Friday, March 31, 2017

Review: Queens of Geek

Queens of Geek Queens of Geek by Jen Wilde
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Queens of Geek had me hooked instantly, like even before I was set to read it. I read the blurb about it and said to myself, “I HAVE GOT TO READ THIS.” so I was SUPER IMPATIENT waiting for it to be published. I did found out there was a Wattpad version, but seeing people wondering if there were differences made me shy away and just wait it out until publication day.

It features things close to my nerdy little heart: a) nerdy queer love b) nerdy queer love founded at a nerd convention.

For my new readers, I met my fiance over six years ago at a convention, and we started dating exactly a year later on the day we met. (we didn’t plan it that way, scout’s honor.) so Queens Of Geek was literally up my alley, even if when I got into it and it went up in smoke and I absolutely hated it. There was a book out there that I could relate to.

Taylor, Charlie and Jamie’s initial reaction to SupaCon was extremely identical to my own first-time congoer experience. That nervous excitement. That need to do ALL THE THINGS EVERYWHERE. [Con-going Spoiler Alert: you cannot do all the things at once. You will burn out.]

Taylor, being a person who suffers from anxiety has the most in common with me. Later on we discover she’s on the aspie spectrum. [a person with autism.] Reese can go eat a dick, I cannot stand him. I want Taylor and Jamie to date [SPOILER ALERT: They eventually do, or perhaps they’re ALREADY dating and I missed the ding dang memo. woops.] and Charlie’s an openly bisexual person of color? Asian in fact? *SQUEE*

Charlie’s blossoming relationship with Alyssa was super, super cute and I was rooting for them the whole way. I’m trying to keep this as spoiler-free as possible so I won’t go into detail as to where their relationship ends up going. There is an “OH, SHIT!” moment involving them though, and that’s all. I’ll budge on.

Overall, Queens of Geek was everything I wanted and more in a nerdy queer romance read and has rightfully earned a space on my “favorites” shelf.

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Sunday, March 12, 2017

Review: 10 Things I Can See from Here

10 Things I Can See from Here 10 Things I Can See from Here by Carrie Mac
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Ugly pink/orange highlighter flashy cover aside…

Maeve, a character that suffers from anxiety, and has a habit of Googling facts. One such instance being bus accidents and death, since she was traveling by bus to Vancouver to stay with her Dad for six months while her mom was in Haiti.

I actually learned something from this book, though! That the “Keep Calm And Carry On” posters you might’ve seen exploding around on the internet a few years ago were actually orignally propaganda from World War II with Hitler and stuff and that SERIOUSLY BLEW MY FREAKING MIND. Suddenly glad I didn’t really own anything with that written on it, anyway, carrying on… *ahem*

Maeve’s Dad is pretty messed up, alcoholic, drug user, and has even cheated on Maeve’s biological mother which caused the dissolve of their marriage.

While this book has many, many facts and statistics about death, it’s also pretty damn funny like the time Maeve caught her Mom’s boyfriend naked in the kitchen and went on about old man dick.

It's a super cute book and Salix is absolutely wonderful to Maeve and understanding her condition but....

#needsbettercover.

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Wednesday, March 8, 2017

Review: We Are Okay

We Are Okay We Are Okay by Nina LaCour
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I’m going to be completely outright honest and say that you could probably skip the first 200 pages of this book and read the last 40 or so. That's when the book is most likely to up and punch you straight in the feelings.

Nina’s writing is amazing though despite a slow plot. Why? Because it sucks you right into Marin’s self-imposed isolation, grief and depression. this book is about loss, and how a particular person handles that loss.

there's a giant plot twist too that will absolutely make you go "HOLY SHIT." At least, I did. I sat there in my bed with my mouth agape.

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