12/28/2023 0 Comments Let it snow john green isbnThree friends are enjoying a Bond marathon until they receive a call that they must get down to the Waffle House to partake in the oogling of some cheerleaders. John Green's, A Cheertastic Christmas Miracle also starts like any ordinary winter day. She makes her way off the train and that's when the adventure really begins. It quickly steers off course and Jubilee finds herself stuck on a train going nowhere with a group of cheerleaders (she HATES cheerleaders). Maureen Johnson's, The Jubilee Express starts like a normal day, a girl (Jubilee) waiting at home for her parents to arrive and looking forward to getting to spend the evening with her boyfriend. The authors have put together their heads and created a world that all of their characters could live in, and I loved it! I also loved getting the chance to read stories by Maureen Johnson and Lauren Myracle for the first time, it definitely will not be the last time! Now onto the individual stories. Characters from the first story show up in the second, characters from the second are in the third etc. Best thing for me about this collection? How all the stories overlap slightly. So this is what it feels like to be in love with a book. (As opposed to fluffier, junkier books.) I would recommend it to anyone who likes sweet romance Rather, it was a banana-bread kind of book: tasty, not too complicated, and when you've finished enjoying it, you don't feel too guilty. Overall, LET IT SNOW wasn't an epic or deep book, by any means. Disclaimer: I won't go as far as to say Myracle's writing ruined the book, because at this point I was already intrigued by the interlocking stories and how the characters rubbed shoulders. Or maybe this is just Myracle's style, which I happen not to like as much as those of the other authors. Granted, Johnson and Green are tough acts to follow. I'm not sure why, though I have my theories: perhaps Johnson and Green wrote their thirds first, and then Myracle had to work with the characters and material they came up with rather than introducing too many of her own ideas. It felt like the book lost some of its spark when she took over, and the ending dragged a little while the beginning and middle flew past. ![]() #3 Myracle's third would have to be my least favorite. Though I suppose he balances out the other authors, who write through the eyes of female characters. ![]() That's fine with me, I guess, since I liked his other books, though I would like to see him try writing from the viewpoint of a girl for a change. ![]() His story felt a lot like his other books that I've read-LOOKING FOR ALASKA and AN ABUNDANCE OF KATHERINES-with a group of clever (sometimes a little too clever, if you ask me), crazy friends examined through the eyes of a more normal guy who has a crush on a smart, eclectic, mysterious girl. #2 Green's strengths seem to consistently be dialogue and character, though his characters do seem rather familiar at times. The romance, especially, was sweet and fun. Lots of little details make this story seem feel both real and amusingly ridiculous. ![]() but I won't spoil what happens next in this quirky, charming story. These same collectibles, by the way, lead to a shopping riot that lands Jubilee's parents in jail and sends Jubilee on a train-ride into a blizzard. In more detail, here's my lineup: #1 Johnson wrote my favorite third of the book, carried off by the delightful narrator, Jubilee, named after one of the buildings in a fictional line of Christmas collectibles. Green's "A Cheertastic Christmas Miracle" came in second to Maureen Johnson's "Jubilee Express," while Lauren's Myracle's "The Patron Saint of Pigs" came in a distant third. Curiously, my initial expectation of Green's third being my favorite part of the book didn't turn out right. This is very good, for me, since I read fast but also have a short attention span when tempted by many books. Curled up on my bed, I read the first half in one sitting, then read the rest that evening. I'd read (and liked) John Green before, so I expected at least a third of LET IT SNOW to be good. One afternoon when I was sick and it was stormy outside, I rummaged through my To Be Read pile and grabbed this book.
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