Twitterature

Twitterature: The World's Greatest Books in Twenty Tweets or Less | Alexander Aciman, Emmett Rensin

Imagine if your favorite literary characters had a Twitter account??
Can you guess which novels the above 4 tweets are from??
This is our new family game.
Fun gift from @BarbaraBB 🧡

LiteraryinLawrence I spy Gatsby! 2y

Cinfhen Yup!!! That‘s the only one my family got from these 4 @LiteraryinLawrence well done 🙌🏻 2y

TheKidUpstairs @LiteraryinLawrence @Cinfhen that's the only one I can figure out, too! 2y

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TrishB Looks like a good game 👍🏻 2y

BarbaraBB Raiders of the lost time: I think Proust (I honestly thought so before I read the hint in the @)! 2y

BarbaraBB And I love that you are sharing them with your family. So fun! 2y

Cinfhen 🙌🏻♥️very good @BarbaraBB 2y

Cinfhen FYI: Here‘s the answers @BarbaraBB @TheKidUpstairs @TrishB @LiteraryinLawrence 1. 1984 2.Madam Bovary 3. The Great Gatsby 4. Swann‘s Way 🤓 (edited) 2y

BarbaraBB I was thinking of Emma Bovary but didn‘t remember her being that cynical about religion. Fun post Cindy, totally up my wheelhouse of course! 2y

Cinfhen If you aren‘t familiar with the classics, like m & z it‘s tough @BarbaraBB / truthfully they are tough for me too 🙈🙊🐵 2y

BarbaraBB And for me! Now that I see the answers, 1984 seems pretty obvious too! 2y

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Cinfhen

Twitterature: The World's Greatest Books in Twenty Tweets or Less | Alexander Aciman, Emmett Rensin

So this is #FridayHappiness #BookMail from my lovely friend @BarbaraBB Thank You!!!! I LOVE your spin on reading the classics!!! Fingersmith has been on my TBR forever, I‘m looking forward to finally reading it❣️Hand cream smells divine 💗 I‘m so grateful for this community of sharing & caring individuals 💕💕💕

TrishB Lovely ♥️ 3y

Centique Fingersmith is so good! I hope you enjoy it. Gorgeously gothic and dripping in mystery! Meanwhile my package to you must be officially lost. Never mind. If that‘s the only curve ball I have to deal with, I‘m okay with that 😂😂 I‘ll make it up to you next time! 3y

erzascarletbookgasm Echoing @Centique on Fingersmith, so good!! Enjoy the lovely gifts. 🧡 3y

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britt_brooke So nice!! 💚 3y

Cinfhen I‘m a little nervous about Fingersmith since I couldn‘t get through this one @Centique @erzascarletbookgasm

Crimson Petal and the White

Cinfhen And do not worry about the package @Centique I FEEL SO BAD that you spent time & money sending me something that didn‘t arrive 😣I know how costly shipping is!!! Please do not resend anything/ I appreciate the love & effort made , Little Flea xxxxx (edited) 3y

Cinfhen Agreed @TrishB @britt_brooke my hubby is still amazed 5 years later that I‘m getting gifts from around the world 🤓☺️😂 3y

britt_brooke @Cinfhen It‘s so cool! This community is like nothing I‘ve ever seen. I‘m so happy so many of us are still here 5 years later. 💞 3y

Megabooks @BarbaraBB is so kind! This is such an amazing community! 3y

emilyhaldi Awesome gift!! I can't believe you haven't read Fingersmith- it's a good one! 👍🏻 3y

BarbaraBB @britt_brooke Yes me too! So glad we‘re still going strong. I was afraid it would dry up after LT took over but fortunately we‘re alive and kicking! 3y

BarbaraBB I‘m happy it arrived safely Cindy! And just to reassure you a bit: I liked Fingersmith better than Crimson Petal. It really is a pageturner! 3y

Cinfhen She is @Megabooks Good to know @BarbaraBB and everyday Litsy is still up & running I‘m relieved 😅 because I worry LT is not maintaining or fixing glitches😔 3y

KarenUK Oh I love Fingersmith! Hope you enjoy 💕🤞 3y

BarbaraBB Is your Litsy as slow as mine? Refreshing is taking forever! 3y

britt_brooke @Cinfhen I don‘t feel like LT is keeping up either. And @BarbaraBB mine has taken forever to refresh for quite sometime. 😕 3y

Cinfhen My Litsy has been SUPER SLOW for weeks, but every day it takes longer & longer if it even loads at all @BarbaraBB @britt_brooke I‘m always afraid it‘s just going to crash & burn one day 🥺 3y

