Let it Snow

Dec 06, 2010

Janina rated it

Shelves: young-adult-fiction, lovestory-romance, winter-books, books-i-own, street-corner, contemporary, read-in-2010, fluff, comfort-reads, just-hilarious, pure-entertainment

This is the perfect book to curl up with when it’s cold and snowing outside. It is one of those reads that just makes you want to snuggle up on your couch, a hot cocoa or tea in hand and enjoy the winterly atmosphere. In fact, the only thing missing for my perfect reading experience was the fireplace ;).

I don’t want to give too much away about the stories themselves because I think it is best to go into this book unprepared and let yourself be surprised. I liked all three stories, bu...more

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Dec 04, 2010

oliviasbooks rated it

Shelves: stays-with-me, young-adult-fiction, short-stories-essays, love-story, read-2009, christmas-winter, multiple-povs-letters, read-2010, favorites, scb-group-read

Three snowy stories by different authors melted into a satisfying whole. Yes, I think, I like it! I have finished the first story "Jubilee Line" by Maureen Johnson (great style, by the way. Funny, a little crazy, a little romantic.) and started the second one, "Cheertastic Christmas Miracle" by John Green. After a few pages I thought: "Wait, another Waffle House in the middle of nowhere? These guys know a heartbroken boy named Stuart Weintraub? Ha, this is the protagonis...more

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Aug 09, 2008

nicole j. wroblewski rated it

Shelves: ya, holiday

Pretty much what you'd expect. Light, fun, festive. Had the feel of an ABC Family made-for-tv holiday special, but funnier. And quirkier. Because John Green and Maureen Johnson are funny and quirky. But Lauren Myracle. Mehhh. I just felt like she was trying to keep up with them but couldn't, and leaving her to write the final story, to tie everything together, was a mistake. It was nice to see all the characters from all three stories come together, but was a lot weaker than if the order of stor...more

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Dec 23, 2008

Shelley rated it

Shelves: christmas, youth

It started off strong and got progressively weaker. Maureen Johnson was fun, John Green all right and Lauren Myracle dismal.

Maureen Johnson's story was super quirky and giggly and slightly ridiculous (in a good way). I liked Jubilee a lot, crazy as she was, and was amused to see a lot of my mother in Stuart's. It was just cheery, fun Christmas fluff.

John Green's kind of drove me nuts. I wanted to like it more, but I guess I am not that adventurous, because I kept thinking...more

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Dec 26, 2008

Joanne rated it

Looking for Alaska is popular with my students, and I've enjoyed everything I've read by John Green, so I bought this for my classroom library.

The first story was pretty good: girl-meets-boy-in-a-blizzard. The boy was very sweet. I would definitely seek out more of Maureen Johnson's work for my classroom.

The John Green story was familiar: nerdy guy's adventures with his brainy (in this case, Asian) friend and their one-of-the-boys, liable-to-say-anything platonic girl pal...more

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Nov 18, 2008

Jennifer Wardrip rated it

Shelves: trt-posted-reviews

Reviewed by Sarah Bean the Green Bean Teen Queen for TeensReadToo.com

I'm a sucker for romance any time of the year, but something about the holiday season makes me want to curl up in a nice blanket, drink hot chocolate, and read love stories. LET IT SNOW is the perfect holiday read.

Maureen Johnson starts things off with THE JUBILEE EXPRESS, in which Jubliee (no, not a stripper, but named for a piece in her mother's collection of the Flobie Santa Village) finds herself st...more

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Dec 28, 2011

Aaron Vincent rated it

Shelves: 2011

3 star-rating to Jubilee Express by Maureen Johnson.
The first 'book' I read from Maureen Johnson. It wasn't as funny as I thought it would be. I find Maureen's tweets and blog posts a great deal funnier than she was in this. It's cute and made me felt the merriment of the holiday season. Did it excite me to read more from her? Not really. But I won't mind reading them if I have nothing else to read.

