Title: My True Love Gave To Me
Author: Rainbow Rowell, Kelly Link, Matt de la Pena, Jenny Han, Stephanie Perkins, David Levithan, Holly Black, Gayle Forman, Myra McEntire, Kiersten White, Ally Carter & Laini Taylor.
My Rating: ✶✶✶✶
Genre: Young Adult; Romance; Contemporary;
ISBN: 9781447272793
Published: 2014
Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books
Format: Hardback
Pages: 359
1st Story:"Midnights"- Rainbow Rowell
“Not that kind of cheating," Mags said. "More like...skipping ahead. If you like someone, you should have to make an effort. You should have to get to know the person--you should have to work for that first kiss.”
My Rating: ✶✶
So, I'm not a huge fan of this author - Rainbow Rowell - I mean, I just read one book written by her ('Eleanor and Park') and this short story, but I'm not her fan! I didn't find this story good, beautiful or even cute... I just, I didn't like it at all, so I'm giving to it 2 stars. I'm sorry to say it but I just didn't find it interesting even if I wanted to!
“Not that kind of cheating," Mags said. "More like...skipping ahead. If you like someone, you should have to make an effort. You should have to get to know the person--you should have to work for that first kiss.”
My Rating: ✶✶
So, I'm not a huge fan of this author - Rainbow Rowell - I mean, I just read one book written by her ('Eleanor and Park') and this short story, but I'm not her fan! I didn't find this story good, beautiful or even cute... I just, I didn't like it at all, so I'm giving to it 2 stars. I'm sorry to say it but I just didn't find it interesting even if I wanted to!
2nd Story:"The Lady and The Fox"- Kelly Link
“She knows, every part of her knows, that she wants to kiss him. That he wants to kiss her. All of her skin prickles with longing. Her insides fizz."
My Rating: ✶✶✶✶½
I liked this story quite a LOT! I know, that's not making sense, but I don't care! I mean, I think that I never heard about this author, probably I did once or twice but I can't remember... and I'm sure that I never read anything written by her, so I'm pretty much surprised... in a positive way of course! Obviously that I liked it more (a lot more) than I liked the first story written by Rainbow Rowell (I'm not trying to be such a b*tch, seriously, I just... I just can't like the way she writes... why?! I don't know..)
I have nothing against this story (at all), the only thing I would change is the fact that this short story was really too short! I'm not complaining, I just wanted more, I was seriously into it, I was enjoying it a lot... and then the story was over and I was almost crying because I wanted it to continue... and just because of that I'm giving to it 4.5 stars and not 5... even if I really really enjoyed it!
“She knows, every part of her knows, that she wants to kiss him. That he wants to kiss her. All of her skin prickles with longing. Her insides fizz."
My Rating: ✶✶✶✶½
I liked this story quite a LOT! I know, that's not making sense, but I don't care! I mean, I think that I never heard about this author, probably I did once or twice but I can't remember... and I'm sure that I never read anything written by her, so I'm pretty much surprised... in a positive way of course! Obviously that I liked it more (a lot more) than I liked the first story written by Rainbow Rowell (I'm not trying to be such a b*tch, seriously, I just... I just can't like the way she writes... why?! I don't know..)
I have nothing against this story (at all), the only thing I would change is the fact that this short story was really too short! I'm not complaining, I just wanted more, I was seriously into it, I was enjoying it a lot... and then the story was over and I was almost crying because I wanted it to continue... and just because of that I'm giving to it 4.5 stars and not 5... even if I really really enjoyed it!
3rd Story:"Angels in The Snow"- Matt de la Pena
“I stayed there on the floor like that for a long, long time.
Eating and crying.
Crying and eating.”
My Rating: ✶✶✶✶✶
It was for sure one of my favorite stories... once again I never read any book written by this author and I'm sure that I never heard about him, but I pretty impressed.
In my opinion this story was pretty cute and romantic and sweet... I can feel my blood presure rising because of the sugar (baaah, I know... I'm so funny!)... now for real... it was one of my favorite stories because it was really awesome.
There was a girl and a boy, and the boy was cat sitting a friend's cat (obviously... dah!) and there was a girl that was the neighbor... and she goes out of water and she needs help because she really doesn't know what happened and why she doesn't have water. (if it makes any sense of course).. and basically this is a pretty cliché story... and we all have to admit that cliché romantic stories are pretty cool, and dumb, but pretty cool!... so if you want to try to die of diabetes then go ahead and read this fantastic story! - I'M SO FREAKING FUNNY!! muahahah
“I stayed there on the floor like that for a long, long time.
