Scattered Showers

A delightful collection of short stories by Rainbow Rowell. A few that I had already read.  • Midnights - New Years Eve story. Have already read and loved. Also in My True Love Gave To Me.  • Kindred Spirits - Previously published, but I hadn't read it yet. About a girl waiting in line for Star Wars The Force Awakens in 2015. Really cute.  • Winter Songs for Summer - Set in what must be, like, 1999/2000ish on a college campus. Really cute story featuring mix CDs.  • The Snow Ball - (skipped because it seemed Christmassy and I wanted to save it until after Thanksgiving) Cute. I like the weird best friends and Star Trek is obviously better than Prom. True Story: The day of my senior prom, I was at a theatre festival.  • If the Fates Allow - Read last year and loved. About Christmas 2020.  • The Prince and the Troll - Weird and fun. A sort of fantasy story about a bridge troll who I think turned out to be a mermaid, but her river had dried up. Because of the road.  • Mixed Messages - I decided to read this, even though I haven't read Attachments. It was an enjoyable story that was mostly a text message conversation between two friends who are women nearing their fifties.  • *Snow for Christmas - the Simon Snow story. Haven't read those books, but have read Fangirl. I skipped this one.  • In Waiting - This was like being inside of Rainbow Rowell's head. It was really funny at the beginning. It was really interesting and reflective as it progressed.

3.75Overall this was an entertaining short story collection. But short stories aren't my thing, that's why I didn't love it.Midnights: 3
Kindred Spirits: 3Winter Songs for Summer: 4
The Snow Ball: 2.75If the Fates Allow: (Skipped bc I don't want to read about covid)The Prince and the Troll: 2.75
Mixed Messages: 3Snow for Christmas: 5 (Snowbaz for life)
In Waiting: 4.5* (really interesting concept)