Sand Story Seeker Mugs

"You wanna read 'Dune' or 'the Sheikh'?"

"Hawaii, where are you folks going?"

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

"I like movies that resemble my life, so I don't feel like I'm wasting time watching a movie."

"Max! Oh, my God! There's like a billion moving ideas in there!"

"His exercise wheel has lost all its fascination sinces he started reading Hemingway."

"Not that I have the time, but I enjoy reading."

There's a crew here from 60 minutes and they're coming this way.

"Mom, I'm bored. Do you know something I can get hysterical and panicky about?"

Shoe addict.

"Tell me again, Grandpa, about how you let your freak flag fly."

Blue Stockings

'I'm not being punished! I'm reading because I happen to enjoy reading!'

'Hang on a second, I think I have a sand castle in my shoe.'

What would Charlotte Bronte do, she thought to herself.

'You want a quick read? How about this one: 'Memoirs of an Amnesic'?'

The Dragon with the Girl Tattoo.

"I got tired of 'Moby-Dick' taunting me from my bookshelf, so I put it on my Kindle and haven't thought of it since."

Segregated Beach

Addicted to reading

Downloads.

Book Shop Plot Spoilers

"That was too many fresh original voices for one night."

'How's this new concept? Instead of a gunfight, the hero overpowers the villian with a heartfelt homily on the sanctity of family values.'

'Good dog Spot. You're always there for me when the sand is hot.'

Kid to boy in library: 'Oh, we came at the busiest part of the day ... it's a reading frenzy.'

Freedom of the press

Homage to Hans Christian Andersen

Technology and literature

John Barth wrote "Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story." That he did, little buddy. But what if a person spends most of his life watching tv, films, Youtube, Instagram, Facebook, etc? What if my -- I mean, this person's -- life story is watching other people's life stories? Does that make other people the hero of this person's story? Sometimes I don't know where I end and Kanye begins. That'd be somewhere around Kim Kardashian.

'It's very fast-paced. The book was over before I could finish reading it.'

"Ooo... she sounds nice... 'I enjoy burying myself in the sand and sideways walks on the beach.'"

Book Lovers in Richmond

"It's a great story, funny and entertaining - and better still it's not won a single prize for literature."

'I suppose that's where things get ironed out.'