Tweets Analysis - Keyword: @KirkusReviews
Overview
Total number of tweets analysed
452
Earliest tweet was on
2023-03-15
Latest tweet was on
2023-03-25
Tweets covering
9 days
Average age of authors' accounts
10 years
Summarization
Several authors express gratitude for receiving positive reviews from Kirkus Reviews, with some receiving their first starred review. They celebrate their debut novels, memoirs, and middle grade books, highlighting the hard work that went into them. Readers, they say, will find themselves engrossed in compelling aviation thrillers, folktale retellings, and intriguing coming-of-age stories. Kirkus Reviews is praised for its thoughtful and well-researched reviews, which offer solid proposals for addressing deep-seated problems.
Topic Modeling
- Book reviews and ratings from KirkusReviews
- Author success stories and achievements
- Coming-of-age stories and personal memoirs
- Thriller and suspense novels
- Children's literature and middle-grade books
Emotional Analysis
The tweets express a range of emotions including excitement, gratitude, pride, happiness, validation, and validation. There is a particular focus on the positive reviews received from KirkusReviews, which is seen as a significant achievement for the authors. Many express a sense of accomplishment and belief in themselves as writers, despite doubts and rejection. Additionally, there are expressions of appreciation for publishers, supporters, and readers.
Trend Analysis
- Starred reviews from KirkusReviews
- Debut books and authors
- Middle grade books and children's literature
- Positive book reviews and professional recognition
- Diversity and representation in literature
Types of Tweets
Number of Retweets
156
Percentage of total tweets
34%
Number of Original tweets
79
Percentage of total tweets
17%
Number of tweets that contain Mentions
452
Percentage of total tweets
100%
Number of tweets that were Replies
209
Percentage of total tweets
46%
Number of tweets that were Quotes
18
Percentage of total tweets
3%
Number of tweets that contain Hashtags
100
Percentage of total tweets
22%
Top 5 devices used to tweet
| Source | Count |
|---|---|
| Twitter Web App | 221 |
| Twitter for iPhone | 147 |
| Twitter for Android | 32 |
| Hootsuite Inc. | 14 |
| Twitter for iPad | 10 |
What devices were used to tweet
Top 10 accounts with highest followers count
| Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
|---|---|---|---|
| donwinslow | Don Winslow | #1 bestselling author Author of 3 New York Times Critics Choice Best Books of the Year #WinslowDigitalArmy Find great books by following: @WinslowBookClub | 933,829 |
| DrIbram | Ibram X. Kendi | Partner • #GirlDad • Scholar • BU Prof • Dir @AntiracismCtr • @NationalBook Award Winner • #1 NYT Bestselling Author • MacArthur Fellow • Surviving Cancer 🐍 | 419,607 |
| Luvvie | Luvvie | Bestseller of Books (3x) 📚 Latest book: LITTLE TROUBLEMAKER MAKES A MESS (out 5/2/23). Preorder now! https://t.co/qEklvoIis9 | 254,341 |
| wwnorton | W. W. Norton & Company | Independent Publishers Since 1923. | 226,441 |
| KirkusReviews | Kirkus Reviews | Book reviews and recommendations. Sign up for our weekly newsletter by visiting our site and clicking on 'Email Newsletter' (top left). 📚📖👍 | 223,233 |
| alhanda | Boogie Underground Media | Account for the On The Road With Al & Ivy blog and BU Media. Also tweets for The Delta Snake Review and Handa-McGraw International music. | 196,076 |
| lrozen | Laura Rozen | Reporting foreign policy. Diplomatic Substack, JustSec edbd. Al-Monitor Politico ForeignPolicy alum. https://t.co/sZTEhdCCSf @LRozen@journa.host lkrozen gmail | 173,984 |