Eating and crying.
Crying and eating.”
My Rating: ✶✶✶✶✶
It was for sure one of my favorite stories... once again I never read any book written by this author and I'm sure that I never heard about him, but I pretty impressed.
In my opinion this story was pretty cute and romantic and sweet... I can feel my blood presure rising because of the sugar (baaah, I know... I'm so funny!)... now for real... it was one of my favorite stories because it was really awesome.
There was a girl and a boy, and the boy was cat sitting a friend's cat (obviously... dah!) and there was a girl that was the neighbor... and she goes out of water and she needs help because she really doesn't know what happened and why she doesn't have water. (if it makes any sense of course).. and basically this is a pretty cliché story... and we all have to admit that cliché romantic stories are pretty cool, and dumb, but pretty cool!... so if you want to try to die of diabetes then go ahead and read this fantastic story! - I'M SO FREAKING FUNNY!! muahahah
4th Story:"Palaris In Where You'll Find Me"- Jenny Han
“I've only ever thought about the future in days till Christmas"
My Rating: ✶✶✶✶✶
OMG! This story was perfect... so, so, soooo beautiful, I can't describe what I'm feel about it, I just can't, it was too awesome!
Basically the main character is Santa's daughter... I know, pretty strange, she's asian/human and she is kind of adopted!
It was awesome, really! (yes, I know I'm being too predictable...) It was one of the best stories of this book. The only thing I'm against to is the end of it, I didn't want it to end... I seriously would like to read a book (written by Jenny Han of course) about this story, a book about these awesome characters!
I LOVED EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS BOOK! and I swear that I'm not being crazy or exaggerated... it really was cute and all that sweet stuff like candy canes or sweet cookies!!
I'M TOTALLY INTO THE CHRISTMAS MOOD RIGHT NOW!!
“I've only ever thought about the future in days till Christmas"
My Rating: ✶✶✶✶✶
OMG! This story was perfect... so, so, soooo beautiful, I can't describe what I'm feel about it, I just can't, it was too awesome!
Basically the main character is Santa's daughter... I know, pretty strange, she's asian/human and she is kind of adopted!
It was awesome, really! (yes, I know I'm being too predictable...) It was one of the best stories of this book. The only thing I'm against to is the end of it, I didn't want it to end... I seriously would like to read a book (written by Jenny Han of course) about this story, a book about these awesome characters!
I LOVED EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS BOOK! and I swear that I'm not being crazy or exaggerated... it really was cute and all that sweet stuff like candy canes or sweet cookies!!
I'M TOTALLY INTO THE CHRISTMAS MOOD RIGHT NOW!!
5th Story:"It's a Yuletide Miracle, Charlie Brown"- Stephanie Perkins
“The rareness, the specialness, of North. Of this night. She wished it could last forever."
My Rating: ✶✶✶✶✶
BEAUTIFUL! So this story was the longest of all and I'm seriously not complaining! It was perfect and it was a really fast reading... I always said that Stephanie Perkins is a genius and I'm going to continue saying it because it is totally true!
This story was cute, sweet, romantic... it was awesome and magical! The characters... Oh my God, the characters were more than prefect, the story was more than everything!... I'm really out of words, I'm completely obsessed with these short stories and I knew that I would not be disappointed with this story because come on... it was written by Stephanie Perkins right?! I was already expecting my amusement even before I start reading this 'tale'.
B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L!
“The rareness, the specialness, of North. Of this night. She wished it could last forever."
My Rating: ✶✶✶✶✶
BEAUTIFUL! So this story was the longest of all and I'm seriously not complaining! It was perfect and it was a really fast reading... I always said that Stephanie Perkins is a genius and I'm going to continue saying it because it is totally true!
This story was cute, sweet, romantic... it was awesome and magical! The characters... Oh my God, the characters were more than prefect, the story was more than everything!... I'm really out of words, I'm completely obsessed with these short stories and I knew that I would not be disappointed with this story because come on... it was written by Stephanie Perkins right?! I was already expecting my amusement even before I start reading this 'tale'.
B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L!
6th Story:"Your Temporary Santa"- David Levithan
“I am here, and he is here, and everything I need to know is that I will hold him and he will hold me until I am warm again, until I know I belong."
My Rating: ✶✶✶✶½
David Levithan... so I have to admit that I heard a LOT about this author but I never read anything written by him (sorry, I'm a mess...) so, basically, it was the first thing I ever read written by him, the first story... and I have to say that I'm pretty happy with it.
