This review is for the audio version of this book. As a public service announcement, I recommend that you check in with your local library to see if they support OneClickdigital or other apps that let you download audiobooks to your smartphone via library membership. I have listened to a lot of hot bestsellers this way for free! Free! Like many dorks, I first became aware of Felicia Day in this commercial: (Not really, but it’s cool that Felicia Day was in popular commercials, which […]
A Good Start That Never Quite Gets There
Before I begin, allow me to strap on my Internet Armor and batten down my hatches. Felecia Day is Queen of the Internet, whether she wants the title or not, and I thought her book was…okay. I mean, it wasn’t the worst thing I’ve ever read, but I can’t say this is an amazing book. I’m glad it was a library get and not a purchase, because I can’t see myself going back and rereading it. I admit, I only know a little bit about […]
Felicia Day is the hero we need. We probably don’t deserve her.
Before I get too far into this review, I just want to state, for the record, Felicia Day has said that she does not really like being dubbed ‘The Queen of the Internet’ or ‘The Queen of the Geeks’ or whatever crown we the people want to bestow upon her, but the fact that she comes unwillingly to power only makes her more worthy, honestly. I do feel a bit bad about potentially making her feel more anxious over this responsibility we’ve all thrust on her, […]
“It’s hard being weird. No—it’s hard living in a culture that makes it hard.”
On the surface, I am not the target audience for Felicia Day’s memoir You’re Never Weird on the Internet (Almost). I am a) not a gamer, not even a little, b) have never watched anything on her Geek & Sundry YouTube channel, or really very much on YouTube at all, c) have never watched Buffy the Vampire Slayer, d) I have only ever watched the first half of the first season of Supernatural, e) while aware of the Vaginal Fantasy book club on Goodreads I […]
“I’ve always felt like a failure inside if I’m not already a success.”
4.5 stars I’m trying to recall where I first encountered Felicia Day. I think it may in fact have been on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, where she played one of the many potential slayers in season seven. I know I saw her in Dr Horrible’s Sing-a-Long Blog (true story, on our honey-moon seven years ago, I declined to go out and explore Stockholm with my husband until I had used the hotel wi-fi – which was really rather slow – to download and watch the […]
All hail the Queen!
While I’m definitely nerdy, I don’t know that I classify as a *true* nerd. I’m not even a noob (newb? nüb? Please advise). I’m more like a nerd tourist. And I definitely don’t game. So random chance alone brought me into contact with the self-titled Queen of the Nerds, Felicia Day. In summer of 2010, I was checking my Facebook feed, when one of my friends posted a music video entitled, “Game On.” I was delighted. I had no idea that you could put together […]