I loved this book! The full review will be posted soon at kaitgoodwin.com/books! Thank you very much for this wonderful opportunity to connect books to their readers!

It's wonderful to see this community represented and validated. The tone is very positive and encouraging and reminds us that anything is possible, but be kind and respectful. It's a great balance between an academic analysis of the community and and invitation to participate. Some of my middle schoolers will be turned off by the amount of text, but I think it's just right. It fills a niche. Those students of mine who are willing to read it will be rewarded.

I love being a part of a Fandom and that’s what this entire book is about. It goes into some detail about how different fandoms express themselves though video games, art, movies, books, cosplays, etc. I felt like I was apart of one giant Fandom that includes any person who has a strong following to something and knows what a Fandom is. I got all warm and fuzzy every time the book mentioned a fan base I follow.

The information in the book was neat to learn. Although I do consider myself a big fan, I have never participated in cosplays or conventions (though I would like to go and see). It was interesting to learn some of the other things that fans do to honor their fan favs that I hadn’t thought of or considered.

Good book and informative, I’m just not sure why you would need to read it, unless you are researching the concept of Fandoms. Obviously, if you would just love to know more about Fandom in general you could read this book for enjoyment.

As a member of "fandom" myself, I found reading this book absolutely hilarious-- but it a good way. It's like someone studied my internet browser history before writing a detailed anthropological account of Tumblr-culture. Obviously, I did grad school wrong, especially if I could have spent time defining Internet lingo instead. Can I re-do my dissertation on OTPs? In all seriousness, I did enjoy reading some of the history of fandom. After all, I would defend the historical validity of fanfiction with my dying breath. Many of my students, members of fandom themselves, would find this book fascinating.

Fun discussion of fandom that certain readers will really enjoy delving into.