{"id":4551,"date":"2019-12-13T10:42:59","date_gmt":"2019-12-13T18:42:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/?p=4551"},"modified":"2019-12-13T10:42:59","modified_gmt":"2019-12-13T18:42:59","slug":"review-a-very-scalzi-christmas-john-scalzi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/2019\/12\/13\/review-a-very-scalzi-christmas-john-scalzi\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: A Very Scalzi Christmas &#8211; John Scalzi"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"bookreview\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/46782384._SY475_.jpg?w=1280\" alt=\"Review: A Very Scalzi Christmas &#8211; John Scalzi\" title=\"Review: A Very Scalzi Christmas &#8211; John Scalzi\" class=\"ubb-cover-image alignright\"><strong>A Very Scalzi Christmas<\/strong><br>by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/authors\/john-scalzi\/\">John Scalzi<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/authors\/natalie-metzger\/\">Natalie Metzger<\/a> <br><strong>Publisher:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/publishers\/subterranean-press\/\">Subterranean Press<\/a> <br><strong>Publication Date:<\/strong> November 30, 2019 <br><strong>Genres:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/genres\/science-fiction\/\">Science Fiction<\/a> <br><strong>Pages:<\/strong> 144 <br><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/sources\/netgalley\/\">NetGalley<\/a> <br><br><p>I received this book for free from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.<\/p>My rating: <span class=\"ubb-buy\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/llama-40.png?fit=31%2C40&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"One Star\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/llama-40.png?fit=31%2C40&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"One Star\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/llama-40.png?fit=31%2C40&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"One Star\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/llama-40.png?fit=31%2C40&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"One Star\"><\/span><br><br><br><blockquote class=\"ubb-synopsis\"><p>New York Times bestselling and Hugo Award-winning author John Scalzi gift-wraps fifteen short takes on the holiday season\u2014interviews with holiday notables, \u201cinformational\u201d articles about TV specials and Christmas carols, short stories and poems, and even a couple of nods to Thanksgiving and New Year\u2019s\u2014and puts them all into a stocking stuffer-sized package that makes the perfect gift for friends, family, or yourself.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><center><span class=\"ubb-buy\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1596069325\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/amazon.png?w=1280\" alt=\"Amazon\"><\/a> \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/a-very-scalzi-christmas-john-scalzi\/1132029976?ean=9781596069329&st=AFF&2sid=Goodreads,%20Inc_2227948_NA&sourceId=AFFGoodreads,%20Inc\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/bn.png?w=1280\" alt=\"Barnes & Noble\"><\/a> \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiebound.org\/book\/9781596069329\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/indiebound.png?w=1280\" alt=\"Indiebound\"><\/a><\/span><\/center><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/46782384-a-very-scalzi-christmas\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/widget_logo.gif?w=1280\" alt=\"Goodreads\"><\/a><br><\/center><center><p class=\"ubb-buy\"><div class=\"ubb-icon-tags\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/book-tags\/4stars\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"80\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/categories_0000s_0003_4-stars.png?fit=80%2C100&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"4 stars icon\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/book-tags\/holiday\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"80\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/categories_0000s_0015_holiday.png?fit=80%2C100&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"holiday\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/p><\/div><\/center><br>\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n{\n\t\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\n\t\"@type\":\"Review\",\n\t\"datePublished\": \"2019-12-13T18:42:59+00:00\",\n\t\"description\": \"\\r\\n\\r\\nIt's that time of year when everyone's looking for some new reads to put them in the holiday spirit. 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If you&#8217;re looking for something lighthearted and fun, then I think this anthology will definitely fit the bill.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a bit of a mixed bag, with things from lists to short stories. While this is probably overkill, I&#8217;ve gone ahead and reviewed each of the items in the anthology, along with an associated quote.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I think I speak for all of us when I say that moistening aliens was not on the agenda for any of us at this table.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Science Fictional Thanksgiving Grace&#8221; &#8211; \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605 &#8211; A tongue-in-check prayer thanking the Lord for not yet plunging us into any scifi movie plots, including alien invasions, AI overlords, and dinosaurs. Short and hilarious.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I think that those cranberries might have fermented on you.