Shannon Kay rated Almost Midnight: Two Festive Short Stories: 4 stars

Almost Midnight: Two Festive Short Stories by Rainbow Rowell
Midnights is the story of Noel and Mags, who meet at the same New Year's Eve party every year and …
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Midnights is the story of Noel and Mags, who meet at the same New Year's Eve party every year and …

Midnights is the story of Noel and Mags, who meet at the same New Year's Eve party every year and …

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I truly love Rainbow Rowell’s New Year’s Eve themed short story, Midnights, and already have it in two other volumes of her short stories. This year, I was delighted to enjoy the story in this adorably small paperback, which also has unique illustrations that are not in the other volumes.
I also enjoyed Kindred Spirits, a story about camping out to see Star Wars Episode VII in 2015. I’m now somehow nostalgic for 2015.
I truly love Rainbow Rowell’s New Year’s Eve themed short story, Midnights, and already have it in two other volumes of her short stories. This year, I was delighted to enjoy the story in this adorably small paperback, which also has unique illustrations that are not in the other volumes.
I also enjoyed Kindred Spirits, a story about camping out to see Star Wars Episode VII in 2015. I’m now somehow nostalgic for 2015.

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I decided to start reading this book when I saw someone on Twitter describing it as the ultimate slump buster. I thought that sounded like just what I needed!
This book was so fun and funny. I loved the narrator's voice and tone of the book. The alternate history mixed with fantasy was very engaging.
I was also struck with the realization that I didn't know anything about this period of British history. I had never heard of Jane Grey, and while I had heard the name Tudor, I didn't really know what it was.
SpoilerThough, one of my favorite bits was the suggestion that G was really Shakespeare. I noticed that pretty quickly.