4 star-rating to A Cheertastic Christmas Miracle by John Green.
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Dec 18, 2008

Loryn rated it

Recommends it for: Young Adults, Young at Heart

Shelves: read-it-and-loved-it, young-adult-ya

I read this upon a recommendation from a co-worker and I LOVED it. It was just what I needed. I normally stay away from Christmas themed books, this just might be one of the first that I've read, but the romance in "Let it Snow" makes it hard to not fall in love with this book.

By far, my favorite of the three stories is "Jubilee Express" by Maureen Johnson. It has a great story line as well as a great romance. I liked this story so much, I am planning on readi...more

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Jan 05, 2009

Lizzie rated it

Shelves: young-adult, 2009

I started reading this on Christmas Eve and finished on the last night of holiday break, so, you know, beat that. When I told Meg I received it as a Christmas present, she told me: "You can rate it on two scales: actual scale, and Christmas scale." Good thinking, except actually both scales had the same denominator dragging it down for me, which is the last story, which was a dud for me in both actualness and Christmasness.

The first two stories are really nice, Maureen Jo...moreI started reading this on Christmas Eve and finished on the last night of holiday break, so, you know, beat that. When I told Meg I received it as a Christmas present, she told me: "You can rate it on two scales: actual scale, and Christmas scale." Good thinking, except actually both scales had the same denominator dragging it down for me, which is the last story, which was a dud for me in both actualness and Christmasness.

The first two stories are really nice, Maureen Johnson's lead has a pretty good center. Quirk enough for a holiday romantic comedy, romance enough but just enough, a plot contrivance that's fun to explore. I believe it's John Green's story that talks about the sustained thrill of extreme weather situations, and both of these stories play around in that feeling in a fun way. I like Maureen Johnson's take on it, and I like her character's little fable of having a bad boyfriend and realizing it for the first time. It felt like a unique little lump, an appropriate lesson, to put into a charming romance trilogy about Christmas blizzards.

John Green does buddy comradery better than probably any other teen author, which is a good credential. He also seems to have a thing for the frantic ragtag journey, fueled with the slightly imagined and slightly testosterone-ish stakes of teenagers deciding to pursue something just for awesome's sake. That's fun to read about when it's kids in a comic story, and also it's what everyone tries to remember to want in real life. (Even if you can't do it a lot, I think wanting to is worthwhile.) Also his story made me order waffles at a diner one day.

But I just don't think Lauren Myracle's a writer for me. Based on this story, she lacks a warmth and substance that other authors value and I care about as a reader. (Even as a reader of romantic comedies for teenagers.) I knew I didn't like the story in the first chapter and it was so long and I kind of wanted to quit. The character's an asshole to read about, and the Christmas Lesson that is drilled into her is given total Disney treatment and has no actual bearing on the outcome, or actual change. The developments of the plot were a mess all over. What really drove me insane, though, was a reliance on (a personal peeve) pop-culture-dropping brand names everyfuckingwhere. It has a place, in jokes and in irony and in atmosphere, but as sheer CW-network materialism I would please not. There's something about that level of specificity that distracts from all the worth of any writing, and the constant 2008 commercial references make it feel like the story's depreciating in value every second. Also, it was the least Christmassy. The pig was ok.(less)

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Dec 22, 2008

Claudia rated it

Recommends it for: anyone who loves to read and laugh

Recommended to Claudia by: Bailey lent me her own copy! :)

Shelves: ya-books

One train wreck, one cheer squad, one snowy Christmas in a small NC town. A Waffle House, a Starbucks, a tea-cup pig...Three couples who must learn to trust others and themselves. Strangers, best friends, soulmates. Everyone has lessons to learn in the snow...

