The geeky girls’ book blog: ‘chopsticks’

The Geeky Girls’ Book Blog: ‘Chopsticks’

Hello lovely readers! Once again, I, your friendly neighborhood geek girl, welcome you to this fortnightly Geeky Girls’ Book Blog a.k.a G2B2. If you’ve been following this column, you already know that two weeks ago, we wrapped up (for now) the reviews for Holly Smale’s Geek Girl  series, because the remaining books are yet to be…

The geeky girls’ book blog: ‘geek girl’

The Geeky Girls’ Book Blog: ‘Geek Girl’

Introducing…the Geeky Girls’ Book Blog!  Hello, fellow geeky and nerdy friends of the internet! This is your friendly neighborhood Geek Girl aka Ananya, and from now on, I’ll be bringing you this fortnightly column full of super entertaining book reviews for the inner (and not-so-inner) book nerd in you. The Geeky Girls’ Book Blog (or…

Ya literature: “adult” is a state of mind

YA Literature: “Adult” Is A State Of Mind

Young adult literature is still dismissed by critics and many adults as “kids stuff”. Many people still seem to think it is trivial and not worth the effort to read it. It is anything but. YA literature has a readership that is half adult and those books are constantly on best seller lists and are…

Gone: why you’ll never see the best ya series on screen

Gone: Why You’ll Never See The Best YA Series On Screen

The Gone series by Michael Grant has everything that makes a YA novel popular and, in most cases, adaptable for film or television.  But it’s not typical young adult literature and it seems people are too scared to touch it. Gone If you haven’t read the Gone series, read them. They’re young adult, which means they’re simple reads but…

Today’s young adult fantasy novels become tomorrow’s blockbusters

Today’s Young Adult Fantasy Novels Become Tomorrow’s Blockbusters

A lot of film people complain about the number of comic book movies that are released every year. Of course that’s not a problem for us at Geek Insider. But in terms of blockbuster source material, people often overlook the constant presence of another genre, young adult fantasy. Maybe the general public doesn’t know where…