Alternative Story Seeker Gifts

Man reads book titled;' Tom Thumb: The unofficial story.'

'Look! The new long awaited, highly anticipated but ultimately disappointing novel by that guy you like.'

"Do you have any of those books that understand men?"

"I like movies that resemble my life, so I don't feel like I'm wasting time watching a movie."

"Max! Oh, my God! There's like a billion moving ideas in there!"

"His exercise wheel has lost all its fascination sinces he started reading Hemingway."

"Not that I have the time, but I enjoy reading."

There's a crew here from 60 minutes and they're coming this way.

"I only like their bad albums – the good ones are too commercial."

"Tell me again, Grandpa, about how you let your freak flag fly."

Blue Stockings

'I'm not being punished! I'm reading because I happen to enjoy reading!'

What would Charlotte Bronte do, she thought to herself.

'You want a quick read? How about this one: 'Memoirs of an Amnesic'?'

The Dragon with the Girl Tattoo.

Addicted to reading

Downloads.

Book Shop Plot Spoilers

"That was too many fresh original voices for one night."

Kid to boy in library: 'Oh, we came at the busiest part of the day ... it's a reading frenzy.'

'How's this new concept? Instead of a gunfight, the hero overpowers the villian with a heartfelt homily on the sanctity of family values.'

Homage to Hans Christian Andersen

Freedom of the press

John Barth wrote "Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story." That he did, little buddy. But what if a person spends most of his life watching tv, films, Youtube, Instagram, Facebook, etc? What if my -- I mean, this person's -- life story is watching other people's life stories? Does that make other people the hero of this person's story? Sometimes I don't know where I end and Kanye begins. That'd be somewhere around Kim Kardashian.

Technology and literature

'I suppose that's where things get ironed out.'

"Just our luck. We finally see the 'feel good' movie of the year and it's December."

Book Lovers in Richmond

'It's very fast-paced. The book was over before I could finish reading it.'

"I'll probably die an old woman before I get that bedtime story."

Trueman Dewayne Lafayette: collector of the imaginary,

"It's a great story, funny and entertaining - and better still it's not won a single prize for literature."

Man has thrown his computer aside and is writing on a typewriter.

Diet Books: Fiction/Non-Fiction

Gabriel Garcia Marquez