You're Never Weird On The Internet (almost)
By Felicia Day Book Review by Miranda Moses (Fraser) ISBN: 978-1-4767-8566-0 Oh man, if you know who Felicia Day is you probably know her for her work as Charlie on Supernatural. A lot of people do. I take no offense and I doubt she does either. In terms of being a youtuber though, she was one of the first. Youtube hadn't really been a thing all that long when she graced us with a web series called, "The Guild". This is where I discovered her and fell in love with her work. After/during the end of "The Guild" she also ran a channel on youtube called Geek and Sundry. So though she is known for her television works, and to some people, her love of books, she is an OG Youtuber. Making her perfect for this series! This book is a memoir about her life, how she came to be the person we know her as. And, as if I didn't already find her awkwardness SO DARN relatable, this book really solidified it for me. It's one of the things I love most about her, social situations are completely nerve wrecking and she handles them with an awkward anxiety that somehow comes across as adorable. Something, I pray my anxiety does, but I'm sure it just makes me look insane, lmao. She was home schooled and discovered her love of the internet, specifically games, at a very early age/stage of the internet. Like before computers were in every household sort of early! The earliest I can date my love of gaming is the Nintendo, you know the one with the little grey rectangle controllers. The one you're not supposed to blow into the cartridges but literally everyone did... So it's also nice to see how her origin story dated back. It's not something people like to talk about but there is a stigma around girls who game. If we game we're probably doing it for attention. Even back in the 90's and EARLY 2000's that was a stigma I knew about. I think it's part of why to this day I don't like people watching me game. My anxiety flares up so badly that I see every little mistake I've made and panic that the male sitting by me is thinking how stupid of a gamer I am because, you know, vagina. *shrugs* and she does touch on the famous "Gamer Gate" from a few years back. Something that I pray in 2019 we as a society are well past. Outside of that though she also REALLY discusses how "The Guild" came to be. And it was pretty exciting to read about her writing process and how they did everything from their garages. With a budget of nothing. Talk about inspiring! As a writer I beat myself up all the time that I go through huge spells of not being able to write. And here's this woman I admire telling it all, completely honest, that sometimes checking off to-do-lists in a virtual world is less nerve wrecking than trying to get through real life. It's not pretty but it's a reality for a lot of people. I think there are a lot of younger people who could use this book, use the words of someone who is considered very successful, telling them that it doesn't just happen. That there's a mental exhaustion to an extent that normal... and then there's a point where reaching out for help may be the best thing you can do. In the end I feel like this book is great for anyone who is trying to figure out who they are or if it's okay to be themselves. But if you're a gamer, remember "The Guild", or are interested in learning who the bad-ass Charlie is in real life, then please pick up a copy of this book. I'm so glad I did. I got more than I was hoping for from reading my own copy. Read on my fellow book worms, may we one day have Belle's library. And as always links to the author's pages can be found down below.
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