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Jan 02, 2017 destiny ♡ howling libraries rated it it was amazing

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I'm not usually very fond of memoirs, but as a geek girl who loves Felicia Day, I had to check this one out, and it didn't disappoint. I related hard in places (weird homeschool kids unite!) and laughed or "aww"ed in others. I love her candid voice and her refusal to hold back, even when it came to touchier topics like GamerGate. If you like her work at all, I would absolutely recommend this.

Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go rewatch The Guild. ...more

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Jul 30, 2019 Carrie rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites, mgr, memoir, heroine-i-adore

Thank you Felicia Day for writing this book, thank you for being you and so very real. Also you made me cry....just thought I'd toss that out there.

We would have been friends, I had that sticker collection, I was the (and still am) one of the misfit kids. As Anne with an E would say, we would have been "bosom buddies"

At times reading this, I would stop and 'go this is me, this is MY life'...you know minus the homeschooling/Violin (I played trombone) Math brain and well success..harhar. But the ...more

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Nov 06, 2015 Elizabeth rated it it was amazing

Shelves: non-fiction

This memoir is so relatable. I always thought Felicia Day was all calm and collected, but she has her insecurities just like the rest of us. She makes me laugh and I could definitely see myself going out for pancakes with this girl. If you're struggling in life I recommend reading this book. You won't be disappointed. ...more

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Aug 29, 2017 Tracy rated it it was amazing

Shelves: own-it, read-in-2017, actual-book, nonfiction, favorites

I was so excited to read this book from the moment it was announced. I added it to my Amazon wishlist and crazily enough no one ever bought it for me as a gift so I had to buy it for myself. It took awhile, I know. So please bare with me because this may be a long review. Probably a lot of rambling at first. Scroll to the last paragraph if you want to skip my rambling and just get a flat out review!

The first time I was introduced to Felicia Day's work was The Guild. I was in-love with it from ep I was so excited to read this book from the moment it was announced. I added it to my Amazon wishlist and crazily enough no one ever bought it for me as a gift so I had to buy it for myself. It took awhile, I know. So please bare with me because this may be a long review. Probably a lot of rambling at first. Scroll to the last paragraph if you want to skip my rambling and just get a flat out review!

The first time I was introduced to Felicia Day's work was The Guild. I was in-love with it from episode one because it spoke to me, it represented my life at that time. See I am also a "girl gamer" and I have played WoW since around 2007, occasionally taking breaks but I always come back. That's 10 years....I don't even want to know what my /played would report these days. Anyways I related to The Guild, I loved it. In 2009 I was lucky enough to meet a co-worker who was also a gamer and female. While at work, sitting in our cubes side by side, we would quote lines from The Guild to each other. So I am a big fan. I wouldn't have even known Felicia Day from Buffy because I didn't even watch Buffy until 2012 for the first time ever. Anyways I think the fact that I am a fan of Felicia Day's because of The Guild made me really love this book. Because her work on The Guild and every thing leading up to that is such a big part of this book. But not only that. Her early days as a gamer really speaks me to me. I totally relate. I grew up with a brother that is only 15 months younger than me. Growing up we ALWAYS played video games together. Seriously we were playing Frogger, Pitfall and Asteroids on the Atari when I was 5 or 6. My brother always had the latest gaming console, latest games, I've literally played everything. I even remember playing Madden football with him, as long as he would set the weather to snow. Anyways I am getting a little off topic, the point is I loved that Felicia Day talked about her early days as a gamer in this book. Growing up you didn't meet many girls that liked video games. And even though it's a little more common these days, it's still kind of rare.
While reading this book I wanted to get a highlighter out and highlight everything I wanted to remember so I could quote it in this review. I didn't do that. Some part of me can't "destroy" a book that way. Had I bought the kindle version instead of the physical copy, things would have been different. Felicia mentions her gaming addiction to World of Warcraft in this book. I have known these people. In fact for a time of my life I may have been one of these people. Not long after I started playing WoW I joined a guild with really serious players. We ran raids at least 4 times a week. There were days when I got home from work, went right to my computer, logged on, started raiding and stayed up way later than I should have just so we could "try to kill this boss one more time". As Felicia Day says in this book I was a "full-time addicted employee of World of Warcraft". A lot has changed since those days, my guild who were older gamers to begin with have mostly stopped playing. Most days I play completely alone, collecting pets, mounts and appearances. But how Felicia explains her playing habits is exactly what it used to be like for me. Except I had a full time job at the time so I couldn't spend as much time as she did on the game. However when I was sitting at work sometimes I was day dreaming about when I got home and could play. Felicia also mentions what it's like to be a female gamer in a space mostly occupied by males. In WoW I get called "dude" a lot because others assume I am male. I don't correct them. I also game on xbox, mostly Diablo III, and when I group with random people I usually keep my microphone off. The few times I have actually talked to the other players it's always the "whoa it's a girl" and all these guys immediately want to add you as a friend. Lucky for me my husband is a gamer, my brother is still a gamer and I have made some good friends while gaming so I don't have to do random groups too often.
I really admire Felicia for opening up the way she did in this book, giving us this really personal glimpse into her childhood, into her life. It's always interesting to read about someone, who is famous, but who you can totally relate to. Reading about someone and thinking "They are really not that different from me". And honestly, I am not sure how but I missed the entire GamerGate thing. I guess during the time period of GamerGate I was not gaming, in fact I was taking online classes and so focused on that that I wasn't on the regular interwebs that often and just missed it. Which I guess was a good thing.
Felicia mentions her awkwardness when meeting famous people when The Guild first started getting really popular. If I was ever a celebrity, I would definitely have been like she was. I've only ever met one famous person in my life. Well ok, it was whole band. I had won a meet and greet with the band before the show. There was a whole five of us there to meet the band and we had something like 30 minutes. I brought a birthday card for the lead singer because it was his birthday that day. He spoke to me and I almost went speechless. The other people were taking all these pictures with the band members, having casual conversation and I was standing beside the band's security guy talking to him. Finally the lead singer teased me about being so shy and nervous, I took one picture with the band. I still look back on that (that was 8 years ago) and think of all the things I should have said, should have done. But eh, what can you do. So thanks Felicia, good to know I am not the only person that gets totally bassackwards in situations like that.

So here it is, my final review. I really enjoyed this book. For me this book reads the same as if Felicia was telling you the story in person. I mean, she wrote it, so that makes sense right? If you are a true fan of Felicia's, especially if you loved The Guild then I think you will love this book. It's a really great intimate look at her life from childhood to present day. All of the ups and downs, everything she went through trying to get The Guild up and running. So many things I didn't know. In fact I am going to re-watch The Guild soon just to look at the background. Felicia is very easy to relate to. In fact I think we could have been good friends. If we weren't both introverts. Maybe we could have played WoW together? No, that wouldn't have worked either because she played Alliance and I play Horde. Oh well in another life somewhere we could have been friends. I added too many quotes to Goodreads from this book. There are many laugh out loud moments and melancholy as well. Definitely my favorite memoir that I have read to date. ...more

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