Sometimes I like to turn off my brain and punish it in the Process: "Literary Smut" by Kate Christensen

It's actually called "In the Drink" and I have no idea why I read this book.

ITD is the ideal "treadmill book" as I like to call them--books that you can read while focusing a majority of your attention on something more important. Claudia, the whiny protagonist is a pain in the rear, managing to be both inappropriately aggressive and spineless at the same time. 

I think the author really wanted to address Claudia's glaringly obvious alcoholism but wasn't sure how to, so she sprinkled in a few flippant remarks suggesting that Claudia might have a substance abuse problem but maybe not but maaaaaaaybe (probably) she does. 

I would recommend this book to someone who is just learning to read because it is just about 200 pages long and even has a cat in it

If this was a grad school extra credit assignment (WAS IT, KATE?), I would award this book 10 out of 25 possible extra credit points because she obviously tried and I can relate to the central character because I am also female.