Book Lovers Day Gifts

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Library

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

"That's the guy I hired to read Proust for me."

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

My Bookshelf Before the Internet

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

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

"You're going to hate yourself."

Accelerated reading. Slowpoke reading,

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

First Novels.

"Meet the author"

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

"Not to be a motion picture - will remain just a book'

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

Second hand furniture.

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

1847 - Bram Stoker, creator of Dracula was born in Dublin.

Gen-Next Library

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

The First Draft. . . Moby Duck.

T. S. Eliot Meets Beavis And Butthead

'Tell us the story of Moses again -- I like the chase scene!'

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

Wishing Well, Wishing Good.

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

Don Quixote

Great works I plan to complete during the lockdown.

Screen Time vs Book Time

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

Congratulations! All that cramming paid off.

"Hurry up with that dictionary!"

"Barb's such a fast reader."