| SimonBooks | Simon & Schuster | A division of @SimonSchuster, publishing the best fiction & nonfiction. On Instagram: https://t.co/IMWkEBIRMc Facebook: https://t.co/rd6iITgsiN | 163,026 |
| fsgbooks | Farrar,Straus&Giroux | Farrar, Straus and Giroux has published award-winning fiction, nonfiction, & poetry since 1946. Home of @mcdbooks and @fsgoriginals. | 133,792 |
| VikingBooks | Viking Books | We publish great books. Here are some tweets about them. | 128,976 |
Top 10 accounts with highest friends count
| Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
|---|---|---|---|
| alhanda | Boogie Underground Media | Account for the On The Road With Al & Ivy blog and BU Media. Also tweets for The Delta Snake Review and Handa-McGraw International music. | 193,404 |
| QuibellPaul | Paul Quibell-smith | Books/Art/Fashion/Culture #Book #books #love #reading #Art #authors #news #Poetry #life #read #CrimeFiction #bookrecommendation @mia_qs @vintagebooks | 88,328 |
| FlakPhoto | Andy Adams 📸 | Media geek • Picture junkie • Jazz fan 💌 I think and write about photography: https://t.co/XbsugK4XSP | 68,984 |
| MichaelJecks | Michael Jecks Author | Author 50 novels, reviewer, @SmithsonianTrvl expert https://t.co/7KVfEFUKXi. https://t.co/F7fWF6zihG Rep: joanna@hardmanswainson.com Film: marc@soloson.co.uk | 36,192 |
| donwinslow | Don Winslow | #1 bestselling author Author of 3 New York Times Critics Choice Best Books of the Year #WinslowDigitalArmy Find great books by following: @WinslowBookClub | 35,959 |
| GabrielConstans | Gabriel Constans | #Author, #screenwriter & #parent. #Teacher of #mindfulness, #body & #mental #health. #Writer, #journalist & #ukelele #lover. | 34,682 |
| Lindas_Here | ✨✨Linda✨✨☮️ 🌈 | Widow, Mother, Grandmother, Democrat Dallas Cowboys/Vegas Golden Knights Fan #Resistance #VoteBlue Post News: https://t.co/ujB1SvdxIO NO DM NO LIST | 30,081 |
| SPOFarrell3 | S.P. O’Farrell | #SimoneLaFrayMysteries 🕵🏻♀️❤️ https://t.co/Ti9WOJwlFA https://t.co/s1yo4HsLGz https://t.co/6B8dFbypC3 #ally🏳️🌈 | 28,629 |
| spaceageoracle | Boogie Underground Media eBooks | I, Ivy and The Boogie Underground Think Tank by Al Handa are live on Kindle Vella. Both are fun reads with plenty of satire and humor! | 17,082 |
| elamin88 | Elamin Abdelmahmoud | Saw a highway of diamonds with nobody on it. Host, @commotioncbc | Writer at large, BuzzFeed News. Book: Son of Elsewhere, May ‘22. | 16,627 |
Most active users
| Username | Bio | Number of tweets |
|---|---|---|
| elliemarney | Crime author, NYT Bestseller ☺ Coming soon: SOME SHALL BREAK 🔪 Out now: THE KILLING CODE 🔑 @LittleBrownYR @AllenandUnwin - Repped by @adamsliterary, she/her | 23 |
| matt_mcmann | Author of spooky middle grade series MONSTERIOUS May 2023 @penguinkids. Nancy Drew’s dad. NYT bestseller Lisa McMann’s hubby. ❤️ teachers, librarians, books | 7 |
| KCjohnsonwrites | Author of THIS IS MY AMERICA | INVISIBLE SON 6/27/23 | Vice Provost | @Tin_house'21 | She/Her |💗💚| Rep @marchsoloway | 7 |
| FedericoErebia | PEDRO & DANIEL, Levine Querido, June 6, 2023. 🏳️🌈🇺🇸🇲🇽 LINKTREE: https://t.co/Mvf3RWSs0w . | 6 |
| theislandwriter | Award-winning author | ISLAND GIRLS ‘22 | SCBWI | @RosiePOV mentee ‘21 | 12x12 PB‘22 | Writing Workshops Hawaii '23 | JRW | LWS | Plastic Ocean Project | 5 |
| SPOFarrell3 | #SimoneLaFrayMysteries 🕵🏻♀️❤️ https://t.co/Ti9WOJwlFA https://t.co/s1yo4HsLGz https://t.co/6B8dFbypC3 #ally🏳️🌈 | 4 |
| pubspotlight | We love matching books with teachers and librarians and display books from publishers of all sizes and from all over the world at conferences. | 4 |
