Twitter Updates for 2008-12-31
Posted December 31, 2008 
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Twitter Updates for 2008-12-24
Posted December 24, 2008 Comments(0)
Comments(0) - Happy Holidays, Tweets! I’ll be here sporadically until Jan 3. Going home for Xmas…to the land of dial-up internet and E cell reception! #
- @jchristie rural Nova Scotia/rural Maine…I’m sure they’re similar! #
- Happy Holidays, Tweets! I’ll be here sporadically until Jan 3. Going home for Xmas…to the land of dial-up internet and E cell reception! #
Twitter Updates for 2008-12-23
Posted December 23, 2008 Comments(0)
Comments(0) - @susan_marie Have listened occasionally, but not regularly. I’ve been meaning to do so. Thanks!! #
- @sarahw I’m sure it did & I’m glad his new role is working out so well for him! #
- RT @girlswritenow: NPR’s best of the best of: http://tinyurl.com/6hhqdo #
- Take the Telegraph’s Christmas book quiz: http://tinyurl.com/9edu7n #
- The Guardian has a quiz too: http://tinyurl.com/8zwwu8 #
- @RandomHouseCA too many:Michael Ian Black, John Hodgman, Schulz bio, Rogers bio, Turner bio, How it All Vegan, Time Traveler’s Wife, etc. #
- Wrapping the last of my gifts! #
- RT @bizbookreview The line-up for TED 2009… it’s very impressive: http://is.gd/d5Fy #
- @randomhouseCA me too! It was “postponed indefinitely” though and that has me worried. Rachel McAdams was a terrific pick for Claire. #
- @Fernham me too! It humbles me though, which is probably a good thing
# - @sue_moe Wikipedia http://tinyurl.com/8m8ejp “no current release date” is the actual phrase, so my tweet was perhaps a bit misleading! #
- Fables: Love the concept and first 30 or so issues. Inventive interpretation of fables/fairy tales. Loses punch once adversary is revealed. #
- @sue_moe I also heard the original release date was XMas day. Can’t remember where I heard/read that. hmm… #
- @fernham congrats! #
- My Guardian quiz performance? “Have a British Book award! It sounds quite good, but no one pays much attention to them.” #
- @fernham not really. I scored 11/20! That’s like a C in high school! #
- @sarahmcq thank goodness! Next year, I want to score 15/20! #
- @dhatfield umm…wow. #
- @algonquinbooks I agree with @katmeyer Persepolis is a fantastic read! Enjoy! #
- @sue_moe Thanks! Why no release date? Do they have a distributor yet? #
- I keep track of all the book links I read/link out on delicious. See them here: http://delicious.com/booksin140 #
- @holly_t great idea! Count me in! #
- @holly_t good to follow: @katmeyer @mdash @sarahw @sarahrettger @jafurtado @maudnewton #bookies #
- @holly_t check out the #bbdi (http://twittgroups.com/group/bbdi) and #booklovers (http://twittgroups.com/group/booklovers) groups. #bookies #
Twitter Updates for 2008-12-22
Posted December 22, 2008 Comments(0)
Comments(0) - What I want for christmas: a space heater RIGHT NEXT to my keyboard. This cold is ridiculous. #
- I would join this reading challenge, but it would feel like cheating: http://tinyurl.com/a8fszh #
- Boston Herald’s coffee-table book “must haves”: http://tinyurl.com/9z9syv #
- Re: earlier tweet. Saw the Vanity Fair portraits at Chapters and love it! Gorgeous, gorgeous book. #
- USA Today’s best business books of 2008: http://tinyurl.com/928wsh #
- @terrybain @candicelee I just want a heated personal bubble. 360 coverage! #
- RT @kpwerker RT @SisterDiane: End of the Book? Do you agree, or not? http://tinyurl.com/7pgaas #
- @kpwerker @sisterdiane the Guardian disagrees! Toasting the future of the book: http://tinyurl.com/94d5s5 #
- EW’s top 10 fiction, top 5 worst fiction, top 10 best non-fiction: http://tinyurl.com/99hjxa #
- I love worst of lists. Thanks EW! #
- @mitchjoel what’s wrong with the half that would give up the internet?! seriously. #
- @bittermint I have no idea. It boggles my mind. #
- @mint910 looks a lot like my bookshelf! #
- On the relationship between Google and authors: http://tinyurl.com/ayn55k #
- RT @SarahRettger Children’s books updated for the new economy: http://tinyurl.com/4kh2os “trying times for bedtime!” #
- @annkingman @bookoven @richrennicks what podcasts are your favorites? #
