Building Book Lover Gifts

'Page under construction.'

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

"Are you insane?!" The Velveteen Skunk

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

Blue Stockings - Woman revealing herself as author

Bob encounters one of the bugs in the Jean Paul Sartre fan website.

"Too bad about old Ainsworth. Published and published, but perished all the same."

'Peter the Flying Hippo is my favorite storybook character without any merchandising tie-ins.'

"After years of cartoon rejections, Bill stooped to trying a little shameless product placement."

"Would you like me to annotate that for you?"

The Ray Bradbury classic, 'The Car Alarm.'

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

My Bookshelf Before the Internet

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

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

Nathaniel Hawthorne

"Meet the author"

Academic Jeopardy ... 'What Was the Maiden Name of Dante Alighieri's Maternal Grandmother?'

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

Victor Hugo

The DaVinci Code

Thomas Mann.

First Novels.

'I didn't dedicate my book, A Lifetime of Wine Tasting, to my 3 ex-wives and nine kids, because they made it possible. I did it because they made it necessary.'

Mr. Metamorphosis: "At least this better than waking up as a cockroach."

Reading my Critics

'For those with books, open and follow along. For those with laptops, follow me on Twitter.'

Kid in time-out writes 'it was the best of time out...'

'The secret to doing a book report is only picking books that have been made in to movies.'

Television Readers.

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

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

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

Jean-Paul Sartre

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