holiday inspired reading

Okay so technically Super Bowl Sunday is not a holiday, but it should be. In honor of Super Bowl week I read Playing for Pizza by John Grisham it's one of Grisham's few non-legal stories although he does manage to insert a lawyer of two into the book. It's the story of a journey-man third string NFL quarterback, Rick Dockery, he's got a rocket arm but after a few concussions he's contact shy and tends to throw bad passes trying to avoid a hit. His most notorious, and last, NFL appearance was in the final quarter of the AFC title match he was playing for the Browns and went in with a 14 point lead only to throw 2 interceptions and fumble the ball to loose the game. After the game no one in the NFL will touch him and so his agent gets him a job playing for the Italian NFL (which Grisham says in the author's note is a real thing, American style football in Italy complete with their own Super Bowl) for the Parma Panthers. It's a neat little story, nothing earth shaking or life changing, it goes pretty much the way you think it will, football wise anyway, Rick's personal life throws you a little curve which helps to keep the story interesting. Nice light read.
So now, new week, new holiday, Valentines day and in honor of said romantic holiday I'm reading Like Water for Chocolate. It may of course be in the unrequited, even sad vain of love, I'm not sure. But it is, I believe, considered a romantic book and it's been sitting on my shelf for quite some time quietly awaiting it's turn.