Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

“A coming-of-age tale of fan fiction, family and first love.

Cath is a Simon Snow fan.

Okay, the whole world is a Simon Snow fan.

But for Cath, being a fan is her life—and she’s really good at it. She and her twin sister, Wren, ensconced themselves in the Simon Snow series when they were just kids; it’s what got them through their mother leaving. Reading. Rereading. Hanging out in Simon Snow forums, writing Simon Snow fan fiction, dressing up like the characters for every movie premiere.

Cath’s sister has mostly grown away from fandom, but Cath can’t let go. She doesn’t want to.

Now that they’re going to college, Wren has told Cath she doesn’t want to be roommates. Cath is on her own, completely outside of her comfort zone. She’s got a surly roommate with a charming, always-around boyfriend, a fiction-writing professor who thinks fan fiction is the end of the civilized world, a handsome classmate who only wants to talk about words... And she can’t stop worrying about her dad, who’s loving and fragile and has never really been alone.

For Cath, the question is: Can she do this? Can she make it without Wren holding her hand? Is she ready to start living her own life? Writing her own stories?

And does she even want to move on if it means leaving Simon Snow behind?” - taken from Goodreads.com

Okay, here's another book that I'm late to the party for. Fangirl has been on my TBR pile forever so I finally took a chance on the audio version. I loved Cath’s journey of self-discovery and independence during her freshman year at college. Cath’s anxieties begin when her twin sister Wren decides she needs her own space and doesn't want to share a dorm room with her. Cath stretches, not always willing, her wings and comes into her own. Cath’s story is interspersed with her popular fanfiction stories based on a Harry Potter-like book series. I adored Cath’s story and hated for it to end, but the ending was truly awesome. 

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