Literary Laggard Mugs

"He says he's three months late because of Readers' Block!"

"Now I really hate poetry."

Ninedency: A budding tendency

"It's a play on words."

Introducing...Anagraman.

"Tracey, this is Gene. He also read the Nancy Reagan book in unbound galleys."

"Barb's such a fast reader."

Alas poor Daisy, I knew her well!

"By God, Man! Yes!! This is the stuff we're looking for!"

Good boy

Axel, I notice you read a lot of highbrow books

'You've got us backward. I'm Vinnie, and my short and subtle brother is Vignette.'

If you give a mouse a french cookie

"This medical dictionary has had it's appendix taken out. . . !"

'I hear he's quite a recluse - doesn't even have a blog.'

"I wouldn't read that book, dear... it's only there to impress visitors."

The book is so much better than the film..

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

" will enver read that book, and I"m eagerly waiting to avoid the movie."

"I used to write page-turners, but my MFA cured me of that."

Subway Library

'It isn't that we don't have high technology. We don't have any technology.'

"It's structured as a set of two parallel stories that no one would ever want to read."

Listen, just because he's moving from "fiction" to "literature" doesn't mean he's better than us.

'I'm on a great career path that never leaves my apartment.'

'I found it difficult to put down, but I will. It's trite rubbish.'

"Summer Reading"

Caution falling books

“How was the beach?”

"That laptop was expensive as hell but publishers are still rejecting my stories! I want my money back!"

"I will never read that book, and I'm eagerly waiting to avoid the movie."

"Miss Pettigrow, I need a caption!"

Best sellers. New releases. Books you still haven't finished yet, Claire.

Man with barking dog on lead sees Cheshire cat in tree.

"These days, I suppose it doesn't matter whether you've read Thomas Mann or not."