and inspiring. The book closes with her piece called "At Wit's End," which stresses the importance of living for today, not for tomorrow. Overall, the book proved to be a valuable source of encouragement, enlightenment, and inspiration. Even though I never wanted to put the book down, I finished each reading with an invigorating feeling. I was blown away at the combined power of the short stories and poems that compose this book. Even if you've felt let down by the Chicken Soup series in the past, I invite you to give "unsinkable soul" a try. I dare each and every reader to devour this book from cover to cover and then say that he or she wasn't moved or touched in some way by this book. "Chicken Soup for the Unsinkable Soul" is incredibly powerful -- and highly recommended.

Okay, but nowhere near as good as its predecessors:
This book is okay, but nowhere near as good as its predecessors. It is comprised of short stories -- often rather verbose short stories -- rather than the short, meaningful passages in the earlier Chicken Soup books. The earlier books are studded with post-it stickers saving the innumerable passages I want to reread or frame, and I frequently think back to those wonderful passages. Not these -- there isn't a single post-it sticker in the entire book, and I'm donating it to the charity fair since there's nothing worth rereading. To be fair, I suppose that this might prove helpful to someone overwhelmed by insurmountable problems and in need of reading sappy boring story after sappy boring story -- but I, myself, was much more humbled and inspired by the earlier volumes.

Above most servings, but still far below the first one:
Perhaps the words "for the Unsinkable Soul" had misled me to over expect, I was quite disappointed. The stories are relatively plain and uninteresting. It's a complete stereotype of the first three servings, but with much less glamour and appeal. In case you are still very satisfied with the third serving, which I believe only people who had completed the first three servings would look for a book like this, go for it. If you had already been tired of the third one after the first two, this book is not for you.