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The best YA novel I've read in a long time. Shy, nerdy Cath and her twin sister Wren have spent most of their lives following the Simon Snow book series. Not only are they fans, they also have their own following as co-authors of a long-running fan fiction serial, "Carry On, Simon." But freshman year of college changes everything. Wren distances herself from Cath to establish a new identity; she's now more party girl than fangirl, while Cath still finds real life more intimidating and less compe
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Very fun work of self-reflexive meta-fiction about a teenage fanfiction author struggling with her transition to fiction author, college freshman and independent young adult. Cath is one half of a pair of fanfiction-writing twins; despite attending the same university, she hardly ever sees her sister, Wren. Wren has decided to distance herself from the Simon Snow fandom (think HP meets Twilight) both girls had immersed themselves in and meet new people. While Wren goes out partying every weekend
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I liked this one better than Eleanor & Park.
This is another solid YA novel by Rainbow Rowell. There are no vampires here or dystopian futures but there is a young woman named Cath, who is struggling to find her way. Cath is a huge fan of Simon Snow, a Harry Potter-esque hero featured in seven books (soon to be eight) that Cath and her twin sister Wren devoured from the time they were little. The series has helped them both deal with the realities of their life—that their mother has abandoned them and that their ad-exec father struggles wi
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I picked this book up as a quick read for a road trip. You know, something light and nothing you feel bound to. Even still, this book fell flat for me in multiple ways. Cath and Levi, while cute, ended up boring me. At the end, I was very literally yelling for the book to end already. All in all, I'll just end with this article which sums up my feelings: http://thinkprogress.org/alyssa/2013/....
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Loved. Loved. Loved.
My first Rainbow Rowell book and I loved every second of it. Oh, Levi, I could feel his smile.
My first Rainbow Rowell book and I loved every second of it. Oh, Levi, I could feel his smile.
Really good portrayal of college, finding one's way as a young adult, and the power of fictional worlds.
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Such an amazing book. I just walked right into this world and wanted to stay for awhile. Probably didn't hurt that Rainbow Rowell set in in my ACTUAL dorm room my sophomore year at University of Nebraska--Pound 913. I love Rowell writing style. I have enjoyed following her career since she wrote a column for the Daily Nebraskan and we took some of the same English classes. She really draws her characters well. I highly recommend this book and her other titles, too.
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Cath is what I was like as a freshman in college: a girl wearing her fandom's T-shirts every single day and refusing to leave her room. Reading her story while I'm in my final week of college was special. Thanks, Rainbow.
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3.5; v cute
Sep 20, 2013
Rebecca
marked it as to-read
Dec 12, 2013
Kristina
marked it as to-read
Dec 23, 2013
Amy
marked it as to-read
