In the tradition of #Girlboss and Mindy Kaling’s Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?, a funny, quirky, and inspiring memoir from online entertainment mogul, actress, and “queen of the geeks” Felicia Day about her unusual upbringing, her rise to Internet stardom, and embracing her individuality to find success in Hollywood.
The Internet isn’t all cat videos – almost.
There’s also Felicia Day – violinist, filmmaker, Internet entrepreneur, compulsive gamer, hoagie specialist, and former lonely homeschooled girl who overcame her isolated childhood to become the ruler of a new world – or at least the world of Internet-geek fame and Goodreads book clubs.
Growing up in the South, where she was homeschooled for hippie reasons, Felicia moved to Hollywood to pursue her dream of becoming an actress and was immediately typecast as a crazy cat-lady secretary. But Felicia’s misadventures in Hollywood led her to produce her own web series, own her own production company, and become an instant Internet star.
Felcia’s shortish life and her rags-to-riches rise to Internet fame launched her career as one of the most influential creators in new media. Now Felicia’s strange life is filled with thoughts on creativity, video games, and a dash of mild feminist activism – just like her memoir.
Hilarious and inspirational, You’re Never Weird on the Internet (Almost) is proof that everyone should embrace what makes them different and be brave enough to share it with the world, because anything is possible now – even for a digital misfit.
Catchy Title Here The bio stuff in the beginning was well done, and has Felicia’s wonderful style, and the end section is similarly well-done, but neither tickled my fancy to large degrees. I wasnt interested in the biography part of it, nor even really the “memoir” type stories about conventions and celeb encounters.Just on its own, the middle 75% of this book, focused on the struggle and process of creating, getting from point A to B, was fantastic and riveting. And by no means is this…
Loved It! I have always admired Felicia Day. It was great to see a smart female actress playing smart female characters on the shows I’ve seen her on.This book gave me insight to the person and her history. It was fun to know that we shared a similar history. No, I’m old enough to be her mother. But my children shared her history and I through them. We learned the computer from way back with CompuServe, Prodigy (where I met my husband) and various video games and bulletin boards. Her ultimate…
Engaging and raw I adore Felicia Day, and was geeked about her putting out a book. When her character was killed off on ‘Supernatural’, I considered for the first time ever not watching the show.Anyway, I was really excited to read her story about how she got into gaming and acting and such. The book is a fast, easy read, but after four or five chapters I started to get rather down and uncomfortable about how much self-depreciating Felicia Day put in this book. One of her messages to female fans is…