Book Hunting Gifts

Memoirs

"1984 by George Orwell. Project 2025. Presidential transition project."

'The history of Glue. It's impossible to put down.'

Library sections; Fiction, non-fiction and do-it-yourself.

My Bookshelf Before the Internet

"Do you see yourself becoming a movie in five years?"

"There's something weird about Emily. She actually likes school!"

First Novels.

"Meet the author"

"Pssst! Do you have anything on American history?"

"And do you, Deborah Tannen, think they know what they're talking about?"

Second hand furniture.

Two books: 'The Joy of Cooking' next to 'The Joy of Dieting'.

"Have you read any of Shakespeare's plays?"

Rare Books

Gen-Next Library

"Your hunch was right, Officer Garcia. We'll need a good editor to clean up this manuscript and bring his unfinished novel to a satisfying conclusion."

The First Draft. . . Moby Duck.

"I'm in a catch-23 situation."

Wishing Well, Wishing Good.

Don Quixote

'Stuck on a desert island, in the middle of the ocean, with only a palm tree for company, it's a bloody joke.'

Sign in book shop window: 'Critics agree the book is much better than the movie.'

Multi-Generational Books

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

Screen Time vs Book Time

Great works I plan to complete during the lockdown.

'As a famous writer, could you do something to help jumpstart my career?'

Congratulations! All that cramming paid off.

"Hurry up with that dictionary!"

"The moral of the story, honey, is that being a celebrity does not make you a credible children’s book author."

"The library rejected your request to ban all books on cats and squirrels. But, to be fair, it was no dumber than all the other book ban requests we get."

"I recommend that you two find a way to spice up your shelf life."

The Beard in the Stone

The World's Biggest Book Club