Nostalgic For Old-school Books Gifts

"It's called a 'bookmark.' It's like a 'save progress' option."

"I don't care about the rating on Goodreads. We're reading Cinderella!"

Trilby - 'The old studio'.

Two Generations of Readers

Paul goes home for the holidays

"Midtown Vinyl. Vintage albums + EPs. Midtown Ink. Vintage books + newspapers."

'Lost Diary'

Print Suicide

'They were going to get married when they were young, but he kept forgetting the wedding date!'

'It's a book, Sweetie - it doesn't have any ram!'

'Peter Rabbit and his sisters, Floppy Disc and Mopsy.'

'I'm being punished. Nothing even remotely electronic for two weeks.'

"The record player is skipping again."

Cinderella mopping up

Bookshop: Closed, Coming Soon Here Internet Cafe.

'I'm so glad this bedtime story comes in audio.'

Bib's E-Book Readers.

Bertie Wooster type teaching a parrot to talk

My mom says this story is a "real page turner." I have no idea what she means by that.

"I thought you might like to hear how my love-making sounded when I was a younger man."

"My jacket blurbs used to have such conviction, he thought to himself wistfully."

"Click on 'new book smell'."

Online articles are fine, but I miss being annoyed by the fragrance sample cards in print magazines.

'I used to be somebody. . . I used to be a contender. . .'

Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

'Remind me again darling - what were we just arguing about?'

"Triple espresso." "Forget it, Uncle Mort." "Let's face facts: You're not as young as you used to be. Too much caffeine can literally kill you." "Poppycock! Do you know who you're talking to?" "When we stormed across Europe under Patton, my tank battalion got stuck in the mud during a torrential downpour. Arty Lang switched my canteen full of rainwater with one full of tank gas. So I replaced his tank's timing belt with tree bark and dental floss." "That big galute and I were always pr

"It's a cellphone and video game alternative called reading."

'I don't need to check, sir, I'm positive we don't have any pop-up books for kids.'

"You just put it in the slot - you don't to push the 'send' key!"

They met at a Book Club.

No assembly required.

Oliver introduced to the respectable old gentleman

'All right, pal, that's enough! Are you gonna pay for the paper or not?'

"It's your Grandpa's version of keeping up with technology...reading the papers online."