Storytelling Seeker Gifts

Social lens of the photojournalist

"I'll probably die an old woman before I get that bedtime story."

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

Victor Hugo

'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!"

"Finally, the alphabet is paying off."

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

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

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

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

Grizzly bears are gregarious animals.

"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!'

What would Charlotte Bronte do, she thought to herself.

The Dragon with the Girl Tattoo.

"And that's when the therapist suggested… exposure therapy!"

'You were great at 'Daniel in the Lion's Den!' -- I'd sure like to hear you do 'The Three Little Pigs' sometime!'

'You're doing a play in kindergarten?'

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

"What your memoir really needs is an addiction."

See, Catty-O? I told you dinner was included with admission.

'Fyodor Dostoevsky sends weeks describing Alexy Karamazov's quest for a white whale, and then discards the entire chapter."

"You're writing a memoir? You're seven years old. Do you honestly think you can capture the interest of readers with such a short—wait, is that my name?!"

'And the wicked stepmother looked into her smartphone and said, "Selfie, selfie in my face, who's the fairest in this place?"

Downloads.

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

Book Shop Plot Spoilers

"This is what's known as a book."

Cinderella and Charming the Clown

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

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

Addicted to reading