Book Pile Quotes

Haven't read a book for years - keep buying them and never getting round to reading them - I never seem to have the time.

I always have several books on the go at any one moment, so it's no good you asking 'What's on the bedside table at the moment, Emma?' because often I can't even see the table!

The best moment is when you walk into a bookstore and see a pile of your books - that is the oddest experience in the world!

I'm usually reading too many books - in fact, I'm usually reading enough books that if the stack fell on me, I'd be injured.

For a while, gently bumping into my nightstand meant a pile of 50 books clattering onto my head and the floor. After the 10th time this happened, I moved most of the books to a shelf in the spare room. Now, my nightstand is sort of like a bookish country club. And not all books get in.

My night stand is more like a geological structure: a bunch of books piled on the floor with its own strata.

Authors are often sent a number of books to read for possible review and advance praise. It can be easy for new books to get lost in the pile.

I have so many books that are sitting around half-read.

I am not by any stretch of the imagination a tidy person, and the piles of unread books on the coffee table and by my bed have a plaintive, pleading quality to me - 'Read me, please!'