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I LOVE THIS BOOK. I don't get to say that often enough and generally I find myself grasping at things to say after I finish a book. But let me drop superlatives like I have no concept of value or quality because this was a super fantastic amazing book and I love this book. I love Cather and I love Wren and I love Reagan and I love Levi and most of all I love Rainbow.
oh and I love Nebraska.
Fangirl is about a girl named Cather who enters college and she writes fanfiction and she's socially awkwa ...more
oh and I love Nebraska.
Fangirl is about a girl named Cather who enters college and she writes fanfiction and she's socially awkwa ...more

While aimed a little more directly at a specific audience of young adult women, I think that this is just as good as her better-known Eleanor and Park.
One of the things I thought was truly great about this book was her portrayal of Cath, the obsessive fan writer. She's both talented and obsessed, but not an idiot, and the resolution of both her story and that of her characters rings true.
Telling the "real" and "fanfic" versions of a non-existent book, in the slightly different voices of the "rea ...more
One of the things I thought was truly great about this book was her portrayal of Cath, the obsessive fan writer. She's both talented and obsessed, but not an idiot, and the resolution of both her story and that of her characters rings true.
Telling the "real" and "fanfic" versions of a non-existent book, in the slightly different voices of the "rea ...more

Jan 02, 2014
Alyson (Kid Lit Frenzy)
marked it as to-read
Shelves:
audiobook,
must-read-in-2014-challenge

Jul 15, 2014
Betsy
marked it as to-read

Jul 15, 2014
Jennette Neville
marked it as to-read