Conflicted Bibliophiles Pillows

Rare Books

My Bookshelf Before the Internet

Victor Hugo

Edgar Allen Poe

The Dorrie Decimal System

Honoré de Balzac

"Now Playing: One of those Jane Austen movies."

Not to be a motion picture. Will remain just a book.

Paul Ree

George Orwell

"Not that I have the time, but I enjoy reading."

'Which wine goes best with 'the old man and the sea'?'

"Barb's such a fast reader."

Literary Canines.

'The pile of unread books by the bed looks bigger than the futon...'

Meet the author - celebrity autobiographies,

'Yes, it's just a little volume.'

Litterary Dogs.

'Read that last part back to me.'

'This book is so rare it's never been published.'

'Chicken soup for dummies who don't sweat the small stuff.'

'It's very fast-paced. The book was over before I could finish reading it.'

"Nevermore."

A man and his dog both reading.

'Yes, your papers seem to have lots of citations, but I've checked: They're all self-citations...'

'I'm a writer.' - 'What a coincidence, I'm a reader.'

Self-Improvement, Self-Empowerment, Self-Aggrandizement

"Spoiler alert...Z."

"And last week I nearly crashed while reading on the freeway..."

'And I say he makes us look bad when he rides around listening to those books.'

Women who Read Too Much

"Boy, these are really overdue!"

"I'm taking you off sleeping pills and putting you on Proust."

Head full of Books.

Gabriel Garcia Marquez.