This post is in response to Moonlight Reader's Call for essential reads.

Geek Love - It's a timeless story about avarice, ego, innocence lost and horrible parenting. 

The Secret Life of Souls - another timeless story about love, devotion and horrible parenting.

Deerskin - yet another timeless story about perseverance, transformation and strength in the face of horror and horrible parenting (lol).

The Listener - my final timeless (my word of the day) choice about humanity and the lack thereof wrapped inside a thrilling story. 

All essential reading, IMO that I feel will stand the test of time. 

I’ve read this book numerous times. It’s one of the few books I’ve ever reread, never mind more than once! This time around I read it on unabridged audio which made the story all the more intimate for me. I also buddy read it with a great group of reading friends. We don’t always agree on books (see my Ghost Story review for more on that) but this time we all LOVED it. Whew, I was so relieved because I’ve been pushing this book on everyone for years and sometimes people do not like it. At all.

This is my most favorite book in the entire world and this fourth or so reread of it did not change my opinion. GEEK LOVE, written in the '80's, satisfies all of my reading needs. It is character driven, the plot is highly disturbing and it always hurts my heart even when I know what is coming but I LOVE it so very much.

I could tell you all about the plot and the dastardly and innocent characters that inhabit the pages but this book is something you must experience on your own. The twists and the turns should come as a surprise and a terrible shock to the system or you won’t get to live out the full impact of Geek Love. I will only say that it is most definitely NOT a romance, despite its name, and that it might crawl under your skin and stay there for a very long time. Give it a read and tell me what you think!

The audiobook version I listened to was narrated by Christina Moore and I thought she did the story justice, imbuing the words with innocence and with rage and despair and narcissism when called for.

DNF @ 60 pages. 

Some books just aren't for me. This is one of them.

No rating, no regrets, but no more time spent on this one either. 

A Suite Geek by Sue Gibson is an entertaining read.  Ms Gibson has provided us with a fun story.  Christy is the Recreational Director at Nirvana and is determined to help geeky Edward become less socially challenged.  The characters in this book are fun and lovable.  There’s plenty of drama, humor and spice to keep the pages turning.  A Suite Geek is book 3 in the Suite Love Series but can be read as a standalone.  This is a complete book, not a cliff-hanger.

I loved the book - so nerdy and cute, it was a really good reads!