This story was quite different from the other ones in my opinion, but I didn't dislike it... actually I liked it a lot, not as much as the other ones of course (because Jenny Han is Jenny Han and Stephanie Perkins is Stephanie Perkins - and they ARE PERFECT all the time) but I liked it really much! I actually think that it was a really good idea to write 'something' about a homosexual couple!
This story was not as 'cute' as the other ones because it didn't have as much romance in it as the other stories, but it was still pretty interesting and I enjoyed reading it!
“I am here, and he is here, and everything I need to know is that I will hold him and he will hold me until I am warm again, until I know I belong."
My Rating: ✶✶✶✶½
David Levithan... so I have to admit that I heard a LOT about this author but I never read anything written by him (sorry, I'm a mess...) so, basically, it was the first thing I ever read written by him, the first story... and I have to say that I'm pretty happy with it.
This story was quite different from the other ones in my opinion, but I didn't dislike it... actually I liked it a lot, not as much as the other ones of course (because Jenny Han is Jenny Han and Stephanie Perkins is Stephanie Perkins - and they ARE PERFECT all the time) but I liked it really much! I actually think that it was a really good idea to write 'something' about a homosexual couple!
This story was not as 'cute' as the other ones because it didn't have as much romance in it as the other stories, but it was still pretty interesting and I enjoyed reading it!
7th Story:"Krampuslauf"- Holly Black
“When I was a kid, I didn't understand that Santa's elves weren't the kind from storybooks. I thought his toy shop was staffed with fauns and boggarts sprites and trolls, goblins and pixies"
My Rating: ✶✶✶
Bah! I was not expecting anything from this story because I never read anything written by this author... I mean, of course that I have a book written by her in my shelf... but I didn't read it yet, so I didn't know what to expect. The thing is, I don't really think that this story was cool, romantic, cute or anything like that... I didn't feel 'christmas' in it and I wanted to because... COME ON, it is a CHRISTMAS book!!! So yes, I gave to it 3 stars because I'm not feeling that xmas spirit around me!
“When I was a kid, I didn't understand that Santa's elves weren't the kind from storybooks. I thought his toy shop was staffed with fauns and boggarts sprites and trolls, goblins and pixies"
My Rating: ✶✶✶
Bah! I was not expecting anything from this story because I never read anything written by this author... I mean, of course that I have a book written by her in my shelf... but I didn't read it yet, so I didn't know what to expect. The thing is, I don't really think that this story was cool, romantic, cute or anything like that... I didn't feel 'christmas' in it and I wanted to because... COME ON, it is a CHRISTMAS book!!! So yes, I gave to it 3 stars because I'm not feeling that xmas spirit around me!
8th Story:"What The Hell Have You Done, Sophie Roth?"- Gayle Forman
“Tomorrow would be different. Sophie understood that
There really was no such thing as a minor miracle"
My Rating: ✶✶
Don't judge me for this please... I know, I know... maybe I didn't try too hard to like this story because it was written by Gayle Forman, and since I'm not a fan of Gayle Forman... yes, you can guess the rest of this conversation! I just... I don't think that she is capable of transmit that Christmas spirit that was necessary to 'tell' a story like this, I don't think that it was good, I was not even able to concentrate myself while I was reading this story because I was bored, I was not feeling it... and because of that I gave to it the same rating I gave to the 1st short story written by Rainbow Rowell - 2 stars!
“Tomorrow would be different. Sophie understood that
There really was no such thing as a minor miracle"
My Rating: ✶✶
Don't judge me for this please... I know, I know... maybe I didn't try too hard to like this story because it was written by Gayle Forman, and since I'm not a fan of Gayle Forman... yes, you can guess the rest of this conversation! I just... I don't think that she is capable of transmit that Christmas spirit that was necessary to 'tell' a story like this, I don't think that it was good, I was not even able to concentrate myself while I was reading this story because I was bored, I was not feeling it... and because of that I gave to it the same rating I gave to the 1st short story written by Rainbow Rowell - 2 stars!
9th Story:"Beer Buckets and Baby Jesus"- Myra McEntire
“Even though I'd looked for opportunities to talk to her, when she'd sat down beside me on a bale of hay, my mind had gone completely blank. I believe that saying nothing at all is better than saying something stupid, so I waited for her to start the conversation."
My Rating: ✶✶½
This short story did not make me happy.... I mean, when I read it I didn't feel that Christmas feeling that I was supposed to feel!
I never read anything written by this author and I just found right now that I didn't write any comment about it on my 'little reviews' on goodreads... I can't remember why, but that's probably because I didn't like it so much! It was not a good tale in my opinion so... I don't really know what to say! BUT, there were worst stories.... believe me!
