April202012

Howl’s Moving Castle

Howl’s Moving Castle

By Diana Wynne Jones

Must read: Because it’s British and makes a lot of nerdy references. It’s also really funny and a great adventure story with magic and it’s not super sappy.

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March152012

‘What is a Nerdfighter?’ A book for Henry

http://teagypsy.tumblr.com/post/16042570449/the-first-5-pages-of-a-kids-book-i-wrote-for-henry

A friend of mine wrote this kids book for Henry during the tour de nerdfighting! I don’t know if it counts, but it IS a Nerdfighter book!

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February182012
“And yes, I think meteor apocalypse’s are boring. I’m probably inviting a meteor apocalypse by saying that. But I don’t care, it’s true. World, if you end that way, it’s super cliche.” John Green 

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February22012
Author: Markus Zusak Read Reviews on Amazon here. Learn more about the author here. Book Thief in Five Words or Less: war, Germany, books, history, WWll About (from Amazon): It’s just a small story really, about among other things: a girl, some words, an accordionist, some fanatical Germans, a Jewish fist-fighter, and quite a lot of thievery… . Set during World War II in Germany, Markus Zusak’s groundbreaking new novel is the story of Liesel Meminger, a foster girl living outside of Munich. Liesel scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she encounters something she can’t resist–books. With the help of her accordion-playing foster father, she learns to read and shares her stolen books with her neighbors during bombing raids as well as with the Jewish man hidden in her basement before he is marched to Dachau.

Author: Markus Zusak

Read Reviews on Amazon here.

Learn more about the author here.

Book Thief in Five Words or Less: war, Germany, books, history, WWll

About (from Amazon): It’s just a small story really, about among other things: a girl, some words, an accordionist, some fanatical Germans, a Jewish fist-fighter, and quite a lot of thievery… .

Set during World War II in Germany, Markus Zusak’s groundbreaking new novel is the story of Liesel Meminger, a foster girl living outside of Munich. Liesel scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she encounters something she can’t resist–books. With the help of her accordion-playing foster father, she learns to read and shares her stolen books with her neighbors during bombing raids as well as with the Jewish man hidden in her basement before he is marched to Dachau.

The Book Thief Markus Zusak books book suggestions nerdfighters 

February12012
Author: Sarah Dessen Read Reviews on Amazon here. Learn more about the author here. The Truth in Five Words or Less: romance, friendship, family, perfection, catering About (from Amazon): Macy’s summer stretches before her, carefully planned and outlined. She will spend her days sitting at the library information desk. She will spend her evenings studying for the SATs. Spare time will be used to help her obsessive mother prepare for the big opening of the townhouse section of her luxury development. But Macy’s plans don’t anticipate a surprising and chaotic job with Wish Catering, a motley crew of new friends, or…Wes. Tattooed, artistic, anything-but-expected Wes. He doesn’t fit Macy’s life at all—so why does she feel so comfortable with him? So…happy? What is it about him that makes her let down her guard and finally talk about how much she misses her father, who died before her eyes the year before?

Author: Sarah Dessen

Read Reviews on Amazon here.

Learn more about the author here.

The Truth in Five Words or Less: romance, friendship, family, perfection, catering

About (from Amazon): Macy’s summer stretches before her, carefully planned and outlined. She will spend her days sitting at the library information desk. She will spend her evenings studying for the SATs. Spare time will be used to help her obsessive mother prepare for the big opening of the townhouse section of her luxury development.

But Macy’s plans don’t anticipate a surprising and chaotic job with Wish Catering, a motley crew of new friends, or…Wes. Tattooed, artistic, anything-but-expected Wes. He doesn’t fit Macy’s life at all—so why does she feel so comfortable with him? So…happy? What is it about him that makes her let down her guard and finally talk about how much she misses her father, who died before her eyes the year before?

Sarah Dessen The Truth About Forever books book suggestions nerdfighters 

January312012
Author: Ray Bradbury Read Reviews on Amazon here. Learn more about the author here. Fahrenheit in Five Words or Less: books, dystopian, rebellion, burning About (from Amazon): Guy Montag is a fireman. In his world, where television rules and literature is on the brink of extinction, firemen start fires rather than put them out. His job is to destroy the most illegal of commodities, the printed book, along with the houses in which they are hidden.Montag never questions the destruction and ruin his actions produce, returning each day to his bland life and wife, Mildred, who spends all day with her television “family.” But then he meets an eccentric young neighbor, Clarisse, who introduces him to a past where people didn’t live in fear and to a present where one sees the world through the ideas in books instead of the mindless chatter of television.When Mildred attempts suicide and Clarisse suddenly disappears, Montag begins to question everything he has ever known. He starts hiding books in his home, and when his pilfering is discovered, the fireman has to run for his life.

Author: Ray Bradbury

Read Reviews on Amazon here.

Learn more about the author here.

