Skipping Christmas
Registered by ThreeSixNine of Catawba, Wisconsin USA on 3/1/2004
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
2 journalers for this copy...
I just got done with this book and there were times I was laughing out loud, causing the Husband to look over at me oddly. It was very entertaining and I loved the ending.
This book is looking for a new reader.
Arrived today with a bunch of books from three104. It's destined for a wild release challenge. Thank you so much!
Hardback book with dust cover in good condition - Large Print Edition. From the dust jacket:
"Ever get so fed up with the holidays that you'd like to skip the whole thing? Luther and Nora Krank are about to boycott Christmas--and it's going to be a holiday they'll never forget. With their daughter, Blair, off to Peru to serve in the Peace Corps, the Kranks are trading the hassles of Christmas for a holiday cruise in the Caribbean. No gifts. No tree. No cards. No lights. No fruitcake. Just sunbathing, snorkeling and eight meals a day...they're shocked to find their neighbors are appalled. How dare they cancel their annual party...and refuse to buy a tree from the boy scouts...and ruin the neighborhood's chance to win the decorating award! Although the hostility is troubling, the Kranks stand strong. Until they get a phone call from Blair, who wants to bring home her new Peruvian fiance for an old fashioned Christmas. What the Kranks will have to do to create a festive holiday on a few hours notice will make your sides ache from laughing and banish any wild ideas you've ever had about skipping Christmas."
My review: This is the second book in row I read by John Grisham which wasn't a thriller. It's a quick (only 230 pages in large print), funny read that was made into a movie released in 2004 called Christmas with the Kranks with Tim Allen and Jamie Lee Curtis. I didn't see the film, but could easily see how this would be adapted to a funny holiday movie. The story is predictable, but cleverly written.
I'll be releasing it this month as part of a Christmas in July challenge.
"Ever get so fed up with the holidays that you'd like to skip the whole thing? Luther and Nora Krank are about to boycott Christmas--and it's going to be a holiday they'll never forget. With their daughter, Blair, off to Peru to serve in the Peace Corps, the Kranks are trading the hassles of Christmas for a holiday cruise in the Caribbean. No gifts. No tree. No cards. No lights. No fruitcake. Just sunbathing, snorkeling and eight meals a day...they're shocked to find their neighbors are appalled. How dare they cancel their annual party...and refuse to buy a tree from the boy scouts...and ruin the neighborhood's chance to win the decorating award! Although the hostility is troubling, the Kranks stand strong. Until they get a phone call from Blair, who wants to bring home her new Peruvian fiance for an old fashioned Christmas. What the Kranks will have to do to create a festive holiday on a few hours notice will make your sides ache from laughing and banish any wild ideas you've ever had about skipping Christmas."
My review: This is the second book in row I read by John Grisham which wasn't a thriller. It's a quick (only 230 pages in large print), funny read that was made into a movie released in 2004 called Christmas with the Kranks with Tim Allen and Jamie Lee Curtis. I didn't see the film, but could easily see how this would be adapted to a funny holiday movie. The story is predictable, but cleverly written.
I'll be releasing it this month as part of a Christmas in July challenge.
Journal Entry 5 by MarysGirl at Connecticut Muffin on Cortelyou Rd in Brooklyn, New York USA on Friday, July 31, 2009
Released 14 yrs ago (7/31/2009 UTC) at Connecticut Muffin on Cortelyou Rd in Brooklyn, New York USA
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THE 2009 ULTIMATE CHALLENGE
CHRISTMAS IN JULY CHALLENGE
2009 KEEP THEM MOVING CHALLENGE #16
You've not only found a book, but also a wonderful community of readers and book lovers who think our books should be "out there," not gathering dust on our shelves. We register our books at BookCrossing.com so we can keep up with where they go, who reads them, and what people think of them. We release books "into the wild," trade books, and discuss all things bookish on our forums.
If you like the BookCrossing concept, you might want to register a screen name (no one is ever given your e-mail address), so that you can keep up with this book, and maybe release others. Or you can journal this book as Anonymous Finder. It's all perfectly safe, confidential, fascinating, and fun. If you do join, please tell the BookCrossing powers that be, that MarysGirl sent you their way.
Thanks and Happy “Crossings!”
MarysGirl
THE 2009 ULTIMATE CHALLENGE
CHRISTMAS IN JULY CHALLENGE
2009 KEEP THEM MOVING CHALLENGE #16
