Tweets of the Week: February 14th

This week was busy with talk of romance books, valentines, and book lists announced. Happy Valentine’s Day! I hope you’re all enjoying the weekend with a great book. Here are some tweets from the week you might have missed.

Book News:

@sljournal · SLJ’s Battle of the Books: The 2015 Battle Plans and Brackets Are Here! — @SLJsBoB http://ow.ly/IS76S #sljbob

@gcaserotti · ‘If I Stay’ author @gayleforman on why it’s ok for teens to crave dark literature http://ti.me/1xt4kVP via @TIMEIdeas

@DorothyFarias1 · Announcing the 2015 Amelia Bloomer Project List http://wp.me/pqOpa-1zu via @wordpressdotcom #books #girls #feminism

@sljournal · Interview: Jeff Smith, Gene Luen Yang, Francoise Mouly, and Cece Bell — Good Comics for Kids http://ow.ly/IJP1d #alamw15

@MundieMoms · Check out which books are hitting shelves this month! There are a ton of awesome books being released this month http://mundiemoms.blogspot.com/2015/02/february-2015-ya-releases.html …

@catagator · The rise of suicide in YA fiction and exploring personal biases and triggers in reading: http://www.stackedbooks.org/2015/02/the-rise-of-suicide-in-ya-fiction-and.html …

@TLT16 · #FSYALIt w/@aswatki1 We’re organized now! There’s a project outline. Have posts/guests scheduled. Resource hub soon!

@Scholastic · What makes frequent readers? We polled 1,000+ kids & parents to find out: http://bit.ly/KFRR5th #KFRR

TV/Movie News:

@JeffreyWest · “Film rights for Monstrumologist are with Gotham Group (same producers as #MazeRunner) and the screenplay is being written.” #5thWaveMovie

@PWKidsBookshelf · Author of MG Novel ‘Just Add Magic’ Gets a Pilot TV Episode on Amazon | POPSUGAR http://pwne.ws/1EVg4cc

@HMHKids · We’re excited to announce the film rights to @jcharbonneau’s new novel, NEED have been optioned: http://tinyurl.com/kzlpgvj ! #whatdoyouneed

@Hypable · New ‘Insurgent’ TV spot finds Four teaming up with the factionless http://bit.ly/1IEE729

@PWKidsBookshelf · How ‘The Duff’ author Kody Keplinger took her novel from the page to the big screen | Huff Post http://pwne.ws/1Igy7fO

Librarianship:

@sljournal · Honoring creative, hands-on learning: Build Something Bold Award 2015 http://ow.ly/INX8R @LEGO_Education

@voyamagazine · Sarah Ludwig shares cool apps teens will like in this month’s Tag Team Tech! http://fb.me/21JLp7Jz1

@TLT16 · Going 2 more aggressively market digital collection to teens. Started a Pinterest board 4 ideas if you’re interested https://www.pinterest.com/tltoolbox/digital-collection-displays/ …

Booklists:

@catagator · Get Genrefied this month with all things YA Urban Fantasy, including a resource guide and reading list: http://stackedbooks.org
@TLT16 · ICYMI: @RobinReads shares some Valentine’s Day reads for Middle Graders http://www.teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2015/02/middle-grade-monday-love-is-in-the-air/ …

@nebrinkley · A great list from @catagator for Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month: http://buff.ly/17avJqC #yalit

Just for Fun:

@Scholastic · How could we not fall head over heels for this #valentine? #harrypotter #valentinesday {via @Pinterest}

@TeenLitRocks · Monday Quotes: YA Romances via Teen Lit Rocks – In honor of Valentine’s Day, we bring you a Monday … http://tinyurl.com/mmqktvw

@Scholastic · So cool: a periodic table for #lit-lovers! Spot any of your favorites? #literature #books http://bit.ly/1zgFnNZ

@EpicReads · Come celebrate a bookish #ValentinesWeek with us on YouTube! http://www.epicreads.com/blog/epic-reads-valentines-week/ …

@SheilaRuth · Ahhhhhhhh! Cute animal pictures and books. I think the Internet just broke. http://thedo.do/1xSAH0e

~ Jennifer Rummel currently reading I Was Here by Gayle Forman

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