Reference Book Lover Gifts

Who's who - Who's googled

Library door sign says, 'We have encyclopedias ... the original Facebook!'

"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

Big Bang Theory.

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?"

"Meet the author"

The DaVinci Code

"Meet the embellisher 3-5 pm"

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

Nathaniel Hawthorne

First Novels.

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

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

Victor Hugo

Thomas Mann.

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.

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

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

'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!"

Do your research!

Second hand furniture.

Shakespeare was bisexual