Georgie Thompson
Autore di The Twitter Diaries: A Tale of 2 Cities, 1 Friendship, 140 Characters
Opere di Georgie Thompson
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Informazioni generali
- Sesso
- female
- Luogo di residenza
- London, England, UK
- Attività lavorative
- presenter
- Organizzazioni
- Sky Sports
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Recensioni
The Twitter Diaries: A Tale of 2 Cities, 1… di Georgie Thompson
Chick-lit written in tweets - definately not my cup of tea, I got so fed up with it I stopped reading within 30 pages.
Tuesday (@TuesdayFields), a British sports reporter, and Stella (@StellaCavill), a New York-based men's shoe designer, are introduced in New York City on New Year's Eve by a mutual friend, a notorious transatlantic TV host. The two thirtysomethings strike up an instant bond. Over the next 365 days, (@TuesdayFields) and (@StellaCavill) put the world to rights, one tweet at a time. From Melbourne to Monaco to Manhattan, the girls flirt and fall out with athletes, movie stars, and TV hosts. And then there's their mothers...
Yes, I was interested enough to find out how a story written in tweets would present itself to check this one out from my local library. Overall, it could have been a lot worse. The authors do provide a written prologue and epilogue to put context around the story of tweets as well as character bios at the start of the book for the various fictitious twitter handles used in the book. As it is not an overly large cast of characters, the bios seem to be there to provide a sense of background so the reader understands the context of the tweets. I was hoping to see more of a twitter conversation with multiple parties chiming in than just the two-way conversation between Tuesday and Stella, but that might have proven unwieldy to turn into a readable story. I don't know, just guessing. So long as you can accept a story written only in short sentences/sentence fragments that comes across more like a series of instant messenger conversations between two people, it's is very readable.
Sadly, outside of the writing style, there is almost little to no originally to the story itself - its is your basic tried and true chicklit with all the formula requirements of boyfriend, career and mother/family troubles, with a wardrobe malfunction or two thrown into the mix. The authors - Thompson lives in London as a TV presenter for a sports network, and Webber lives in New York City where she is a writer and on-air contributor for a network - appear to have stuck close to home in writing about what they know, right down to how the first meeting of their respective characters mirrors how the two authors met and became friends in real life. The story does have some good lines and the overall 'I am there for you if you need me' relationship but the climatic "OMG" moments tend to come off a bit flat.
Overall, this was an entertaining and very quick weekend bit of fluff reading, but not ground-breaking by any means.… (altro)
Yes, I was interested enough to find out how a story written in tweets would present itself to check this one out from my local library. Overall, it could have been a lot worse. The authors do provide a written prologue and epilogue to put context around the story of tweets as well as character bios at the start of the book for the various fictitious twitter handles used in the book. As it is not an overly large cast of characters, the bios seem to be there to provide a sense of background so the reader understands the context of the tweets. I was hoping to see more of a twitter conversation with multiple parties chiming in than just the two-way conversation between Tuesday and Stella, but that might have proven unwieldy to turn into a readable story. I don't know, just guessing. So long as you can accept a story written only in short sentences/sentence fragments that comes across more like a series of instant messenger conversations between two people, it's is very readable.
Sadly, outside of the writing style, there is almost little to no originally to the story itself - its is your basic tried and true chicklit with all the formula requirements of boyfriend, career and mother/family troubles, with a wardrobe malfunction or two thrown into the mix. The authors - Thompson lives in London as a TV presenter for a sports network, and Webber lives in New York City where she is a writer and on-air contributor for a network - appear to have stuck close to home in writing about what they know, right down to how the first meeting of their respective characters mirrors how the two authors met and became friends in real life. The story does have some good lines and the overall 'I am there for you if you need me' relationship but the climatic "OMG" moments tend to come off a bit flat.
Overall, this was an entertaining and very quick weekend bit of fluff reading, but not ground-breaking by any means.… (altro)
The story follows the new friendship of @TuesdayFields and @StellaCavill who meet at a party on New Years Eve in New York. Over the next 12 months they share a daily communication using Twitter direct messages. Despite the miles and time zones the two women share contemplations, thoughts and secrets and develop their friendship.
Sadly youngsters will not experience the excitement of a letter from foreign climes complete with an interesting stamp on. The whole pen pal hype was not just writing the letter, but the waiting for the postman to arrive and then the reading and re-reading of the letter, enjoyed befor replying.
I loved the concept of the storyline, which given the social media of today was not a particular surprise. The whole concept of Twitter and the Internet has taken pen pals to a different level, one that is sustainable on throw away sentences.… (altro)
Sadly youngsters will not experience the excitement of a letter from foreign climes complete with an interesting stamp on. The whole pen pal hype was not just writing the letter, but the waiting for the postman to arrive and then the reading and re-reading of the letter, enjoyed befor replying.
I loved the concept of the storyline, which given the social media of today was not a particular surprise. The whole concept of Twitter and the Internet has taken pen pals to a different level, one that is sustainable on throw away sentences.… (altro)
Two young career women meet at a New Year's Eve party of a mutual business acquaintance and launch a yearlong Twitter conversation that winds through the ups-and-downs of career, love, and ever-annoying mothers. The 140-character posts make this book a quick, fun skim.
Authored by UK and US media celebrities who are great friends in real life, who really did meet at a New Year's Eve party of a mutual acquaintance and launch a Twitter friendship. (127)
Authored by UK and US media celebrities who are great friends in real life, who really did meet at a New Year's Eve party of a mutual acquaintance and launch a Twitter friendship. (127)
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