If you haven't read Katie McGarry yet, I want to know what you are waiting for. Contemporary romance with teens who have heavy issues to work through.If you haven't read Katie McGarry yet, I want to know what you are waiting for. Contemporary romance with teens who have heavy issues to work through. She's brilliant....more
Oh my goodness. This book is so so good. A coming of age story that takes place during Cath's freshmen year of college. Do you remember Freshmen year?Oh my goodness. This book is so so good. A coming of age story that takes place during Cath's freshmen year of college. Do you remember Freshmen year? Everything just seemed possible. Oh college, I kinda miss you.
Cath's family is also dealing with an absentee mother (always a sucker for mom issue stories) and mental issues that were possibly triggered thanks to mom. Cath also has a twin sister Wren who all of a sudden wants her independence from her twin leaving Cath to fend for herself for the first time.
Also woven into this story is a lot of fanfiction. I am not too knowledgeable in that area. The most fanfiction I ever read involved the TV show Alias (Don't judge.) and even then it wasn't that much. I digress. Anyways, I find this book and the conversations about fanfiction to be so pertinent now as Amazon has made their announcement regarding fanfiction.
I am always so impressed with authors who not only write a book but then must write several other stories within that book. In Fangirl , Rowell has written Cath's story and then she wrote Cath's fanfiction and then of course to have fanfiction, you have to have a whole other series the fanfiction is written from. Rowell created three different stories within this one and they all weave so very well together. I think I would like to read a little Simon Snow to see what all the hype is about. :)...more
**Going back through my top 5 books of 2011 and upping the stars to 5 (from 4). I feel that if the book continues to make me think about it and recomm**Going back through my top 5 books of 2011 and upping the stars to 5 (from 4). I feel that if the book continues to make me think about it and recommend it to every teen (and adult) that I can think of, it deserves 5 stars.**
Wowzers! I can't put this one down! This book was so amazing. Someone else please read it so we can discuss. Also, if you haven't read this - this question is, WHY THE CRAP NOT?! It is so, so, so, so (SO!) good. That's my review. Go read it....more
If you are planning on lying out by the pool or need a book to take with you to the beach, this is your book. It is a light, fast read. I think I enjoIf you are planning on lying out by the pool or need a book to take with you to the beach, this is your book. It is a light, fast read. I think I enjoyed the book because there really was not much substance to it. It was a good summer read. The book follows three French tutors who each have their own American student that they walk around Paris, working on their French. The three French tutors have a connection to each other, yet the three Americans are not connected at all. Again, because there are at least three stories being told, there was not a whole lot of character development. You definitely got back story on the three Americans, but not enough to really understand the characters. My only big problem with the book was the infidelity that was happening. As a happily married woman for almost 9 years, reading about people cheating on their spouses, or strongly considering it, does rub me the wrong way. ...more
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