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Let It Snow Review By Sithmi Three stories. One Christmas. The Jubilee Express  by Maureen Johnson This short story was really funny and sweet in its strange humorous way. Jubilee's parents are in jail, for being part of the Flobie Five. And so our main character of this story is stuck in Gracetown in the snow with 14 cheerleaders. She finds her escape with Stuart Weintraub as he invites her to his house to spend the night. Along the way her love life is once more questioned and hilariously they're plunged chest deep into an icy lake. A trek later, she's wrapped well in warm clothing and blankets. There are several funny moments in the story as it hurtles Jubilee into several uncomfortable and strange situations. How she easily adapts I find amazing. From train rides with cheerleaders to Tinfoil Guy to frozen lake to Stuart's mom. Despite all that, she keeps hoping things will be okay, mostly depending on her overachieving boyfriend Noah, who is cons...

Come Find Me Review By Sithmi blurb After surviving an infamous family tragedy, sixteen-year-old Kennedy Jones has made it her mission to keep her brother's search through the cosmos alive. B ut then something disturbs the frequency on his radio telescope–a pattern registering where no signal should transmit. In a neighboring county, seventeen-year-old Nolan Chandler is determined to find out what really happened to his brother, who disappeared the day after Nolan had an eerie premonition. There hasn’t been a single lead for two years, until Nolan picks up an odd signal–a pattern coming from his brother’s bedroom.  Drawn together by these  strange signals–and their family tragedies–Kennedy and Nolan search for the origin of the mysterious frequency. But the more they uncover, the more they believe that everything’s connected–even their pasts–as it appears the signal is meant for them alone, sharing a message that only they can understand. Is something coming for them...

The Fault In Our Stars Review By Sithmi Despite the tumour-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel's story is about to be completely rewritten. Once I read this book the second time only did I really understand it. Of course I read it under the recommendation of my friends who loved the books by John Green. I was hooked too. It was romantic and sad. But after a few years and a short reread I realised it was slightly overrated and John Green writes books about really smart people. Don’t worry I have nothing against John Green, in fact I really like him. His books, I have come to find are unique in its own way. Hence TFIOS as fans would call it, is special and a start to a new YA romance genre; medical mishaps. (I just coined it now.) It may or may not be true, but...