Geek Love in Around the Year in 52 Books

Oct 21, 2014 Krissy rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: audible-library, 5-motherfucking-stars, audiobook, cover-color-orange, pgs-300-399, read-before-2015, cover-text-only

Wow. Just wow. This book was so unique. It was twisted and weird and just plain awesome. I was hooked from the jump. I'm not sure how to even explain it. If you are a fan of the extremely weird and unusual then this is the book for you. I would never have chosen this book on my own if it were not recommended to me. But I am so glad it was. 5 very strong stars! ...more

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Feb 01, 2008 Jaime rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: read-2007, general-fiction

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. This is one of those books that I suspect caused quite a bit of buzz when it was released, but I’d never heard of it — probably because I was only 11. I wasn’t quite sure what to think when I started… A book about carny freaks is one thing, a book about carny freaks who purposefully produce children with physical defects is quite another. And oh, what those children do! As ridiculous as it may seem to think of someone voluntarily cutting off parts of their body in devotion to a (cult) leader, yo ...more

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Mar 31, 2008 Judi rated it really liked it

Shelves: favorites, circus-carnival-books

And now we are back to one of my favorite topics . . . the circus. This book is a particular favorite. The circus has a certain sort of romantic appeal . . . . the clowns, the elephants, the freaks, the carnies, the yokels.

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