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sent out a tweet to see if anyone was interested in an on-line twitter book club that she called "Prose Hos". Of course I was interested and headed over to our library to pick up the first book for the book club, Geek Love by Katherine Dunn.
I had no idea what to expect from this novel. And really I do not have the imagination or just plain warped mind to have ever imagined what this book was about.
In this story geek is not a nerdy dude who loves computers. Instead a geek is a different kind of social misfit. This book tells the story of Oly, a middle aged albino hunch back, and how she came to be. The story is about a family. A family who's matriarch and patriarch played with drugs and toxins to purposely have "circus freak" children. A mermaid boy, Siamese twins, the hunchback albino and the youngest who can move things with his minds.
A lot of this story was hard to read. Very disturbing images painted into your mind. After reading the book and digesting it for a few days I came to the conclusion that the core of this book is about family, love and the desire to fit in and the even bigger desire to be different.
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This is not a book I would have ever normally picked up and even though I will never be able to go to a carinval ever again, it was a good read. A bit difficult to get "into to". It took me about 3 weeks to finish but once I hit the middle I found it hard to put down.
Head over to Twitter and search #prosehos to see what some of the other Prose Hos have to say about Geek Love.
i have been trying to find an online book club. as soon as i am done with the book i am reading for school i will totally join
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