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;A Bitter November&#8221; &#8211; \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605 &#8211; November, personified, complains about December barreling in on its month. Quick and silly.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Ayn Rand&#8217;s A Selfish Christmas (1951)&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The 10 Least Successful Holiday Specials of All Time&#8221; &#8211; \u2605\u2605\u2605 &#8211; Descriptions of various &#8220;holiday special!!&#8221; takes on various books and TV shows, from <em>War of the Worlds\u00a0<\/em>to Ayn Rand to Star Trek (where Spock is mistaken as one of Santa&#8217;s elves). Interesting concept, but most of them missed the mark for me.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Santa doesn&#8217;t judge people for their kinks, but he does expect them to pay for them.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;An Interview with Santa&#8217;s Lawyer&#8221; &#8211; \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605 &#8211; Like the title says, it&#8217;s an interview with one of Santa&#8217;s lawyers, covering everything from unionized elves to how Santa gets flight clearance to his data gathering practices.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Jingle! Jangle! Gerbils!&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;A Personal Top 10 of Things That Are Not Titles to Christmas Songs and\/or Lifetime Holiday Movies and Honestly I Don&#8217;t Understand Why&#8221; &#8211; \u2605\u2605\u2605 &#8211; The title is almost longer than the list!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;That&#8217;s the thing about gifts, Major Collier. They&#8217;re not obligations. They&#8217;re a kindness.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Christmas in July&#8221; &#8211; \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605 &#8211; The first actual short story in the collection, this was sweet, lovely and the epitome of the Christmas spirit (while also still being hilarious).<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Why not reindeer?&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Interview with Santa&#8217;s Reindeer Wrangler&#8221; &#8211; \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605 &#8211; Another interview, but this one exploring all the fun bits of reindeer, including how they fly, how they&#8217;re recruited, and several very bad cheese jokes.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Little Public Relations Intern Boy&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;8 Things You Didn&#8217;t Know About Your Favorite Holiday Music&#8221; &#8211; \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605 &#8211; Another list, much like the holiday specials one. Possibly because I&#8217;m much more familiar with the source material, but I found the fictional backstories of Christmas favorites &#8211; like &#8220;Baby It&#8217;s Cold Outside&#8221; and &#8220;Silent Night&#8221; &#8211; absolutely hilarious.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Jackie loved Christmas more than most girls and boys<br \/>\nFor one simple reason: Because of the toys!&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Jackie Jones and Melrose Mandy&#8221; &#8211; \u2605\u2605 &#8211; This poem, while a nice change in format, was simply too preachy for me (there&#8217;s more to Christmas than toys!!!), and it didn&#8217;t scan well for me.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;You&#8217;ve settled on a plan of driving down Santa&#8217;s popularity, then.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;An Interview with the Christmas Bunny&#8221; &#8211; \u2605\u2605\u2605 &#8211; Another interview! This one was&#8230; interesting to say the least.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;You can&#8217;t go around <em>drugging<\/em> people, Jangle.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Jangle the Elf Grants Wishes&#8221; &#8211; \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605 &#8211; An elf tasked with granting non-material wishes takes things a little too far. Mostly three star, but adding an extra star for the last few lines.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;They are future ninjas for Christ.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Script Notes on the Birth of Jesus&#8221; &#8211; \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605 &#8211; As if a producer was returning notes on the story of the birth of Jesus from Matthew and Luke. Irreverent and silly, but time traveling ninjas get the nod from me every time.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;It&#8217;s nice to be a baby, and know how much you&#8217;re loved.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Sarah&#8217;s Sister&#8221; &#8211; \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605 &#8211; At the hospital on Christmas Eve while her mother is in labor, ten-year-old Sarah is still ambivalent about whether she wants a baby sister. Definitely a tear jerker along the lines of <em>It&#8217;s a Wonderful Life<\/em>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;So your baby is born, and the first thing you do is put him in an open container filled with grain and covered in oxen drool?&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;An Interview with the Nativity Innkeeper&#8221; &#8211; \u2605\u2605\u2605 &#8211; Like the title says. 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