Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell // BOOK REVIEW

So Rainbow Rowell is one of my favourite authors and Fangirl was just as amazing as I expected it to be! This book is about a girl called Cath, who is in her first year of university. And her love of the book series Simon Snow, makes it a little hard for her to fit in, as she prefers to write fanfiction than do the stereotypical university life.

First off, Fangirl made me laugh out loud and I was smiling whilst reading nearly every page. My particular favourite moments were the references to Gilmore Girls and Beverly Hills 90210, which are two of my all time favourite TV shows, so those parts really made me giggle! 

I liked how this book deals with more than just your average YA love triangle. I mean there's a tiny bit of that, but amongst mental illness, alcohol abuse, family separation and trying to fit in. Or in the case of Cath, not fitting in at all. I could really relate to Cath, who in her first year of university, prefers to spend her free time in her room, writing fanfiction. And whilst I don't write fanfiction, I do spend my free time doing equally nerdy things by myself. Plus we're both doing creative writing courses, so y'know we're pretty much the same person. 

But, as much as liked Cath, it was Levi who stole the show for me! He was ADORABLE. From the second he was introduced I was in love. He's so happy and it's contagious - when he was smiling, I was smiling. Ugh. In love <3

My only issue with Fangirl was that I wanted less of the fanfiction about Simon Snow that Cath was writing. For example, the book ended with a piece of fanfiction she'd written, and whilst I can see why, I wanted it to end with the characters from Fangirl! But I think this down to is personal taste, as I've heard other people say they really liked the fanfiction parts of the book, so don't let this put you off! 

Overall, I adored this book! I give it 5 stars. You need to read it right now! 

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Since we're on the subject of books, I thought I'd just let you know that I have a goodreads account, which I am constantly updating with all things bookish. I also have a youtube account, where I talk about books fairly often (amongst other things, like beauty and the weird things that happen to me). I actually did a review of Fangirl over on there too. Links to both of these are just below, so why not pop over and have a little look. 

I hope you're having an excellent day! 

Love Chloe x

Six Selfie Sunday

There's this thing going round Tumblr called the 'Six Selfie Challenge' and I was tagged to do it by two lovely people (see below for links to them). I really liked this idea because selfies are wonderful and so is storytelling. Therefore I decided to bring the challenge onto my blog because why not! 

1) This photo was taken at the Greek cookery night in Topping and Company, a bookshop, in Bath. We had gone to Bath for a weekend away and my was shocked to find out that my camera had a front facing camera, hence the ridiculous selfie.

2) I took this after I had been filming a youtube video because I liked my hair and makeup that day. And yes, that is a teepee in my bedroom. 

3) I was trying to take a selfie here, but accidentally took a ton of photos because I didn’t realise I was holding down the button. The selfie didn’t work out but I like this collection of accidents regardless. 

4) This isn’t actually a selfie, but I’m including it because I can. This is my favourite photo ever. It was taken whilst on a trip down the Great Ocean Road. We pulled into this little stop that was just a couple of trees and a tiny shop. But in the trees were hundreds of these birds (and a few koalas). These rosella birds would land on your hands to eat the food we were given and one even landed on my shoulder. Amazing.

5) This photo was taken a little while after photo 4. We were on the bus that was taking us down the Great Ocean Road and we decided to snap a selfie because why not. I was also covered in chocolate crumbs from the Twirl I had just eaten - classy.

6) This was taken before going out for a few drinks. I really liked my hair, makeup and outfit so decided to take a selfie. But due to my stunning lack of ability to take a good selfie this is the first time this has ever graced the internet. Check out that shampoo in the background though, crazzzzy! 

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I hope you enjoyed this post, and if you decide to do this too I'd love to see your selfie stories! Tweet them to me if you, @thegiddyelf :) 

I was tagged to do this by @justh0lly and @city-of-spooks on tumblr so go follow them, they're amazing - http://justh0lly.tumblr.com and http://city-of-spooks.tumblr.com

Have a great day. 

Byeeee!