I laughed out loud as the Duke and Tobin slid down the snowy hill on the Twister plastic sheet, all in a desperate attempt to get to the Waffle House, full of cheerleaders, before the demented twins and the keg-carrying college ...more

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Jan 03, 2012

Busy rated it

This was a collection of short stories from three prominent young adult authors. John Green, the author of Paper Towns, An Abundance of Katherines, and Looking for Alaska; Maureen Johnson, author of The Key to the Golden Firebird, The Bermudez Triangle, 13 Little Blue Envelopes, Devilish, Girl at Sea, and Suite Scarlett; and Lauren Myracle author of Rhymes with Witches, TTYL, and Twelve.

Each author wrote a short story about the events during a blizzard in a small town and the characters who foun...moreThis was a collection of short stories from three prominent young adult authors. John Green, the author of Paper Towns, An Abundance of Katherines, and Looking for Alaska; Maureen Johnson, author of The Key to the Golden Firebird, The Bermudez Triangle, 13 Little Blue Envelopes, Devilish, Girl at Sea, and Suite Scarlett; and Lauren Myracle author of Rhymes with Witches, TTYL, and Twelve.

Each author wrote a short story about the events during a blizzard in a small town and the characters who found love during this time. I know it sounds a little mushy, but it was actually very good!

In the first story, we meet Jubilee whose parents are temporarily detained (funny story but I'm not spoiling it here), as she is headed to spend Christmas with her grandparents when the snow causes the train she is on to be stopped. Enter Jeb, who is trying desperately to reach his ex-girlfriend. Behind Jeb enters 14 cheerleaders...Jubilee's only escape is a nearby Waffle House, and what she finds there will change her life.

Story #2: Keun works at Waffle House and by some kind of Christmas miracle 14 cheerleaders enter in the middle of a freak snow storm. Being the good friend that he is, Keun calls his best friends Tobin, JP, and Duke (who happens to be a girl though no one seems to notice) and tells them to brave the blizzard and get to the Waffle House immediately! It won't be easy in a gillion feet of snow, but the trio sets out on a trip that will forever alter the dyamics of their friendship.

The final story was written by Lauren Myracle, and I can't lie, I was not excited to get to it at all. After reading (and immensely disliking) Rhymes with Witches, I had placed Ms. Myracle on my mental "authors to avoid" list. I was happy to realize I had done this prematurely. The third story is told from Addie's point of view. Addie is Jeb's ex-girlfriend and since he didn't show up at the Starbucks (where they had their first kiss and where she now works) to discuss their getting back together, Addie thinks it is over for good. In a story that includes a teacup pig, pink hair, and a Christmas angel, all three stories come together with a big bow on top, just like a Christmas story should!
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Mar 18, 2009

Eli rated it

Shelves: young-adult

As the title indicates, this is a wintertime novel set in a small Virginia town during the Christmas holiday. Three leading teen authors collaborate to write this seemingly independent though ultimately intertwined tale of the trials and tribulations of finding, losing, and rediscovering love in the both the most obvious and unexpected places. Maureen Johnson's "The Jubilee Express" has Jubilee Dougal ("not a stripper" as finds herself too frequently explaining) on a train to...more

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Feb 11, 2009

Miami University Libraries rated it

Shelves: eli, young-adult

As the title indicates, this is a wintertime novel set in a small Virginia town during the Christmas holiday. Three leading teen authors collaborate to write this seemingly independent though ultimately intertwined tale of the trials and tribulations of finding, losing, and rediscovering love in the both the most obvious and unexpected places. Maureen Johnson's "The Jubilee Express" has Jubilee Dougal ("not a stripper" as finds herself too frequently explaining) on a train t...more

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Feb 04, 2009

Kelly rated it

Shelves: young-adult

Popular young adult authors John Green, Maureen Johnson and Lauren Myracle have teamed up to write a trio of feel-good stories all centered around a Christmas eve snowstorm in Gracetown, NC. In the first story, Myracle’s Jubilee Express, Jubilee finds herself heading to Florida via train after her parents get incarcerated for a shopping brawl. When a snowstorm derails the train, she ends up at an all-night waffle house in the company of a stranger who is definitely not her boyfriend. Green’s Che...more

