Fangirl

by Rainbow Rowell

[Sam@WLABB]

I swear, this woman can do no wrong by me.

How do I love thee, let me count the ways

1. I am always left warm and fuzzy. Fangirl contains some really touching moments. You have girl-boy love, boy-boy love, father-daughter love, sister-sister love, mentor-student love, roommate love. So much love, and the love is not cheesy. It is very real and honest and evolves organically. I did not roll my eyes once.

2. I could be friends with a lot of these characters. Fangirl's stars are also, very real. They are flawed, and they know it, but they are very genuine, so you care about them and what happens to them.

3. Rainbow never leaves her damaged people without a support system. Cather, our Fangirl, has a lot of baggage and hang-ups, but RR surrounded her with good friends and a family who support her.

4. The characters trip, but they don't fall. RR let's the characters fail and slip-up, but they dust themselves off, and "get back on the horse". Very positive message

5. The pop culture references (Encyclopedia Brown!) as well as a shout out to my Delta Gamma (that's what I amma)

This is a beautiful story of a girl who prefers to live in her fan fiction world, where the story can continue forever and she can lose herself. During her first year of college, many changes occur in her life, which help her discover a lot about herself.

Now I will fangirl. I was lucky to attend the book launch for "Landlines", and I must say, if anyone was named appropriately, it was Rainbow Rowell. She is just so vibrant -- all sunshine and bright color. Loved her! One attendee asked RR if she reads her fanfic, and she told us "no", because she is not sure she is done with all her characters and she does not want to be influenced by any other people's ideas for said characters. This statement gave me hope, that I will hear more about Cath and Levi. I must know more about them.