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happy 10th birthday, Fangirl! here's to 10 years of emergency dance parties🎉
Where would any of us be without Fangirl?? I remember reading it for the first time and feeling like I found a book that knew me in a way most books didn’t. And through the years, it’s only become more important to me.
If I might be allowed to be so so sappy for a moment, this post is a little tribute to the emergency dance party, the Fangirl reference that’s changed my life the most. I love this little corner of the Simon Snow fandom. I love that this reference has become a place for us. A discord channel, a party central, a conversation hub, an events planning committee. A space for people to show up and be together.
Thank you, Fangirl, for introducing me to Simon and Baz, and thank you, Fangirl, for introducing me to so many of my best friends. I love you guys ♥️
So here’s to Fangirl, and to my fellow fangirls and fanboys and fans. I hope I’m still dancing with y’all 10 years into the future, too.
#happy 10th anniversary fangirl!#rainbow rowell#cather avery#levi stewart#speaking of levi did y'all know he doesn't actually have a last name in fangirl?#his name was secret bonus content for so many years!#the more you know
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“Her chest was so tight, it hurt both ways. Levi shouldn’t be making her feel this way - he shouldn’t even have access to her chest”
-Fangirl by @rainbowrowell
+ a peek into Cath’s brain:
#drew this for a friends birthday!!#@hagno.art on insta. go check her art out!#fangirl#Cather avery#levi stewart#cathlevi#levicath#ya#snowbaz#rainbow rowell#artovna
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#fangirl#gabi nam#rainbow rowell#sam maggs#mangacap#graphic novel#vol 3#cather avery#levi stewart#imberlae
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"'Just...isn't giving up allowed sometimes? Isn't it okay to say 'This really hurts, so I'm going to stop trying'?'
'It sets a dangerous precident'
'For avoiding pain?'
'For avoiding life'"
Fangirl, Rainbow Rowell
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I love Cath and Levi so much
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My favorite scene from Vol. 2 so far. So happy it came out, but I need a Vol. 3 release date NOW 👀
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Were you in love?
Desperately.
Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
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So a few days ago I ordered the book Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell. It showed up today and I started reading it and just finished it and I’m having so many thoughts.
It honestly feels like it was written about me. So much of it resonates with me and almost mirrors my life.
I loved it and I’m little annoyed with myself for reading the whole thing in day, but it was so fucking good! Definitely be rereading, most likely very soon!
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send ♡ to see what my muse thinks of yours - @fanboylevi
●●●●● | ATTRACTION
●●●●● | AFFECTION
●●●●● | INTEREST
●●●●● | LOYALTY
●●●●○ | TRUST
"Every day I realize how lucky I am to have Levi. I've written love stories, but he shows me what it actually feels like to be in love and to have someone love you in return. And that's -- special. He's special."
#i'm rooting for you || cather x levi { fanboylevi }#[ look she just has her own insecurities which is why the trust thing is missing one ok#she'll never forget him makin out with that girl ]
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100 Fiction Books to Read Before You Die
The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
The Book of Margery Kempe by Margery Kempe
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
A Small Place by Jamaica Kincaid
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Sparks
The Girl by Meridel Le Sueur
The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Veronica by Mary Gaitskill
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
Kindred by Octavia Butler
Middlemarch by George Eliot
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Passing by Nella Larson
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather
Play it as it Lays by Joan Didion
The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende
Wuthering Heights Emily Bronte
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
White Teeth by Zadie Smith
The Power by Naomi Alderman
The Street by Ann Petry
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
Mary Barton by Elizabeth Gaskill
An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
Small Island by Andrea Levy
The Idiot by Elif Batuman
The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
The Price of Salt/Carol by Patricia Highsmith
Room by Emma Donoghue
The Sea, The Sea by Iris Murdoch
Garden of Earthly Delights by Joyce Carol Oates
Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
Wise Blood by Flannery O Conner
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsey
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
The Awakening by Kate Chopin
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall
House of Incest by Anaïs Nin
The Mandarins by Simone de Beauvoir
The Lottery by Shirley Jackson
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
Corregidora by Gayl Jones
Whose Names are Unknown by Sanora Babb
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
See Now Then by Jamaica Kincaid
The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri
Beloved by Toni Morrison
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy
To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
My Antonia by Willa Cather
Democracy by Joan Didion
Black Water by Joyce Carol Oates
The Violent Bear it Away by Flannery O Connor
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier
The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
I Must Betray You be Ruta Sepetys
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
The Mare by Mary Gaitskill
City of Beasts by Isabel Allende
Fledgling by Octavia Butler
A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula Le Guin
The First Bad Man by Miranda July
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Moses, Man of the Mountain by Zora Neale Hurston
Disobedience by Naomi Alderman
Quicksand by Nella Larsen
The Narrows by Ann Petry
The Blood of Others by Simone de Beauvoir
Under the Sea by Rachel Carson
Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
Under the Net by Iris Murdoch
The Birdcatcher by Gayl Jones
Desert of the Heart by Jane Rule
In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez
The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa
@gaydalf @kishipurrun @unsentimentaltranslator @algolagniaa @stariduks @hippodamoi
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Fangirl Review
★★★★★ - 5 stars
“Emergency Dance Party!”
