Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Nerding Out with Cassie Mae!

Today is the release day of How to Date a Nerd by Cassie Mae!! Yay! Happy Book Birthday, Cassie!

How to Date a Nerd

Zoe has a great pair of legs, perky boobs, and wears exactly what she needs to show it all off. She works hard for the easy sleazy ‘you only wish you were me’ reputation, burying who she really is—an all-out nerd.

The only time Zoe gets to be herself is when she hides under her comforter to read X-Men comics, sending jealousy stabs at everyone who attends Comic-Con. Keeping up her popular rep is too important, and she’s so damn insecure to care about the consequences. But when Zoe’s sister takes her car for a ‘crash and burn into a tree’ joyride, her parents get her a replacement. A manual. Something she doesn’t know how to operate, but her next door neighbor Zak sure as heck does.

Zak’s a geek to the core, shunned by everyone in school for playing Dungeons and Dragons at lunch and wearing “Use the Force” t-shirts. And Zoe’s got it bad for the boy. Only Zak doesn’t want Popular Zoe. He wants Geek Zoe.

She has to shove her insecurities and the fear of dropping a few rungs on the social ladder aside to prove to Zak who she really is and who she wants to be… if she can figure it out herself.

How can I tell you how much I enjoyed this book? Zoe is such a hot mess! I wanted to reach into my Nook and shake her! But she's still very likeable, despite her insecurities and the (sometimes major) mistakes she makes. And Zak is just so darn adorable. And they are so perfect for each other! 

Cassie is so good at balancing real issues with flat-out humor. I mean, many real girls deal with the same sort of insecurities as Zoe. It's hard to grow up and figure out who you are! And I really felt for Zoe. But the book was filled with tons of hilarious scenes that totally made me laugh. :)

Definitely a great book. :)

Cassie is also hosting a blog hop today where we are supposed to tell you the nerdiest thing about ourselves. Well, my husband calls me the Queen of the Nerds, so I was all excited for this one! 

I do quite a few nerdy things. I coach High School speech, and was on the team in HS. I also did math league, knowledge bowl, history day, and all the high school plays. But, the nerdiest thing I've ever done is LARPing.

Don't know what that is? Live Action Role Playing. Yeah, a live version of D&D. 

When I was a kid my aunt and uncle hosted one at my parent's house (because we had woods.) I got to be a wood nymph. Cute costume and everything. I had a tree to hide in while I waited for the players to journey to me, then I had information I could give them. . .if they asked the right questions.

It was a lot of fun! And my aunt suggested to the group that they invite the wood nymph to join them, so I got to finish out their quest with them. I have a picture somewhere of me in costume peeking around a tree, but I couldn't find it to share today. (Shucky darns.) ;)

How about you? What's the nerdiest thing about you?

And don't forget to add How to Date a Nerd to your To be Read list on Goodreads! (Seriously!) 
You can also find it on Amazon and Barnes and Noble!

And if you don't know Cassie, you should! She is made of awesome! Check out her website HERE! 






PS. My computer is back in the shop. :( I'm at the library now posting this. So I will be behind on responding to comments and checking out the other blog hop posts, but I will do it as soon as I can! Also, today is the release of The Funeral Singer, by Linda Budzinski, too! Linda will be joining me on here tomorrow. :)

23 comments:

  1. Wish you had shared the picture! :) I've never participated in LARPing, but it sounds like lots of fun. And so does the book!

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  2. I'm actually jealous. I'd love to LARP, it even was made exciting on Supernatural (do you watch that show?). Too bad about no photo but wear your nerd badge proudly Rachel. I did today and my confession is a doozy.

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  3. I think that the nerdiest guys are often the sweetest ones. I think that my thick glasses (though I usually wear contacts) make me look like a nerd, if not act like one. (Though I definitely am a nerd.) I think that the hilarious guys on The Big Bang Theory made being a nerd look cool.

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  4. Congratulations, Cassie - it will be going on my 'to read' list! I'd never heard of LARPing - or maybe we call it something else here in the UK and I'm way out of touch! Nerd-wise, I'm a school governor. I think that's pretty nerdy probably!

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  5. Yay, Cassie! This book does sound great! Math league? That's out of me league--I'm horrible at Math! I did, however, braid my hair like Legolas's for several months in Middle School. And I carried around my copy of LotR EVERYWHERE.

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  6. Live action role playing - yes, that is nerdy!
    Congratulations, Cassie.

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  7. Being a wood nymph sounds like so much fun!! It sounds like so much fun! Nerds are so cool. :)

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  8. Congrats to Cassie! I don't have much time to indulge my nerdy side any more, because it is definitely a time investment. But I used to have Red Dwarf marathons of watching all the series and I went through a phase of playing simulations of all my fave C64 games from the 80s. LARPing sounds extra cool though!

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  9. I would love to do that!! A total geek-fest of fun.

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  10. I just asked my husband if I do anything nerdy. He reckons my blog qualifies. Guess he means my Wednesday posts, but I think they're more geeky than nerdy.

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  11. Never had the opportunity to LARP... it looks like so much fun!

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  12. Congrats to Cassie! Her book looks like so much fun. I've never done anything like LARPing, but I must admit, that does look like fun, too! As for my own nerdism, I'm very much of the comic book nerd variety...and not even the "cool" kind, since I'm into the Archie stuff, haha.

    That really, really sucks about your computer. Hopefully it won't be stuck in the shop for too long!

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  13. The cover is so cute! Though I'd love to see some more of the guy w/the shaggy hair- he looks adorkable! ;) Congrats Cassie! And Rachel...find that picture, lol!

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  14. LARPing sounds so many levels of fun! I would love to do that!

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  15. I've seen the acronym, but never knew what it stood for. It's probably even geekier than I was expecting, but in a cool way... if that makes sense!

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  16. I haven't done any LARPing but after a few beers, hey, I'm up for anything!

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  17. I've never done LARPing before, but I have such a big imagination and loved to pretend I was all sorts of creatures when I was little (I even had an imaginary friend) that I'm sure I would enjoy it immensely! ;)

    I posted what makes me a nerd on my own blog. I'd love it if you'd check it out, and maybe laugh along with me. :P

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  18. LOL. I've never technically live action roll played but I have done it in my mind. :)

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  19. Never LARP, but lover of the RPG.
    Great story, sounded like fun.

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  20. I think LARP is definitely nerdy, haha!

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  21. Okay, next time we get together, I have to witness this, lol!

    Thank you so much, Rachel!

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