Operating under the premise that by high school, a kid is defined by one word only, 12-year-old Davis O’Brien attempts to find his own adjective before anyone else can give him one.
Category: Not so geeky books (NGSB)
Geek Book Review: Top 6 Stories in “Some People Are Destined to Meet”
“Meet Cute: Some People Are Destined to Meet” is a collection of stories by various YA authors about the probabilities of two individuals meeting and falling in love.
2-Minute Read: Quick YA Book Reviews
Here’s a quick review of some young adult books that you might want to read.
Geek Book Review: History is All You Left Me
A story about grief and guilt and on making peace with the past. This is one of the books that will leave a mark long after you read it.
Geek book review: In Defense of “The Tattooist of Auschwitz”
In April 1942, Sokolov, a Slovakian Jew, is forcibly transported to the concentration camps at Auschwitz-Birkenau. When his captors discover that he speaks several languages, he is put to work as a Tätowierer (the German word for tattooist), tasked with permanently marking his fellow prisoners.
Geek Book Review: Natasha Ngan’s “Girls of Paper and Fire”
Each year, eight beautiful girls are chosen as Paper Girls to serve the king. It’s the highest honor they could hope for and the most demeaning. This year, there’s a ninth. And instead of paper, she’s made of fire.
There’s a boxy loop of youth: the Geek Book Review of “Emporium” (Plus “Someday,” and “I Was Born for This”)
This collection of nine stories from Pulitzer Prize winning author Adam Johnson has been around for some time but it was only recently just been published in a book.
2018 Geek Prize List of Winners
We present the list of winners for the 2018 Geek Prize. Best Books of 2018: Ginger Kid by Steve Hofstetter Best TV Series of 2018: Rise Top Movie Pick: Der Untergang Best Book Cover: They Both Die at the End Best Movie Poster: Solo Best TV Show Poster: Legion Best TV Series Intro: Iron Fist…
2018 Geek Prize: Top 10 Best Books of the Year
We present our list of the Top 10 Best Books of 2018. Top 10: Manuscripts from Accra (Paulo Coelho) “In life’s most significant moments we are always alone.” The year is 1099, and the Muslims, Jews, and (Coptic) Christians of Jerusalem are about to be overrun by the armies of the European Crusaders. The people…
2018 Geek Prize List of Nominees
Best Books of 2018 Nominees A Hologram for the King Call Me By Your Name Every Last Word Ginger Kid Happy Again How to Stop Time Manuscripts from Acra Running with Lions The Silent Cry The Trials of Apollo: The Burning Maze They Both Die at the End Top Ten What Happened What To Say…