Fahrenheit in Five Words or Less: books, dystopian, rebellion, burning

About (from Amazon): Guy Montag is a fireman. In his world, where television rules and literature is on the brink of extinction, firemen start fires rather than put them out. His job is to destroy the most illegal of commodities, the printed book, along with the houses in which they are hidden.Montag never questions the destruction and ruin his actions produce, returning each day to his bland life and wife, Mildred, who spends all day with her television “family.” But then he meets an eccentric young neighbor, Clarisse, who introduces him to a past where people didn’t live in fear and to a present where one sees the world through the ideas in books instead of the mindless chatter of television.When Mildred attempts suicide and Clarisse suddenly disappears, Montag begins to question everything he has ever known. He starts hiding books in his home, and when his pilfering is discovered, the fireman has to run for his life.

Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury books book suggestions nerdfighters 

10AM
Author: Libba Bray Read Reviews on Amazon here. Learn more about the author here. Queens in Five Words or Less: mystery, danger, competition, high heels. About: (from Amazon) From bestselling, Printz Award-winning author Libba Bray, the story of a plane of beauty pageant contestants that crashes on a desert island. Teen beauty queens. A “Lost”-like island. Mysteries and dangers. No access to emall. And the spirit of fierce, feral competition that lives underground in girls, a savage brutality that can only be revealed by a journey into the heart of non-exfoliated darkness. Oh, the horror, the horror! Only funnier. With evening gowns. And a body count. A follower suggestion!

Author: Libba Bray

Read Reviews on Amazon here.

Learn more about the author here.

Queens in Five Words or Less: mystery, danger, competition, high heels.

About: (from Amazon) From bestselling, Printz Award-winning author Libba Bray, the story of a plane of beauty pageant contestants that crashes on a desert island. Teen beauty queens. A “Lost”-like island. Mysteries and dangers. No access to emall. And the spirit of fierce, feral competition that lives underground in girls, a savage brutality that can only be revealed by a journey into the heart of non-exfoliated darkness. Oh, the horror, the horror! Only funnier. With evening gowns. And a body count.

A follower suggestion!

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January302012
Author: Cate Tiernan Read Reviews on Amazon here.  Learn more about the author here.  Sweep in Five Words or Less: magic, wonder, romance, mystery About (from Amazon): Morgan Rowlands never thought she was anything other than a typical sixteen-year-old girl. But when she meets Cal, a captivatingly handsome coven leader, she makes a discover that turns her whole world upside down: she is a witch, descended from an ancient and powerful line. And so is Cal. Their connection is immediate and unbreakable; Cal teases out Morgan’s power, her love, her magick. But Morgan discovers too soon that her powers are strong, almost too powerful to control. And she begins to suspect that Cal may be keeping secrets from her … secrets that could destroy them both. A follower suggestion!

Author: Cate Tiernan

Read Reviews on Amazon here. 

Learn more about the author here. 

Sweep in Five Words or Less: magic, wonder, romance, mystery

About (from Amazon): Morgan Rowlands never thought she was anything other than a typical sixteen-year-old girl. But when she meets Cal, a captivatingly handsome coven leader, she makes a discover that turns her whole world upside down: she is a witch, descended from an ancient and powerful line. And so is Cal. Their connection is immediate and unbreakable; Cal teases out Morgan’s power, her love, her magick. But Morgan discovers too soon that her powers are strong, almost too powerful to control. And she begins to suspect that Cal may be keeping secrets from her … secrets that could destroy them both.

A follower suggestion!

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January292012

Filling my queue up for book suggestions this week: any books you want to recommend to fellow nerdfighters?

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January282012
Author: James Patterson Read Reviews on Amazon here. Learn about the author here. Wizard in Five Words or Less: magic, dystopian, coming of age About: (from Amazon) The world is changing: the government has seized control of every aspect of society, and now, kids are disappearing. For 15-year-old Wisty and her older brother Whit, life turns upside down when they are torn from their parents one night and slammed into a secret prison for no reason they can comprehend. The New Order, as it is known, is clearly trying to suppress Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Being a Normal Teenager. But while trapped in this totalitarian nightmare, Wisty and Whit discover they have incredible powers they’d never dreamed of. Can this newly minted witch and wizard master their skills in time to save themselves, their parents—and maybe the world?

Author: James Patterson

Read Reviews on Amazon here.

Learn about the author here.

Wizard in Five Words or Less: magic, dystopian, coming of age

About: (from Amazon) The world is changing: the government has seized control of every aspect of society, and now, kids are disappearing. For 15-year-old Wisty and her older brother Whit, life turns upside down when they are torn from their parents one night and slammed into a secret prison for no reason they can comprehend. The New Order, as it is known, is clearly trying to suppress Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Being a Normal Teenager. But while trapped in this totalitarian nightmare, Wisty and Whit discover they have incredible powers they’d never dreamed of. Can this newly minted witch and wizard master their skills in time to save themselves, their parents—and maybe the world?

Witch and Wizard James Patterson books nerdfighters book suggestions 

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