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Originally posted by barely_legal
Ok, the holidays are coming up and I will be spending lots of time with my extended family, which means I will be spending lots of time huddled in a corner reading and pretending to be autistic (my cousins are very impressed that I managed to graduate law school even with my "challenge"). So, can anybody recommend some good books? Special bonus for books relating to the holiday season. I prefer mysteries but I'll read anything that's good.
Anyway, clearly I need something less intellectual to take my mind off of punctuation atrocities. Help a girl out.
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I was just thinking of you -- Mrs. Not Bob and I saw "Sideways" over the weekend, and the protagonist is apparently a fan of barely legal.
Anyway, I know how much my you think of my book recommendations, so I have a couple for you. E/O recommended the Emperor of Ocean Park here a while ago, and I picked it up a few weeks ago when I had a deposition out of town. It's a great read -- even a know it all like me learned stuff while trying to figure out whodunnit.
Carl Hiiason's Skinny Dip is an amusing read. I guess it's technically a mystery, but it's mostly just fun.
John Grisham's Skipping Christmas is also a short, amusing read. Unfortunately, they turned it into what looks to be a moronic movie with Tim Allen.
I also enjoyed the Bill Clinton memoir. Your relatives will no doubt give you plenty of space if they see you reading that.
