Novelty Book Lover Mugs

"Can you rewrite this as a coloring book?"

"Yuck! Som'one left their nose in this book!"

"1984 by George Orwell. Project 2025. Presidential transition project."

"Are you insane?!" The Velveteen Skunk

"That's the guy I hired to read Proust for me."

"Too bad about old Ainsworth. Published and published, but perished all the same."

Bob encounters one of the bugs in the Jean Paul Sartre fan website.

Blue Stockings - Woman revealing herself as author

"After years of cartoon rejections, Bill stooped to trying a little shameless product placement."

'Peter the Flying Hippo is my favorite storybook character without any merchandising tie-ins.'

The Ray Bradbury classic, 'The Car Alarm.'

"Would you like me to annotate that for you?"

'The history of Glue. It's impossible to put down.'

Library sections; Fiction, non-fiction and do-it-yourself.

My Bookshelf Before the Internet

"Do you see yourself becoming a movie in five years?"

Thomas Mann.

"Meet the author"

Mr. Metamorphosis: "At least this better than waking up as a cockroach."

'I didn't dedicate my book, A Lifetime of Wine Tasting, to my 3 ex-wives and nine kids, because they made it possible. I did it because they made it necessary.'

The DaVinci Code

Victor Hugo

Academic Jeopardy ... 'What Was the Maiden Name of Dante Alighieri's Maternal Grandmother?'

First Novels.

"There's something weird about Emily. She actually likes school!"

'For those with books, open and follow along. For those with laptops, follow me on Twitter.'

Kid in time-out writes 'it was the best of time out...'

"I finally found a use for that old home repair book..."

"Not to be a motion picture - will remain just a book'

"Pssst! Do you have anything on American history?"

Jean-Paul Sartre

Television Readers.

'Look! The new long awaited, highly anticipated but ultimately disappointing novel by that guy you like.'

"And do you, Deborah Tannen, think they know what they're talking about?"

"My novel is not a doorstop!"