TheLudicReader Fingersmith is soooooooo good. 3y

Centique @Cinfhen you are so sweet! 💕💕And I echo @BarbaraBB Fingersmith IS much more of a page turner and a much quicker read. 👍👍 3y

Cinfhen Ya‘ll are making me excited @KarenUK @BarbaraBB @Centique @TheLudicReader for

Fingersmith

(edited) 3y

Crazeedi @Cinfhen I've been having same issues with litsy. And if I remember correctly I have the Crimson book on my tbr shelf 3y

Cinfhen Yes @Crazeedi unfortunately we ARE ALL experiencing a SLOW loading experience and it‘s not getting better 3y

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LoveToReadLiveToRead

Twitterature: The World's Greatest Books in Twenty Tweets or Less | Alexander Aciman, Emmett Rensin

😂 Got to laugh otherwise you‘d cry.
#bookhumour

AmyG So true. I just read After the Flood....and it sadly rang true. 5y

CarolynM 😂😭 5y

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BarbaraBB

Twitterature: The World's Greatest Books in Twenty Tweets or Less | Alexander Aciman, Emmett Rensin

What a surprise upon arriving home! Your parcel did arrive Sarah and how you‘ve spoiled me 😍😍. I expected only our #1001booksswap, the Iris Murdoch! I love the Twitterature, what a great idea! And the dropjes of source and all of it, wow! Thank you so much!! 😉❤️

Sarah83

Sarah83 So wonderful you like everything. 💕 I wanted to add a little surprise, because I was so late 😑 5y

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arlenefinnigan

Twitterature: The World's Greatest Books in Twenty Tweets or Less | Alexander Aciman, Emmett Rensin

Classic literature as it might be told through a #TelephoneWire. Kind of. #MusicalNewYear @Cinfhen @vivastory

vivastory Sounds amusing 5y

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arlenefinnigan

Twitterature: The World's Greatest Books in Twenty Tweets or Less | Alexander Aciman, Emmett Rensin

pick

Really good bit of daft fun, this. Quite smart arse in places but really funny in others.

1 book to go....

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arlenefinnigan

Twitterature: The World's Greatest Books in Twenty Tweets or Less | Alexander Aciman, Emmett Rensin

2 books off my reading target for this year. I reckon I can read this all in one go and finish my audiobook. Wish me luck.

rockpools Good luck! 5y

TrishB You go 👍🏻 5y

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Megabooks

Twitterature: The World's Greatest Books in Twenty Tweets or Less | Alexander Aciman, Emmett Rensin

‪ https://electricliterature.com/describe-yourself-like-a-male-author-would-is-the...

Have Littens been discussing “how would a male author describe me?” from the Twitter thread? It‘s popped up in my last couple of emails from them. Curious to see if anyone here is participating. #ownvoices

wanderinglynn No I didn‘t participate, but I‘ve had fun reading all the responses! 😂😂😂 6y

mcipher This was too funny!! 6y

Craftylikefox 😂😂😂I have been reading some of them 6y

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dylanisreading The best tweet so far is Jennifer Weiner's. 6y

RaimeyGallant Yep. 6y

readordierachel 😂😂 6y

Megabooks @wanderinglynn me too! I‘ve definitely thought about what I would say though! 6y

Megabooks @mcipher I have really enjoyed the thread! 6y

Megabooks @Craftylikefox 😂😂😂 for sure! 6y

Megabooks @Bianca Hers is definitely 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 6y

Megabooks @RaimeyGallant 😃👍🏻 6y

Megabooks @ReadOrDieRachel Right?! 6y

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bookandcat

Twitterature: The World's Greatest Books in Twenty Tweets or Less | Alexander Aciman, Emmett Rensin

Has anyone been following the Twitter threads about "women describe themselves the way a male author would"? I'm dying with laughter reading them all ???

You can see some here:
https://www.buzzfeed.com/tahliapritchard/women-describing-themselves-as-male-aut...

