Fangirl reads Fangirl

An apology is in order, I have completely surpassed the month of February and we're closer to April than we've ever been. I don't feel like showering excuses on you BUT I have moved houses. *showers excuses*

 I am no longer living with my parents and am also swamped with exams. (I can barely see you) Lots of new things are happening and I cannot completely say I'm elated (I'm a human. We hate change) but I'm learning to live with it.

I love how what is supposed to be a book reviewing blog turns into me just talking about my life and complaining about how I never get enough time to read and review and read and blog and read. However, I have been squeezing in a book or two from *GASP the library. How? How did I, keeper of books, manage to give them back? Well let me tell you, it was after a letter I got at home stating I owed £29 to the library after just two weeks (I swear it was just two weeks) since then I have been hiding the books I cannot return in the library itself. I am not ashamed. Its hard to explain but its like the magic of the book disappears after somebody else uses it. (No I do not need a psychiatrist) I'm learning guys, I can do it. One of these so called books that I have decided to read, hide (although I checked yesterday and it wasn't there behind the shelf #cry) and then review is Fangirl, by Rainbow Rowell.

Definition;

A rabid, wild breed of often human females who are obsessed with either a fictitious character in a book, or perhaps a band member or an actor/singer. Fangirls congregate at anime conventions, concerts, book signings or O2L gatherings. They have been known to glomp, grope and tackle when encountering the said obsessions. 

There are few things people can accuse me of but most definitely I can be held accountable for being part of quite a few fandoms.

I am an avid fan of Sherlock Holmes and love love love how Robert Downey Jr. represented him in both movies. Don't get me started on Marvel. (ultimate ship is WHOLOCK. YES GUYS. JUST YES)
I am also part of the Cumberpatch fandom. His acting skills are amazing (The imitation game was sheer ingenuity) I. LOVE. HOGGY HOGGY HOGWARTS. Most definitely my Potterhead overrules all. The books, movies actors and errything ON POINT.
Something which I have watched over and over again is Lord of the Rings.  A classic timeless, the precipice of fantasy, everything you could ever have wanted. The blood, battles, gore.  Not to mention Orlando Bloom as the infamous Legolas. *swoon
Anime and Korean dramas are also some things which occupy 90% of my time. I wish I was joking.
Enough of things that make me squeal.
Fangirl is all about a mousy girl named Cath who is an obsessive Simon snow fan. Shes read every single one of his books and she even writes fanfiction based on two of the main characters. I think the magical boarding school within the Simon snow series can be closely related to Harry Potter. Cath deals with social anxiety, a bi-polar farther and a sister who's determined to get as further away from Cath as possible. Everything is changing rapidly and Cath is barely keep afloat. Cath gets stuck with an intimidating new room mate called Raegan. I love her and her rough around the edges character. Que love interest. Levi. A tall, lanky and cute boy who just smiles ALL-THE-FREAKING-TIME.
I feel as though the title was misleading, The world that it creates is mainly revolving around how Cath can't leave Simon Snow behind. It's also filled with pointless extracts of the online fan fiction that Cath writes. Don't get me wrong, the relationships are dynamic and the problems that Cath has to overcome makes you eager to read more. I was looking forward to reading this book because I thought it would be relatable to fangirls everywhere. Unfortunately, this was not the case.
What I'm trying to say is, this book should have been a contemporary coming of age novel so no hopes were raised that finally, finally a book had been released depicting the true image of a Fangirl, how we really are and what the thousands stand for. How painful it is to get so emotionally invested in something like a fandom, or a series. 
I didn't necessarily like Cath's character that much. She was far too socially incompetent.

Cath broke open a box of protein bars. 

She had four more boxes and three giant jars of 

peanut butter shoved under her bed.

 If she paced herself, she might not have

 to face the dining hall until October.

God forbid she should have to face the monstrous dining hall.

Other than that I loved the relationship between the characters in the book. Wren and Cath. The twins and their farther. Reagan and Cath. Levi and Cath. Their relationships were all beautifully written, honest and realistic.

Overall, a solid read for a coming of age contemporary romance novel. A 3.75 stars out of 5.

Readers, keep reading.

In the cheer of fangirling, feast your eyes with some tumblr love.

  

(Its worth zooming in for this one. 

My favourites the second to last one)

A Watty to remember

Right, lets get one thing straight. I am all about the books. The pages, old or new, the spine, stiff or cracked, the state, weathered or pristine.
There's that buzzing feel in your hand that you get when you start that book you've been wanting for so long and it FINALLY arrives from amazon. Or perhaps you've been saving up, waiting until your mum takes you to WHsmith or Waterstones after days of begging with a list in your coat pocket because let's face it, it's been so long since you last went that it's shameful. Amazon is clearly the option for me :'(
 Maybe you even go to the library and you get ecstatic when you find out that the book you have craved after for oh-so-long is sitting on the shelf (this never works out for me. I cannot give them back. My deprived self needs them)
 I have never been one for kindles or audio books or whatever else they have come up with. BUT there is an exception.
I used to mock this creation before. It was an endless void filled with indistinguishable cliches and monotonous narratives, but that was before I had found 'them'. Prized possessions that inhabit the first row of my library. Constant updates are a thing to thrive off. You got it.
Wattpad.
This, ladies and gentlemen, is a review for one of the best books I have read on Wattpad.
'Illegal my ass'
Don't get put off my readers, for although the title may be like any other overrated story in the history of Watty's, this, I guarantee, is a game changer.
I want to start off by saying never have I ever laughed so much when reading a story (since Louise Renninson of course, that legend) The tears of laughter kept streaming down, so much so that I had to put my phone away and lay down for a while to get calm.. Quiet simply put, 'makeandoffer' is a literary genius and if she doesn't want to write, she should try stand-up comedy.
If you're not in it for the laughs, try the intense characters. The way she makes the plot so unpredictably remarkable. The story flows with wit, humor and general awesomeness.
Mia Hastings, after all, was never one to follow the rules. Shes a genuine and likable character. If she was a word, she would be Y.O.L.O. She lives in the moment and just goes with it along with her best friend, Lacey Richards. Her father works abroad and so she lives with her older brother, Nate. With no parental figure in the house, Mia is...unrestrained. Her hobbies include throwing paint filled ahem 'balloons' at cheerleader squads, occasionally shop lifting and sometimes giving boys she likes hypothermia for kissing another girl (understandable) Oh, and she also nearly skewered a boys left nut once. She's pretty bad ass.
  
                                    "Maybe cos your hands were exploring more than Dora. 

I wouldn't have minded but Dora had a map and a compass 

so she knew where she was going. You, on the other hand were

 like a tourist in the center of London. 

Lost as a f******* fiddle"

And here's when Drake comes in.
Drake is her brothers best friend who has been in jail for the past two years. What made me love this story the most was probably his enigmatic character.

"Listen Hastings, just because I spent the last two years

 of my life in a sausage fest does not mean

 I wave the pink flag loud and proud" 

He's known for being the bad boy, a womaniser and he parties hard. No matter how cliche that sounds, don't give up. YOU WILL END UP WITH STOMACH CRAMPS.
When Mia and Drake meet for the first time in two years, both with devil-may-care attitudes,unresolved issues of their own and more secrets than an episode of PLL, you can expect a story brimming with laughs, tears, fights and felonies. Overall, a 4.5 stars.

Read on guys, read on.

When it feels wrong, it's always more right