Let it Snow...But I Hope it's Not Snowing.

So recently I read the book Let it Snow which has three stories by John Green, Maureen Johnson and Lauren Myracle. I picked it up because I'm a fan of An Abundance of Katherines which is by John Green as well. I keep meaning to read his others but I never find them in the library when I'm there. Which is very sad. Anyway, Maureen Johnson and Lauren Myracle are also names in the YA field (Johnson's written 13 Little Blue Envelopes, etc and Myracle wrote TTYL...Which I haven't read on principle, as it is like naming a book LOL or something). However, after reading this book I think I will definitely read some more by both of these writers.

This was a really good book to read on a snowy day near Christmas, which I just so happened to do. All the stories are interconnected, which I didn't realize until I was halfway through the second one. However, an observant reader would probably read all of the back of the book before buying. The stories were entertaining and dealt with love and friendship and the holiday season.

The first story "The Jubilee Express" is about a girl (Jubilee) who has to leave town in a hurry to get to her grandparents. Jubilee ends up in a snowbound train and meets some interesting folks in a town, including a very intriguing boy. This may have been my least favorite of the three, solely because I think Johnson needed more space to tell her story. It was still well written and entertaining.

Green's story, "A Cheertastic Christmas Miracle" was my favorite. In it, Tobin and two of his best friends (including The Duke, a girl) try to make it to a Waffle House in a blizzard. It made me sad that there was only one short novella/story about these quirky characters. Guess I'll have to pick up Paper Towns or Looking for Alaska to get a Green fix.

The last story, "The Patron Saint of Pigs" is about a girl who is a bit of a drama queen and who has kind of ruined her own life. Myracle also brings together most of the main characters in the end.

The things I liked least about this book was that it was a book of stories...Which I knew when I bought it. So I suppose it is actually a kind of a compliment to the writers. I thought that each of the authors wrote about characters and happenings that could easily stand on their own and would have liked to see them fleshed out more. It helped that the stories were interconnected, especially since all the characters ended up in the same place at the end.

Another exciting thing in this book was the...Waffle House! Where I'm from, there are no Waffle Houses, so I've always counted them and tried to go in while on vacation in the South. Sadly, however, it has not yet happened. However, the hashbrowns sound really good as described in this book.

I would recommend this book to teens who would enjoy holiday themed romances with a bit of quirk.