Peaceful Page-turner Gifts

Introducing Ambient Books: No beginning...no middle...no end...just a bunch of sentences specially written to soothe and relax the reader.

Little book series.

He can lean back in contentment on cowslip banks and let everything wash over him.

You've read the book's dust jacket. Now, play the video game!

"Still suffering from writer's block?"

"You have issues? Be more specific, what issues?"

"What would you recommend to hold a seven-year-old girl's attention in a car from East Seventy-eighth Street to Bridgehampton?"

"We thought about a restaurant and decided we were more of a bookstore."

The Last Non E-Book In The World.

'If you're using this for research into your next book then you can sleep in the spare room!'

Bibliomaniac

"This is my first book, but if I like it I may buy another in the near future."

Roald Dahl's books updated for modern sensitivities.

'Y'know it started as a bedtime story he told his kids.'

"It was so noisy in there - all those pages turning."

"Don't disturb Daddy darling: he's just received his new issue of "Basic Tools Monthly"..."

Visit a Place in your Past...

"I'll recommend your book if you recommend mine."

'When I said we should read together I meant separate books.'

"Look, I'm happy to drop my attachment to ego, but please, don't expect me to give up coffee!"

'Tell the doctor I'll be with him in another page and a half.'

Blue Upright

"If you really want to experience eternity...try waitin for global agreement on emissions reductions."

Man completely bandaged leaves an eye uncovered so he can read.

'It's SUPPOSED to be quiet up here!'

"I'm in the 56-year intensive program, all meals included."

'I have high hopes of Wisden knocking the Da Vinci code off the top of the best sellers list.'

'Sorry friend, you must have taken a wrong turn, this is actually the mild west... but we're having pilates after lunch if you wanna stay.'

"Shhhh. Mommy just finished a great book and needs a moment to re-adjust to her environment."

"Far out, man."

Writer's block

"I sort of imagined with a live reading, he'd be reading out loud."

"It's a franchise."

"For a second there I thought I heard a page turn, as if someone was actually reading a book. Must be repressed memories from the old days."

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