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Jan 28, 2009

Nian rated it

Shelves: 2009

Myracle's writing was not up to her usual standards here. Poor dialogue, clichéd pre-Christmas breakup and post-Christmas reconciliation, and a character that would have put a stereotypical cheerleader to shame in regards of her brain (or lack of, in this case.) Addie—a name I am very fond of, just different spelling—was a complete nut. Half the time, she was too forced. The other half, she was too chipper. I'm no pessimist, but her forced chirpiness was too much. I just don't think short storie...more

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Dec 10, 2008

Katy rated it

Recommends it for: Teen-lit romance fans

Recommended to Katy by: Britty

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. "Let it Snow" is a collection of three holiday romances written by John Green, Maureen Johnson, and Lauren Myracle. The three stories are all written during the same 4 day time period, in the same city, and are concerned with roughly the same people.
I LOVED Green's and Johnson's stories-- I'll probably go back and reread those ones. I liked Johnson's because it was a) romantic and b)It was seriously something I could find in a Gilmore Girl episode, which I loved. I loved Johnso...more

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Jan 29, 2012

ShepherdLuver123 (3 R's Read Run Research) rated it

This is the perfect book to curl up with when it’s cold and snowing outside. It is one of those reads that just makes you want to snuggle up on your couch, a hot cocoa or tea in hand and enjoy the winterly atmosphere. In fact, the only thing missing for my perfect reading experience was the fireplace ;).

I don’t want to give too much away about the stories themselves because I think it is best to go into this book unprepared and let yourself be surprised. I liked all three stories, but...more

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Dec 24, 2011

Meagan rated it

Shelves: 4-star-review, young-adult, christmas-books, cute, snowflakes, will-not-give-away

For a book that I bought through Amazon bargain books, this was a really nice book. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it, and it did get me in the Christmas mood. Normally books with short stories are just stand alone works, but LET IT SNOW felt like a very well written novel. I’ve read a novel by John Green and a short story by Lauren Myracle, so I’m happy that once again they proved to be very good writers.

Maureen Johnson’s The Jubilee Express was very cute, and it was the first time I ...more

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Dec 22, 2011

kari rated it

Shelves: 2011, ya, 5-star

Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way.
Oh what fun it is to read tales about Christmas da-ay!
Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way.
Oh what fun it is to read stories 'bout Christmas day!
Can a collection of fun stories also be filled with character development, interesting plots and crackling dialogue? Yes. Yes. And yes.
The proof of that is right here. I will admit that I tend to shy away from anthologies because it seems that just as I've settled i...more

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Dec 17, 2011

Christina (Reading Thru The Night) rated it

Shelves: 2009, john-hughes-film-rights, ya-love

Let It Snow features three short stories all set in the same town during Christmas Eve/Christmas Day.

The Jubilee Express by Maureen Johnson - Jubilee (Julie) is looking forward to a wonderful and romantic Christmas Eve with her perfect boyfriend Noah. It is after all, their one year anniversary. Life couldn't be more lovely until Julie's next door neighbor rushes over and plans are unexpectedly changed. Julie's parents, while in the pursuit of purchasing the newest Flobie (the Christma...more

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Feb 05, 2011

Michael rated it

Shelves: cannonball-read-iii

Teen literature is a genre that I should have practically overgrown by about a good eleven years (eight years in the literal sense). Yet somehow when I found An Abundance of Katherines by John Green, it connected to the younger me instantaneously. His stories of teenage boys fixated on quirky girls for some reason or another, along with the 4-ish star reviews for each of his books made me more interested in reading his works, seeing as I was one of those boys and he must have been too. I came...moreTeen literature is a genre that I should have practically overgrown by about a good eleven years (eight years in the literal sense). Yet somehow when I found An Abundance of Katherines by John Green, it connected to the younger me instantaneously. His stories of teenage boys fixated on quirky girls for some reason or another, along with the 4-ish star reviews for each of his books made me more interested in reading his works, seeing as I was one of those boys and he must have been too. I came into reading Let It Snow: Three Holiday Romances with expectations that I would love the Green story but not care for the Johnson and Myracle story. What I left with was exceeded expectations, and only in the best way.

