To Tweet, or Not To Tweet

I have a few friends ( who will remain nameless) who are obsessed with the Twitter phenomenon. And when I say obsessed, I do mean it. They live to Tweet. I, on the other hand, have never been able to really get into it. Until now.

Normally I do not find Twitter to be all that exciting, and don't even understand it most of the time. I prefer Facebook to Twitter, and I prefer a book to both of those. But two college students from the University of Chicago have created something incredible - and hilarious - that needs to be shared; Twitterature. Alexander Aciman and Emmett Rensin have taken dozens of literary classics (from Shakespeare to Dante to The Beatles), and have turned them into easy-to-read tidbits of 20 tweets or less. For someone who doesn't get Twitter, this seemed strange. But it is actually hilarious, and I don't use that word lightly. Summarizing the novels from the point of view of the protagonist, throwing in slang like WTF and PWNED, makes it an easy subway read. And surprisingly, each set of Tweets gives you very good idea of how the novels work.

I'm not suggesting that you read Twitterature in place of the classic works themselves, but if you need a light and fluffy read for your commute to work or school, or for lying by the beach now that the weather is warming up, I definitely recommend it.