Bookish Sunbather Gifts

'Welcome to I shell.'

Sunbathers.

'With all the tanning lotion, sun block and moisturizers, we're more coated with batter than the onion rings!'

Beach flirting

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

Marcel Proust

"Wow - A flying Chaucer!!"

'I have one last question: this beach is clothing optional, right?'

Reading in the family.

"I've finally finished my lockdown novel."

'If you're using this for research into your next book then you can sleep in the spare room!'

"How?"

Major Poets, Minor Poets, Free Agents.

"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

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

Academics at the Beach

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

DATING FOR NON-DUMMIES

'I need all the heat I can get before I have to go to the North Pole to prepare for this Christmas.'

Genie Gets a Good View on the Beach.

(The really ugly duckling)

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

'Icarus, let's get a tan.'

The Human Ape.

The 'I'm Almost Finished With War And Peace' Bookmark

'She certainly gets a lot out of her bikini.'

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

Summer

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

Edna O'Brien

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

"As a matter of fact, most of the beaches there are nude beaches!"

'Have you stopped striving yet?'

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