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# The Summer I Became a Nerd

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Review: Never Smiled So Much From a Book! - "That was incredible! No, it was amazing! Incredizing? Amazible? Whatever. It was awesome" Have you ever had that one really embarrassing moment in school that you wish everyone would just forget? Kids can be so mean sometimes! After being ridiculed in a costume contest in the sixth grade (by the person she considered her best friend, no less), Maddie swore off ever revealing her true self again lest she commits social suicide. She put all her efforts into becoming the typical cheerleader girl who dates the quarterback and listens to pop music. She's truly a nerd in disguise and when someone catches on to her secret identity, she's left to decide if letting her skeletons out of the closet is worth risking the image she's built for herself for so many years. This was such a light and fun read! I read a lot of books that are dark, full of angst, drama and characters who are deeply flawed. The Summer I Became a Nerd is such a perfect break from all that dark and heavy reading. I've never smiled so much from a book before! I literally had a smile plastered on my face from beginning to end that my cheeks cramped up! It reminded me so much of what it was like to be 17 again. I was never into comics and I didn't fangirl over anything, but I was a nerd. The type of nerd that other kids would try to sit next to during tests, or steal your work and claim it as theirs (seriously, I had that happen to me in grade school). It's a book that I would love for my daughter to read when she gets older. It's just too cute and sweet and funny and has a few life's lessons. "It's not just high school. People are going to judge you for all kinds of reasons for the rest of your life. Because you vote one way or the other, because you go to one school or the other, because you look a certain way. It's a fact of life: you can't make everyone happy. But you can make you happy." Oh, and I can't forget about the supporting characters. The parents on both sides where just incredible and so supportive! I love it! Logan's siblings are funny and too cute for words, and Maddie's big brother reminds me of my own. Maddie's best friend, Terra, is the kind of friend I like to have by my side. And Logan's best friend, Dan, is hilarious! There's already a lot of humor in the book, but Dan just takes it a-whole-nother level. His quips and remarks had me laughing out loud. This is highly recommended for adults and young adults alike. An excellent light summer read! No angst, no drama, just pure unadulterated fun!
Review: Fast and adorable - ~4/5 I really enjoyed this book. Like, a lot. I was expecting to, as well, and it's really nice when I enjoy something as much as I was hoping to. Maddie is a cheerleader, the girlfriend to the quarterback, and hiding that she geeks out over comic books and science fiction and, when she starts doing it, LARPing (Live-Action RolePlaying). When she was younger, she got teased for being a fan of comic books, and decides that she didn't want to feel that way ever again, and so started hiding her geek tendencies and sometimes pretending to like the things that everyone else does. This book was a really fast read. I hadn't even meant to really start it, since I was trying to get through a different book, only to get half-way through this one in one night, and then of course finish it the next morning. Because it went by so quickly, and it was so good that I didn't want to stop. So. I liked Maddie. She was very misguided and much too afraid of what other people think of her, and kept making these stupid mistakes because of those reasons, but I still liked her. I liked being in her head, hearing her thoughts as she dreads and over-thinks things and geeks out over certain things/people. And even while she was being dumb and thinking a bit too much about herself at times, she was also loyal, as best as she could be. And when she finally smarted up, she did a very good job of trying to make up for it. I also very much liked the love interest, Logan. He's a geek, and he's adorkable, and he's sweet. I felt bad for him several times because of how Maddie was treating him, and annoyed when he gave in too easily. But I still liked him and their interactions, and think him and Maddie fit well together. The way they got together, their pre-attraction to each other, it was all just adorable to me. I like Logan's best friend, Dan, who's crude and loud and funny but loyal to his friends. I liked Maddie's best friend, Terra, and also felt bad for her because of what Maddie was doing, although I do think that we could have gotten to know her better, given how little we saw of her. I also really liked Maddie and Logan's parents, who we saw a pretty good amount of. I liked what I saw of Maddie's brother, and would have liked to have seen him more. I loved all of the geeky things. I liked the fangirling, and the radio show, and the comic book store, and the comics, and the LARPing was awesome. For some reason I always like reading stories when one of the characters, usually the girl, already has a boyfriend/girlfriend, but one who they don't really get along with for some reason. And so I liked the situation that Maddie was in, as well as the somewhat similar one that Logan was in. So, pretty much, I really liked this book. Kind of loved it, even. I'll probably end up re-reading/skimming it in the future for the best scenes (i.e. the romantic ones), and I will definitely be picking up Miller's future books. [This review is also available on my blog.]

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN  | 1620612380 |
| Best Sellers Rank | #10,590,322 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #1,775 in Teen & Young Adult Clean & Wholesome Romance #3,225 in Teen & Young Adult Social & Family Issue Fiction #9,229 in Teen & Young Adult Contemporary Romance |
| Customer Reviews | 4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars (348) |
| Dimensions  | 5.41 x 0.77 x 8.11 inches |
| ISBN-10  | 9781620612385 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-1620612385 |
| Item Weight  | 9.5 ounces |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 352 pages |
| Publication date  | May 7, 2013 |
| Publisher  | Entangled Teen |
| Reading age  | 15 - 18 years |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Never Smiled So Much From a Book!
*by J***H on April 16, 2014*

