“Sticklers never read a book without a pencil at hand, to correct the typographical errors. In short, we are unattractive know-all obsessives who get things out of proportion and are in continual peril of being disowned by our exasperated families.”

“we are unattractive know-all obsessives who get things out of proportion and are in continual peril of being disowned by our exasperated families.”

“Whatever the word "great" means, Dickens was what it means. Even the fastidious and unhappy who cannot read his books without a continuous critical exasperation, would use the word of him without stopping to think. They feel that Dickens is a great writer even if he is not a good writer.”

“It should be possible to exist with only a short shelf of books, to read and give away. After all - we may not open a book, once read, for ten years or more. But the act of reading has made it part of us - to relinquish it would be to lose an extension of our being.”

“Life is like a typographical error: we're constantly writing and rewriting things over each other.”

“Holly Barker series was a great read for me. Stuart gives short chapters and continued action all through his books.”