My True Love Gave To Me edited by Stephanie Perkins

Rating: 4 Stars
Summary: Twelve holiday themed stories, Christmas, Hanukkah, New Years, Winter Solstice, by some really talented and famous authors.


All together I really enjoyed all of the stories, even if some less than the rest. Unlike most short story collection I didn't hate any of them, or even completely skip any. They were all really different and not just Christmas themed, which I appreciated. Some of them were confusing or really really cheesy (they were all cheesy, they have to be), or just not that interesting, which is why I'm not  giving it a full five stars. really sure how to review this so I'll just make lists.


Favorites:

• Midnights by Rainbow Rowell
• It's A Yuletide Christmas, Charlie Brown by Stephanie Perkins
• What The Hell Have You Done by Sophie Roth

These aren't very surprising though since I already liked these authors. 

Really Good But Not Enough Time To Explain The World So It Was Confusing: 

• The Lady and The Fox by Kelly Link 
• Krampuslauf by Holly Black
• The Girl Who Woke The Dreamer by Laini Taylor

I think this would be a very good was to be exposed to new authors and find new books. I would definitely recommend this to people, even if it wasn't around the holidays. 

Favorite Fall Books

Beth Revis, author of one of my favorite books, Across the Universe, is hosting a giveaway. Check it out. Anyway, to enter it you had to explain your favorite fall read and i couldn't just choose one, so here they are:

I'll Give You the Sun  by Jandy Nelson, I have a full review here, but to sum it up a few weeks ago I read this and fell in love. It's definitely now on my all time favorites list. It's two stories sliced together about twins. One story from the boy's POV at 13, the other story from the girl's POV at 16. It's beautiful, it's relatable, it's emotional, it's funny, it's artsy. It's brilliant.

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern, is like watching watching a Baz Luhurum movie. It's takes you into a different world where magic is real and the traveling circus breaths. Eery, dark and mysterious making it a October read.

The Coldest Girl In Coldtown  by Holly Black, is the best vampire book I've ever read, and ever want to read. A contemporary, so you don't have to deal with the usual series long love angst. It makes fun of its self just enough. It's also hilarious. Laugh-out-loud-funny. Even if you hate vampire books, pick this one up.