Bookish Beachcomber Gifts

Academics at the Beach: "Camus might agree with you. De Beauvoir? Maybe. But Sartre? Never."

"Once upon a midnight dreary / while I pondered weak and weary."

'The new lad's collecting shells again boss.'

"I got tired of 'Moby-Dick' taunting me from my bookshelf, so I put it on my Kindle and haven't thought of it since."

'He's going to be an estate agent, just like his Dad.'

"I'm ready for summer vacation! A good book takes you where you've never been!"

A man plays golf by the sea

Marcel Proust

"Wow - A flying Chaucer!!"

Reading in the family.

"I'm sorry, sir, but Dostoyevsky is not considered summer reading. I'll have to ask you to come with me."

'We hope to invest in a few start-ups with national franchise potential.'

Major Poets, Minor Poets, Free Agents.

Academics at the Beach

'Let's follow this guy you said, he seems to know the way!'

Frank was engrossed in his book --- He lost track of time and got a sunburn! Now he's well-read and well-red!

"That's a beautiful poem, but of course, if you took the road less traveled, we'd make sure you have your GPS."

Theory of Gravity

Bestsellers have sold so well there are none at all on the shelves.

'Do they make one of those that finds lost bones?'

Shakespeare at the beach ...

"Your manuscript is utter trash, of course. How does a half-million first printing sound to you?"

(The really ugly duckling)

The Human Ape.

"Can I come with you? I need a grant."

"You usually don't see the classics wash up on the beach these days."

Edna O'Brien

Chicken Soup For The Soul's Soul.

'Welcome to I shell.'

Crab reads 'The Little Book of Clams.'

'I'm not a famous writer, but I do make enough money to travel the country and sleep in my car.'

The Old Woman who lived in a Shoe's Beachside Place.

Geek Beach

Summer Reads - Fall Reads!

"If that book is gonna deposit hundreds of grains of sand in our bed later tonight, it better be damn juicy."