Tag: AuthorTweets

August 3, 2018

11 Lit-Related Tweets to Start Your Weekend off Right!

I once read this book about singularity…it really sucked me in!

It is Friday yet again which can only mean…it is time for another list of insanely witty tweets to get your weekend rolling the right way.

So, open your windows, roll up the blinds, kick your boots off, and get ready!

it’s weird to me when people say their heroes are writers, actors or directors when there are people who say “well, goodnight” and go to bed in the middle of parties they’re hosting
— maura quint (@behindyourback) May 27, 2018

“Why do you read YA if you’re not a young adult?”
“I don’t know, why do you read crime if you’re not a serial kill…”
*Tails off*
*Backs away slowly, maintaining eye contact and still smiling*
*Turns*
*Runs*
— Tom Pollock (@tomhpollock) July 29, 2018

In honour of Emily Bronte’s 200th birthday, a suitably passionate & faintly aggressive introduction to Wuthering Heights pic.twitter.com/EI3WNXhf6K
— Emily Brand (@EJBrand) July 30, 2018

$2 #usedbooks pic.twitter.com/qbxM2dVdL7
— Paperback Paradise (@paprbckparadise) July 24, 2018

I’m just not finding your protagonist relatable. Have you thought about making her a “him”?
— Guy In Your MFA (@GuyInYourMFA) April 1, 2017

Is your child texting about Guinea Pigs?
brb = bashful rat blob
rofl = royal oblong fur loaf
— Perfume Genius (@perfumegenius) July 26, 2018

JON SNOW: i’m dead
FANS: hmm…
WRITERS: he’s dead
F: dead… in spirit
HBO: rip jon snow. murdered to death
F: ah… murdered… for now…
— demi adejuyigbe (@electrolemon) August 1, 2015

Wasn’t prepared for this chapter in Moby-Dick when everyone aboard the Pequod gets the same haircut pic.twitter.com/knhzlHiTCH
— Bridger Winegar (@bridger_w) August 6, 2014

“The Old Man And The See You Later”
-Hemingway’s break-up note
— maura quint (@behindyourback) March 11, 2015

Jane Eyre
Jane Fyre
Jane Watyr
Jane Erthe
— Chaucer Doth Tweet (@LeVostreGC) October 1, 2016

We get it poets: things are like other things
— Mike Ginn (@shutupmikeginn) September 8, 2014

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July 27, 2018

13 Hilarious Lit-Related Tweets for All Your Friday Needs!

Hey hey party people, it is officially Friday again which means…

It’s time for yet another list of wild-and-out literature-based tweets! I have searched the far, wide, and dark reaches of the Twittersphere to bring this list to you; kick off your heels, unzip your jumpsuit, pour yourself a glass of something cool, and let all of your weekday worries go with these thirteen tweets!

Come on my fellow avid readers…let’s get weird!

Bought a new thesaurus today. It is good.
— GlennyRodge (@GlennyRodge) February 12, 2016

$1 #usedbooks pic.twitter.com/2KYyGnpyEO
— Paperback Paradise (@paprbckparadise) March 23, 2018

“Have you read Proust? No, I mean, really read him?” pic.twitter.com/hA6mcyKSSU
— Guy In Your MFA (@GuyInYourMFA) November 25, 2016

Priest: Do you read to your kids from the Good Book?
Me: Every night
Priest: What’s their favorite part?
Me: When Frodo destroys the ring
— James Breakwell (@XplodingUnicorn) July 25, 2015

*daughter grabs 50 shades of grey*
NO!
*smacks it out of her hand*
“I want to color!”
ITS NOT WHAT YOU THINK
“But daddy-“
DON’T CALL ME THAT
— Jersey (@SatansTongue) February 12, 2015

How to write an existentialist novel:
1. Early 30s white dude is socially isolated and depressed.
2. No real plot.
3. That’s pretty much it.
— Existential Comics (@existentialcoms) October 23, 2016

I think I might be giving off a vibe. pic.twitter.com/5GboiH8hhn
— Harper Perennial (@HarperPerennial) June 30, 2016

