Attending Book Clubs Gifts

Somebody turns up

The Dorrie Decimal System

'Look! The new long awaited, highly anticipated but ultimately disappointing novel by that guy you like.'

It's Dostoevsky. It's Melville. It's Flaubert. But it doesn't dance.

'He took from the rich and gave to the poor? It sounds like wealth redistribution.'

"That's five votes for In The Midst of Winter....three votes for The Hollow Ground....and, again, one vote for Moby-Dick."

“Who’s a good boy that doesn’t feel obliged to prove it by holding too many interesting literary and social opinions?”

Sue the Author 3PM

'No room at the inn, baby born in a manger: It's gonna be a great story to tell at parties...'

'I'll blurb you if you'll blurb me.'

"How to talk to people" "Make them rue the day"

BOOKSHOP, 'We're pushing our do-it-yourself kit today, sir -- a ream of paper and a dozen pencils.'

Do-It-Yourself. Do-it-yourself-With-Good-Friends-and-Pizza-and-A-Few-Beers.

Shakespeare. Hamlet. Romeo and Juliet. "To be or not to be, that is the question". "We are such stuff …As dreams are made of …" "What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other word would small as sweet." That Shakespeare guy had some neat sound bites.

"Barb's such a fast reader."

Isabel Allende

The World's Biggest Book Club

The writers group met every Tuesday for support and fellowship.

'Read any good Apps lately?'

"Is this fiction, non-fiction or historical fiction?"

Well, I finished my summer reading list – now what?

Fyodor Dostoevsky

'Turns out it was J K Rowling, in the drawing room, with a laptop.'

A book reviewer reads between the margins.

'It's very fast-paced. The book was over before I could finish reading it.'

O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art though, Romeo? Seriously, wherefore art thou? Shakespeare in the Dark.

'We loved this book. Twenty nine experts tell you how to think independently.'

Book Lovers in Richmond

BOOKS ON VIDEO/BOOKS ON TAPE/READ YOUR OWN.

A vicar is reading 'The Great Begatsby' written by Abraham.

I'll be honest, Jerry - When you invited me to join your book club, this is not what I expected.

"No. I don't want to see an all-male production of 'Little Women.' "

"You'll learn a lot at our book club...like how to read between the wines."

'Oooh. By Emily Bronte. A very controversial book...Cruelty! Passion! Death! Risky territory for a woman author in the 1800s.'

"Hey - I'd write a book, too, if I could find the time."