"That was incredible! No, it was amazing! Incredizing? Amazible? Whatever. It was awesome" Have you ever had that one really embarrassing moment in school that you wish everyone would just forget? Kids can be so mean sometimes! After being ridiculed in a costume contest in the sixth grade (by the person she considered her best friend, no less), Maddie swore off ever revealing her true self again lest she commits social suicide. She put all her efforts into becoming the typical cheerleader girl who dates the quarterback and listens to pop music. She's truly a nerd in disguise and when someone catches on to her secret identity, she's left to decide if letting her skeletons out of the closet is worth risking the image she's built for herself for so many years. This was such a light and fun read! I read a lot of books that are dark, full of angst, drama and characters who are deeply flawed. The Summer I Became a Nerd is such a perfect break from all that dark and heavy reading. I've never smiled so much from a book before! I literally had a smile plastered on my face from beginning to end that my cheeks cramped up! It reminded me so much of what it was like to be 17 again. I was never into comics and I didn't fangirl over anything, but I was a nerd. The type of nerd that other kids would try to sit next to during tests, or steal your work and claim it as theirs (seriously, I had that happen to me in grade school). It's a book that I would love for my daughter to read when she gets older. It's just too cute and sweet and funny and has a few life's lessons. "It's not just high school. People are going to judge you for all kinds of reasons for the rest of your life. Because you vote one way or the other, because you go to one school or the other, because you look a certain way. It's a fact of life: you can't make everyone happy. But you can make you happy." Oh, and I can't forget about the supporting characters. The parents on both sides where just incredible and so supportive! I love it! Logan's siblings are funny and too cute for words, and Maddie's big brother reminds me of my own. Maddie's best friend, Terra, is the kind of friend I like to have by my side. And Logan's best friend, Dan, is hilarious! There's already a lot of humor in the book, but Dan just takes it a-whole-nother level. His quips and remarks had me laughing out loud. This is highly recommended for adults and young adults alike. An excellent light summer read! No angst, no drama, just pure unadulterated fun!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Fast and adorable
*by J***E on May 19, 2013*

~4/5 I really enjoyed this book. Like, a lot. I was expecting to, as well, and it's really nice when I enjoy something as much as I was hoping to. Maddie is a cheerleader, the girlfriend to the quarterback, and hiding that she geeks out over comic books and science fiction and, when she starts doing it, LARPing (Live-Action RolePlaying). When she was younger, she got teased for being a fan of comic books, and decides that she didn't want to feel that way ever again, and so started hiding her geek tendencies and sometimes pretending to like the things that everyone else does. This book was a really fast read. I hadn't even meant to really start it, since I was trying to get through a different book, only to get half-way through this one in one night, and then of course finish it the next morning. Because it went by so quickly, and it was so good that I didn't want to stop. So. I liked Maddie. She was very misguided and much too afraid of what other people think of her, and kept making these stupid mistakes because of those reasons, but I still liked her. I liked being in her head, hearing her thoughts as she dreads and over-thinks things and geeks out over certain things/people. And even while she was being dumb and thinking a bit too much about herself at times, she was also loyal, as best as she could be. And when she finally smarted up, she did a very good job of trying to make up for it. I also very much liked the love interest, Logan. He's a geek, and he's adorkable, and he's sweet. I felt bad for him several times because of how Maddie was treating him, and annoyed when he gave in too easily. But I still liked him and their interactions, and think him and Maddie fit well together. The way they got together, their pre-attraction to each other, it was all just adorable to me. I like Logan's best friend, Dan, who's crude and loud and funny but loyal to his friends. I liked Maddie's best friend, Terra, and also felt bad for her because of what Maddie was doing, although I do think that we could have gotten to know her better, given how little we saw of her. I also really liked Maddie and Logan's parents, who we saw a pretty good amount of. I liked what I saw of Maddie's brother, and would have liked to have seen him more. I loved all of the geeky things. I liked the fangirling, and the radio show, and the comic book store, and the comics, and the LARPing was awesome. For some reason I always like reading stories when one of the characters, usually the girl, already has a boyfriend/girlfriend, but one who they don't really get along with for some reason. And so I liked the situation that Maddie was in, as well as the somewhat similar one that Logan was in. So, pretty much, I really liked this book. Kind of loved it, even. I'll probably end up re-reading/skimming it in the future for the best scenes (i.e. the romantic ones), and I will definitely be picking up Miller's future books. [This review is also available on my blog.]

### ⭐⭐⭐ Decent. It Didn't Do Much For My Inner Nerd.
*by M***Z on February 14, 2015*

I really thought this was going to be better than it was. I loved the whole hidden identity. I loved her nerdiness and I really liked how she and Logan meet and hang out in the comic store (which he will be inheriting). I am even a nerd enough myself that I love the whole cosplay angle. What got a little too deep in the kool-aid for me, was LARP (I dunno if this is a real thing)... and the role-playing. It made a weird date night and it made a really cheesy ending. I mean seriously, dressing in cosplay and battling your boyfriends jealous ex-girlfriend... okay... I just made it sound a lot more awesome than it was. Lol. That makes its sound like they drew blades and had it out... so not what happened... by a long shot. With that said, I did really like the two characters. It was a cute story in its own way. I think we all struggle for identity at some point in our lives. If you like role-playing cosplay conventions, you may find that bit more entertaining than I did. I wish there could have been more up play with the comics and hanging out in the comic store... maybe even more of Logan's home life.

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