The basic premise of Let It Snow: Three Holiday Romances is a simple one: three stories of teens in love at Christmas in the same North Carolina town. Three different authors use the same character set/setting, and as each story progresses, we're introduced/re-introduced to characters that will become part of each story. Some characters are mentioned off hand, some interact with other protagonists, and others are just a constant part of the background moving the plot along. Basically, this plays like an American version of Love Actually that takes place during the course of one evening. (Except in this case, it works beautifully. Take THAT "Valentine's Day"!)

We start off with Maureen Johnson's "The Jubilee Express"; a story involving a girl whose parents are in jail (for rather ridiculous, non violent reasons), whose boyfriend is rather distant (and an overachiever), and whose trip to Florida turns into a trek through the snow with some guy she hardly knows. Ms. Johnson has the unenviable task of building the blocks to the world we're about to spend a good portion of time in and she does it wonderfully by making us tag along with a girl from Virginia. Just like her, we're new to town and we're learning the lay of the land through the people we meet. Eventually, Jubilee (Johnson's pensive protagonist) is stranded in said North Carolina town and meets Stuart, a local with a broken heart. Through their trek in the snow to his house, she begins to think things through with her current relationship as she figures out what to do next. "The Jubilee Express" surprised me, because I thought I'd have a hard time identifying with a young teenage girl and her relationship woes, but I actually found myself somewhat invested in the outcome of her story and enjoyed it quite a bit. Jubilee isn't too witty or hip, she's just a cut above the rest, and the only problem is that the ending seems a little too rushed.

Johnson's set up leads to what I feel is my favorite story of the collection (no, not due to personal bias), John Green's "A Cheertastic Christmas Miracle". The train Jubilee came in on was also carrying fourteen Pennsylvania cheerleaders on their way to a competition. Stranded with nothing to do, they decided to go into a Waffle House to warm up/keep limber. This pleases young Keun, the acting manager at said Waffle House. It pleases him enough to invite two separate groups of friends to join him in Cheertastic bliss: a group of rowdy college guys and our protagonistic trio (Angie 'The Duke', JP, and Tobin). There's a catch though: only one group of friends can stay, and whoever has the Twister board has the power. As if that weren't enough, the roads are crap and our protagonists end up having to walk to the Waffle House, avoid a pair of evil twins, and ultimately confront some feelings budding within their group. Much like in An Abundance of Katherines, Green displays that he knows how to write humorous characters with introspective bents that happen to be falling in love. And when his characters fall in love, it almost always turns out to be extremely sweet. The romance in this story is only matched by the humor, which basically sums up Green's contribution to literature at large.

The final story, "The Patron Saint of Pigs" by Lauren Myracle, ties everything (and everyone) together into a pretty adorable ending where every couple we've encountered ends up at the same Starbucks, but not before a mini-adventure of self discovery. One of the baristas at this particular coffee shop, a girl by the name of Addison (aka Addie), had promised her friend that she'd pick up a Mini-Pig that she adopted through a local pet store. This, of course, had to be the day after Christmas, whilst enduring the fallout of both the winter blizzard and a break-up between her and her boyfriend (now ex). All the while, the Universe seems to be sending her messages that she's a little too self involved and needs to put it all on hold for others. As she treks to get the pig and sort out her cosmic destiny, she learns quite a bit and ultimately changes for the better. What's particularly unique about this story is it seemed to have a sort of Christmas Carol vibe to it, seeing as while Addie is running one uber important errand, she runs into people indirectly trying to help her change. Although the ending is a bit of a stretch to have everyone in one room, I'm not going to argue it because books of this ilk require the amount of suspension of disbelief.

