Culture Clash + The Epic Book Project

[trinityofone]

I’ve been really craving “culture clash” romantic comedies. I’m pretty sure this started because I’ve been rewatching The West Wing (siriaeve’s fault) and I was reminded of a Josh/Donna fic I read years ago where Josh, the East Coast Jew, meets Donna’s Midwestern WASP family, and amusing awkwardness and eventual romance ensue. (This is, incidentally, the story of my mother’s family—my Grandpa G. was even from Connecticut and my Grandma C. from Wisconsin!) Anyway, I can’t find this fic anywhere. Does anyone:

1) Know what the heck I might be talking about?
2) Have any other recs for culture clash rom coms—be they books, fic, films, or anything else? (Just don’t say Meet the Parents.)

Second, I used to nobly set aside a Large and Intimidating Classic to read in the summer months of July and August; this is how I tackled Ulysses and War and Peace. I want to start doing this again, but I can’t decide what book I should read. Can I beg your thoughts? (I’d make a poll but I just realized you can’t without a paid account. Pooh.)

Trin should read:

1) Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes
2) Swann’s Way by Marcel Proust
3) Middlemarch by George Eliot
4) Something else that I’ll suggest in the comments
5) The very idea of this project is incredibly pretentious and I think Trin should just read fanfic and more of akukorax’s Star Trek novels

Thanks, as always, for your suggestions!

Comments

[dancink.livejournal.com]

Yes! I know this fic! Or possibly, since I think this fic was written about twenty million times over by many many authors, but if it was Christmas-y then it was probably "Snowbowl" by Bondi Gargoyle. I have no links because my internet is being a bitch, probably because I'm watching my pizza order obsessively, but I do happen to have it saved in .txt format if you can't find it anywhere else.

I vote for Don Quixote, if only because it's on my list to read when I actually start reading books again.

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

Ha! "Snowbowl" was actually one of the first fics I read when I was searching for it (if 'it' even exists). Not the same story, but fun nonetheless!

I'm in the middle of S7 right now, and if Josh and Donna don't make out soon I AM GOING TO DIE.