I reverse image-searched this children’s book about Trump and this happened. pic.twitter.com/t9CRqezFrD
— Joe Dator (@JoeDator) November 30, 2016

I’m sure every girl at this bar wants to hear my incredibly detailed thoughts about Jonathan Franzen
— Guy In Your MFA (@GuyInYourMFA) October 26, 2017

$3 #usedbooks pic.twitter.com/STSaSaTrpI
— Paperback Paradise (@paprbckparadise) June 1, 2017

*in the middle of sex
“Go deeper”
Okay
*pulls out*
*sits in a chair and sips coffee*
*opens poetry book*
Two roads diverged in a wood and I-
— Jersey (@SatansTongue) February 5, 2014

“A Farewell To These Arms, Bitch”
-Hemingway’s break-up note
— maura quint (@behindyourback) March 11, 2015

“Don’t fav because it’s over, RT because it happened.” — Dr. Seuss for millennials, probably
— Ella Cerón (@ellaceron) January 23, 2014

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July 20, 2018

11 Hilarious Lit-Related Tweets for All Your Friday Needs!

My books fell on my head…I have only my shelf to blame!

Happy Friday, you wild and out bookworms! The weekend is near which can only mean one thing…

It’s time for another gut-punch list of all-too-funny literature-related tweets! Every week we round up the best bookish tweets from the far and wide corners of the internet and this week is no different; these tweets are seriously killer! So, kick back, grab a snack, let your hair flow down, and start your weekend off right!

the most important thing I’ve learned this week is that after meeting Oscar Wilde for the first time, Walt Whitman described him to a reporter as “a great big, splendid boy”
— Jess Bergman (@jesslbergman) July 13, 2018

sext: [picture of the giant stack of books you’re reading]
— american eidolon (@minkahunter) July 7, 2014

$2 #usedbooks pic.twitter.com/GwWCgNmjMz
— Paperback Paradise (@paprbckparadise) July 10, 2018

reads book: *favourite character dies*
me: maybe if i read this again he won’t die this time
— kylo (@jamjefraser) November 30, 2014

At Starbucks I order under the name Godot. Then leave.
— Nein. (@NeinQuarterly) April 4, 2013

*my wife catches me in bed looking at an optical illusions book* HONEY, NO IT’S NOT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE
— Cool Eric (@OBiiieeee) March 7, 2014

“Have you read Proust? No, I mean, really read him?” pic.twitter.com/hA6mcyKSSU
— Guy In Your MFA (@GuyInYourMFA) November 25, 2016

I’m bringing paperback
them other books don’t know how to act
*deletes account*
— Jarry (@jarry) October 7, 2015

25 Books You Should Read Before the Sun Explodes and Melts Your Skin Off and You Perish, Useless and Screaming, Realizing It Was All In Vain
— Paige (@PeachCoffin) January 24, 2016

Gatsby? He says he was great. I don’t know. People are saying maybe not so great. I’ll make Gatsby great again. #trumpbookreport
— Brian Francis (@briandfrancis) October 20, 2016

Um… I hate to be a Grammar Nazi, but shouldn’t it be… ‘The Diary Of *A* Frank’…?
— єaяƒ ʕ•.•ʔ dæ (@earfdae) March 7, 2013

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June 8, 2018

13 Hilarious Literature-Related Tweets for All of Your Friday Needs!

Happy Friday, party people! The work day is nearing it’s end; it’s almost time for you to unzip your pantsuit, pour yourself a glass of something strong, and get ready to live out all of your wild, wicked weekend dreams!

And, what better way to prepare for the start of weekend fun than with thirteen literature-related tweets that will have you cackling your entire commute home? Come, let’s cackle.

Read, laugh, share, let loose! Woohoo!!

