TwitterLit

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What is TwitterLit?

It's a site that serves up literary teasers twice daily. At 5:00 AM and 5:00PM Eastern Time I post the first line of a book, without the author's name or book title, but with a link to Amazon so readers can see what book the line is from. Why? Because it's fun! The posts are also available for subscription via RSS, Twitter, and email. Literary teasers in your inbox or RSS reader, on your Google home page, on the web, in your Twitter reader, or by mobile phone. Curiously addictive. (Full disclosure)

Browse TwitterLit's Thematic Entries 43rd Pillsbury Bake-Off Finals (3) 7-7-07 (2) According to Hoyle Day (1) Alfred Hitchcock's birthday (1) Anniversary of the internet (1) April Fool's Day (1) Autumnal equinox (1) B.C. Day (1) BAFAB (Buy a Friend a Book) Week (2) Banned Books Week (7) Be Bald and Be Free Day (1) Birth of Mary Hudson Harrelson (1) Christmas (2) Christmas Eve (1) Cliché Day (1) David's 50th Birthday (1) Daylight Saving Time (1) Father's Day (1) Festivus (2) Frankenstein Friday (1) Halloween (2) Hamden, CT incorporated, May 11, 1786 (1) Ides of March (2) John de Lancie's birthday (1) July 4th (2) Lunar eclipse (1) Martha Stewart's birthday (1) Melissa's Birthday (1) Mischief Night (2) Mother's Day (1) National Grouch Day (1) National Ice Cream Day (1) National Librarian Day (1) National One Hit Wonder Day (2) National Secretary's Day (1) New Year's Day (1) New Year's Eve (1) Perseid meteor showers (3) Phil Rizzuto, RIP (2) Plan Your Epitaph Day (1) Rebecca's 12th Birthday (1) Release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (3) St. Patrick's Day (2) Talk Like a Pirate Day (2) Thanksgiving (2) TwitterLit's 1st Anniversary (2) Valentine's Day (1) Vernal equinox (1) Veterans Day (1) Winter solstice (2) World Toilet Day (2) World War I begins (2) Browse by Month May 2008 April 2008 March 2008 February 2008 January 2008 December 2007 November 2007 October 2007 September 2007 August 2007 July 2007 June 2007 May 2007 April 2007

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05-13-08 AM -- Amazon:   US   UK   CA
Theme Entry: David's 50th Birthday

"Fashion is personal."

05-12-08 PM -- Amazon:   US   UK   CA

"Small waves, one after the other, lap the shore."

New York Magazine calls TwitterLit "an extremely simple and extremely addictive site...."

05-12-08 AM -- Amazon:   US   UK   CA

"Mary DiNunzio sat across from the old men, deciding which one to shoot first."

05-11-08 PM -- Amazon:   US   UK   CA
Theme Entry: Mother's Day

"Mom calls."

The Guardian Arts Blog calls TwitterLit "an intriguingly random way to discover new reads...."

05-11-08 AM -- Amazon:   US   UK   CA
Theme Entry: Hamden, CT incorporated, May 11, 1786

"Hamden, Connecticut."

05-10-08 PM -- Amazon:   US   UK   CA

"The basic question is this: given human nature, are any of us really capable of change?."

05-10-08 AM -- Amazon:   US   UK   CA

"I saw him frantically waving the white flag, a man admitting defeat."

05-09-08 PM -- Amazon:   US   UK   CA

"I used to love this season."

Yahoo! Picks: "For either logophiles or aspiring writers, Twitterlit's twice daily delivery of first sentences may be the most condensed form of education and enlightenment you can get."

05-09-08 AM -- Amazon:   US   UK   CA

"I am a traveling salesman."

05-08-08 PM -- Amazon:   US   UK   CA

"Nighttime noises are torture."

USA Today says of TwitterLit, "I love how people are continuing to find innovative ways to use Twitter."

Full Disclosure: TwitterLit is an Amazon affiliate. The links that appear in the posts/tweets point to Amazon.com, and they contain TwitterLit's affiliate ID. Sales resulting from clicks on those links will profit TwitterLit. TwitterLit is not affiliated with Twitter.com.

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