Talk Nerdy To Me: Three Reads For Your Inner Geek
If you’re seriously into reading, chances are, if you’re not a nerd, then you’ve at least got some nerdy DNA somewhere in your intellectual genome. I know I do. But as a reader I sometimes feel like I’m being asked to identify with a hero who isn’t nearly geeky enough — a hero with uncorrected vision and excellent orthodontics and really good hair. Sure, he’s nice, but I doubt I would have wanted to sit at his table in the cafeteria in high school.
Aren’t nerds sexy enough to be heroes? They certainly can be. Here are three novels featuring protagonists with above-average SAT scores, who would get your Star Wars references, and who would never beat you up and take your lunch money. Though they might, if provoked, correct your grammar.
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