Let it Snow by John Green, Lauren Myracle, and Maureen Johnson

Hey guys!

This post is going to be over the book Let it Snow.

First let me say that I LOVED this book! It was very uplifting and a definite change of pace from the dark plot of the last 3 Harry Potter books and Scorch Trials (2nd book in the Maze Runner series) which I have been reading this month.

The plot of this book is based around this town that gets a very bad snow storm on Christmas Eve. The three short stories are all connected, which I find to be amazing, so we see characters connect throughout the night and following day(s).

The first story follows Jubilee, Julie she likes to be called, and her trip to visit her grandparents in FL via the train. The train gets stuck in the snow storm and she finds her way to the Waffle House where she meets a boy, Stuart I believe his name is. This story is probably my favorite of the three, it was so sweet and fun and cheesy romantic. Yes, it was a bit predictable but that is part of its charm. I was disappointed when the story ended because I wanted more of their story!! Luckily, we see them again, very briefly, in the third story.

The second story revolved around three friends journey to get to the Waffle House (connection!) because there were 14 cheerleaders there. Again this story was predictable but still adorable. Out of the three friends there was your typical guy/girl best friend where the one friend is oblivious to the feelings of the other. This was my second favorite, I didn't like it as much as the first story but I did enjoy it and liked the ending as well.

The third story in this book was my least favorite. I didn't really care for the main character in this story. It was interesting to see her connection to the other two stories and how a side, relatively unimportant, character was the focus point of this main character (I don't remember her name). This story was about how she is a self-centered person and needs to learn to not only think about herself. She was just annoying to me and not the kind of person I could connect with nor could I envision myself being friends with this person. I did however LOVE that everyone of importance in the first two stories ended up at the Starbucks letting us see just a little bit more of the others stories.

Overall I gave this a 4/5 star rating on Goodreads. I really enjoyed this book and I think it was a wonderful light, winter read. :)

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Until next time,

G

                                                    

Audio books

Lately I've been changing my thinking towards audio books.

I use to think that audio books weren't for me because I am more than capable of reading the book on my own and I prefer to have my own voices and settings when reading. Another thing that always deterred me from picking up an audio book is the pace at which some are read in; I like going at my own pace, being able to read faster at certain points when the story picks up or slowing down and really digesting the story I'm reading.

More so lately however, I have been intrigued by the thought of audio books. I found the audio book for Orange is the New Black while I was reading that book and ended up listening to a good chunk of it to finish out the book. I used it for a few reasons: I needed to get the book done to return it to the library, I needed to get it done to participate in a book club discussion, and I just wasn't feeling it at the time. The audio book was a good outlet to get the book done but also allowed me to multitask.

I'm coming to the realization that audio books are great....to a point. There are some stories that I doubt I'll pick up the audio book unless I've already read the book but others I don't think I'd mind em. Audio books give you the opportunity to multitask, as long as the other task you are doing isn't thought provoking.

For example: The other day I put on the audio book of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets while I was shopping and then while I was wrapping Christmas gifts. It was wonderful. I was able to 'read' the entire book while also getting all of my wrapping complete.

I can see myself getting more audio books from the library in the future to listen to while on the road, or maybe even at work. I'm finding that I can mindfully do things while listening to an audio book instead of constantly having Netflix on in the background. (Now I'm not hating on Netflix but it's nice to break the addiction a little)

What are your thoughts on audio books? yay or nay? I'd love to chat about it.

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Until next time,

G