On Your Radar: Tweet Cute (34)

Title: Tweet Cute

Author: Emma Lord

Publisher: Wednesday Books

Release Date: January 21, 2020

Why It Should Be On Your Radar:

You've Got Mail inspired

Grilled Cheese

Baked Goods

Baking Blog

Family Drama

Twitter War

Snarky

Friendship

Secrets

Romance

Swim Team

Shipping

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Top Ten Tuesday: Bookish People

This week's topic is bookish people to follow. I'll be honest, most of the people I follow are bookish. There's something to be said for finding your community. So I'm going to mix it up a little with authors and bloggers and librarians. I mostly follow people on Twitter, so check out their feeds. And I hope you find someone new to follow.

- meme from The Broke and the Bookish 

Authors:

Meg Cabot

Sarah J Maas

Librarians:

Teen Librarian Toolbox

Angie Manfredi

Sarah Bean Thompson

Katie Salo

Readers and Bloggers:

Mundie Moms

Broke and Bookish

For Laughs:

Paperpack Paradise

Taylor As Books

BBAW: Staying Connected to the Community

Since joining twitter and reading tweets, my blog reading has significantly changed. I no longer go to certain blogs every day. There are times when I realize I haven't hit up my favorite blogs in a while and I go check them out and leave a few comments, but that is no longer how I read the majority of blogs.

With twitter, it's so easy to read my feed and click on the links that sound interesting. Sometimes that's a review or a book list or an interview. But other times it's the start of a discussion.

Comments have also changed. There are times when I'm more likely to comment on twitter or on facebook than on the blog directly.

Twitter moves quickly, but I feel connected to more people because they talk about blogs and reading, but they also talk about their personal lives. I like getting that blend of both worlds.  I love that if you're having a bad day, you can post something about it and get immediate responses of people cheering you up and the same goes for if something great happens to you. 

Plus I like how Twitter allows for the connection between authors and readers. I like telling authors that I love their books or their covers. I love the idea of chatting with authors and being able to respond normally without sounding like a total fan girl. 

Are we friends on Twitter? We should be! I'm @yabooknerd. 

Tweets of the Week

Today on the HUB, is a round of tweets you might have missed this week.

Recap: Little Brown Preview

On Thursday, I had the good fortune to attend the fall preview for Little Brown books. It's always an exciting day. I headed out on the train with a great book (Starting Now by Debbie Macomber - review coming later this week). At the event, we heard about great upcoming teen, tween, and picture books. These are some of my favorites:

Picture Books:

You Were the First by Patricia MacLachlan and illustrated by Stephanie Graegin
A sweet looking book on the first child of the family - the little elephant on the cover is in all the illustrations. Perfect for older siblings with babies on the way or just a nice family story. I got a chance to look at it, but I want to read it and take a closer look at it.

The First Drawing by Mordicai Gerstein
Could the very first drawing have been created by a child? A historical imagining...that starts and ends with a modern child.

Mr Tiger Goes Wild! by Peter Brown

Can a tiger be too wild? Looks really cute with proper clothes and...not so proper attire. 

Easy Reader:

Ling and Ting Share a Birthday by Grace Lin

Twin girls have a birthday where they shop for each other, share a special outfit, and exchange gifts. Looks really cute and something that my niece would enjoy!

Tween/Middle Grade:

Jessica Darling's It List by Megan McCafferty

A new middle school series about Jessica Darling from Sloppy First (and others)! This was my train book on the ride home and I devoured it (review coming soon). She meets Hope and Marcus Flutie. Perfect for fans of the book or introducing middle grade readers to a new series. 

Teens:

Pretenders by Lisi Harrison

At the end of the year, five high school freshman were named most outstanding - someone didn't agree and that someone stole their journals as proof that they were pretenders.

Unbreakable by Kami Garcia

Love triangle - a powerful demon - murder -Illuminati combine in this book by one of the co-authors from the Beautiful Creatures series. There's also a movie deal in the works for this Da Vinci Codesque book

Roomies by Sara Zarr and Tara Alebrando

The summer before college - two girls from opposite sides of US meet over emails - sounds great! 

If you're on twitter, check out the #lbyrpreview for more info about other upcoming books!

Over the weekend...

I was lucky enough to go to St. Louis to attend:

It was my first time attending this conference! I'm already planning to attend the next one - 2014 in Austin, Texas. I love meeting YA people (librarians and authors). I'm still trying to think of all the things I want to attempt at Otis Library. I have a list of things to do when I get back (I'm on vacation this week). Plus I want to read about the sessions I didn't get to see. The sessions were amazing. if you weren't able to go, you can still get a good idea about what happened on Twitter under #yalit12

Review: Mini Shopaholic

Becky Brandon love shopping - nothing has changed. She and Luke are living with Becky's parents as each house they attempt to purchase falls through. They're running out of space with all Becky's purchases.

When the economy takes a nose-dive, Becky promises not to shop for more clothes until she's worn everything in her closet three times.

It's proving harder than she anticipated, especially since her no frills half sister helped catalog all items of clothing she owns. She couldn't hide any!

Add their daughter Minnie who has entered the terrible two phase and Luke is very concerned as she also adores shopping. She already has a thing for brand names items and wants EVERYTHING.

Will Minnie turn into a shopaholic just like her mother? Will Becky learn to rein in her purchases with this mini break from shopping?


My Thoughts: I adore Becky -she's funny, smart, sneaky, stubborn, and above all amusing. I love this series because it's like chatting with an old friend. She simply brings a smile to my face.

The Cover: I Love this cover. It's super cute, unfortunately, it's the UK cover. The US cover has yet to be revealed.

Source: Someone very nice from Random House sent me an ARC after a chat on twitter (THANK YOU!)

This one comes out Sept. 21st

Author Fun Fact: Sophie Kinsella also writes as Madeleine Wickham