Book-loving Partner Gifts

"Virginia Woolf meets 'Car Talk.'"

The Last Non E-Book In The World.

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

In the future, human thought will enter an age of clarity and purity never before dreamed of.

My Bookshelf Before the Internet

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

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

"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"

Victor Hugo

Reading my Critics

"I finally found a use for that old home repair book..."

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

Little dog in Romance section in bookstore under sign: 'Puppy Love'

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

Second hand furniture.

Gen-Next Library

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

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

The First Draft. . . Moby Duck.

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

Don Quixote

Wishing Well, Wishing Good.

'And the cat is due back in 2 weeks.'

"I try to write a little bit every day."

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

Screen Time vs Book Time

Great works I plan to complete during the lockdown.

Do it yourself books.

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

Congratulations! All that cramming paid off.

The World's Biggest Book Club

"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."