Book Critique Fan Mugs

'We'll have to have this appendix out. . .'

Ed Flanders, Deconstruction Worker

Meet Stephen Krkzk Author of 'Why Conspiracy Theories Are Nonsense'

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

Pets are reading the book 'Animal Farm'.

"Well, we needed the rain."

Dating an English Major

'Which wine goes best with 'the old man and the sea'?'

"Gone with the wind with cats" "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn." "Me neither, who cares—let's take a nap."

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

'Et tu Yakamoto?'

'Tarzan interviewing for a position as a corporate lawyer.' An interviewer asks, 'When we go against the gorillas, how can we be sure that you won't forget which side you're representing?'

"I'm eating baklava through my balaclava!"

"I like his earlier work better, particularly the ones I said I didn't like at the time."

"Is this fiction, non-fiction or historical fiction?"

A man with Dwarfism is reading Little Women.

Book Shop Plot Spoilers

Limerick On A Grecian Urn

"Regarding the plot of your novel ... what on earth were you thinking?"

"Moby Richard by Herman Melville" "Wonderful! Not sure about the title—let's discuss editor."

'Right so lets be clear, when you said my book was a turgid reworking of a sad collection of hackneyed ideas you actually meant that it was a groundbreaking work of originality and genius...'

"Be careful of that sun, Stewart. You're starting to look like the front page of the 'Times Book Review.'"

"Yes, could you discuss the inspiration for the protagonist? Specifically, the motivations which propel the direction of his narrative?" "I would prefer not to." "Bartleby, the author."

Book vs technology

"It all happened so fast. 'Notable Book of the Year' to the remainder shelves to HERE in just six months!"

Frankenstein's Ancestry

Silvio Berlusconi - The emperors new clothes.

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

'Bront?saurus.'

'The end. Well, time for bed. What are you writing?'

BIBLE STORIES, 'This is full of battle and other BOY stuff - not a single romantic comedy!'

"I wish you would actually sell one of these novels...all these returned manuscripts are giving me backaches!"

"Let's go on vacation, get disappointed, complain about prices, read terrible novels, buy trashy souvenirs, miss the dog and look forward to coming home."

Eugene Ionesco

Adam and Eve Arrested