The Fangirl's Guide to the Galaxy: A Handbook for Girl Geeks (Sam Maggs)

Release Date: May 12th 2015

Synopsis:
Fanfic, cosplay, cons, books, memes, podcasts, vlogs, OTPs and RPGs and MMOs and more - €”it'€™s never been a better time to be a girl geek. The Fangirl'€™s Guide to the Galaxy is the ultimate handbook for ladies living the nerdy life, a fun and feminist take on the often male-dominated world of geekdom. With delightful illustrations and an unabashed love for all the in(ternet)s and outs of geek culture, this book is packed with tips, playthroughs, and cheat codes for everything from starting an online fan community to planning a convention visit to supporting fellow female geeks in the wild.

Review:
I got this ebook from Netgalley in return of an honest review.
Let me just start by saying that this is a must read for every fangirl (or fanboy). Although this is mostly aimed at fangirls, I wholeheartedly believe fanboys could take a lot from it, not only in terms of tips for conventions, new books and fandoms, but also in the matter of understanding your fangirl friends.
Overall, this is basically a how-to guide, a Bible, almost, for fangirls all over the world, veteran or new to a specific fandom. I am relatively new to most pop culture fandoms, but with this I feel like I just read a manual on fan culture.
The Fangirl's Guide to the Galaxy covers everything that matters, honestly. It teaches you how to start crashing into the world's favourite fandoms, how to fangirl over them, how to show your love, how to pack for, handle and react at conventions, how to speak fanfic language, how to deal with online friends and trolls and how to be proud of your gender and fangirl-dom.
Sam Maggs was able to write such an empowering, honest and funny book that teaches you the ways of the world and how to make it a better place through your love of Sherlock and Harry Potter.
It's written in an insightful, inspiring, hilarious and true manner, making you feel like you are part of all of it, and, most importantly, that your input and your existence in the geek world matters.
This is, most of all, a way of showing you that your passion for the things you love and your imagination and creativity can change the world and improve your life, if you just embrace it and don't let yourself get defeated by the haters. It features interviews with women that have made fangirl their jobs (kinda) and grown into loving what they do and sharing it with the rest of human kind.
While reading this I felt like I had finally met someone who understood the true awesomeness of being a nerd in real life. It was my favourite part of the book, besides its useful information on all of the things. I felt included while laughing the whole time.
The perfect book to read at all times, and I can't recommend it enough to everyone who is curious about the huge part of today's culture that are fandoms.