This book was an honest surprise that comes of sweeter than a "Holiday Romance" novel has any business of doing. As I'd mentioned before the ending is rather serendipitous, but if there were a time for serendipity it may as well be Christmas. Each story clocks in at about 100 pages and change, and the prose is a breezy read for those who want a little holiday cheer. I would go as far to say that these three writers have made me hope that for every Mormon Mom with a wet dream, there are at least three of these whip smart writers to take her down and show us that not every teenager is a clumsy idiot who's waiting for someone to dash them away.(less)

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Jan 05, 2011

Tahleen rated it

Shelves: teen, romance

Let It Snow is made up of three novellas written by three different authors, all big names in the YA book world. And let me tell you, it's for a reason. Each holiday romance takes place mostly in Gracetown on Christmas Eve during one of the biggest snowstorms of the decade. Though all are focused on different characters, in the end they all come together, and along the way characters and events are intertwined in a way that always made me excited to recognize a name or realize how everything was...moreLet It Snow is made up of three novellas written by three different authors, all big names in the YA book world. And let me tell you, it's for a reason. Each holiday romance takes place mostly in Gracetown on Christmas Eve during one of the biggest snowstorms of the decade. Though all are focused on different characters, in the end they all come together, and along the way characters and events are intertwined in a way that always made me excited to recognize a name or realize how everything was fitting together.

The first was Maureen Johnson's "Jubilee Express," which tells the sweet story of a girl who, despite all signs pointing the other way, thinks she's in a perfect relationship with a perfect guy. But when her parents land in jail and she ends up stranded in a small town, will she be able to see she deserves better? Despite how well-written this is, I didn't find too much that made it stand out for me. It was funny and touching, but it was pretty predictable with no real twists. (Except for the beginning.)

The next story, John Green's "The Cheertastic Christmas Miracle," definitely reminded me that I totally need to read more John Green, and own more of his stuff. He creates the best, quirkiest, most likable characters I've encountered in a while. Here, he picks up the story of a secondary character in Johnson's story and continues to write a cute little romance between old friends (which is one of my favorite kinds) written in a completely believable teen male voice. The situations he creates for his characters are so wacky and unexpected that he completely won me over. I give his story 5 stars, for sure, and this was by far my favorite of the three.

The last story of the three is Lauren Myracle's "The Patron Saint of Pigs," which brings all three stories together. The mysterious Jeb, briefly mentioned in the other two stories, finally gets his own fleshed out. Told from the perspective of his slightly self-absorbed sort-of-ex-girlfriend Addie, we see how one person's obliviousness and selfishness can completely backfire for everyone involved, and how it can be fixed with some effort, and the arrival of a teeny tiny piggy. (You will want a teacup piggy after reading this, just fair warning.) All of the characters in Myracle's contribution have multiple sides and are people I can see existing in real life; they're all flawed and try to fix things that go wrong because of their personalities. Plus, this story tied them all together in the end, much like the Christmas pageant in Love Actually brought all those characters and their stories together in that lovely Christmas movie (which you should watch if you haven't yet).

All in all, John Green carried this one for me. I did enjoy the other two stories, but they completely pale in comparison to Green's story and writing. It was a nice Christmasy read, and I'm glad I found the time to finish it before December 25 ended.(less)

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Dec 26, 2010

Heather rated it

Hhhmmmm... I'm indifferent to every opinion. I'm not trying to be broad about it it's just that I have no opinion of much of everything. To understand what I say means you would have to know me. I can be a difficult person, but I learn most of what I know from books. This may be a weird thing to say because I'm writing this with an app I have on my iPod touch. The funny thing about it is that most people I know with iPods are not bookworms like me; I just wanted to listen to my music. Anyway I b...more

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Dec 21, 2010

Jillian -always aspiring- rated it

Recommends it for: People in need of holiday optimism and spunk

Shelves: favorite-books, best-characters, best-couples, humorous, couldn-t-stop-reading-it, 2010-reads

Let It Snow -- a wonderful little Christmas anthology with stories from young adult favorites Maureen Johnson, John Green, and Lauren Myracle -- is a book that deserves to be devoured as you sit on a couch on a cold winter's night, nestled up in a blanket as you sip from a mug of hot chocolate. My instinct when I started reading this book was to curl up and read it in one sitting. As holiday reads go, this is certainly a good choice.

