bookworms

• “But perhaps the most profound shift behind the dying breed of bookworms is that Americans have less time - and a shrinking tolerance for solitude.”

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• “The insects known as bookworms are the larvæ of several sorts of beetles, most commonly perhaps of _Antobium domesticum_ and _Niptus hololencus_.”

  Bookbinding, and the Care of Books A handbook for Amateurs, Bookbinders & Librarians

• “The store is one of the few places where movie stars of all stripes mingle with bookworms.”

  A death in the Book Soup family

• “Before I finished reading the review, it had been re-tweeted by people like Maria Popova (@brainpicker) Maud Newton (@maudnewton) Macy Halford (@bookbench) Edward Champion (@drmabuse) These are the unsung heros of book publishing, the taste-makers, the true bookworms.”

  The Huffington Post: Julia Cheiffetz: Why A 73-Year-Old English Professor's Book Is All Over Twitter

• “You may have started a "restocking revolution" among literaries and bookworms alike!”

  Spontaneous Monkey-Wrenching

• “It's an honest representation of who they are -- tea-loving bookworms who like gentle pop songs.”

  The Washington Post: Taking sides: Belle & Sebastian -- Indie-pop legends or comfort-rock enablers?

• “And it's not just because our family is full of voracious bookworms.”

  The Huffington Post: Celeste Ng: Battle Hymn of the Bookworm Mother

• “For all their "grass is something you smoke/birds are something you shag/take your Year in Provence/and shove it up your ass", urban class warrior schtick of yore - both 'I Spy' and inevitable teary-eyed finale 'Common People' sound doubly venomous in Hyde Park - the band that provided both soundtrack and context for a generation of outsiders, bookworms, introverts and geeks are more part of the establishment today than they've ever been.”

  The Huffington Post: Charlie Ivens: Where now for Resurrected Left-Pop Iconoclasts Pulp?

• “Because they had been bookworms and nerds all through high school and college, just to meet medical school entry requirements.”

  Health care proposals need more work, health secretary says

• “As memory has it, I was one of those bookworms as a young man, focused and always writing hundreds of notes about things that I felt were important.”

  The Huffington Post: André David Halston: Chef Andre's Chunky Georgia Peach & Chocolate Bread Pudding

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