FanGirl
When looking at FanGirl by Rainbow Rowell, on the shelves of the pitiful book section in Target I really didn't know what to expect. I had recognized the author from a previous book that I had read and I noticed the book in our intricate library at school and I thought why not give it a shot! I had to read something and the books from my public library weren't really meeting my expectations. So once I bought the book and walked back to my house I had cracked open the book. It had begun with the author immediately pulling in the reader into the crazy circus with nothing but ciaos. The ring leader of this circus was Cather. A quiet nerd for Simon Snow, a girl who'd prefer typing away on her lousy laptop on FanFixx.net as the amazing MagiCath, than go out partying unlike her very close and very similar twin sister. While Cath's sister, Wren, is off going to frat party's with her roommate Courtney and getting drunk, Cath sits in her small dorm room while her own roommate, Reagen, is either off somewhere getting drunk or in the dorm with Cath, getting ready to go out. Reagen would sometimes wander to places with her best friend, Levi, a man who would give a smile to everyone who entered his peripheral view. Cath seemed to be slowly fallen in love with Levi and without realizing it, Levi was falling in love with Cath. They had never ceased a day where they didn't hang out. After Levi's smiled filled Starbucks shift had ended, he returned to Cath, returning to his princess as the knight in shining armor. But sadly, while Cath was living the dream with Levi, her dad and her sister weren't doing so well. Cath's dad seemed to be going on the crazy side when they left for college. He ate junk food, locked himself in his office and hadn't come out for days, and taped his ideas all over the living room walls. He needed her to push him to bed, make him healthy meals, there to make sure that he won't do anything he would regret. But Cath was to busy to worry about her father being able to live to see another day to talk to Wren, who was somewhere off with Courtney getting drunk, getting hit on guys, and stumbling to get another bottle of beer. With Cath's dad's health getting better, they decided that Wren's should too. Cath and her dad forced Wren to quit drinking and finally Cath and Wren were together with her health steady. Now everyone was radiant, no need to worry anymore.I think this would connect to young adults who are attending college. The life of going out to party, falling in love, and finding your purpose. To take the puzzle pieces and to be able to put them together to form something that will help you see your future. Anyway, I don't think any of the books I've read connect to this book. I've read books about love and college life but nothing really compared to this. Rainbow Rowell writes in a way that no one else does, so for me to think at 10 o'clock at night off the top of my head, again, I'd say I've never read a book that connected to this. But this book might connect to someone else in someway. I think it might connect to people who like stories about love and betrayal, but in a modern day twist. But hey, anyone could like it, maybe even the person we least expect.
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