Books from the Backlog #352

Posted January 23, 2025 by Carole in Books from the Backlog / 4 Comments

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This week’s neglected book

Books from the Backlog #352Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
Narrator: Rebecca Lowman, Maxwell Caulfield
Published by Penguin Random House Audio on September 10, 2013
Genres: Young Adult Fiction / Social Themes / Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance
Length: 12 hours 49 minutes
Pages: 448
Source: Purchased
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#1 New York Times bestselling author!

In Rainbow Rowell's Fangirl, Cath is a Simon Snow fan. Okay, the whole world is a Simon Snow fan, but for Cath, being a fan is her life-and she's really good at it. She and her twin sister, Wren, ensconced themselves in the Simon Snow series when they were just kids; it's what got them through their mother leaving.

Reading. Rereading. Hanging out in Simon Snow forums, writing Simon Snow fan fiction, dressing up like the characters for every movie premiere.

Cath's sister has mostly grown away from fandom, but Cath can't let go. She doesn't want to.
Now that they're going to college, Wren has told Cath she doesn't want to be roommates. Cath is on her own, completely outside of her comfort zone. She's got a surly roommate with a charming, always-around boyfriend, a fiction-writing professor who thinks fan fiction is the end of the civilized world, a handsome classmate who only wants to talk about words . . . And she can't stop worrying about her dad, who's loving and fragile and has never really been alone.

For Cath, the question is: Can she do this? Can she make it without Wren holding her hand? Is she ready to start living her own life? And does she even want to move on if it means leaving Simon Snow behind?

A New York Times Book Review Notable Children's Book of 2013
A New York Times Best Seller!

Why did I add Fangirl to my bookshelf?

I have had this book on my shelf for a long time. I bought the ebook sometime in 2013 and added the audiobook around the same time. I also have a special edition hardcover displayed on my shelf. This is one of my daughter’s favorite books and she even won an award for a paper that she wrote about it in high school. It isn’t even that long so I have no idea why I keep putting it off. Maybe this will be the year.

What are your thoughts? Have you read this book?  Would you recommend it?

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