Blurb-
Seventeen-year-old Gilbert Garfinkle is the ultimate tech geek. He likes to take apart, figure out, and fix things, and he dreams of someday fixing the world. But now his own life has been taken apart by the one thing he'll never be able to figure out. Her name is Amber, and she's a gorgeous girl with a killer smile who wants to turn him into her platonic BFF--literally forever! It's the ultimate geek's ultimate nightmare, and it leaves Gilbert asking life's ultimate question: "Why me?"
Why My Love Life Sucks is a funny novel about geeks, girls, gadgets, vampires, and the start of a most unlikely friendship. It's the first book in The Legend of Gilbert the Fixer, the series that proves it takes the ultimate geek to be the ultimate hero.
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~~Kj's Review~~
This story kept me entertained throughout the entire book; I thought the story was unique. It’s not every day that I see a story based around a geek and a vampire or two. I really liked the way the story betrayed Gilbert, a nerdy young man filled with angst, but proud of being a geek too. To say the least his ability to fix things is phenomenal; his inventions way too cool.
I am not going to tell any more of the story here, it has to be read to be enjoyed. I would very much recommend his book to young adult, older teens and up. It’s a cute story, with lots of real life moments, at least for me. I do believe I will be looking for more of Shevi Arnold’s stories as I quite like her writing style. Thanks to the author for providing with her book to read and review!! I give it 4 stars.
Meet Shevi Arnold
I've always been super geeky about comedy, fantasy and science fiction.
When I was little, I'd take them apart and analyze them, kind of like what Gilbert Garfinkle--the hero of Why My Love Life Sucks--does with electronics. This continued into my college years, when I majored in English Literature and Theater Studies.
For twelve years I worked in magazines and newspapers as an editorial cartoonist, illustrator, editor, arts-and-entertainment writer (specializing in children's entertainment and, of course, comedy), and a consumer columnist.
My last job was at the Jerusalem Post, but I had to quit when my family decided to move to New Jersey to pursue better education options for my autistic son.
This was in February 2001. Since then I've written 40 picture books and seven novels for kids and teens, four of which I've indie published. I was an ABNA quarterfinalist with Why My Love Life Sucks, and I won third place in SmartWriter's Write It Now contest in the the YA category (which was judged by Alex Flinn, the author of Beastly) for my romantic, YA ghost story, Ride of Your Life.
Seems like a very interesting book :-D
ReplyDeleteIt really was!!
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