#geekarella

[claireafterreading]

The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston

Okay so I DEVOURED Geekarella in my younger years and then bought Dead Romantics and never read it because of my own relationship to the dead partner trope, and now am SO ready to fall into a Poston book again.

And I’m already sold since it launches with a cool, vibrant matriarchal character in the main girl’s life and an awesome apartment?? Twist my arm.

Fiona IS a cool designer friend name

AND a publishing setting

AND A HOT CHEF??? The guy is gonna be the hot chef and the time slip will be when he was 26 or something that article was about????

I did not expect to well up 24 pages in, but apparently I am SENSITIVE to people changing with grief

I’m loving this book EXCEPT that this hot man is calling the main character Lemon, which mostly just reminds me too much of 30 Rock to not get distracted a little every time

This man is extremely endearing and I am worried the reason he’s different now is that his mom passed.

Okay I was almost right I just wasn’t reading closely

This whole book was a warm hug from someone you haven’t seen in long enough

I laughed and cried and felt a little like I was reading a fanfic (in a lovely complimentary way)

[1potato2rulethemall]

Geekarella

THIS NEEDS A BIGGER FANDOM.

ITS AMAZING AND A GEM AND SUPER RELATABLE

THERE ARE LESBIANS AND FANDOMS

GEEKARELLA NEEDS MORE LOVE

[pageturnerlive]

It’s been ages since I’ve done one of these so I’ll start off with two books I’ve been wanting to read for a while.

First up, The Princess and the Fangirl by Ashley Poston. This book is set in the same world as Poston’s previous novel Geekarella (which I loved!) and follows the story of an ordinary fangirl trying to save her favourite character from being killed off (something I believe we can ALL relate to). Next up is Enchantée by Gita Trelease. Set in revolutionary France, this story follows an orphan girl and her entanglement with the court of Louis XVI as she tries to provide for her siblings by utilising what little magic she has. So excited to get reading these two!

[read-an-interesting-book]

The Princess And The Fangirl

By Ashley Poston

Synopsis:

From the acclaimed author of Geekerella, this spin on The Prince and the Pauper is a perfect story for geek girls of every fandom. Movie star Jessica Stone can’t bear to pretend to love Starfield at yet another con—except her contract obligates her to do just that. She never dreamed she’d be playing Princess Amara for life, yet for better or worse, beloved Princess Amara has Jessica Stone’s face. But so does someone else . . . Imogen Lovelace is just another Starfield fan hitting up ExcelsiCon—except she happens to look an awful lot like Jessica Stone. So when Jess spots her doppelgänger, a brilliant idea pops into her head: Swap places! Jess can escape the spotlight for a few days, while Imogen can ditch her cruddy job and dodgy hotel room to see life beyond her dull hometown. Jess doesn’t anticipate actually liking Imogen’s life or the gorgeous non-famous girl who might be the person she needs to forget about her ex. And Imogen loves being Jess until she’s trapped in a paparazzi snafu and realizes fame isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. With the press poised to reveal their secrets, and an announcement about the sequel looming, both Jess and Imogen will have to stand up for the truth: That there is no such thing as a fake geek girl. That what you love matters. That fandom can, and should, let you be who you really are.

The Princess And The Fangirl is due to hit shelves on April 2, 2019.

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[bookentertainment]

GEEKERELA

AUTORA: Ashley Poston

EDITORA: Intrínseca

ESTRELAS: 2/5

Esse livro foi a minha maior decepção de 2018 até agora e me espanta o fato dele ser o preferido de muita gente. Ele é um reconto de Cinderela nos dias atuais, onde acompanhamos paralelamente a Elle, uma garota órfã que vive com a madrasta terrível e é empregada da casa; e o Darien Freeman, um ator adolescente e cheio de fãs, que atuará num reboot de sua saga preferida, mas não acha que se encaixa no papel, desapontando os fãs da história original. A única coisa em comum nos dois é o amor por Seinfeld e mais da cultura nerd, no entanto, de alguma forma a história dos dois se cruza, isso envolve um concurso de cosplay, um baile e um food truck de abóbora gigante.

Não é sobre a história em si que eu quero falar, mas sim de todas as coisas que me incomodaram na leitura. Primeiro que eu imaginei, como era uma história moderna, que apesar de toda a magia dos contos de fada, ela seria mais verossímil e que fãs da cultura pop/nerd poderiam se identificar, mas o que encontrei foi uma história que me lembrava a “eu” de 11 anos, ou seja, tudo muito patético.

Os personagens eram muitas vezes exagerados (mais uma vez: inverossímil) e eu simplesmente não conseguia me importar com eles, a não ser a Hera, a colega de trabalho da Elle, que para mim deveria ter sido a principal. Não sei se deixei bem claro o quanto ridícula a história soava, então só vou reforçar falando uma coisa: o Darien tinha um seguro para o abdome (e ele não cansava disso), para mim isso já é o suficiente.

