Cath wants to be a writer, but she doesn’t want to write just anything. You see, Cath is a Simon Snow (this fictional world’s version of Harry Potter) fan. She might even be the biggest Simon Snow fan there is. She spends most of her time writing fan fiction about Simon and his nemesis, Baz, and it’s the only thing she loves to do, but she can’t do it forever and she’s not sure she’s up to the task of writing anything else. With an […]
I’m not such a fan, girl
Last year, my Cannonball book was a crashing disappointment. A one star disaster that I HATED. I didn’t want to repeat the same problem this year. I wanted book 52 to be a treat, a rave review, a delight. A book I tore through in a day because I couldn’t put it down. After loving Eleanor & Park so hard, I bought Fangirl so this was the obvious logical choice to take centre stage as book 52 this year. An obvious shoo in for a gushing and effusive review. […]
Quadruple Rainbow
#132-6: Attachments, Eleanor & Park, Fangirl, and Landline by Rainbow Rowell: 5 stars each.
Fangirl
Can you give a book 6 stars? Fangirl was, by far, one of the best books I’ve read all year. I devoured it in two nights and my only complaint is that is ended already. Can we start an online petition for sequels to all Rainbow Rowell’s books? She always seems to leave me wanting more! Cath’s life has been devoted to Simon Snow (a Harry Potter-esq book character) since her mother left Cath and her twin sister, Wren, when they were 8. Wren has […]