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Summary: The Ultimate Christmas Stress-Reducer
Review: Sometimes a person just needs to have some fun. And this book is fun. For the past two years, my friends, family and I have gotten away from the hub-bub associated with the Thanksgiving through Christmas period by reading SKIPPING CHRISTMAS. The book was predictable and silly, which made it fun to read. It's a little book that "reads" quickly. Grisham is a master with word pictures. A group of neighbors protesting in front of the house of the one rebel who won't decorate his home like the others? FREE FROSTY! HA!! When the annoying little boy next door asked Luther why he was brown (tanning lamp), I laughed out loud. In fact, the entire book was full of chuckles, giggles, and laughing out loud! A no-brainer, un-serious book that you read just for the fun of it.
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Summary: Grinch is Back on Hemlock Street....but will he stay?
Review: A very quick read and delightful story. Grisholm writes and entertaining story of a family that decides to forego Christmas and take a Cruise instead. You can imagine what scenerio's come to fruition throughout this funny short story.A cute ending that will instill the spirit of Christmas lasts forever. I recommend.
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Summary: Hilarious and Upbeat
Review: Skipping Christmas was a fast moving and VERY(I can agree with that)kind of book.It tells how "off" everyone goes at Christmas,and how exasperating it can be in a humorous and truthful way.From spending to much for no reason to stepping in sloshy snow up to your knees!
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Summary: A New Grisham
Review: If you're from a small town (or even if you're not) you will love this book. Set in a little community, this novel gives a slightly exaggerated view of what it is like to live in a place where everyone knows everyone else and thinks that they need to know everything about everyone else, as well. This book is completely different from any other Grisham has written, and it is probably my all-time favorite book. It is absolutely hilarious and I promise you won't be able to put it down!
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Summary: Skipping Christmas
Review: Being a long time fan of Grisham's novels, I delayed reading this short one. I like long novels, big thick tomes that take a time investment. Well, it may take less time to read Skipping Christmas than reading War and Peace, but it's certainly a lot funnier. Skipping Christmas is the funniest book I've read since M.A.S.H. I know more than one tax accountant and to keep from sounding discriminatory let me just say they don't have a reputation for being the most daring fellows around. And, in the beginning, Luther Krank is just as straight-laced and routine driven as any accountant I've known. That begins to change pretty rapidly when he convinces his wife Nora to go along with his rather questionable scheme to just forget Christmas this year. There were moments when I had to quit reading so I could finish laughing, not just an amused chuckle, but a full blown heehaw. One particular incident begins as I watch Luther climb on his roof. I know he is in trouble, real trouble but I can't quit snickering. It's gonna serve him right, the crawfish, it's gonna hurt and it's gonna serve him right. This is a most enjoyable read that I will certainly re-read, and without the time investment of War and Peace.
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Summary: A Must Read!
Review: This is one book that should be in everyone's library and read over and over again. Grisham has captured the spirit of the holiday in a humorous, and eventually moving, way. I've bought several copies of this book just to give to friends. If you haven't read it, grab it now. If you have read it then you have to agree with me. It's quite possibly one of the most entertaining books out there.
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Summary: A scenario disguised as a book
Review: This is no litterature. This really feels to me as if Grisham wanted to write a scenario for a comedy but didn't want to skip on the income it would bring as a book.
The actions and reactions of the characters could maybe pass in the caricatural world of a movie, but in a book, they're just plain unlikely and unbelievable. You're not buying it and it interferes greatly with your enjoyment. The very plot of hiding the situation from their adult 23 year old daughter is VERY hard to swallow. What's more, Grisham is not a funny author. What makes a situation funny, in a book, is the style of writing, the way it is introduced and handled. In Skipping Christmas, Grisham only describes the funny situations, like he would, once again, for a scenario. But aren't books about writing? Aren't books about style? The supposedly funny situations, plainly described, fall flat and I didn't even smile once while reading it.
It might make an OK comedy on the screens. But as a book, no thanks.
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Summary: Fun Read!
Review: This is a fun read but it gets more and more unbelievable as it progresses! It speaks of how difficult it is to escapes the Joneses once you are on the treadmill!
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Summary: The best laid plans of mice and men.
Review: Most of this book revolves around the intentions of Luther and Nora Krank to skip Christmas ~ skip the gift shopping, the tree purchase from a local organization, Frosty on the roof, the card and cheese orders, the parties, the food preparation, etc. Luther talks his wife into making a deposit on a 10-day Caribbean cruise, instead. Fate, however, has other ideas. Their daughter Blair (off in Peru working for the Peace Corps) has some very exciting news. This is bound to become a Christmas classic in the image of the "Scrooge" and "Grinch" books.
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Summary: Skipping Christmas, a Pleasant Surprise
Review: I just finished reading Skipping Christmas. BRAVO to John Grisham! I'm not one to be able to gage the literary quality of this book, but I do know that it made me laugh. I was able to chuckle aloud as I read it in the waiting room of the doctor's office, and again at home when all was quiet and my husband and myself were doing "serious" reading. It's so nice to read something that is non-violent, non-vulgar and just plain funny. After reading most of his other books, this one was a pleasant surprise.
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