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You're Never Weird on the Internet (Almost)

by Felicia Day
Touchstone. Aug. 2015. 272p. ISBN 9781476785653. $25.99; ebk. ISBN 9781476785677. MEMOIR
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Day's journey from a struggling actress typecast as a "crazy cat-lady secretary" to Internet star was not without bumps—or rewards. Here she writes about being homeschooled "for hippie reasons," how she got into (and became obsessed with) video games, the process of creating her web series, The Guild, and her current projects, the YouTube channel and production company Geek & Sundry and her online romance book club, Vaginal Fantasy. She extols the joys of finding your enthusiasms and building meaningful work around them. She also discusses how GamerGate affected her; in addition to online harassment, her license plate number, address, and photos of her home were posted online.
VERDICT Day's writing is warm and charming. Fans of her work will gobble this up, but anyone who has ever despaired of finding their passions would benefit from a read as well.
Reviewed by Stephanie Klose, Library Journal , Jun 18, 2015
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