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Chris
Dec 10, 2013 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: audiobook, fiction, youth, united-states, young-adult
I can't remember the last time a book made me smile so much. I was totally and completely unprepared for it. Once I got into the story of Cather Avery I didn't want it to stop. In fact, I listened to the whole book--11+ hours--in about three days. At first Cath was a bit of a turn off. She really is weird. She wants nothing to do with the outside world. She'd much rather stay in front of her computer writing fan fiction about Simon Snow, the boy magician, whose book series has taken the world by ...more
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Snowtulip
Dec 21, 2013 rated it really liked it
Shelves: own, rom
This is my first Rainbow Rowell experience and definitely not my last.

What I really appreciated about this story was how Cather always stayed true to herself while still growing. The pacing was always steady and Cather held to her values regardless of the peer pressure that came from every direction. And Levi, can't help smiling :D Levi has made me think long and hard about why I keep so many smiles to myself.

The fanfic element really was captured so well and I completely loved reading the scene ...more
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Savi
Aug 13, 2023 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: fiction, romance, lead-female, author-female, read-in-2023
I won't usually pick up romance novels, but I had to make an exception with this one as the MC spoke to me almost immediately just from reading the blurb. Plus the unusual focus on fan culture and fandom was very intriguing. I had it for a lot of years before I finally got around to reading it but I'm glad I did now. I may not share all of Cath's interests and priorities, but our introverted personalities are so similar I kept on reading.

At heart it's just a cute little college love story witho ...more
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Tfalcone
Nov 01, 2014 rated it liked it
Skipped the fan fiction pages, the rest was ok.
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Kim Benouski
Dec 27, 2015 rated it really liked it
Shelves: ya-and-youth
adorable
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Charlotte
Oct 04, 2013 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: favorites, audiobook, read-in-2015
Ahhhh! So good!! Cath is... So good!
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Snuffles
Jan 26, 2017 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: real-world, 2017, f-m, m-m
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Natalie
Jan 08, 2014 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: favorites, ya, contemporary
Cindy
Mar 03, 2014 rated it it was amazing
Tasha
Jun 07, 2014 marked it as to-read
Shelves: young-adult, own, half-price, hardcover, queue
Dom
Jun 09, 2014 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: favorites, good-m-f-romance
Ahenry
Jul 04, 2014 rated it it was amazing
Lucy Davidson
Nov 03, 2014 rated it it was amazing
Kari
Feb 20, 2015 rated it it was ok
Shelves: 2015reads, gryffindor-mmp
Lauren
Apr 28, 2015 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: summer-2015, personal-library
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Jan 24, 2016 rated it liked it
Pamela Milosev
Jun 29, 2016 marked it as to-read
Dana
Mar 11, 2017 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: library
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Jul 29, 2018 marked it as to-read
Shelves: i-own-this
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Dec 08, 2018 marked it as to-read
Shelves: ya-romance
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