Although I have very much enjoyed Fiona Banner's textual reworkings of film - especially her tome like doorstop of a book which describes, scene by scene, six Hollywood Vietnam war movies - her more recent work, which includes more sculptural, physical ele ments, seems to me transitional. (theguardian.com)
Following this advice, my daughter and I bought a cute little blue doorstop in the shape of a quotation mark, which seemed perfect — and kind of adorable — because she wanted to be an English major. (challengesuccess.org)
as the author of the 400 page tome that I only manage to slog through to page 126 before I dump it (and I've done that with doorstop novels many times, although typically way before page 126!). (hughhowey.com)