90 ratings | 73 reviews | avg rating:4.36

more photos (6)

Alisha’s Year In Books

Alisha’s 2025 Year in Books

Take a look at Alisha’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.

Go to Alisha’s 2025 Year in Books

Alisha Emrich’s Followers (47)

Alisha’s Bookshelves

to-read (112)
currently-reading (0)
read (102)
been-meaning-to-read (35)
books-are-my-utopia (25)
classically-inclined (10)
phenominal (1)
probably-won-t-revisit (3)
should-be-read-at-least-once (30)
witchy-grotesque-awesome (1)

Alisha’s Friends (24)

Gabrielle

1,616 books | 173 friends

Shantell Danielle

1,503 books | 58 friends

Elizabeth Marie

353 books | 72 friends

Haley Schlecht

4,627 books | 285 friends

Hardell Ward

26 books | 55 friends

Zoe Kamenskyi

65 books | 411 friends

Sarah Tuck

9 books | 212 friends

H.M. Trey

132 books | 7,080 friends

More friends…

Alisha Emrich

Goodreads Author

Born

Landstuhl , Germany

Genre

Young Adult, Classics, Romance

Member Since

August 2010

URL

https://www.goodreads.com/blerdsmith

edit data

My debut YA novel, NerdCrush out now from Running Press Kids!

I write YA fiction about awkward Black girls finding their happily ever afters. I've always loved stories of all kinds, but especially ones where the nerdy girl gets the cute guy. I hold a B.A. in English from Armstrong Atlantic University, an M.A. in English, and an M.A. in Creative Writing from Southern New Hampshire University, where I also completed my MFA in Young Adult fiction.
...more

Learn more
Ask the Author

To ask Alisha Emrich questions, please sign up.

Combine Editions
Alisha Emrich’s books

Average rating: 3.52 · 518 ratings · 193 reviews · 1 distinct work • Similar authors

NerdCrush

3.52 avg rating — 518 ratings — 10 editions

Rate this book

Clear rating

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

* Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author. To add more, click here.

0 posts
Alisha Emrich's Blog

Alisha Emrich hasn't written any blog posts yet.

rss
Alisha’s Recent Updates

Alisha Emrich rated a book it was amazing Literary Women by Ellen Moers	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This was a great resource and dive into details about both the personal and writing lives of women writers. I especially enjoyed the chapters on Germaine de Staël's Corinne, or Italy. ...more
Nov 19, 2025 01:30PM · 1 like · like · see review
Alisha Emrich finished reading Blood Moon by Britney S. Lewis (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Nov 19, 2025 12:23PM · like
Alisha Emrich is on page 327 of 374 of Blood Moon Blood Moon by Britney S. Lewis (Goodreads Author) progress:	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Nov 18, 2025 05:36AM · like · see status
Alisha Emrich entered a giveaway Alchemised by SenLinYu (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Nov 15, 2025 06:44AM · like · see giveaway · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of Alchemised by SenLinYu. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — Alchemised by SenLinYu <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Alisha Emrich started reading Blood Moon by Britney S. Lewis (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Nov 02, 2025 08:40AM · like
Alisha Emrich wants to read Blood Moon by Britney S. Lewis (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Oct 08, 2025 11:02AM · like
Alisha Emrich started reading Blood Moon by Britney S. Lewis (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Sep 26, 2025 04:09PM · like
Alisha Emrich wants to read The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Sep 25, 2025 09:14AM · like · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Alisha Emrich wants to read Blood Moon by Britney S. Lewis (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Sep 24, 2025 03:38PM · like
Alisha Emrich is currently reading Blood Moon by Britney S. Lewis (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Sep 05, 2025 04:36PM · like

More of Alisha's books…

Topics Mentioning This Author

topics	posts	views	last activity
Crazy for Young A...: 2023 A-Z Reading Challenge	52	390	Dec 30, 2023 08:56PM

Alisha’s Quotes

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

tags: accomplishment, attributed-no-source, be-yourself, conformity, individuality

69680 likes

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
― H. Jackson Brown Jr., P.S. I Love You

tags: actions, disappointed, disappointment, dream, dreams, explore, misattributed-mark-twain, sail

60256 likes

“Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . .”
― C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

tags: friendship

88102 likes

“Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results.”
― Narcotics Anonymous

tags: humor, insanity, life, misattributed-ben-franklin, misattributed-mark-twain, misattributed-to-einstein

64650 likes

“If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

tags: charles-bayard-mitchell

101563 likes

More of Alisha’s quotes…