John Grisham - Skipping Christmas

Pros: Fast, easy reading with a touching ending.
Cons: expensive

Grisham's "Skipping Christmas" was a refreshing and entertaining book to read after a long day of Christmas shopping. My husband is an accountant, so for me this was like reading about my life. However, I am sure many people can identify with the...

Pros: This is a very enjoyable book with lots of laughs
Cons: different from Grishams thrillers

This book has laughs from the begining to the end. It is really worth reading. The story starts with a couple and their twenty three year old daughter at Thanksgiving. The daughter joins the Peace Corps and won't be back until next Christmas. The...

Pros: A very entertaining, quick read that will get you in the spirit.
Cons: A little pricey for such a quick read.

As a huge John Grisham fan I look forward to February each year knowing that his latest novel will be out. This year I got an end of the year surprise when I found Skipping Christmas.

Skipping Christmas is John Grisham's second...

Pros: Sentimental, Easy to Read
Cons: Costly at $19.95 suggested retail

Ingredients:
1 -- Child dealing with strep throat & flu symptoms
1 -- Mom – not sure if it is sympathy pains, or if she is also ill
1 -- Afternoon of cancelled parties and Christmas plans
1 -- Beanbag Chair
1 -- Barbie® Sleeping...

Pros: Gives a humorous look at the holidays.
Cons: Too short.

Skipping Christmas by John Grisham will surely make people who read it stop and think about all the hoopla and craziness that surround the holiday season.

The story starts the day after Thanksgiving with Luther and Nora Krank sending...

Pros: Funny, entertaining, easy reading.
Cons: None

Skipping Christmas is definitely a great book to read. Luther the main character reminds me of myself. Wouldn't you just love (at least once in a lifetime) to get away from Christmas and all the stress, shopping, cooking and spending? Wouldn't you...

Pros: easy read, great narration, fun story!
Cons: characters are a bit much at times

Who can resist a book that is only 178 pages long, written by a famous author and entitled Skipping Christmas? I skipped buying this book at the bookstore, but managed to snag a copy at my local library. It was so good; I’m going to buy a copy of my...

Pros: A different direction for John Grisham
Cons: Wish it was longer

This book was a great change in reading. It was not your typical John Grishman "lawyer" book. I felt as if the people in the book could be my next door neighbors. The characters were detailed so well. It was light and whimsical. The story line was so...

Pros: quick, easy read; humorous; irreverant look at the Christmas season in America
Cons: takes shots at accountants

Visiting relatives can be tedious at times, but can also open up opportunities. For example, in our pre-Christmas travels this year I was able to read the latest John Grisham offering, Skipping Christmas. It is a great book to read during the holiday...

Pros: Hilarious, easy to read
Cons: too short

I normally read Dickens and other Victorian novels and, believe it or not, have never read Grisham. So it was easy for me to accept Skipping Christmas on it's own merit. I thought it refreshingly funny. I think the Kranks have a great marriage. Mrs....

Pros: Easy read, understandable, like reading a movie. Hilarious.
Cons: none

I was roaming my college library, when I came across this book. It was perfect, the size of the book is what really caught my attention. It was not until I actually opened the book to the front page and saw that the author of this book had written a ...

Pros: Great story, easy to read, delightful
Cons: Can't beleive John Grisham wrote it.

The Author

John Grisham has written some wonderful books, The Firm, The Pelican Brief, A Time To Kill and many more, all of them have been serious and had gripping story lines. With his latest book Skipping Christmas,...

Pros: Light, entertaining and humorous
Cons: Tooo short a read for the price

I bought this book as a gift for my wife this past Christmas and ended up reading it also. A delightful read! The different angle to approaching the holidays we all hope to take at least once in our lives, Grisham keeps the story moving with a laugh out...

Pros: Easy read, funny, surprising ending!
Cons: too short!

Okay, so I finally got my copy from my book club and sat down to read it...it went by too quickly!!

Grisham is known for his lawyer type novels, but this was different, as his last novel, "A Painted House." This one is about a couple who...

Pros: very funny and nice book for the holidays
Cons: not a very good ending but over all very good

Imagine a year without Christmas. No crowded malls, no corny office parties, no fruitcakes, no unwanted presents. That’s just what Luther and Nora Krank have in mind when they decide that, just this once, they’ll skip the holiday altogether. Theirs will...