Nonconformist Bibliophile Gifts

'I need three books with burnt orange covers, one with chocolate brown and one with light beige - but no best sellers. I don't want people to think I'm trendy.'

'Let's not go by the book.'

My Bookshelf Before the Internet

"What I do is pick up the morning paper, go through it carefully, and then, depending on how I feel about things, I either say the Pledge of Allegiance, stand there and do nothing, or walk out of the classroom."

Edgar Allen Poe

Victor Hugo

The Dorrie Decimal System

"I'm not weird I'm a 'person of weirdness'."

Honoré de Balzac

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

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

Rare Books

Thinks he's too cool for school.

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

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

George Orwell

Paul Ree

Meet the author - celebrity autobiographies,

Literary Canines.

Punk Reindeer

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

"Barb's such a fast reader."

'You have no idea how hard I've gotta work just to maintain my indie cred around here!'

You are much more likely to think outside the box if it is broken.

Litterary Dogs.

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

The Mainstream

'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."

'You just don't seem to be fitting in.'

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...'