| lisquart | Exec Director of @econhardship. Author of books like Bootstrapped, Squeezed and Branded. Forget the Horatio Alger Story. Instead try mutual aid. | 3 |
| FreeRadicalRP | Writer. Editor. Consultant. Artist? HEAD OF A GORGON (@VAPoetry), etc. Poems on Medusa/survivorship. Memoir in progress; seeking rep. She/her. #WritingCommunity | 3 |
| ScribnerBooks | Since 1846, publisher of F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Stephen King, Jesmyn Ward, Anthony Doerr, Jennifer Egan, Siddhartha Mukherjee, & more. | 3 |
Tweets per day
Top 10 tweets with highest Retweet count
| ID | Text | Retweet count |
|---|---|---|
| 1638274739482550276 | Congratulations to @T_J_Newman on this wonderful starred review today from @KirkusReviews ! https://t.co/BPtYn5LBAr | 22 |
| 1638628381037154305 | 🎉 My debut memoir, THE IN-BETWEENS (@WVUPRESS), is a coming-of-age story about growing up Black & Jewish-white in America & is available where books are sold. “Gorgeously told…” @PhillyInquirer “Engagingly delivered…” @KirkusReviews “Utterly captivating…” @ChicagoRevBooks https://t.co/WPDe9xJJFj | 20 |
| 1638238577187508224 | Just read @KirkusReviews *starred review* of Drowning: The Rescue of Flight 1421 by @T_J_Newman and its everything I've been saying for months. "A SPECTACULAR AVIATION THRILLER" "Readers will find themselves engrossed in this darned good thriller." "A taut, gripping yarn." | 17 |
| 1638139647208443905 | This is the first time one of my books has ever been awarded a starred review from @KirkusReviews and I am SO STOKED (also crying a little) - thank you @littlebrownYR and @AllenandUnwin and to all of you excited to read SOME SHALL BREAK ❤ https://t.co/Fx6ZeKceIc https://t.co/NeZa5l4WRf | 14 |
| 1636453683075358735 | “A picturesque summer in Paris turns less than sweet as disaster threatens a famed patisserie.” @PublishersWkly “… fast, fun Paris adventure with strong heroine.” @KirkusReviews ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ #KindleUnlimited https://t.co/uB5tRiEf39 https://t.co/dskv3ukldM https://t.co/L2r9Yr1HLd | 13 |
| 1638201724878897154 | Many many thanks, @KirkusReviews for this wonderful review of #AdasRoom 🙏🏾 #AdasRaum #AdasRealm @jp0lizei "This is a novel that demands a great deal emotionally and intellectually of the reader, but its boldness and ambition leave an indelible imprint." https://t.co/rv8VKgEaIG | 11 |
| 1638219712067674112 | When adapting THE MAKING OF BUTTERFLIES, I knew it was crucial to share this folktale with children in the language it was originally shared with Zora Neale Hurston. Thank you, @KirkusReviews. 🦋 https://t.co/3qL7HWLf4V https://t.co/rNSOH1B9UB | 10 |
| 1638966857075142656 | .@KirkusReviews calls HER GOOD SIDE light & sweet! 😊 @PenguinTeen https://t.co/JD7fzMN6rs | 10 |
| 1639358343612358681 | A big thank you to @KirkusReviews for the wonderful review of The Golden Frog Games!!! 🏆🐸✨ Just 5 weeks to go!!! https://t.co/7rT42WvNkd https://t.co/iQb2dIGBPL | 8 |
| 1637747161017249792 | #Tuesday @AMIGHTYBLAZE @HankPRyan @GreggHurwitz @MinotaurBooks #booklovers @MegGardiner1 @SlaughterKarin @KirkusReviews @redcarpetcrash #thriller @thrillerwriters https://t.co/WwjisEYzqf | 8 |
Top 10 tweets with highest Like count
| ID | Text | Like count |
|---|---|---|
| 1636777641943482399 | turns out it’s especially fun to get your copy of @KirkusReviews delivered to you at work when there’s a starred review of your own novel inside https://t.co/WTRAJKetk5 | 189 |
