If you celebrated a holiday this week, I hope it was a happy one! If not, I hope you enjoyed your day off! Here are some things that had Twitter going this week.
Books/Reading/Authors
- @bani_amor We need more diverse representations of Afro-Latin@s in lit!—> Black Girl with a Spanish Name http://wp.me/p3JARC-YY via @LatinosInKidLit
- @chasingray “Off the Radar” gift ideas from @guyslitwire – some excellent NF books for teens here: http://guyslitwire.blogspot.com/2014/12/off-radar-gift-ideas.html …
- @yahighway Cover Reveal: EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING by Nicola Yoon http://bit.ly/1GZKs1Y
- @thegayya “F/F romance doesn’t always garner the same interest in women that slash fiction depicting men does.” Women In Love – http://bit.ly/1zPadR9
- @freshman15s Our COMMON ROOM anthology, a partnership with @wattpad teen writers, has a COVER REVEAL! http://freshmanfifteens.tumblr.com/post/105609074813/common-room-anthology-release-date-and-cover
- @tiffanyschmidt Ten Terrible Titles for HOLD ME LIKE A BREATH… http://tmblr.co/Zdrjrs1YlQcdE
Movies/TV
- @YAHollywood New Voices of the Twilight Saga: Vote for Top 40 Screenplay Outlines http://youngadulthollywood.com/film/new-voices-of-the-twilight-saga-vote-for-top-40-screenplay-outlines/
- @CCPLTeen Some great YA titles in this list: 38 Books Becoming 2015 Movies http://www.popsugar.com/entertainment/Books-Becoming-Movies-2015-36113875 …
Giveaways/Contests
- @booksmugglers Happy holidays! Thrilled to announce we have collected our six shorts in the anthology Retold – enter to win a copy: http://wp.me/ppv76-8uL
- @AlvaradoFrazier Win YA books by/about PoC at @rich_in_color‘s year-end giveaway! #weneeddiversebooks http://richincolor.com/2014/12/2014-year-end-giveaway/ #kidlit #amreading
- @tehawesomersace Merry Christmas!! See me kick rocks at the publishing establishment and enter to win a copy of Promise of Shadows! http://twinjabookreviews.blogspot.com/2014/12/2nd-annual-diversity-month-day-25_24.html
Librarianship
- @LibWardrobe Weigh in, friends: “@SamanthaMarcy: Dear @LibWardrobe, which is more appropriate for work on Christmas Eve eve: taffeta or sweatpants?”
- @boundtoferguson Good morning! It’s nearly Christmas! As you’re checking your list twice, make sure you sent a book to @fergusonlibrary thru #boundtoferguson
Miscellaneous/Just for Giggles
- @ComplexMusic Azealia Banks shares her thoughts on Iggy Azalea and her response to Q-Tip’s hip-hop lesson. http://bit.ly/1wYhttZ
- @mandy_wan I kind of wish I had a gym membership just to people watch those who take gym selfies.
- @maureenjohnson If you got one of my books today, Twitter, just a reminder: it means I can get into your home through the electrical wires now.
- @zlikeinzorro I don’t know any of the things trending. So. Let’s talk about cake.
–Hannah Gómez, currently reading Expiration Day by William Campbell Powell
