What are you currently reading?
The Turn of the Screw, The Aspern Papers and Two Stories by Henry James
Roots by Alex Haley
What did you just finish reading?
Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel
The Fangirl’s Guide to the Galaxy: A Handbook for Geeks by Sam Maggs
Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain
What do you think you’ll read next?
The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain
Five Night Stand by Richard Alley
Washington by Ron Chernow
HEY! HEY! HEY! HEY!
JUMPS UP AND WAVES ERRATICALLY AT ALL MY FELLOW GIRL GEEKS, NERDS, OBSESSIVE LOVERS OF EVERYTHING.
I HAVE FOUND THE FANGIRL FEMINIST BIBLE.
*phew* Ok. I’m tired now. Sometimes being that enthusiastic can be exhausting, but this book gave me ALL THE FEELS. Because ladies, it is all about us! And it’s amaaaaazing. I’m not kidding, I was internally screaming the whole time I was reading, like FINALLY someone stood up and said HEY! We need this. We deserve this. This is ours.
I basically want to post myself at the doorway of every high school and just hand out copies of this book. Because girls need to read it. It would change so many young girls’ attitudes about so many things.
I should probably tell you about it, huh? *deep breath* Ok. Calming down. Just a little bit though.
Sam Maggs is a fan girl. And like many of us, she’s gotten all of the resistance from the patriarchy about being a “fake geek girl.” What even is that anyway? Ugh. So, she’s written a book about how to fly our fan girl flag so high that the guys can have absolutely nothing to say about us being fake. Because we are pretty freaking awesome, ladies, and we should show it.
This book covers all the bases of geek–from cosplay to Tumblr, cons to YA lit. But the real underlying theme is confidence and feminism. It’s time to believe in ourselves and stop letting the world outside tear us down and stop us from being who we really want to be. The most wonderful thing about being a geek is that we love something with everything we have, which makes us different than anybody else. Why not show everyone what that one thing is?
If you couldn’t tell, I really loved this book. It’s coming out on May 12, and you bet I’m going to have this one on my shelf. Are you a fan girl? FLY THAT FLAG!
Fulfills PopSugar #24: A book based entirely on its cover
NetGalley provided this ARC for an unbiased review.
What are you currently reading?
The Turn of the Screw, The Aspern Papers and Two Stories by Henry James
Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain
What did you just finish reading?
The True American by Anand Giridharadas
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Good Girl by Sarah Tomlinson
What do you think you’ll read next?
The Fan Girl’s Guide to the Galaxy by Sam Maggs
Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel
Roots by Alex Haley
As I Lay Reading 