But today, following the #booksthatchangedmyworld hashtag, we've had our favorite early Twitter experience yet. And oh the wonders and horrors to be found there. If you are on Twitter, I highly recommend spending a few minutes *coug* hours *cough* gazing in stupified wonder. For the tweetless, here is a sampling of the books that have, apparently, changed the world of at least some tweeps:
- Pleasure by Eric Jerome Dickey ("I re-read it at least twice a year")
- The Seductive Art of Japanese Bondage
- Rich Dad, Poor Dad (generously tweeted by the book's author, the cad.)
- A Yaqui Way of Life ("It totally reinforced by belief in Native American shamanism and sorcery!")
- Sony Ericsson T300 User's Guide
- 1984 & Harry Potter. Tied. (I'm inexplicably fascinated by this. Damn you 140 character limit. Damn you.)
- the B.I.B.L.E. (about some sort of evangelical android, we assume)
- Crazy number of Judy Blume mentions. No one sticking up for Beverly Cleary? No one?
- Every book by Iceberg Slim ("ESPECIALLY PIMP!!!")
- The Austism Book (ok, tearing up now, gotta wrap this up)
- And the two hands-down, runaway leaders: The Bible and Twilight. (Green Eggs and Ham and Pride and Prejudice seem to be fighting it out for third).
I should say also that there many, many really wonderful books being mentioned as well. But listing To Kill a Mockingbird, Slaughterhouse-5, and Catcher in the Rye isn't quite as interesting.
Oh and in case you're wondering, here was our meager tweet: @readingape
In biographical order: East of Eden, The Iliad, As I Lay Dying, Mrs. Dalloway, The Professor's House, Gilead #booksthatchangedmyworld
Seeing people tweet about Twilight changing their lives made me die a little, and not in the fun Web 2.0 Twitter way where people say *dies* when something is awesome. I don't think we can argue with the idea that it changed the world, but I'll stand by you in saying the change isn't one I'm happy about.
ReplyDeleteI have seen some very amusing hashtags in the past too. I think the answers to these questions can be very revealing, so I'm always careful what I tweet!
ReplyDeleteThis post made me chuckle. I'm a Twitter newbie myself... and here I thought I was THATGIRL who would never use it. *sigh*
ReplyDeleteI will now have to do a #booksthatchangedmyworld tweet. I'll have to give this some thought. Hmm... :)