Well, none of the girls ever told me that I was pretty but they sure wanted tuitions though :-) The fact that I was in an all boys school didn't help the matters either. By the time I came to high school things changed for the better. Who knew that nerds with mean right hooks could actually be respected!!!
I think nerd hood wasn't as much as a problem as my own anti social behavior as a kid. I loved books and use to skip classes to read fiction novels. The problem was that kids didn't really understand why I was doing it and it came to blows on more than one occasion.
Harry Potter was my main book for the longest time and thankfully I made a few friends because of it. I am not really sure how many times I have read them in all but I can understand why your daughter is going through them like chocolate :-) It was exactly the same for me. I actually read Crichton and Clancy before I read Rowling, so it was a bit of a change for me and yet I was hooked on HP from the beginning.
I am not exactly sure whats school life is like these days but its good to hear that your girl is doing well socially.