Punching Pro With A Passion For Pages Mugs

"So, what are you reading?"

"My novel is not a doorstop!"

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

'But he's supposed to tell everyone how much you weigh! '

Reading

Bibliomaniac

Teacher boxing book: 'As I told you, today we're gonna really hit the books!'

The Last Non E-Book In The World.

"Keep it up. His knuckles are getting really sore"

Roald Dahl's books updated for modern sensitivities.

'He has some unresolved issues.'

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

Attorney Punching Bag

"Try a new tactic, punch back."

'It says 'three percent split infititives, 8 percent passive verbs, 16 percent compound-complex sentences,average sentence length 26 words,paperback rights $3.2 million,movie sales $8.3 million,total take $11.5 million,less 5 percent agents fees.'

"Have you figured out what the powers of that new super hero will be? How about the power to meet deadlines? That would be a good power?"

"Poor kid, his parents gave him a book for Christmas."

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

Cat boxer

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

'TV on the blink?'

'I've gone over the fight tapes and I think I've pinpointed your weakness.'

Books: Meet the Guy Who Sells the Books

"If that book is gonna deposit hundreds of grains of sand into our bed later tonight, it better be damn juicy."

"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."

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

Writer's block

'Well, the toughest part of the fight is over . . . getting though the hostile crowd.'

'Couldn't finish it. I got reader's block.'

'I'm making a fortune. I tell everyone the punch is full of antioxidants.'

Best Sellers/New Release/Books You Still Haven't Finished Yet Claire

'Joe Louis was right - you can run, but you can't hide.'

"Can we just wait until they make the film?"

Library bus

Books a Lot