Fangirl

by Rainbow Rowell

Cath is a Simon Snow fan.

Okay, the whole world is a Simon Snow fan...

But for Cath, being a fan is her life—and she’s really good at it. She and her twin sister, Wren, ensconced themselves in the Simon Snow series when they were just kids; it’s what got them through their mother leaving.

Cath’s sister has mostly grown away from fandom, but Cath can’t let go. She doesn’t want to.

Now that they’re going to college, Wren has told Cath she doesn’t want to be roommates. Cath is on her own, completely outside of her comfort zone. She’s got a surly roommate with a charming, always-around boyfriend, a fiction-writing professor who thinks fan fiction is the end of the civilized world, a handsome classmate who only wants to talk about words... And she can’t stop worrying about her dad, who’s loving and fragile and has never really been alone.

For Cath, the question is: Can she do this?

(Summary retrieved from goodreads.com)

This was a fun read and a really easy one to get sucked into. This is a great book that explores the world of fanfiction and social anxiety in a way that is very accessible to folks that may not know much about either. Also, the fanfic Cath rights includes a same-sex couple. The more "every day" these things become, hopefully the more tolerant and accepting people will become in relation to the LGBT community.

This is one of the first books I tweeted about (#qlis739).