I love a book with a large fandom. Come on how could you not? It means support. It means someone is their to share your pain. But more importantly it means someone else appreciates it. Because that's what we ultimately end up doing after reading a book. Okay so maybe we cry and yell for a bit depending on the book *coughAllegiantMockingjayTFOSBeforeIFallcough* but at some time or another we find ourselves going on the wondrous internet and finding others who enjoyed said book. It's a great feeling knowing someone else loves a book you love. Is able to see its beauty. However what do you do when you read a book with no fandom?
Cry mostly.
It's hard reading a book and then looking for others who love it and finding no fan blogs, no Tumblr tags and no rants about all the events that went down in your favourite piece of fiction. You want to find someone else, preferably a whole tribe of someone elses to fangirl with. But when there's no one but yourself you're often left listening to the sound of crickets.
However that doesn't mean the book isn't awesome. Taste and quality is up to the individual reader not millions of teenage girls. In fact sometimes it can be good that a book doesn't have a gazillion followers. Why? Well there's not going to be a stampede of 'TOBIAS IS MINE LAY OFF YOU PANSEYCAKES'! Also the author is more likely to respond to you if you write them some fanmail. I've had several responses from authors who don't have a cult following and they've been more than happy to answer my questions. But perhaps the biggest perk is that the book feels more personal. You aren't sharing it with thousands of others. In a sense it seems more yours. I find that it can sometimes be better than any heated conversation I have with a fellow fangirl.
Of course if you're really bummed about the fact that a book doesn't have a big following there's one obvious thing you can do. Get all your friends and family and sisters and brothers and cats and dogs and pet rats to read it. Yes rats can read. If it's as amazing as you think it is they'll pass it on to their friends and family and cats and dogs and pet rats and lizards and dinosaurs. Oh did I forget to tell you? Dinosaurs have come out of extinction. If that doesn't work then at least you've got a whole bunch of people, who you probably know better than anyone, to share and discuss your book with.
A book doesn't need a bunch of crazy, obsessive fangirls to make it worth reading or a good book. It just needs a good plot, awesome characters, decent writing and hey throw in a charismatic, god like looking teenager of the male variety and you've got yourself a real winner. The less girls (and of course guys) who are drooling over him the more there is of him for you.
xoxo Fangirl Out
Two of my favourite books The Fault In Our Stars by John Green and Zac and Mia by A.J Betts. One has a rather large fandom the other not so much. I love them both equally. But I must admit after reading the fandomless one I did try and get everyone I knew to read it because it's awesomeness had to be shared. If you have any books that you love but don't have a fandom feel free to comment them. I might just check them out and together we'll make it as popular as TFIOS.
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