.@parisreview So is Paris any good or not
— Patricia Lockwood (@TriciaLockwood) January 9, 2013

– much ado about nothing
– 2 much 2 nothing
– much ado 3: toyko drift
– much nothing
– much 5
– much ado 6
– nothing 7
— Gold Mantis (@fujichia) October 1, 2015

Ever realised how fucking surreal reading a book actually is? You stare at marked slices of tree for hours on end, hallucinating vividly
— Katie (@KatieOldham) December 9, 2014

[1st day as new school librarian]
STUDENT: is the great gatsby history or literature
MY BRAIN: dont say its lit dont say its lit
ME: its lit
— jomny sun (@jonnysun) February 1, 2016

I’m gonna write a book about the difficulties of watching Pride and Prejudice dubbed into French. It will be called L’Austen Translation
— Greg Jenner (@greg_jenner) October 21, 2013

Please stop calling us your “squad” Linda this is book club
— Randi Lawson (@RandiLawson) June 23, 2015

[first day as a masseuse]
Me: [closing book] “…& they all lived happily ever after”
Customer: “That’s not what I meant by ‘happy ending'”
— Ollie (@ojedge) August 30, 2015

alec baldwin memoir cover looks like the next installment of twilight pic.twitter.com/poiqYCZh6V
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) August 29, 2016

I’m old enough now that I can’t distinguish between the books I read in college and have forgotten, and the ones I just pretended to read.
— Josh Gondelman (@joshgondelman) August 19, 2016

At Starbucks I order under the name Godot. Then leave.
— Nein. (@NeinQuarterly) April 4, 2013

P. Didion
— Kevin Nguyen (@knguyen) August 25, 2015

mark, my words. *mark brings me a dictionary* thanks mark
— philippe iujvidin? (@philyuck) August 1, 2013

me: goodnight moon :)
moon: night<3
me: goodnight stars :)
moon: wtf
me: sry wrongnumber
moon: whos stars
moon: who is stars
moon: answer me
— jomny sun (@jonnysun) October 21, 2014

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March 3, 2015

Six Authors to Follow on Twitter

It seems like everyone is on Twitter these days, and our favorite authors are no exception. Take a break from arguing about that dress for a moment and follow some of these writers! Here are the authors that we find (for better or for worse) the most entertaining on Twitter.

Sherman Alexie

Sherman Alexie is very good at Twitter. The famous Native American writer tweets a mix of pointed political criticism and funny posts like this:

Wouldn’t it be fun to go back in time with an iPad & play Angry Birds with Emily Dickinson?
— Sherman Alexie (@Sherman_Alexie) February 18, 2015

Yes it would, Sherman Alexie.

Paulo Coelho

We’ve professed our love for Paulo Coelho’s Twitter philosophizing before, and we stand by every word. Following Coelho on Twitter is like consulting a mountaintop yogi, only without having to climb the mountain.

We can’t learn “how” to love. We can only experience Love.
— Paulo Coelho (@paulocoelho) February 17, 2015

Tao Lin

I think my fingernails are the strongest they’ve ever been that I can remember
— Tao Lin (@tao_lin) February 2, 2015

No comment.

Bret Easton Ellis

To be honest, Bret Easton Ellis isn’t that good at Twitter. He’ll fill your feed with his thoughts on random television shows and movies that he’s watching, and you’ll probably disagree with him a lot. Every once in a while, though, he’ll go on a rant that would do your grandpa proud.

Encouraging “imagination” in kids now has everything to do with the new outrage culture we’re all trapped in: only happy thoughts and stuff.
— Bret Easton Ellis (@BretEastonEllis) October 30, 2014

It’s actually kind of refreshing to see an author using Twitter like it’s an AOL email address.

Joyce Carol Oates

Oates tweets her fair share of political stuff (and I don’t think she’d get along with Bret Easton Ellis), but she’s at her best when she’s tweeting strange thoughts that read like zen koans.

Cat lovers have no wish to confront kitties their own size. No
— Joyce Carol Oates (@JoyceCarolOates) February 24, 2015

Serious question: is this a tweet about human-sized cats? Because I think it’s a tweet about human-sized cats.

J.K. Rowling

More than anyone else on this list, J.K. Rowling uses Twitter to interact with her readers.

These words have often helped me: ‘The great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.’
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) February 25, 2015

Many of Rowling’s tweets specifically address questions from fans, which makes following her on Twitter kind of like listening to an ongoing interview. Tweet a question at J.K. Rowling, and let us know if you get a response!

Did we miss anyone? Let us know in the comment section!