War Story Seeker Pillows

'Literary agency' "About your idea for a book on NATO's role in Kosovo? Russian author got there first"

'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."

"I guess I was a good shot, because I took down 50 Nazis...all by myself. That's how I got my silver star. Honestly, I don't consider myself a hero. I consider myself lucky."

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

Warrior Woman

"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.

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

The Dragon with the Girl Tattoo.

Downloads.

Thank you to those who never came home and to those who never left their side.

Addicted to reading

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

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

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

Book Shop Plot Spoilers

Homage to Hans Christian Andersen

Freedom of the press

Technology and literature

"Well, Mr. Goddam Fancy-Pants Small-Town-Expose hot shot! What makes you think we don't all have lusty, kiss-and-tell memoirs boiling away inside us?"

Trueman Dewayne Lafayette: collector of the imaginary,

"I had a great weekend... My Grandpa talked about the war again and my Dad about his most daring facebook comments!"

"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.'

'Ignore them, Charlie. They're nothing but philistines. I liked your poetry, truly I did!'

Book Lovers in Richmond

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

Diet Books: Fiction/Non-Fiction