| 1638139647208443905 | This is the first time one of my books has ever been awarded a starred review from @KirkusReviews and I am SO STOKED (also crying a little) - thank you @littlebrownYR and @AllenandUnwin and to all of you excited to read SOME SHALL BREAK ❤ https://t.co/Fx6ZeKceIc https://t.co/NeZa5l4WRf | 122 |
| 1638111145067151361 | I started writing 26 months ago… I had so much doubt & rejection. This week I got my first royalty payment and my #debut ‘Island Girls’ was selected for @KirkusReviews featured review. Believe in yourself 🤩 #writingcommunity #5amwritersclub #kidlit #ocean #coffee #author https://t.co/kgUxR1BR5N | 109 |
| 1638238577187508224 | Just read @KirkusReviews *starred review* of Drowning: The Rescue of Flight 1421 by @T_J_Newman and its everything I've been saying for months. "A SPECTACULAR AVIATION THRILLER" "Readers will find themselves engrossed in this darned good thriller." "A taut, gripping yarn." | 83 |
| 1638628381037154305 | 🎉 My debut memoir, THE IN-BETWEENS (@WVUPRESS), is a coming-of-age story about growing up Black & Jewish-white in America & is available where books are sold. “Gorgeously told…” @PhillyInquirer “Engagingly delivered…” @KirkusReviews “Utterly captivating…” @ChicagoRevBooks https://t.co/WPDe9xJJFj | 77 |
| 1638274739482550276 | Congratulations to @T_J_Newman on this wonderful starred review today from @KirkusReviews ! https://t.co/BPtYn5LBAr | 74 |
| 1638219712067674112 | When adapting THE MAKING OF BUTTERFLIES, I knew it was crucial to share this folktale with children in the language it was originally shared with Zora Neale Hurston. Thank you, @KirkusReviews. 🦋 https://t.co/3qL7HWLf4V https://t.co/rNSOH1B9UB | 64 |
| 1639358343612358681 | A big thank you to @KirkusReviews for the wonderful review of The Golden Frog Games!!! 🏆🐸✨ Just 5 weeks to go!!! https://t.co/7rT42WvNkd https://t.co/iQb2dIGBPL | 51 |
| 1636170834506305536 | A first review for @KCjohnsonwrites' YA novel, INVISIBLE SON, is a 🌟 from @KirkusReviews! Congratulations!!! Kim's voice is mesmerizing. And the stunning cover by @ChuckStyless, takes my breath away. Ahhh! https://t.co/Y1NHjD3vZ6 https://t.co/UE3GaWbXsU | 47 |
| 1637528168247754753 | I’m so grateful to @KirkusReviews for the wonderful review of THE SNATCHER OF RAVEN HOLLOW, one of TWO spooky middle grade books I have publishing May 9! #spookymg #2023debuts @penguinkids https://t.co/GMikzINgQl | 42 |
Top 3 Languages Used In Tweets
Top 10 Hashtags used
| Hashtag | Count |
|---|---|
| #kidlit | 10 |
| #middlegrade | 10 |
| #writingcommunity | 6 |
| #author | 4 |
| #simonelafraymysteries | 4 |
| #kindleunlimited | 4 |
| #adasroom | 3 |
| #adasraum | 3 |
| #adasrealm | 3 |
| #kidslit | 3 |
Top 10 Hashtags Used In Tweets
Top 10 mentions
| Mention | Count |
|---|---|
| @kirkusreviews | 454 |
| @littlebrownyr | 47 |
| @allenandunwin | 47 |
| @elliemarney | 24 |
| @t_j_newman | 18 |
| @penguinkids | 17 |
| @sternbergh | 16 |
| @publisherswkly | 15 |
| @theislandwriter | 14 |
| @kcjohnsonwrites | 13 |
Top 10 mentions
Wordcloud of Tweets
Emojis
Average number of emojis used per tweet
59
Emojis used in tweets
| Emoji | Count | Emoji Text |
|---|---|---|
| ⭐ | 51 | star |
| 🌟 | 22 | glowing_star |
| ❤️ | 21 | red_heart |
| 🎉 | 13 | party_popper |
| 👏 | 11 | clapping_hands |
| ✨ | 10 | sparkles |
| 💥 | 9 | collision |
| 🤩 | 8 | star-struck |
| 🙂 | 7 | slightly_smiling_face |
| 😍 | 6 | smiling_face_with_heart-eyes |
Emojis groups
| Emoji Group | Count |
|---|---|
| Smileys & Emotion | 89 |
| Travel & Places | 78 |
| People & Body | 42 |
| Activities | 28 |
| Objects | 18 |
| Animals & Nature | 11 |
| Symbols | 2 |
| Food & Drink | 2 |
| Flags | 1 |