Para concluir: os fatos se encaixavam perfeitamente e as coincidências eram além da conta (nem vou dizer mais o que é isso, pois vocês devem estar cansados, e eu também estou). Queria saber um pouco mais de quem gostou do livro, os motivos e tal (sem julgamentos, juro) mais para entender mesmo, porque, talvez, ele somente não fosse o meu tipo de livro. Obrigada por lerem :)

[biblioghosts]

So far this is absolutely delightful!! #bookstagram #geekarella @_ashposton

[samiholloway]

Is that sort of my fav line from Hairspray? #geekarella #samireadsbooks2017

[fangirlsdilemma]

60 Books In 2019 #28: Geekerella by Ashley Poston

Yeah, so this is a book that's a take on Cinderella, set at a Comic Con. It might be my favorite in my YA blitz so far.

Geekerella provides two things that I love more than anything, love letters to fandom, and specifically cosplay, and a take on the Cinderella story which I love so much.

Our Ella this time around is Danielle Wittimer, Elle to her friends, of whom she has few since her father died and her step mother’s parenting ranges from neglectful to outright abusive and her step sisters, twins Chloe and…

[dragonspirebooks]

Writing, University, and Kitten Updates: May 2019

Writing, University, and Kitten Updates: May 2019

I took a break in May to take care of Merlin, the magical kitten, and focus on my university work. My assignment’s finally done, and I have no more classes until November.

Researching and editing my project was fun, a good thing considering my first draft was 25000 words long when it needed to be 5000, but I’m glad it’s over as I hated the business side of it.

In other news, we’ve had Merlin a…

[cindersmagazine]

Book Review Corner

In our latest Book Review Corner, Cinders Editor @meabhmcdonnell raves about Ashley Poston's Geekerella: A Fangirl Fairy Tale.

Read it all here in Cinders brand new Issue Four on pg.50 X

[seminaked-mark-blackthorn]

b, d, g, and q for the book ask

B. Favorite character of all time?.... hard one. Clary I guess, but also Haymitch from the hunger gamesOMG STEPHANIE PLUM are you for real xD (from the Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich) The characters I have created in my head ... should really start developing this but I have no timeD. Favorite villain?MA BOI SEBBY AKA JONATHAN MORGENSTERN AAAYYY G. The world you want to live in?Doesn’t exist and it would never ....Q. Paperback or hardcover?I usually go for paperback because it is waaay cheaper but I love both! I don’t discriminate between books, I am on a budget #brokeforverand since someone added even more questions ...B. Are you the type of person who reads the book they buy right away or the type who procrastinatesIf it is a Cassandra Clare book, I read it immidiately, but now ... I have a legit pile of books I’ve been buying since the beginning of the year and I have not read one of them (except Lord of Shadows)

D. Favorite cover of a book?City of Heavenly Fire, Geekarella, Howl’s moving Castle series, Lady Midnight, How to Kill a Mockingbird ... everything that has got the color palette right. G. Listening to music while you read? Or nahNAH. Both are very meaningful to me so I can concentrate fully and enjoy one at a time.

[blackgirlslit]

Percy Jackson, Geekarella, Lunar Chronicles <3

Percy Jackson: If you were a demigod, who would be your godly parent? I’m not sure? Aphrodite would probably be my mom.

Geekerella: do you believe that you can fall in love with someone you have never met? I guess? 

The Lunar Chronicles: What is your favourite fairytale? I never really had one tbh

Thanks for asking-victoria 

[curiousfoxreads-blog]

I have a little tale to weave (kinda, maybe) about my adventures with this awesome little series... . . I absolutely loved and adored Geekerella. It had spoke to my nerdy heart 💖. So of course I could not wait to be able to read The Princess and the Fangirl! Imagine my excitement when a cute powder blue envelope showed up in my mail unexpectedly! (There may have been some squeels of delight involved.) . . I moved the very next day, and darkness befell, as someone broke into my car during my cross country move. They stole many things, including my new ARC! 😭 I was devastated! I decided to attempt to contact @quirkbooks, explaining what happened, and they are amazing all! They came through and sent me another copy! I was so grateful and delighted! . . Now fast forward to @emeraldcitycomiccon, where my awesome friend @sammaybereading had tickets to the entire con, and was the bomb, and grabbed me a copy of Princess and the Fangirl since Quirk was selling finished copies early and I'd only be attending the con on Sunday. . . Which was amazing by the way! Because as it turned out @_ashposton was doing a signing! She is a delight and I love that she is a fellow nerd, with a love of all things books, anime and video games. This was my 2nd time meeting Ashley, as I got to meet her in San Diego, during her Heart of Iron tour, where I had gotten Geekerella signed. . . The point of my long little story, is that Quirk and Ashley are amazing and so are these cute, quirky, nerdy books and I highly, extremely, quantifiably recommend them! . . . #book #books #bookstagram #bookstagramfeature #bookstagrammer #booklove #bookaddict #booknerd #bookworm #bookphotography #bookpics #booksofig #booksofinstagram #bookish #read #reading #bibliophile #bookstagramit #bookdragon #quirkbooks #saveamara #geekarella #starfield #theprincessandthefangirl #ashleyposton #yanovels #looktothestars #aimignite #youngadult (at Seattle, Washington) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bvm_s01nZ5w/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=500u8ynni4jw

