About the Book:
On the outside, seventeen-year-old Madelyne Summers looks
like your typical blond cheerleader—perky, popular, and dating the star
quarterback. But inside, Maddie spends more time agonizing over what will
happen in the next issue of her favorite comic book than planning pep rallies
with her squad. That she’s a nerd hiding in a popular girl's body isn’t just
unknown, it's anti-known. And she needs to keep it that way.
Summer is the only time Maddie lets her real self out to
play, but when she slips up and the adorkable guy behind the local comic shop’s
counter uncovers her secret, she’s busted. Before she can shake a pom-pom,
Maddie’s whisked into Logan’s world of comic conventions, live-action
role-playing, and first-person-shooter video games. And she loves it. But the
more she denies who she really is, the deeper her lies become…and the more she
risks losing Logan forever.
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Review:
This book is so freaking adorable I can hardly stand it. I think I grinned through the whole book and I exited Maddie's head feeling so light and happy. This is a book about nerds for nerds of all fandoms and mediums, and it's just so empowering and freeing. Be who you are. Let your freak flag fly. Own the things that excite you.
Maddie and Logan are comic book people, but nerdisms are definitely translatable across nerdoms. I definitely identified with Logan who has no shame in loving the things that made him happy and indulging in all the advantages of being a full out nerd. I love how confidently he went about his life complete with hanging out in a comic book store and participating in live role playing games. But I also identify with Maddie, who loves all these things but keep it under wraps as much as possible. There are still some people I wouldn't really speak openly about my reading choices, even though I've embraced the fact that I am definitely a nerd.
Maddie is just so precious, I kind of wish she was my younger sister. She's popular, but she's not mean and she's a little blind when it comes to certain things, but she admits when she's wrong about something. I mainly just completely connected with her giddiness, her vibrancy, and the way she's just so full of life. She just had a lot of fun, and in that way I had a lot of fun reading this book. Even some of the more tense situations, she manages to turn around pretty well and turn them into something amazing. And there's this scene toward the end that involves ping-pong balls and a girl who causes her some grieft that might be the best revenge scene I've ever come across. It's fabulous.
This is the kind of book that you read either when you need cheering up, you're already pretty dang happy and you want to bask in it, or the sun is shining and you don't want anything to bring you down. It's thoughtful, it's empowering, and it's a good time. Maddie learns a lot about herself and about the understanding of other people. It's not worth it to hide who you really are. That's a good thing to remind ourselves of every now and then. And this book does a fabulous job of doing that while making you want to bask in the glow of your own nerdiness.
Maddie is just so precious, I kind of wish she was my younger sister. She's popular, but she's not mean and she's a little blind when it comes to certain things, but she admits when she's wrong about something. I mainly just completely connected with her giddiness, her vibrancy, and the way she's just so full of life. She just had a lot of fun, and in that way I had a lot of fun reading this book. Even some of the more tense situations, she manages to turn around pretty well and turn them into something amazing. And there's this scene toward the end that involves ping-pong balls and a girl who causes her some grieft that might be the best revenge scene I've ever come across. It's fabulous.
This is the kind of book that you read either when you need cheering up, you're already pretty dang happy and you want to bask in it, or the sun is shining and you don't want anything to bring you down. It's thoughtful, it's empowering, and it's a good time. Maddie learns a lot about herself and about the understanding of other people. It's not worth it to hide who you really are. That's a good thing to remind ourselves of every now and then. And this book does a fabulous job of doing that while making you want to bask in the glow of your own nerdiness.
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Giveaway:
There are 3 e-book copies of The Summer I Became a Nerd up for grabs! Giveaway is international.
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