- RT @chrisbrogan Now this is neat blog marketing – Disney will donate one book per comment on this post – http://tinyurl.com/47bmh2 #
- @bookoven thanks! #
- Ecoholic/Vasil: solid but elementary eco-introduction guide. Very CDN/toronto friendly. Regular readers of Vasil’s column? Nothing new here. #
- @annkingman I love this American Life and nearly everything on NPR. I’m always on the lookout for new ones to listen to though! #
- @annkingman I listen to it every week. I might have a little crush on Sam Tannenhaus. #
- @annkingman I was sad when he left. Jenny has been doing a good job, but there hasn’t been enough interesting movement for her to work with. #
- @sarahw Thank you? #
Twitter Updates for 2008-12-21
Posted December 21, 2008 Comments(0)
Comments(0) - San Francisco Chronicle’s 50 best books of 2008: http://tinyurl.com/yo7q8m/c/a/2008/12/19/RVBF14PE1F.DTL #
- Twilight/Meyer: As a feminist, I hate it! Get a bf, lose independent thought. As a 13 yo? I love it! I can be loved by someone beautiful. #
- @poggibonsi99 Me too! so many good books, so little time! #
- @bostonbookgirl @avay I stopped every 10 min. to yell “I hate this book!” then immediately went out and bought New Moon when I finished. #
- @lordtrilink I haven’t read Eclipse yet, waiting for the pb. My better judgement refrained from spending $20 on a book I knew I’d throw! #
- The Guardian picks their best paperbacks of 08: http://tinyurl.com/a3jsme #
- RT @steverubel The Buzzwords of 2008 include FAIL and Twitter http://ff.im/-m15D My fave? Plutoid! It’s fun to say! #
- @gimmiemorebooks Jesus Christ Superstar is wonderful and amazing. #
- @gimmemorebooks I always imagined an MTV hip-hopera reinvention titled “Jesus Christ, Ghetto Superstar.” Is that wrong? #
- @gimmiemorebooks once, my roommates & I ended up missing a party friday night because we accidentally stumbled across it on TBS. #
- @gimmiemorebooks You’d appreciate this bit of info: my friend’s band in high was named Ted Neely beard. #
- @thebookgarden you’re welcome! #
- New Moon/Meyer: Why doesn’t Bella understand you can’t be “just friends” with boy who is in love with you? Again, equal parts love and hate. #
- @sasseebioche My inner 13 yo convinced me book 2 was worth it, but I’m not excited by book 3. I’ll force myself for “research purposes.” #
- @gimmemorebooks I didn’t know that, that’s awesome! It’s too bad you didn’t see Carl Anderson singing! #
- @sasseebioche I’m terrified of 4. I will probably convulse repeatedly if I read it. #
- Wanting a new Wordpress theme. Seriously considering Thesis. Thoughts? #
- @elleinthecity I heart the Rachel Zoe Project. Trashy fashion TV at it’s finest. #
- In Vogue/Angeletti: gorgeous look @ history of Vogue/fashion. Text is so interesting, wish I had a pb for easy reading. List price: $100!! #
- @mlle_djinn certainly not me! #
- @elleinthecity I am so excited for season 2. It’s coming this summer and all I hope is that there are more than six episodes! #
Twitter Updates for 2008-12-20
Posted December 20, 2008 Comments(0)
Comments(0) - NS Book of Everything: This entry says it all: “Dome-the most famous liquor establishment in the province.” HA! I love the BoE series! #
- @booklorn good point! Sadly, this might become a weekly (daily!) thing for me, checking the chapters top ten! Like sports scores! #
- @chrisbookarama “every 40 days a marriage in NS takes place in which both parties are teenagers” #
- @chrisbookarama under slang: “fast as snot: really, really fast” #
- @chrisbookarama I guess so. Would John MacIntyre ever lie? #
- @chrisbookarama My dad said it a lot. I never realized it was a thing! (I’m from NS, hence my love for this book!!) #
- @chrisbookarama McyIntyre does a whole series of them. Also on my bookself: the Nova Scotia Drink-o-pedia and Steve Murphy’s biography! #
- @chrisbookarama Clearly, I need that book. #
- RT @AnnKingman Dudes aren’t reading. But is it our .. http://tinyurl.com/3vqo47 (via @taueret) #
- iphone fixed! *phew* was terrified for a few hours, but resetting it worked. Thanks to everyone for the advice! #
- @kpwerker 6:30 early? for dinner? clearly you are talking to the wrong kinds of people!
