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First library card

"1984 by George Orwell. Project 2025. Presidential transition project."

'Peter the Flying Hippo is my favorite storybook character without any merchandising tie-ins.'

'The history of Glue. It's impossible to put down.'

My Bookshelf Before the Internet

Library sections; Fiction, non-fiction and do-it-yourself.

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

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

First Novels.

"I don't care about the rating on Goodreads. We're reading Cinderella!"

"Meet the author"

Victor Hugo

Reading my Critics

"I finally found a use for that old home repair book..."

'Are you sure I should read my book report to the class? --�It's PG-13.'

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

"And do you, Deborah Tannen, think they know what they're talking about?"

Second hand furniture.

Two books: 'The Joy of Cooking' next to 'The Joy of Dieting'.

Gen-Next Library

"Have you read any of Shakespeare's plays?"

The First Draft. . . Moby Duck.

"I'm in a catch-23 situation."

'Tell us the story of Moses again -- I like the chase scene!'

"I try to write a little bit every day."

Don Quixote

'Stuck on a desert island, in the middle of the ocean, with only a palm tree for company, it's a bloody joke.'

Wishing Well, Wishing Good.

Do it yourself books.

Great works I plan to complete during the lockdown.

Screen Time vs Book Time

'As a famous writer, could you do something to help jumpstart my career?'

Congratulations! All that cramming paid off.

"Hurry up with that dictionary!"

The World's Biggest Book Club