The first story, "The Jubilee Express" ...moreLet It Snow -- a wonderful little Christmas anthology with stories from young adult favorites Maureen Johnson, John Green, and Lauren Myracle -- is a book that deserves to be devoured as you sit on a couch on a cold winter's night, nestled up in a blanket as you sip from a mug of hot chocolate. My instinct when I started reading this book was to curl up and read it in one sitting. As holiday reads go, this is certainly a good choice.

The first story, "The Jubilee Express" by Maureen Johnson, was a warm and gooey tale that reminded me of chocolate chip cookies fresh from the oven. It was very sweet and heartwarming to me, a wonderful story to read as the time nears so close to Christmas. Also, it was humorous, so I did my fair share of smiling and laughing. It was a feel-good story all the way.

Next up was John Green's quirky yet sarcastic "A Cheertastic Christmas Miracle" -- and, with this story being my first foray into John Green's writing, I was pleasantly surprised. I normally keep the bar low with male YA authors being able to project teenage emotions honestly and realistically; I need not have worried with John Green. The clues, the subtle hints, the slow and awkward realizations, were all there. It was a bittersweet story at times, albeit doused with plenty of humor and hijinks, and I enjoyed it very much.

The kink for me came with Lauren Myracle's addition, "The Patron Saint of Pigs" -- which I would have loved HAD I LOVED THE COUPLE. The main characters were just unlikable (the heroine) and flat (the love interest) to me. Everything else was pretty darn good (especially since this story tied everything together into a nice package, bringing the whole train full circle). I just expected more, I suppose, since the bars had been so high with the first two stories. It was like getting fruitcake when I had expected gingerbread. Though definitely the weakest story of the three, this tale did have its pleasant and humorous moments.

For being a book I picked up at Borders entirely on a whim (mainly because Christmas is only a few days away as I write this), the anthology was a wonderful read, a gift I hadn't really being expecting to get. (Okay, okay, I'll stop with the holiday imagery.) It was a good pick-me-up type read. Any time you need to feel good or get a dash of holiday cheer? Just pick up this book. Then reality won't seem so stark, dreams won't seem so far, and love won't seem quite so impossible or unattainable.(less)

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Dec 18, 2010

Jennifer rated it

Shelves: favorites

I chose this book as a recommendation from a trusted book friend and I read it because it was Christmas time and I wanted something light and romantic. Overall, I LOVED IT! But since it's an anthology of sorts, I'll review the authors separately.

Johnson - I have never read any of her work, but I will check it out soon. I laughed for all 117 pages, sometimes voracious obnoxious laughter too. Hy-sterical. My favorite humor since Will Grayson, Will Grayson. It was serious and it was funny...more

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Jul 04, 2010

Dawn rated it

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Let It Snow is three books tied together by one event. The book is 352 pages and I love the font they used for their title pages.

I don't think I'm spoiling anything by giving the main event away but if you don't want to know anything (the back of the book doesn't give anything away) stop reading now.

The novel starts on Christmas Eve. The biggest blizzard in fifty years stalls the train's trip to Florida. Some of the individuals decide to leave the train and this is where ...more

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Jun 28, 2010

Sam rated it

I absolutely loved Maureen Johnson and John Green's contributions to this book. The book is worth reading because of their stories. My favorite was Maureen Johnson's because it revealed so many relationship issues I had had with one of my boyfriends of the past in a smooth and entertaining way. Her portion of the book was the sort of curl-up-by-the-fire teen romance that still has so much value in the real world. Johnson's and Green's writing is witty, fun and so hard to put down.

