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wow this was very interesting. it was fast moving and it had a lot of mystery to it. i loved the way the characters lives made me feel as if i was part of it. I loved the supernatural aspect in this and the nerd/geek aspect as well. very awesome story and im glad i got to review it
  
Ready Player One
Ready Player One
Ernest Cline | 2011 | Fiction & Poetry
10
8.9 (161 Ratings)
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loads of 80s references, geek heaven, amazing character development (0 more)
Amazing dive in nostalgia
Would 100% recommend this to anyone, Ernest Clines passion for the 80s comes through in this book, and his story telling is second to none. The characters Parazival, Artemis, and Aech are fantastic in their own ways and the Mr Smith-esk antagonists are great as well.
  
Geek Girl (Geek Girl, #1)
Geek Girl (Geek Girl, #1)
Holly Smale | 2013 | Children
7
6.5 (6 Ratings)
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Full review can also be found on my blog: www.diaryofdifference.com
Even though I kept hearing great things about Geek Girl, I never really happened to read it. A month ago, my teen sister borrowed the whole Geek Girl series and told me this is something I must check off my list. And here I am one month later - loving the first book!

Geek Girl tells the story of a young teen Harriet, who is a geek and gets bullied at her school. She might know all the science answers, but she has no clue why people are laughing at her when she goes outside with a cartoon hoodie.

But when Harriet gets discovered by a modelling agency,she realises how things can get different, and she has to choose whether she wants to risk losing everything by changing who she really is.

A very funny and geeky read, where I couldn’t stop but giggle a few times. One moment really got me though:

‘’If somebody offers to shave your legs,’’ she snaps, ‘’let them.’’

Harriet is a typical geeky high-school character, and you can’t help but love her weirdness, her silliness and the ways she believes in.

The read was somewhat predictable from the beginning, and there wasn’t any big plot twist or cliff-hanger, but I believe that this book didn’t really want to achieve that anyways.

This was a perfect read for me to relax and enjoy reading - reminded me of my high-school days and made me remember a lot of similar moments.

I am recommending it to all of you out there - that love being different and are not afraid to stand up for yourselves, no matter how much people laugh at you.
  
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Jun 21, 2018 (Updated Jun 21, 2018)  
Armada
Armada
Ernest Cline | 2016 | Fiction & Poetry
8
7.6 (16 Ratings)
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A solid second novel
While not the pop culture thrill ride that was Ready Player One, this book still held my interest. It will appeal to gamers and Sci-Fi fans with its premise of a video game being used to train the general populace as soldiers. You need to be able to speak fluent “geek” (Star Wars, Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, etc.) to catch all the references.