A review by aidnoah
Geektastic: Stories from the Nerd Herd by Cecil Castellucci, Holly Black
5.0
Fecking amazing.
I'm not usually one who reads anthologies, but the fact that I can relate to SO many of these stories... just blows my mind.
In a good way~
The only one I skipped was Scott Westerfield's story. Trying to explain the whole "Chaotic Neutral" and other such table... never works out well.
Libba Bray's one was... strange. They were 8th Graders, but they seemed like Juniors or Seniors in High School - not good, get the characterizations right, please.
M.T. Anderson's story freaked me out a bit. Kind of made me sick.
I think my favorite was the one with the Quiz Bowl - not simply because it was BL either!! I found myself laughing quite often in that one, and rereading it the most. I also liked the one with Montgomery the Cheerleader.
The Jedi/Klingon one...? Perhaps I need to be more of a Trekkie to understand it.
Regardless - REALLY GOOD BOOK. You may be surprised at how much you enjoy it~
I'm not usually one who reads anthologies, but the fact that I can relate to SO many of these stories... just blows my mind.
In a good way~
The only one I skipped was Scott Westerfield's story. Trying to explain the whole "Chaotic Neutral" and other such table... never works out well.
Libba Bray's one was... strange. They were 8th Graders, but they seemed like Juniors or Seniors in High School - not good, get the characterizations right, please.
M.T. Anderson's story freaked me out a bit. Kind of made me sick.
I think my favorite was the one with the Quiz Bowl - not simply because it was BL either!! I found myself laughing quite often in that one, and rereading it the most. I also liked the one with Montgomery the Cheerleader.
The Jedi/Klingon one...? Perhaps I need to be more of a Trekkie to understand it.
Regardless - REALLY GOOD BOOK. You may be surprised at how much you enjoy it~