Print Book Lover Mugs

"Far out Nigel, I know you're a purist, but at some point, you'll need to switch to e-books like the rest of us..."

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

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

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

Blue Stockings - Woman revealing herself as author

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

The Ray Bradbury classic, 'The Car Alarm.'

My Bookshelf Before the Internet

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

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

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

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

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

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

The DaVinci Code

Thomas Mann.

Nathaniel Hawthorne

First Novels.

"Meet the author"

Victor Hugo

Reading my Critics

'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...'

Television Readers.

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

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

'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!"

Second hand furniture.

It's Dostoevsky. It's Melville. It's Flaubert. But it doesn't dance.

Shakespeare was bisexual

Horti-Culture

Miss, how do you spell "acceptable"? I've Googled every "e" and can't find it.

Two books: 'The Joy of Cooking' next to 'The Joy of Dieting'.