Bibliophile's Struggle Pillows

A bookworm is confronted by a cellphone.

My Bookshelf Before the Internet

Edgar Allen Poe

The Dorrie Decimal System

Honoré de Balzac

"Now Playing: One of those Jane Austen movies."

Rare Books

Not to be a motion picture. Will remain just a book.

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

Literary Canines.

'The pile of unread books by the bed looks bigger than the futon...'

Meet the author - celebrity autobiographies,

"Barb's such a fast reader."

'Yes, it's just a little volume.'

Litterary Dogs.

'Read that last part back to me.'

'This book is so rare it's never been published.'

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

A man and his dog both reading.

'Chicken soup for dummies who don't sweat the small stuff.'

"Nevermore."

'Yes, your papers seem to have lots of citations, but I've checked: They're all self-citations...'

'I'm a writer.' - 'What a coincidence, I'm a reader.'

"Spoiler alert...Z."

Self-Improvement, Self-Empowerment, Self-Aggrandizement

"And last week I nearly crashed while reading on the freeway..."

'And I say he makes us look bad when he rides around listening to those books.'

Women who Read Too Much

"I'm taking you off sleeping pills and putting you on Proust."

"Boy, these are really overdue!"

'...and what's more, they're all first editions.'

Head full of Books.