Blog Tour: WELCOME TO DWEEB CLUB Review & Giveaway

I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the WELCOME TO DWEEB CLUB by Betsy Uhrig Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway!

 

About The Book:

Title: WELCOME TO DWEEB CLUB

Author: Betsy Uhrig

Pub. Date: September 28, 2021

Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books

Formats: Hardcover, eBook

Pages: 272

Find it:  Goodreads, Amazon, Kindle, B&N, iBooks, Kobo, TBD, Bookshop.org

What if a school club changed your life forever?

In the second week of seventh grade, Jason Sloan signs up for the brand-new HAIR Club. He and his friends have no idea what it’s about, but since they’re the first to sign up they figure they’ll be in charge in no time. The club turns out to be super weird: using fancy new equipment donated by a mysterious benefactor, the members are supposed to monitor school security footage. Their first assignment: find out what is stealing the cafeteria’s croutons.

Instead of the expected dark cafeteria, the computers show the club members something else entirely: actual footage of themselves as high school seniors, five years in the future! What on earth could be happening? Is it some kind of time warp, or alternate reality? Or is it just an un-funny prank? As they scramble to solve the mystery, they can’t help but notice something else—none of them like what they see five years from now. Is there any way to change the future—and their fates? 

  

My Review:

This book is probably one of the weirder books that I’ve ever read, but also one of the most fun books too. It’s not a book that takes itself too seriously or tries to teach overly important lessons to the reader. There are things that the character learns throughout the story, but it’s not preachy or anything like that. It’s just the character coming to terms with not being a perfect person.

I love how this book is written. Jason is our main character, and he was made Historian of the H.A.I.R club. This book is written as his form of notes from the club meetings and other events. The first line of each chapter even switches to a more handwritten font. I thought it was a really good way to show the story. It’s a first-person story but it’s not written in a way where it feels like the character is constantly thinking through everything in their life, it feels like someone who just writes in a journal a lot. I really enjoyed it, even if my previous ramblings don’t make much sense.

I really liked most of the characters in this book. I’ll be honest and say that Alice was really the only character that I didn’t like. Other than that, only Jason got on my nerves and that was very rarely. My only big issue with Jason was that sometimes he felt like he was dragging himself down farther than necessary. These characters are middle-schoolers, and they act like it. They’re sometimes conceited and trying to find a balance between being liked and what they like. They’re rude and speak without thinking. I loved them. They also had a really great dynamic with each other. It was fun, but they’re middle schoolers so there’s still some pettiness and meanness.

The plot…I don’t really know what to say about the plot of this book. It was weird but also very interesting. I don’t read mystery books because I’m not very good at figuring out mysteries. This one was fun to watch develop. Of course, there are hints as to who created Prescient, but it never seemed like the answers were just handed to the reader.

I have one word that I use to describe this book: fun. This book was fun to read. It was an absolute joy. I need more books like this. Books that aren’t rife with drama or life lessons that need to be hammered in. Books that are a bit silly with fun characters.

I really enjoyed this book. I would honestly recommend it to a lot of people, because it was a lot of fun.

 

About Betsy Uhrig: 

Betsy Uhrig was born and raised in Greater Boston, where she lives with her family and way more books than you are picturing. She graduated from Smith College with a degree in English and has worked in publishing ever since. She writes books for children instead of doing things that aren’t as fun. Betsy is the author of Double the Danger and Zero Zucchini and Welcome to Dweeb Club. Visit her at BetsyUhrig.com for more information about her books and her cats.

 

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Giveaway Details:

3 winners will win a finished copy of WELCOME TO DWEEB CLUB, US Only.

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Tour Schedule:

Week One:

9/13/2021	I'm Shelfish	Excerpt
9/14/2021	Nay's Pink Bookshelf	Review
9/15/2021	A Dream Within A Dream	Guest Post
9/16/2021	Jazzy Book Reviews	Excerpt
9/17/2021	celiamcmahonreads	Review
9/18/2021	Nonbinary Knight Reads	Review

Week Two:

9/19/2021	Locks, Hooks and Books	Review
9/20/2021	Perusewithcoffee	Review
9/21/2021	Cindy's Love of Books	Review
9/22/2021	The Momma Spot	Review
9/23/2021	@Curlygrannylovestoread	Review
9/24/2021	Midnightbooklover	Review
9/25/2021	Nerdophiles	Review

Week Three:

9/26/2021	Pick a good book	Review
9/27/2021	Rajiv's Reviews	Review
9/28/2021	YA Books Central	Interview
9/29/2021	Lifestyle of Me	Review
9/30/2021	Don't Judge, Read	Interview
10/1/2021	Fyrekatz Blog	Review
10/2/2021	Onemused	Review/IG Spotlight

Week Four:

10/3/2021	BookHounds YA	Guest Post
10/4/2021	booksaremagictoo	Review
10/5/2021	Book-Keeping	Review
10/6/2021	Kait Plus Books	Excerpt
10/7/2021	The Pages In-Between	Review
10/8/2021	Two Points of Interest	Review