Novel Connoisseur Gifts

"That's a nice little book. It didn't waste too much of my time."

At Mary Higgins Clark's book club.

"I haven't read them all but I've read enough to get the general idea."

Boy oh boy Kim, you were right! THIS IS a saucy novel!

Zora Neale Hurston

Atlas with the earth, says: 'So then I thought, Why not just roll the damn thing?'

'Love me little, love me long.'

Bathroom Fairy

Man frozen in portrait pose.

Moliere

C Day Lewis.

Bleak House

"I was really impressed by the way you sent back the wine, though it did come in second to the waiter's uppercut."

'Now I'm going to lump all your nagging little worries into one big complex.'

"Just one question...how on earth do I get down?!"

" . . . and white, not yellow. Block, not shredded. Aged, but not too aged that it doesn't slice well."

Charles Dickens.

'...and to commemorate 20 loyal years to the company, this gold plated sundial.'

'A long-awaited government shake-up: A 'ditto-head' will replace a 'yes-man'...A 'croney' will replace an 'insider'...'

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

Wonder Woman: "Trapped in a Man's World"

Pizza and Related Searches.

A lot of attention gets paid to the Earl of Sandwich, and rightfully so, but let's not forget to show some respect for that neglected Lord of Lunch, the Viscount of Potato Salad.

"Tonight... Hemingway."

"Stan is one of our great, widely unread literary treasures."

"Now this is what I call a true work of genius. . . And I haven't even read it yet."

"We only shop brick and mortar because my husband likes to be disgruntled face-to-face when returning things."

Big deal! If you were smart, you'd have waited for the price of gold to go up. Everyone's a critic.

'I used to have serfs, but I've found that free-range peasants are more efficient.'

Now Showing: "Mucky Wucky" Rated Z. That means Roger Ebert slept through it.

HP Sauce/HP Lovecraft

Paul Verlaine

"Hi honey, could you run by the bookstore on the way home? We're almost out of poetry."

William S. Burroughs

The 'I'm Almost Finished With War And Peace' Bookmark