Simon Snow Series: Carry On (Series #1) (CD-Audio)

from bookczuk

When I finished Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell, I remember whimpering to a friend, "The book was great, but I want to read the ones about Snow and Baz!" Rainbow Rowell heard my pain, (or actually felt her own, according to the author's note) and decided to explore the world of Simon, and Baz, and Pene...

from Jonez

3.75 I adore Rainbow Rowell's writing style. I would read a recipe card that she has written. I loved this story for several reasons. I thought that the book itself (based on the fan fiction written by a character in one of her previous novels) was original and inventive. Rowell did an amazing jo...

from raschneid

I'm so glad I reread Carry On, as I did not give this book nearly enough credit the first time round. "Masterful" does not do the worldbuilding and enough justice here - this novel distills the nostalgia and wonder of every middle-grade fantasy you've ever loved, then spikes it with Rowell's uni...

from Dairyqueen84

Oh what fun! Is this a Harry Potter parody? A crass capitalizing on the popularity of the fan fiction in Fangirl? It doesn't matter because it is so much fun! What I love about Rainbow Rowell is her versatility as a writer. None of the three books of hers that I've read (Eleanor and Park, Fangirl...

from Herenya

This is a very meta sort of book. In Fangirl, Simon Snow is a Harry Potter-esque series that Cath has grown up reading and writes fanfiction about. But Carry On does not expand upon either Fangirl's extracts from the Simon Snow series or Cath's fanfiction. This means it's like fanfiction of (fict...