Goodnight Tweetheart by Teresa Medeiros
Publisher: Gallery
Release Date: 8th December 2010
Rating: 5/5
Source: Purchased thanks to a recommendation from Tales of Whimsy!
Buy: Amazon UK | Amazon US | BookDepository
Goodreads Summary:

Abigail Donovan has a lot of stuff she should be doing. Namely writing her next novel. A bestselling author who is still recovering from a near Pulitzer Prize win and the heady success that follows Oprah’s stamp of approval, she is stuck at Chapter Five and losing confidence daily. But when her publicist signs her up for a Twitter account, she’s intrigued. What’s all the fuss?

Taken under the wing of one of her Twitter followers, “MarkBaynard”—a quick witted, quick-typing professor on sabbatical—Abby finds it easy to put words out into the world 140 characters at a time. And once she gets a handle on tweets, retweets, direct messages, hashtags, and trends, she starts to feel unblocked in writing and in life. After all, why should she be spending hours in her apartment staring at her TweetDeck and fretting about her stalled career when Mark is out there traveling the world and living?

Or is he?

Told almost entirely in tweets and DMs, Goodnight Tweetheart is a truly modern take on a classic tale of love and loss—a Griffin and Sabine for the Twitter generation.

To tweet or not to tweet? That’s the question Abigail Donovan faces after months and years of unsuccessfully finishing her latest writing project. In hopes that it will connect her with her fan base after her first successful novel her publicist forces her hand, but what happens after is completely unexpected. In a world of online dating and match making via online quiz who’s to say you can’t meet your soul mate on Twitter? When Abby “meets” Mark that’s exactly the question she unexpectedly ends up asking herself.

What a fun read! I’ll be the first to admit I’m completely addicted to Twitter. I love being able to chat with friends at almost anytime of the day or night. My family (including my mom) all have accounts too, and it’s great to be able to get in touch quickly. So when I initially heard about Teresa Medeiros’s book Goodnight Tweetheart I was completely intrigued, but not overwhelmed with a need to read it. It wasn’t until I read my friend Juju’s review & interview a couple of weeks ago that I felt I absolutely had to read it now and I’m so glad I did.

It starts out as a simple friendship with Mark introducing himself as someone who can help Abby figure out the ins and outs of Twitter, but quickly becomes more. The romance isn’t over the top and I completely fell into step with Abby and Mark’s conversations. It was incredibly believable and as soon as Abby learns more about Mark I couldn’t help but wish for a “Sleepless in Seattle” style meeting even if it’s not quite the same destination. I do have to say I was hoping for more closure at the end, but sometimes it’s nice to be able to imagine your own happily ever after for the characters.

Goodnight Tweetheart by Teresa Medeiros is a story of finding love in the most unlikely of places. In a world that’s constantly in contact via email, forums, Twitter and more this was a fantastic look at a new way to find love and friendship. Abby and Mark travel the globe together without leaving their location and without actually being in the same room, but when Mark suddenly reveals a huge secret the hopeless romantic in all of us carries Abby to the last pages. This is absolutely a Chick Lit novel I’d recommend to everyone, Twitter user or not!