Twitterature: The World's Greatest Books in Twenty Tweets or Less, (Paperback)

from EnriqueFreeque

I've never tweeted once. After reading Twitterature: The World's Greatest Books in Twenty Tweets or Less -- at first a nominally amusing read that turned tiresome and awfully unfunny fast once the cutesy tweeting novelty wore off -- it's clear I've missed nothing by not embracing this brave new (...

from amaraduende

So disappointing. Not witty. Really just summaries. Sparknotes. Bleh.

from martensgirl

The author had a good idea, but failed to deliver. The books all seem to be in the same 'voice', and this becomes tirsome after a while. There is no attempt to capture the essence of each author. Furthermore, the 'tweets' are not tweety enough. Twitter involves far more acronyms, text speak and n...

from loremipsem

This is really very good fun. I bought it with the intention of showing my Literature class so that they could do something similiar through Twitter groups but found that I had way too much fun reading it. The humour is very undergraduate and facile, but I found it very entertaining. One of my f...

from CareBear36

A very funny book. I really enjoyed this and have read certain entries multiple times. It is definitely more fun if you have read the books referenced. Not for those who are easily offended by some of their favorite books being poked fun at, but nonetheless, a clever concept.