Cather Avery loves Simon Snow. The World of Mages is her home. Writing ‘Carry On, Simon’ is her life. College most certainly is not the place for her. Her identical twin sister, Wren Avery, loves to go out and drink; College is definitely her home; partying, with her new best friend, is her life and the World of Mages most certainly is not her place anymore. The two twins used to do everything together but now, Wren is living a new life without Cath (and without Simon Snow) at college, but for Cath letting go of the world she holds so dear is not so easy. In this heart-warming tale of romance, friendship, and self-discovery, readers witness Cath Avery develop from so much more than just a fangirl.
Fangirl is Rainbow Rowell’s welcoming handshake into The World of Mages, Simon Snow, and Baz Pitch. With excerpts from Cath’s fanfiction ‘Carry On, Simon’, other fanfictions from the fictional ‘FanFixx.Net’, and the book series written by ‘Gemma L. Telsie’ (The Fangirl Universe version of Rowell), we take our first steps into the world of wonder, magic, and goats…
Alongside the Harry-Potter-inspired Simon Snow Universe, we experience college life through Cather’s eyes as she meets new people, including her confident but blunt roommate, Reagan, and the charming, overly attentive, Levi. As a result, throughout the course of the book, both Introverts and Extroverts are well represented. It is most common, that readers relate to Cath: her quiet, bookish nature; her nerves at the concept of going to college, or even the extreme amount of time she spends hidden away from the world in her bedroom. In contrast with Cather’s introversion, Reagan and Levi are both extroverts, attempting to drag her out of the confines of her own brain, with a varying success rate.
Though Fangirl is often comical and light-hearted, it does take on a range of serious issues. The characters have flaws, just like real people, including smoking and drinking too often. Familial issues are also a core part of the novel, along with the mental health issues that can come as a part of such circumstances. This adds to the realism of a large proportion of the book, balancing it out with the fantasy, magic-filled sections, allowing readers to feel as though the events of Fangirl could be happening to anyone: the random person they walked past on the street, an acquaintance at work or school, a friend, even the reader themself.
A fantastic contemporary YA novel, Fangirl is rated an average of 4 stars on Goodreads. Rowell has created a novel for geeks and nerds alike; for the lovers of books, music, and film; for the romantic dreamers; for the fantasy-word escapists; for the students; for the writers, and for everyone who is a part of a fandom.
#fangirl#rainbow rowell#books#booklover#book blog#book reviews#reading#books and reading#bookaddict#simon snow#cath avery#levi and cath#wren avery#fanfiction writer#romcom#romance#fantasy#college#bookshelf#tyrannus basilton grimm pitch#baz pitch#snowbaz#fangirls#bookblr#introvert#introversion#readblr#booklr#book reccs#book review
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Fangirl, Vol. 1: The Manga Adapted by Sam Maggs. Illustrated by Gabi Nam. Based on the novel by Rainbow Rowell.
Series: Fangirl Manga, Vol. 1
Read time: 1 Day
Rating: 4/5 Stars
The Quote: I always get lost in the library, no matter how many times I go. In fact, I think I get lost there more, the more that I go. Like it's getting to know me, and revealing new passages. — Levi (look my librarian ass loves this line)
Full disclosure I still haven't read Fangirl so I'm coming into this a bit differently from most. Basically, I always intended to read it but never got around to it. I now intend on reading it before volume two is released in June (? I think), before writing this review I put it on hold at my local library. But from what I can see at this point it is well suited to a visual adaptation. This appears to be a clever adaptation. Sam Maggs has ensured that it flows properly. Particularly when combined with Gabi Nam's illustrations which are all clearly distinct. Wren and Cather have the perfect facial structure similarities that were needed. It feels like it depends on how Cath is feeling as to how they look. Both Cath's fandom self and Simon and Baz are shown regularly. Nam's take on Simon and Baz is fantastic and slightly varied. What I can clearly see from this is why people wanted Simon Snow's story so badly Rainbow sells their story well.
Cath and Wren are the ideal for the demonstration of growing apart and finding identity as twins. I quite like Reagan. I really like that Cath is Reagan's mealtime bitching buddy, I like that it is clearly leading to a friendship. Also, the best friendships to me can be shown through what you see in the random people around you. Personality traits. Nick and Levi have this interesting counterbalance thing going on. And well Dad is trying his best, he is a great representation of a parent. That's all I'm going to write in the review for now. I'll probably reread it at a later date and might be able to comment better.
