Geek Out!

I’m a librarian, which already marks me as pretty geeky.  But growing up I was fairly nerdy, too. I was awfully geeky about music and movies.  I had a consuming obsession with Monty Python (the Flying Circus and the movies…and maybe a little crush on Eric Idle, circa 1971).  I loved (and still do love) to read historical fiction, I only ever wore Converse low-tops, and I really loved school (except, perhaps, for some of the people I went to school with).  I remember very clearly a “Dress Like a Geek” day in high school.  I didn’t dress up, although several brutally mean boys in my first period English Lit class were convinced I had.  But as an adult, I am much more proud of my humble, nerdy beginnings.  Being geeky is actually down-right awesome.  I’ve listed below some of my favorite geeky reads. What do you recommend?

Mer’s Geek Out Picks

• Geek High by Piper Banks
• Tales of the Madman Underground by John Barnes
• Geektastic: Stories from the Nerd Herd edited by Holly Black and Cecil Castellucci
• Band Geek Love by Josie Bloss
• Fat Cat by Robin Brande

• The Queen of Cool by Cecil Castellucci
• Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
• I Love You, Beth Cooper by Larry Doyle
• Brain Jack by Brian Falkner
• The Half-Life of Planets by Emily Franklin & Brendan Halpin

• Fat Kid Rules the World by K.L. Going
• Into the Wild Nerd Yonder by Julie Halpern
• Miracle Wimp by Erik P. Kraft
• Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy & Goth Girl by Barry Lyga
• Destroy All Cars by Blake Nelson

• King Dork by Frank Portman
• Geek Magnet by Kieran Scott
• Smiles to Go by Jerry Spinelli
• Pink by Lili Wilkinson
• Good Enough by Paula Yoo

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