# - @DSloanandco great resources, thanks for sharing. I’m also a big fan of comics/graphic novels for guys or reluctant readers. #
- Green is the New Black/Blanchard: Love the concept of easy green fashion, but UK-centric brands, prices & stores don’t help the NA reader. #
- @thebookgarden there’s plenty- http://thegreenloop.com carries a lot. I liked the book, but am wondering why they’d sell it to an NA market. #
Twitter Updates for 2008-12-19
Posted December 19, 2008 Comments(0)
Comments(0) - @chrisbookarama I try to get everyone on my list a book. I love trying to come up the perfect book for people! (and then borrowing it!) #
- rt @thecadencegrp Gorgeous video using book covers for Harper’s 4th Estate http://www.25thestate.com/ (thx @katmeyer) #
- @chrisbookarama every single time!!! #
- @bookgasm I would say no, but I give up on TV shows too easily. I’m a very temperamental viewer! #
- @FLWBooks love the books for word lovers list! #
- Looking for authors to do Q&As in 140 characters. Should be fun experiment! If interested/want more info, DM me! #
- @FLWBooks will do! #
- Love this list by @FLWBooks: Books for the Word Lover! http://bit.ly/jslB #
- @iheartdaily thanks! #
- @NCWriterMom about your work, your book, your writing process, simple stuff like that! Can’t get to heavy w/ 140 characters! #
- EW posting exclusive online excerpts of John Grisham’s Jan 09 novel: http://tinyurl.com/4cenax #
- @jennifertribe Thanks for the heads-up! Great post idea, BTW. We need more authors on Twitter! #
- @readerville Happy holidays to you too! #
- ESlick E-book reader available. Wired calls it cheap & ugly. What do you think? http://tinyurl.com/53gqdx #
- @chrisredding congrats! #
- Great Q&A with four up-and-coming lit. agents. thanks @sarahw for the link! http://snurl.com/8vwxd #
- History of Glamour by Stephen Gundle, I Love You Beth Cooper by Larry Doyle! What are you reading? #breviewfri #
- RT @mikecane NY intends to cut library budgets by 20%, reducing funding to 1993 levels. http://tinyurl.com/44uhlj wowza. #
- Checking email on iPhone and it just went dead. Battery fully charged. Will not turn back on. Anyone have this happen to them? Can I fix it? #
- @mikecane agreed! #
- I wish I read this comic strip before buying my non-book lover giftees books! http://tinyurl.com/46nu8o (thx @booklorn) #
- The TimesOnline imagines alternate book awards: http://tinyurl.com/3lstrj #
- @bittenbooks you can do it! I’d follow you twice if I could #
- @mitaliperkins that’s amazing! congrats! #
- Chapter/Indigo’s 50 online bestsellers is an interesting list: http://tinyurl.com/4dh2fc #
- @booklorn I was expecting him to be top ten. #
Twitter Updates for 2008-12-18
Posted December 18, 2008 Comments(0)
Comments(0) - @dawnnicole something chocolatey, always chocolatey! #
- New yorker looks back at 2008’s short stories: http://tinyurl.com/3jrv5a #
- @jafurtado thanks for sharing the link! #
- Reading: this week’s New Yorker short story by Zadie Smith: http://tinyurl.com/6×72d3 #
- @marketingprofs you mean that isn’t an official stage? #
- @marketingprofs agreed! #
- Just ordered some magazine subscriptions as christmas presents. What magazine would you consider a *must* read? #
- @bookingmama I love EW. I’d give a subscription to everyone on my xmas list if I could! #
- @feathermaye I love wired too. I got a subscription for my birthday this year and still don’t read it enough. too many other things to read #
- @feathermaye oooh, have fun picking something out! #
- @poggibonsi99 I love the New Yorker. I have a subscription, but it comes so often its hard to keep up! Vanity Fair is great too! #
- The Guardian looks at the celebrity memoir trend: http://tinyurl.com/44h3bo #
- Loving hearing about everyone’s fave mags. Me: EW, NYer, Wired, Vanity Fair, Elle, Spacing. I subscribe to too many. Reading is a disease. #
- EYE Weekly’s favorite authors pick their favorite books of 2008: http://www.eyeweekly.com/arts/books/article/47828 #
- @kid_kitkim Sister Grimm looks really fun!! #
- Cradle to Cradle/McDonough: Great eco-look @ product life cycle of cars, books, sofas, etc. My fave part? It’s made out of veggie paper! #
- @aboutbooks what did it taste like? #
- @ehrenc I haven’t tried it myself but @aboutbooks has. Waiting on hearing about what it tastes like! #
- Obama names poet-Elizabeth Alexander: http://tinyurl.com/44r43l #
- Canada’s Top 10 Arts Newsmakers of 2008: http://tinyurl.com/3qwxs6 #
- @mnreads great list! I haven’t read Rock On yet, but am really looking forward to it! Persepolis was on my Best of 08 list too! #
