Hey, all you bookish tweeters, big or small, virtual graduates or school-ongoers… Whichever group you may fall into, and whether you’re completely done with online finals and final papers yet (a feat I had actually just accomplished!), then you all deserve you big, hearty pat on the back – virtually though because… you know.
To celebrate all your hard work, here are all the bookish tweets that you more than deserved to get from me last week but didn’t get to because I had my own final papers to worry about! But you have me now, so now you can have all of these delicious tweet goodies…
It’s Not What You Did, It’s How You Say You Did
Need something to say about how your weekend went, even though you did absolutely nothing that is of note? Try one of these nifty and archaic responses…
Fun ways to respond when someone asks "How was your weekend?"
– I wasted time, and now doth time waste me.
– Swift as a shadow, short as any dream.
– Ask me not.
– It was a disaster of war that Caesar himself could not have prevented.— SparkNotes (@SparkNotes) May 11, 2020
To quote the brilliant Cogsworth in my favorite (as it is bookish) Disney movie, if it’s Baroque, don’t fix it! In fact, there happens to be someone waiting in the wings (get it ‘cause it’s Twitter?) of the comment section that has been dying to use this fancy and lengthy remark…
https://twitter.com/PhoebeClarkKent/status/1259880823744053249
Luckily, there were even more Shakespeare sayings to dish out. Here are a few that are meme-worthy…
— Ulrike Ergenzinger (@Trickster32_UE) May 12, 2020
There’s nothing wrong with strengthening your 16th-century vocabulary!
The Price of Love = Certain Death
When you are someone who dies on the battlefield in Troy but are still fortunate and special enough to get a backstory of your life…
When a minor character dies in the Iliad pic.twitter.com/iJh2xwInT8
— SparkNotes (@SparkNotes) May 12, 2020
Though this doesn’t always apply to just the Greek and Roman epics: they can be found anywhere…
When a minor character starts getting backstory in any show or book pic.twitter.com/FcEYfS93ok
— christopher (@Cjdeck1) May 12, 2020
You know what’s coming if you learn more about a certain character’s life that you haven’t beforehand. (Case in point: Severus Snape.) You gotta love/hate that status quo in fiction in general… though in the end, it would all be worth it, as this appreciation reply tweet expresses…
None of us are minor characters and we all deserve to tell and understand our backstories. Thank you for this lesson, Homer.
— Sean McClintock (@spmcclintock) May 12, 2020
Muses, sing of countless character backstories and their countless deaths, to be celebrated with countless memories…
My Type Of Guy
Personally, I’m for the nerdy type of guy, but when he leaves a room to have an anxiety attack…
Yeah he's cute but would he write you a love letter and immediately leave the room to go wait anxiously outside while you read it
— SparkNotes (@SparkNotes) May 12, 2020
…now that is HOT.
The Perfect Disguise
How to get away with tricking all your loved ones into thinking you’re a completely different person with little to no cover-up and with just any old cap lying around? Try this on for size…
A Shakespeare character: *wears a cap*
Their closest friends and family: pic.twitter.com/8OMopyVsl6
— SparkNotes (@SparkNotes) May 13, 2020
Genius! You must be a professor with a hat that prestigious, and you don’t even need a blazer or certified credentials!
The Perfect Blend Of Mixed Emotions
How do you properly greet someone you have conflicted feelings about? Send them this…
I hope this email finds you within and without, simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the inexhaustible variety of life
— SparkNotes (@SparkNotes) May 14, 2020
Perfect for someone – or even something – that brings out the best and worst in you…
When Your Physical Supply Is Out
Remember all the Penguin Random House #BookHacks vids (from the season one series) I used to post in my tweets pieces? Well now, PRH came out with season two! Watch below if you want more info on how to keep reading even when you’re low on physical copies of books…
#BookHacks is back with season 2! 🎉 This time, we’ve got some ideas on how to dive into reading when physical books might not be available 🧐.
Stay tuned for next week’s episode! pic.twitter.com/AoiF6EPmUT
— Penguin Random House 🐧🏠📚 (@penguinrandom) May 14, 2020
While I can wait for more physical copies – as I always have plenty of them to work through – eBooks are great too when you want to get your hands on something to read last minute. It’s the bookish gift that keeps on giving…
The Never-Ending Struggle
Feeling down? Tired of all the drama you put up with from everyone you meet?
Cranky because you've been cursed by the gods to roll a boulder up a hill for all eternity aren't you
— SparkNotes (@SparkNotes) May 15, 2020
Or maybe it’s just that huge rock you have to roll up the hill every single day for all of eternity. Don’t worry: I won’t judge.
I think everyone who just had online finals and papers to do can relate to this one. I know I do! It feels like a never-ending struggle, right? Well, fortunately unlike Sisyphus’s struggle, this one does have an end – at least to this semester, before it all starts up again in the next semester.
To lift your spirits, here’s a fun little tweet from someone in response to that…
Hey, looks like your boy Sisyphus quit: https://t.co/1Lkf1UWzjM.
— Morris Animal Refuge (@MorrisAnimal) May 15, 2020
I guess he did.
Lastly, have this be a reminder to always be mindful of giving back to your local bookstores and your bookish community!
Share your love of books and bookstores with the readers in your life. ♥️📚♥️📚
It's easy to support your local bookstores with #ReadIndieForward from @Sourcebooks and @ShelfAwareness.
Get details here:https://t.co/Cmjt4hb5jl pic.twitter.com/f6kjU2gmp4— Penguin Random House 🐧🏠📚 (@penguinrandom) May 14, 2020
Because every little bit helps…
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