“Even though I'd looked for opportunities to talk to her, when she'd sat down beside me on a bale of hay, my mind had gone completely blank. I believe that saying nothing at all is better than saying something stupid, so I waited for her to start the conversation."
My Rating: ✶✶½
This short story did not make me happy.... I mean, when I read it I didn't feel that Christmas feeling that I was supposed to feel!
I never read anything written by this author and I just found right now that I didn't write any comment about it on my 'little reviews' on goodreads... I can't remember why, but that's probably because I didn't like it so much! It was not a good tale in my opinion so... I don't really know what to say! BUT, there were worst stories.... believe me!
10th Story:"Welcome to Christmas, CA"- Kriesten White
“I notice everything.”
My Rating: ✶✶✶
I'm still not sure how I feel about this story! I was not sure when I finished it and I'm not sure right now! I don't really have much to say about this tale... only that I found it quite strange, and sometimes I didn't get some things.... I don't know, I'm giving to it 3 stars because I didn't hate it and even if I was confused reading some parts of this story I can assure you that I was even more confused reading other stories of this book... so it was not that bad, I didn't like the way it ended but I'm not complaining because it was meant to be a 'short story book', and short stories (normally) have stupid endings!
“I notice everything.”
My Rating: ✶✶✶
I'm still not sure how I feel about this story! I was not sure when I finished it and I'm not sure right now! I don't really have much to say about this tale... only that I found it quite strange, and sometimes I didn't get some things.... I don't know, I'm giving to it 3 stars because I didn't hate it and even if I was confused reading some parts of this story I can assure you that I was even more confused reading other stories of this book... so it was not that bad, I didn't like the way it ended but I'm not complaining because it was meant to be a 'short story book', and short stories (normally) have stupid endings!
11th Story:"Star of Bethlehem"- Ally Carter
“If all I wanted was to go away then I'd done it.”
My Rating: ✶✶
NO! I'm sorry, just... NO! I can't live with this tale... I didn't like it, it was as bad as the other tales I didn't like (Gayle Forman, Rainbow Rowell...) sorry, I can't like it... I never read anything written by this author, so I don't know if I was supposed to like it or not, I don't know if I didn't like just the story or the way the author writes.... I KNOW NOTHING OKAY?? I'M SOOOOO CONFUSED!! (I told you that were some stories even more confusing than the last one)... I WANT STEPHANIE PERKINS BACK!!!!!! AND JENNY HAN!!!!!
“If all I wanted was to go away then I'd done it.”
My Rating: ✶✶
NO! I'm sorry, just... NO! I can't live with this tale... I didn't like it, it was as bad as the other tales I didn't like (Gayle Forman, Rainbow Rowell...) sorry, I can't like it... I never read anything written by this author, so I don't know if I was supposed to like it or not, I don't know if I didn't like just the story or the way the author writes.... I KNOW NOTHING OKAY?? I'M SOOOOO CONFUSED!! (I told you that were some stories even more confusing than the last one)... I WANT STEPHANIE PERKINS BACK!!!!!! AND JENNY HAN!!!!!
12th Story:"The Girl Who Woke The Dreamer"- Laini Taylor
“The midnight. Any midnight. Who would come if she screamed?”
My Rating: ✶✶✶✶
So... Laini Taylor.... I read some reviews about this tale and they were quite different from each other... I mean, some people liked it, some people didn't! I, personally, don't know if I liked it or not.... KIDDING! I liked it... I didn't love it, I didn't hate it... I liked it, I enjoyed the reading, I liked the way Laini Taylor writes... I found it quite interesting, quite cute... it was not too sweet, but I enjoyed it! So, I gave to it 4 stars, maybe I'm wrong, and I'm giving it too much, but I don't care! I read some really bad short stories before this one, so don't judge me for liking it!
“The midnight. Any midnight. Who would come if she screamed?”
My Rating: ✶✶✶✶
So... Laini Taylor.... I read some reviews about this tale and they were quite different from each other... I mean, some people liked it, some people didn't! I, personally, don't know if I liked it or not.... KIDDING! I liked it... I didn't love it, I didn't hate it... I liked it, I enjoyed the reading, I liked the way Laini Taylor writes... I found it quite interesting, quite cute... it was not too sweet, but I enjoyed it! So, I gave to it 4 stars, maybe I'm wrong, and I'm giving it too much, but I don't care! I read some really bad short stories before this one, so don't judge me for liking it!