Welcome to Litsy!

Melody Joo is a novice game producer in a heavily "white bro" environment. When a joke about a female targeted apocalyptic zombie game featuring male strippers (they have to be shirtless for the vitamin D) turns into her project, she moves heaven and earth to meet nigh-impossible timeline and budget targets.
A soft pick because despite admiring her strength and snark, there was a LOT piled on with little reprieve that could be pretty exhausting.

Gamer girl gets a huge break but has to deal with all the harassment that comes with being a woman of color in the gaming industry. Not as much romance as expected from the description and title, but an enjoyable read apart from that!

Finished 3 audiobooks yesterday while I worked on my paint by number, and started a fourth (tagged) before I went to bed! I‘m not doing the greatest at checking off prompts this month, but I‘m definitely getting a jumpstart on my reading goals! #Jumpstart2021 #TBRDeckofCards #BookSpinBingo
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This centers around newly hired video game producer, Melody. The video game industry is-in large part- a male dominated field. Not only is Melody a female producer, she‘s also a Korean American, subjected to comments made by her ignorant coworkers. The title is actually a bigger statement on a culture that permeates many male dominated industries. This is not what I expected, but in terms of what it does for the genre- it could be a game changer.

So. This book. Hmm. It was a fast read, but it is definitely not the rom com you're looking for. It's definitely more woman's fiction, but since the main character isn't entirely likable and goes through horrible harassment and there's so many dropped threads, it's hard to recommend. It did make for a great book club discussion though!! #WinterGames2020 @Clwojick #MerryReaders #TBRread 16pts

Thank God it's Friday!! Less time was spent reading last yesterday because I had book club last night where we discussed the tagged book (which was not a hit, but honestly that makes for the best discussions) #Wintergames2020 @Clwojick #MerryReaders 551pts.

I liked the book ok, but I need to take off a star for the fact that there is essentially no romance. There also really isn‘t any loathing.

Ya'll. I'm tired. Work was off the hook crazy, so I haven't had time to find a silver book. Instead for today's #SleighTheShelves prompt Silver, I'm pairing tomorrow's romance book club pic with a silver snowflake. @OriginalCyn620 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 1pt for #WinterGames2020 @Clwojick #MerryReaders

Not the authors fault because I‘m sure this was written pre-covid, but OMG I HATE THIS SAYING WITH A BURNING PASSION. I am so tired of that phrase right now.

Other than that this book is positively delightful!

A classic enemies to lovers story. People with bad first impressions. End up falling in love.

I thought the writing style of the author was great, the storyline was enjoyable, though a little predictable, and for me it was a relaxing easy read. I'm not desperate to read anything else from this author for a while, but if the opportunity arose to read another book of hers I wouldn't turn it away.

#romance

I planned on this being the last book I read in September but it turned into my first book of October. This book was about Melody who just landed her dream job of being a video game producer. But being in a male dominated job isn‘t easy. When someone leaks the game she is about to be release she starts to get attacked. But she isn‘t going to let it get her down. She was kickass. Loved that there was some romance thrown into it!

Overall, this book didn‘t live up to my expectations but I was able to enjoy some parts of it.

Full review: https://oddandbookish.wordpress.com/2020/09/30/review-loathe-at-first-sight/

Woman takes on the haters in male dominated gaming development... upbeat, uplifting read.

I'm not so great at #Bookstagram photos, but I'm super excited that my preorder of LOATHE AT FIRST SIGHT arrived!!! 🎉📚✨🥰

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I was expecting this to be a romance, and there‘s a bit of that, but the main story is about a woman making her way in a male dominated industry. Lots of girl power with a nice happily ever after ending. #ARC

Great #BookHaul today!

I love the wrap on Plain Bad Heroines! “KEEP AWAY from impressionable female readers”

Reading the tagged book in anticipation of a book talk with the author, Deanna Raybourn, and Joshilyn Jackson on August 11th. Virtual and free. Join me!!

https://www.crowdcast.io/e/jj-reads-loath-at-first-and-a-murderous-relation/regi...

A romance novel set in the mega-bro video gaming environment. I picked this up because it was hyped as having the "enemies-to-lovers" trope, which is one I enjoy, but honestly the romance part of this felt a little less ETL & a little more background than I was expecting.
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It did do a great job of focusing on the omnipresent misogynistic culture that pervades the gaming industry, & how women, even fictional ones, can go about changing it.