Alfoster Hilarious! Thanks for sharing!😍 6y

mrozzz Yes!! I‘m loving the responses. 6y

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erinreads

Twitterature: The World's Greatest Books in Twenty Tweets or Less | Alexander Aciman, Emmett Rensin

Look at @Litsy slowly popping back up on Twitter more and more lately! 👋🏻 #followme

Chelleo I really considered posting #LitsyCrash2017 😂🤣😂 that was a great feed! 6y

Jess7 Yep!! 6y

Jess7 @MinDea did you see we got a shout out on #twitter by Litsy!! 6y

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hgrimes That‘s the only one I know! 6y

MinDea @Jess7 crazy!... think they did it on purpose or meant like buddy reads on litsy in general?!? 6y

Jess7 I‘m going with ours bc I like it! I commented that we hosted it and they liked the comment @MinDea (edited) 6y

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Sarah83

Twitterature: The World's Greatest Books in Twenty Tweets or Less | Alexander Aciman, Emmett Rensin

So this is my first parcel unwrapped. 😊 As I already ordered some books for Litten's birthdays, the books which are not for me are turned around. 😂 But I found some nice Snoopy books ( @rubyslippersreads ) and the tagged book. I can't stop laughing. 😂😂😂

TricksyTails 😍😍😍 Love those Snoopy books!! 6y

Sarah83 @TricksyTails I started with this one so cute.

Snoopy the Literary Ace

tammysue Snoopy 💗 6y

rubyslippersreads Such cute Snoopy books! 😊 6y

ephemeralwaltz Sounds fun! 6y

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whatsthEStorey

Twitterature: The World's Greatest Books in Twenty Tweets or Less | Alexander Aciman, Emmett Rensin

And read. 📚

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whatsthEStorey

Twitterature: The World's Greatest Books in Twenty Tweets or Less | Alexander Aciman, Emmett Rensin

Zelma 😂😂😂 6y

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jenniferw88

Twitterature: The World's Greatest Books in Twenty Tweets or Less | Alexander Aciman, Emmett Rensin

Some of my Twitter trends this afternoon 😉

stargazerblue49 Chocolate curry at the library! 7y

jenniferw88 @stargazerblue49 lol! 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂 7y

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swishandflick

Twitterature: The World's Greatest Books in Twenty Tweets or Less | Alexander Aciman, Emmett Rensin

I finally caved and got a Twitter account. When Barack Obama tweets about the small nonprofit you work for, you kinda have to be able to retweet that! 😆

I was even able to snag a handle close enough to my Litsy one, which made me happy. But I also have no idea what I'm doing and need help! Which authors are good to follow? Already got JK Rowling and Stephen King, since they kinda seem to be the queen and king of the literary twitterverse 😄

Laalaleighh Vicariously star struck right now. 7y

MicheleinPhilly Margaret Atwood, Roxane Gay, Celeste Ng, Piper Kerman. 7y

tjwill Cool! 7y

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SaunteringVaguelyDownwards Neil Gaiman, Nnedi Okorafor are great too! 7y

swishandflick @MicheleinPhilly @SaunteringVaguelyDownwards Great suggestions, thank you!! 7y

Pogue Kevin Hearn and Patrick Rothfuss are very active. 7y

BarbaraBB Jon McGregor and Bret Easton Ellis! 7y

EloisaJames Hi there! I can't figure out if there's a way to message--you won an ARC of Wilde in Love! Could you send me an email and we'll arrange? Eloisa@eloisajames.com 🎉🎉🎉 7y

swishandflick @EloisaJames YAY!!!! I just emailed you - can't wait! 😆 7y

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mrozzz

Twitterature: The World's Greatest Books in Twenty Tweets or Less | Alexander Aciman, Emmett Rensin

So I'm super inactive on twitter but I've been following more bookish accounts lately so I posted something funny (recommending books to friends who won't read them).

Of course a friend ironically asks for recos so I unleashed favorites from the last couple years and tagged the authors because, idk, it's twitter, AND THEN 4 OF THOSE AUTHORS LIKED THE POSTS AND 2 FOLLOWED ME BACK and I'm overwhelmed. 😍🙃🤓

I gotta get back in the twitter game...

LibrarianJen I haven't done twitter in a long time either. It got too much for me to handle. The thought of having Authors like my posts is kinda tempting though! 7y

mrozzz @LibrarianJen yes! Also learning about author signings and giveaways and new releases etc is reason enough to start following the publishers & authors 🙂 7y

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jpmcwisemorgan

Twitterature: The World's Greatest Books in Twenty Tweets or Less | Alexander Aciman, Emmett Rensin

I haven't read this one, although I think I want to. Anyway, if you're not using Twitter you might want to check it out. A lot of writers use it to do everything from promoting their current work to posting their anguish over characters. Yes, some of them get political and I know Stephen King likes to tweet about his dog from time to time. I like knowing more about authors because it can explain their writing - sometimes.

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BookThingo

Twitterature: The World's Greatest Books in Twenty Tweets or Less | Alexander Aciman, Emmett Rensin

When I was a young teen, my first attempt at the (big-L) literary classics were abridged stories in graphic novel form. I love this attempt to condense some of the more outrageous plots into tweet-sized portions.

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