{"id":138055,"date":"2016-02-01T10:00:52","date_gmt":"2016-02-01T15:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.danverslibrary.org\/readthis\/?p=138055"},"modified":"2016-01-26T16:29:40","modified_gmt":"2016-01-26T21:29:40","slug":"rachel-buy-borrow-bypass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.danverslibrary.org\/readthis\/?p=138055","title":{"rendered":"Rachel: \u201cBuy, Borrow, Bypass\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Book Riot does this great feature called \u201cBuy, Borrow, Bypass<\/a>\u201d and I like it, so I\u2019m going to do that here.<\/p>\n

\"NeverYou\u2019re Never Weird on the Internet (Almost)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Don\u2019t recognize the name Felicia Day? Don\u2019t worry \u2013 you\u2019re not alone. You might be familiar with her face from such Joss Whedon-helmed projects like Buffy<\/em><\/a>, Dr. Horrible\u2019s Sing-Along Blog<\/em><\/a>, or Dollhouse<\/em><\/a>, though. Or maybe you remember her red hair in seasons seven<\/a>, eight<\/a>, and nine<\/a> of Supernatural<\/em>? Or somehow you\u2019re really into MMORPG and watched The Guild<\/em><\/a>??? (Didn\u2019t think so.) If Day\u2019s name or face doesn\u2019t ring any bells, it\u2019s safe to assume you probably won\u2019t be into her debut, You\u2019re Never Weird on the Internet (Almost)<\/em>, either. The book functions as a timeline of Day\u2019s life, but feels less autobiographical and more like a play-by-play of her spectacularly odd adolescence, amounting to the origin story for the mythos that\u2019s sprouted up around her. Is this because pop culture looks at Day as some kind of online creation and not as an actress who just happened to make it big by becoming Internet Famous\u2122? Or maybe because it\u2019s easy to get confused between real-life Day as Codex playing World of Warcraft and The Guild Day as\u2026Codex playing a fictional World of Warcraft??? I didn\u2019t go into the book expecting much, but it was still kind of disappointing.<\/p>\n

Verdict: BYPASS<\/span><\/p>\n

\"IsIs Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)<\/strong> \/ Why Not Me?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019m smooshing Mindy Kaling\u2019s two biographies \u2013 2011\u2019s Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)<\/em><\/a> and 2015\u2019s Why Not Me?<\/a> \u2013 into one review because I have the same feelings about both of them, i.e., they\u2019re awesome. Kaling is someone about whom I\u2019ve learned great things via GIFs on Tumblr, and her memoirs (basically Parts I and II) really only exaggerate her cool factor. (Is that still a thing? Let\u2019s make it a thing.) Instead of writing about her life linearly from point A to B, she structures both books as a collection of essays and anecdotes about making a living as a female comedian in Hollywood, first as a writer on The Office<\/em> and then as showrunner for The Mindy Project<\/em>. Through her writing, Kaling comes off as a person who knows how to 1) successfully navigate the male-dominated film industry, 2) do so with both grace and humility, and 3) be funny as hell in the process. She\u2019s definitely worth a read if, like me, you haven\u2019t had the chance to officially meet via a television screen.<\/p>\n

Verdict: BORROW unless you\u2019re already a fan and then BUY<\/span><\/p>\n

\"WeWe Should All Be Feminists<\/strong> by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie<\/p>\n

If you aren\u2019t already feminist-leaning, Adichie\u2019s print adaptation<\/a> of her 2013 TEDx Talk<\/a> might not convince you why you should be \u2013 but you should read it anyway. In 52 pages, Adichie succinctly explains what the word feminist means to her and why she considers herself one. Although her speech\u2019s title definitely comes off as click-bait (if you\u2019re feeling brave, just scroll through the video\u2019s comments), the words themselves don\u2019t. Adichie makes it easy to nod along and feel empowered to create change, just by acknowledging one\u2019s own privilege in gender, race, or economic class. At its core, feminism isn\u2019t a complex theory that one needs an advanced degree to understand; hopefully, if enough people read We Should All Be Feminists<\/em>, maybe it won\u2019t feel like one.<\/p>\n

Verdict: BUY<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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