My True Love Gave to Me, Stephanie Perkins
My True Love Gave to Me, Stephanie Perkins
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My True Love Gave to Me
Twelve Holiday Stories

Author: Stephanie Perkins

Narrator: Various

Unabridged: 12 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/14/2014


Synopsis

If you love holiday stories, holiday movies, made-for-TV-holiday specials, holiday episodes of your favorite sitcoms and, especially, if you love holiday anthologies, you're going to fall in love with My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories by twelve bestselling young adult writers (Holly Black, Ally Carter, Matt de La Peña, Gayle Forman, Jenny Han, David Levithan, Kelly Link, Myra McEntire, Rainbow Rowell, Stephanie Perkins, Laini Tayler and Kiersten White), edited by the international bestselling Stephanie Perkins.  Whether you celebrate Christmas or Hanukkah, Winter Solstice or Kwanzaa, there's something here for everyone.  So curl up by the fireplace and get cozy.  You have twelve reasons this season to stay indoors and fall in love. 

Stories Include:
·         “Midnights,” by Rainbow Rowell.  Read by Rebecca Lowman.
·         “The Lady and the Fox,” by Kelly Link.  Read by Fiona Hardingham.
·         “Angels in the Snow,” by Matt de la Peña.  Read by Henry Leyva.
·         “Polaris Is Where You’ll Find Me,” by Jenny Han.  Read by Kim Mai Guest.
·         “It’s a Yuletide Miracle, Charlie Brown,” by Stephanie Perkins.  Read by Samantha Quan.
·         “Your Temporary Santa,” by David Levithan.  Read by Dustin Rubin.
·         “Krampuslauf,” by Holly Black.  Read by Julia Whelan.
·         “What the Hell Have You Done, Sophie Roth?” by Gayle Foreman.  Read by Abby Craden.
·         “Beer Buckets and Baby Jesus,” by Myra McEntire.  Read by Lincoln Hoppe.
·         “Welcome to Christmas, CA,” by Kiersten White.  Read by Michelle Jubilee Gonzalez.
·         “Star of Bethlehem,” by Ally Carter.  Read by Shannon McManus.
·         “The Girl Who Woke the Dreamer,” by Laini Taylor.  Read by Ann Marie Lee.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jesse (JesseTheReader) on December 27, 2014

Ratings for each of the stories: Midnights by Rainbow Rowell: 4/5 The Lady and The Fox by Kelly Link: 1/5 Angels In The Snow by Matt de la Peña: 3/5 Polaris Is Where You’ll Find Me by Jenny Han: 5/5 (loved how quirky this one was!) It’s a Yuletide Miracle, Charlie Brown by Stephanie Perkins: 4/5 Your Tem......more

Goodreads review by Emily May on August 10, 2014

Like almost all short story collections by various authors, this one is a mixed bag of hidden gems and ones I didn't even finish. If you'd asked me beforehand to name a list of YA authors that I'd like to appear in a short story collection, many of the ones here would have made that list: Stephanie......more

Goodreads review by Jessica on April 06, 2016

I really enjoyed this book overall! I don't read lots of books like this though... I don't know if I ever have before actually... but it WAS really strange to be reading a story that you LOVE then go on to read a mediocre story. Below I've listed my individual star ratings: *****Midnights by Rainbow......more

Goodreads review by Hailey on December 21, 2015

*I'll update with individual ratings for each of the stories tomorrow*......more

Goodreads review by Melanie on December 28, 2016

I've read a story from this anthology every night up to Christmas Eve! It was just a fun little treat to myself and something that helped me get even more into the holiday season (along with The Sorcerer's Stone Illustrated Edition). I was very surprised, because I absolutely adored a few stories by......more