Following John Green's Tumblr and TeenReads....

Week 7  Assignment 3

I choose John Green's Tumblr and the TeenReads sight to explore.  Both  sights had loads of interesting articles, YouTube videos, Reading Lists and Blogs.



John Green's Tumblr is chockful of humor, interesting facts far and wide as well as the books he has written, which are wildly popular with young adults and adults.  Earlier in the  week he featured his own video about the DFTBA Sock, which stands for Don't Forget to be Awesome. He also dispensed his particular viewpoint on Mars, the AFC Wimbledon and the Indy 500(takes place in his hometown.) There is also a Dear Hank and John section where young teens can submit a question and John/Hank will answer it and dispense abit of advice, too.  The Dear Hank and John column offers past videos that can be viewed on SoundCloud, iTunes and  Podbay.fm. This column started as a videoblog posted to YouTube and created a community of people called "Nerdfighters" who "fight for intellectualism and to decrease the worldwide level of suck!"
When I checked back later in the week, John's video was hosting "Paper Towns: Get lost and get Found Tour:Vote for you State" competition.  The movie trailer for his novel "Paper Towns" was also featured.  There was a quirky video called "Let's Go Outside!" as he urged his viewers to go outside and look at nature.  He said he loves DaddyLongLeg Spiders, Honeysuckle,  bubbles and Indianapolis!  There is an area where fans can post their thoughts and this was inspiring to read.  Comments like.... "Your books speak to a real teens' soul." is probably one of the reasons why there are 3.8 million who follow them on Twitter.




TeenReads..... always includes a daily quote... "Be nice to people on your way up because you will meet them on your way down."  Wilson Mizner


TeenReads hosts several  features such as  Reviews,  Ultimate Reading Lists(YALSA Best Lists), Contests, Teen Board, Newsletter and Blog. You can connect via Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, IndieBound, Amazon and subscribe to their various Feeds too.  One of the Bloggers wrote about her experiences at "BookCon" in Chicago.  There was a short video by the author Rick Lancy and his latest release "DarkStar,"  Teresa Toten's "Beward that Girl" and a new trilogy by Kimberly McCreight "Outliers." 
A few days later, I checked back and the featured article was "Vote in Our Poll," "Summer is finally here and we're ready for some great summer reading.  How do you decide what you will read over the summer?  Take our poll! Another part of the sight encouraged teens to join Tumblr and "stay connected."
Included in the Features and Contests area were several good, quick tidbits such as ALA Best Lists, Teen Board Q/A, Cool and New and New in Paperback.  There were several reviews of the latest books. 
Another quote of the day  "Blushing is the Color of Virtue"  Diogenes


There is something for everyone on either of these sights.  If either teens or adults want ideas on what to read or what young teens are interested in or asking questions about, you can find it here.