Modern-day Bibliophile Gifts

Books and mobiles

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.

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

George Orwell

Screen Time vs Book Time

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

"Barb's such a fast reader."

Meet the author - celebrity autobiographies,

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

Literary Canines.

'It was a real scroller. I couldn't put down my screen.'

Litterary Dogs.

Library door sign says, 'We have encyclopedias ... the original Facebook!'

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

'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.'

A man and his dog both reading.

"Nevermore."

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

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

The Grapes of Wrath finally get some professional help.

'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..."

Women who Read Too Much

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

"Boy, these are really overdue!"