Series-The Legend of Gilbert the Fixer Book # 1
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.
And here's the book trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHSVkegWeWM&list=PLCB49B1B8A26EDED3&index=4
Links-
Amazon
Freado (where you can start reading the book for free): http://www.freado.com/read/14575/why-my-love-life-sucks-the-legend-of-gilbert-the-fixer-book-one
MY Review- I gave this book to my daughter to give a read first. She's 16yr old and doesn't exactly like scary books. This book was perfect for her. A paranormal edge with lots of wit and humor! Gilbert is loveable as well as sarcastic. She gave the book a 5 out of 5 stars. After she finished it, I picked it up and started reading. Let me just say as sad as Gilbert's life was, he had a wacky perspective that just kept me reading and reading. If you like quirky humor, a character with depth and just want to laugh, pick this up!
About the Author-
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.
Links-
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SheviStories
Twitter: https://twitter.com/shevistories
2 comments:
I'm glad you and your daughter both enjoyed this one! Sounds like an enjoyable read; love quirky and humorous characters. We're all a bit geeky in our way, so I think I'd enjoy this.
Oh, my gosh, how did I forget to thank you for this? Thank you so much, LM. You're geeking awesome, but I bet you already knew that. ;)
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