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May 18, 2010

Bianca rated it

Make yourself a nice cup of hot cocoa and get a warm blanket and then, prepare yourself for a nice holiday story.

Since it's the holidays, I really wanted to read some kind of Christmas-y book. So, I texted my friend/swimming buddy and asked to borrow this book. I'm so glad that I got to read this one. It is written by some pretty amazing authors: Maureen Johnson, John Green and Lauren Myracle and each their stories are unique and different.

The first part of the book, The ...moreMake yourself a nice cup of hot cocoa and get a warm blanket and then, prepare yourself for a nice holiday story.

Since it's the holidays, I really wanted to read some kind of Christmas-y book. So, I texted my friend/swimming buddy and asked to borrow this book. I'm so glad that I got to read this one. It is written by some pretty amazing authors: Maureen Johnson, John Green and Lauren Myracle and each their stories are unique and different.

The first part of the book, The Jubilee Express, Maureen Johnson's part of the book sets up the story for the book. We meet Jubilee, who is named after a piece from the Flobie Santa Village -a series of collectable ceramic holiday pieces. After her parents get thrown in jail, which had to do with those same Flobie pieces, Jubilee takes a train to go to her grandparents for Christmas and she hates that she has to leave her boyfriend behind. The train gets delayed in Gracetown because of the blizzard. She meets a guy named Jeb, who has relationship problems of his own and on the train there are a bunch of cheerleaders which Jubilee can not stand so she heads to The Waffle House. From there thats when the story really takes off. She meets a guy and over the next 24 hours or so, she makes some decisions regarding her boyfriend. The ending was cute!

My favorite story to read was the second part of the book. A Cheertastic Christmas is John Green's part of the book and it is incredibly funny! Tobin, JP, and the Duke (Angie) are enjoying a James Bond movie marathon until they get a call from their friend telling them to come to The Waffle House. The guys are all for it, as there are bunch of cheerleaders stuck there for the night and the Duke tags along as well. Due to the fact that there happened to be a blizzard outside, it took a little longer than expected. I absolutely loved reading about their adventure. It was a bit predictable with what was going to happen with the characters, but I enjoyed it a lot.

I was quite surprised by the last story in the book, The Patron Saints of Pigs, which is written by Lauren Myracle. Addie feels that her boyfriend Jeb is great and all, but doesn't pay her enough attention and wants him to change. Then, one night at a party, Addie finds herself kissing another guy and immediately regrets it. Jeb and her sort of go through a breakup and Addie tries to find away to get him back. I loved that this story was about Addie realizing that she needed to change her ways and stop being so self-absorbed. Addie works at Starbucks and one of her regular costumers helps her out unexpectedly and Addie is able to stop thinking only of herself.

I loved how all the stories came together. I thought that was pretty clever. It was really interesting seeing the POV from the main character from each story and seeing them interact with the characters from the other stories. I expected the romances to be fluffy and cutesy. However, all 3 of the romances are realistic as the couples go through breakups and a lot of other things.(less)

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Shelves: 2009-reads, jim-swap-shelf, romance, christmas-romance

OK. Let me start by saying that I picked this up because I needed a book with a 'winter word' in the title for a GR challenge group. Having never read anything by any of the authors nor from this publisher, I didn't know what to expect. It turns out that I am most likely NOT the target audience for this book. I am a 40 YO man. Were I a 13 YO girl, I probably would have fit the demographic a bit better. All of the characters are in the 16-18 YO range. And hand-holding and a few kisses are ...more

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I adore John Green and Maureen Johnson so I was delighted to see that my school library had a copy of Let It Snow.
I liked the way each novel fit together. I loved Maureen Johnson's story about a quirky girl stranded in an unfamiliar town on Christmas Eve. The characters were likable and well developed despite the shortness of the book. John Green picked up the story well with the Midnight trek of 3 teens in search of Cheerleaders and hash browns. I love reading John's books but some parts...more

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