#fangirl#fangirl the manga#sam maggs#rainbow rowell#gabi nam#manga#book review#ktreviews#booklr#read 2022
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#fangirl#gabi nam#rainbow rowell#graphic novel#manga#mangacap#vol 2#levi stewart#cather avery#imberlae
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I feel like I'll never find another book I love as much as Rainbow Rowell's Fangirl, and I am devastated that I've finished it. It usually never takes me longer than a day or two to finish a book; however, I purposely took over a week to finish Levi and Cath's story. I used my entire stack of orange sticky notes for this, and I don't regret any one of them.
I'm not sure if I've ever related to a character as much as I related to Cather. I recently wrote about my freshman year experience, and I did so because I received my college diploma in the mail. I also was reminded of how painfully hard it was for me to be a freshman while reading Fangirl.
Cather Avery is a writer, but she doesn't believe she can create her own world from her own words. I was in Cather's position a year ago. I remember the first day I spent in Tom Franklin's Fiction-Writing class; I was petrified after he let us know only publishable stories would earn you an A in his class. I thought about dropping Fiction-Writing, because I was afraid I wouldn't be as good as the other writers around me. My class was filled with real writers; publishable writers.
Tom wasn't fond of the first story I turned in, and I didn't deserve for him to be proud considering I turned in an excerpt of a story I had written for my Beginner's Fiction class. I was so afraid of starting something new; I was Cather. My day came for my classmates to critique my story, and my palms were sweating. I had been writing for days; I had been trying to come up with a story for weeks until I finally stumbled onto something. I had never written anything like Virago before; it wasn't full of Faulkner sentences. It was straightforward and dangling on the edge of too much dialogue. And the only thing I remember Tom saying was, "only a sophisticated writer would write this."
Rainbow Rowell is sophisticated; she is simple. She doesn't need sequins or diamonds for her words to stand out, and that's why I love her writing. I'm not sure I've ever read an ending so simply written; I've never smiled so much at an ending. I smiled at all her words.
"It's just... everything. There are too many people. And I don't fit in. I don't know how to be. Nothing that I'm good at is the sort of thing that matters there. Being smart doesn't matter-and being good with words. And when those things do matter, it's only because people want something from me. Not because they want me."
There are people who learn that my major in college was English Literature who look at me differently. Some always have a snarky comment to make; some people always somehow find a way to tell me I worked so hard for pointless degree. It doesn't matter how much I love words, and it doesn't matter that books changed my life. They tell me 'good luck with that' and smirk. I would be lying if I said it didn't bother me, because I've cried plenty of times over it. But, the thing is, I'm a writer. I'm going to make it as a writer, because I have these stories in my head that don't go away until I write them down. Because people have told me I am talented. It's so hard to do what you love when it's categorized as belonging in Liberal Arts, but I know that if you really believe it can happen then it will. And it doesn't matter if you're published or not; what matters is that you just keep doing what you love because it feels so good.
"Happily ever after, or even just together ever after, is not cheesy," Wren said. "It's the noblest, like, the most courageous thing two people can shoot for."
Rainbow Rowell writes love stories, and what I love about them is they aren't overzealous. She shows readers that love doesn't have to be dramatic, and she shows readers that the greatest love stories don't have to end badly. They can end so purely; they can end so simply. I used to be petrified that I would only ever write love stories. So many people seem to look down on them, but that's what I write. You write what you love, and there's nothing I love more than reading about two people finding each other. I write love stories, and it makes my heart so happy. Because happily ever after really is the "most courageous thing two people can shoot for."
"Just... isn't giving up allowed sometimes? Isn't it okay to say, 'This really hurts, so I'm going to stop trying'?"
"It sets a dangerous precedent."
"For avoiding pain?"
"For avoiding life."
I'm just in love with Rainbow Rowell, and I'm so thankful that she helped me without even realizing it. We can't avoid things in our path because they will be hard or because we will get looked down on. I'm so, so happy my friend, Alison, forced me to read Eleanor & Park, because I would have never picked up Fangirl otherwise, and I would have missed out on so much. I want to sit on the floor and read this book every day for the rest of my life, and that's so magical.
And like I said, I almost gave up Tom Franklin's class because it was going to be hard, and because I was afraid he would make fun of me for writing love stories. And I'm so glad I didn't, because, had I quit, I would have read this:
"Alex - Well, this is an excellent opening to a story. I'm eager for the mother-in-law to visit. You write excellent dialogue and use drama well. Excellent prose. Let me know if my notes need explaining. - TF"
Scert gift for you 👇🏿
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—Seguro que ellas piensan que intentas ligar.
—Y lo intento.
—Si no te aprovecharás, acosarias también a los chicos listos.
—Lo hago, en caso de necesidad. ¿Tu te sientes explotada, Cather?
Levi seguía sonriendo por encima de su taza de café.
—No- repuso ella—.Yo ya sé que no quieres ligar conmigo.
—Tú no sabes nada.
—¿Así que lo haces a menudo?¿Buscar a una chica para que te lea un libro?
Él negó con la cabeza.
—No, es la primera vez.
(Fangirl, Rainbow Rowell. Pág. 205)
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