[samiholloway]

Quality, Injury, Read for the asks

Quality: Name three of your favourite blogs.On tumblr: I absolutely adore all my mutuals, and there's more than three of them, but the ones I check the most are @ohgressfuriosa @wencheswithcannons and @flyingfishtailoutpost1Off tumblr: I love Robin McKinley's blog and how she's a writer but mostly just writes about her life, I love love love Bad Astronomer, and Danielle Laporte.Injury: Have you ever walked into a glass door?I never did, but my sister did when we were in an airport as kids. Apparently, it made quite a noise. She also knocked her head through a window-door (one of those ones made of like 12 little windows making a door?). Read: What was the last book you read?Geekarella! I haven't written up my review yet, but it's so good. I'm gonna put it next to Fangirl on my shelf. That's how much I love it.

[aunsuccessfullblogger-blog]

1. Do you have a passion project? What is it?

I'm working on something at my new school.

2. How many languages can you speak? 

1, working on 2

3. What was the last book you read?

Geekarella

4. Where in the world would you most like to visit?

Washington DC

5. Top 5 fictional characters?

Linh Cinder, Sirius Black, Carswell Thorne, Cress, James Potter

6. Something you miss from your childhood?

The simplicity of it

7. What skill do you wish you had?

All musical abilities

8. Tell us an interesting fact

George Washington stopped a battle to return a British admiral's dog to him.

9. What was your favourite subject in school?

History

10. Favourite planet?

Venus

11. Which historical figure fascinates you and why?

John Laurens, his conviction for slave abolition was very rare for his time.

12. Favourite mythical creature?

An occamy

13. Do you believe in any conspiracy theories?

Yes, all of them. (JK, JK, but I support many)

14. What is your favourite word?

Dang, I can't choose.

15. Do you have any obsessions right now?

Yes, Newsies, Hamilton, Doctor Who, and more.

16. Do you play any instruments?

Yes, piano, violin, guitar

17. What’s your worst habit?

Procrastiation

18. Do you have a collection of anything?

Pins

19. What’s your biggest ‘what if’?

I went to a different school.

*whispers* I just go away. Will anyone notice?

20. What is your favourite fairy tale?

Beauty and the Beast

21. Have you ever dyed your hair? Is there a colour you’d like to dye it?

No, I want to dye it, like, white or something

22. If you could learn one language overnight, which would you choose?

French

23. What’s the most useless thing you know how to do?

Make almost any dress flare when I spin.

24. What’s the most important change that should be made to your country’s education system?

How much teachers are paid. Instead of raising the pay, they just lower the requirements. This means lower quality teacher, which means lower quality schools, which means more homework (students have to teach themselves), anxiety, and stress for kids, which means more angry parents.

25. Most ravenclaw thing you’ve ever done?

Yesterday we were packing food for hungry kids in the Phillipines. One of my friends messed up, so another friend said, "You just killed a child." I said, "Technically, the kid would've died anyway, so I mean..."

Ravenclaw Ask Game

Gryffindor | Slytherin | Hufflepuff

1. Do you have a passion project? What is it?

2. How many languages can you speak? 

3. What was the last book you read?

4. Where in the world would you most like to visit?

5. Top 5 fictional characters?

6. Something you miss from your childhood?

7. What skill do you wish you had?

8. Tell us an interesting fact

9. What was your favourite subject in school?

10. Favourite planet?

11. Which historical figure fascinates you and why?

12. Favourite mythical creature?

13. Do you believe in any conspiracy theories?

14. What is your favourite word?

15. Do you have any obsessions right now?

16. Do you play any instruments?

17. What’s your worst habit?

18. Do you have a collection of anything?

19. What’s your biggest ‘what if’?

20. What is your favourite fairy tale?

21. Have you ever dyed your hair? Is there a colour you’d like to dye it?

22. If you could learn one language overnight, which would you choose?

23. What’s the most useless thing you know how to do?

24. What’s the most important change that should be made to your country’s education system?

25. Most ravenclaw thing you’ve ever done?

[brynlew-blog]

The Red Queen by: Victoria Aveyard, The Last to Let Go by: Amber Smith, Vampire Academy by: Richelle Mead, City of Fallen Angels by: Cassandra Clare, To Right the Wrongs by: Sheryl Scarborough, Spirit Bound by: Richelle Mead, The Help by: Kathryn Stockett, Someone Else’s Summer by: Rachel Bateman, Liars, Inc. by: Paula Stokes, Shadow Kiss by: Richelle Mead, A Court of Wings and Ruin by: Sarah J Maas, The Fault in Our Stars by: John Green, Jackoby by: William Ritter, They Both Die at the End by: Adam Silvera, Frostbite by: Richelle Mead, Zenith by Sasha Alsberg & Lindsey Cummings, Blood Promise by: Richelle Mead, Geekarella by: Ashely Poston.