- Reading: Jezebel’s 75 books all women should read. From Sept, but just stumbled across it today: http://tinyurl.com/4poglf #
- @aboutbooks How it looks and feels is a big reason I like it so much.One day, I’ll boil it down for compost to see if it works like claimed! #
- @penguincanada publishing book by Liberal leader Ignatieff http://tinyurl.com/47rmzh If he’s PM then, can the book still be published? #
- @penguincanada sweet! Has that happened before? A national leader publishing a book while in office? ‘Cause that’s pretty awesome. #
- Quill & Quire Books of the Year now online: http://tinyurl.com/53wpka #
- On the heels of the Jezebel list, 75 books every man must read: http://tinyurl.com/3ofc3o (via esquire) #
- @penguincanada I’m very excited to read it! #
- @jimconnolly logos are always good for brand-building. esp. if it’s simple and adaptable as you and your brand evolve. #
- @gilliebee I’m sorry to hear that, but am glad everyone is ok! #
- @devourerofbooks that’s awesome! #
- @kashsbookcorner what was the 1997 clipping book? What compels people to pick what books is always so interesting! #
Twitter Updates for 2008-12-17
Posted December 17, 2008 Comments(0)
Comments(0) - @dhatfield thanks!! Can you recommend any good books for me? #
- Check out my Fave Books of 2008 list for @FLWBooks http://tinyurl.com/5fnue8 #
- EW’s 25 favorite books since 1983: http://tinyurl.com/6xojwe #
- Great Q&As w/ Toronto indie bookstore owners (via the star) http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/555098 #
- @mint910 I love them too! You’re welcome! #
- @chrisbookarama It is. Pages is a really interesting story. You can see the Chapters from their store. It would be sad to see them move. #
- New York Public Library putting photo collections on Flickr: http://tinyurl.com/5fm3c6 (@harperstudio) #
- Torontoians/Young: Perfect, witty slice of 60s suburbia and the complex feelings of a housewife. This is the book @bettydraper would write. #
- @FLWBooks So I just noticed you pointed out the # of characters for each book! I need to work harder at making every review a perfect tweet! #
- These book sculptures by Su Blackwell are amazing: http://www.sublackwell.co.uk/ #
- RT @DSloanandco Choose Your Adventure launches iPhone app. Shake phone for new adventure! I need to try this out! http://tinyurl.com/67edlz #
- @mint910 re: graphic novels-loved Persepolis and the Scott Pilgrim series. #
- Choose Your Own Adventure iPhone app: Fun novelty app. $2.99 is a bit pricey, but worth it if we can acquire titles in the future for free. #
- @frontmatter That’s def. on my “to read” list! I’m glad to hear you enjoyed it! i’m looking forward to reading it. #
- Denis Leary: author and poet. Interesting interview w/ Boston Herald: http://tinyurl.com/3vt8db #
- @BostonBookGirl Well, clearly! So, does that make you and Denis Leary like bffs? Seriously, though, he’s super interesting!! #
- Annie Leibovitz’s fave photography books (thx @latimesbooks) http://tinyurl.com/4grutl #
Twitter Updates for 2008-12-16
Posted December 16, 2008 Comments(0)
Comments(0) - Last night I had a dream that all my teeth rotted and fell out. A sign I should drink less coffee? #
- Loving the various dream interpretations-I’m a powerless coffee & sex addict! Thanks @uncpressblog @Kehinde @acaciao @amykchulik @bookoven! #
- These vintage SF book covers are awesome (thx @bookoven & @algonquinbooks via @sarahw) http://tinyurl.com/65btln #
- Reading about F. Scott Fitzgerald & Hollywood: http://tinyurl.com/5k4z88 #
- @amykchulik never heard of that one. Thanks for sharing!! #
- More awesome book covers! RT @readerville Most Coveted Covers 8 years, 200 covers: http://tinyurl.com/5gxttg Browse them all! #
- @bookover I think it was a perfect tweet! #
- Happy Birthday to Scrabble! It’s 60 today! http://tinyurl.com/6qos83 #
- @booksquare That’s awesome. Where did they get it? Are there others? If not, there should be. (Also: literary bobble heads. Anyone?!) #
- To answer my own tweet, there are a few. Poe, Shakespeare. The finger puppets are creepy: http://tinyurl.com/5784kj #
- @sarahjbray When I saw the finger puppets, I just saw my siblings having conversations w/ them in creepy voices. *shudder* #
- @ami_with_an_i they also have Jesus, Albert Einstein, Annie
Oakley, Marie Antioniette & Ben Franklin. This is way too much fun! # - I wish I thought of this earlier. Author-starter gift packs. Book, movie, action figure. #
- @ami_with_an_i umm…I need that. like, right now. #
