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FanGirl by Rainbow Rowell is described as a “coming-of-age tale of fanfiction, family and first love.” Cath, the biggest Simon Snow fan has just entered college, but is having a hard time from the separation from her twin sister “Wren” who did not want to be roommates, as they were for their entire life. Cath is now on her own and is outside her comfort zone, including not going to lunch in the very busy cafeteria. Never mind the fact her surly roommate with a charming, always-around boyfriend. Can she do this? Is she ready to start living her own life? And does she even want to move on if it means leaving Simon Snow behind? As Cath first arrived, alone at college she didn’t think she’d make it. Once her twin sister left her for her own life, all Cath had was Simon Snow until Levi, her roommate Reagan's ex-boyfriend, although Cath doesn't know about the ex part yet. You know how that story goes: boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy regains girl. And Levi definitely screws things up pretty good when he kisses another girl at a party and Cath sees him. Fortunately, he manages to win her back with a few rides to Omaha, a couple complimentary Starbucks coffee concoctions, and his impeccable farm-boy manners. Although you can't help but feel Cath's pain …show more content…
One thing I understood from the book was that even though Cath had a generally sober sister, a relatively stable dad was that, up until Levi the Simon Snow series got her through the pain. Every night Cath sits alone in her dorm room; although her roommate Reagan and her “ex” boyfriend Levi were there, Cath sit eating her dinner (Granola Bars) writing her very famous online book for the one and the only Simon Snow series. Cath, in the book talks about her life before college and how through it all she became the biggest Simon Snow fan. Then when everything when wrong Cath turned to writing an online

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