Book Club Banter Gifts

"It says here 'No man is an island'. What about the Isle of Man?"

'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.

'HA Ha! One good idea doesn't make a genius!'

Sue the Author 3PM

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

Golfer to other: 'I've never seen anyone slice a putt before.'

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"So is that a slice of a hook? I never know which is which."

"You'll never believe who's here."

Joseph Furphy and Miles Franklin.

"Oh, my, I can tell—everybody in there has read Barbara Tuchman."

The discovery of a 51st shade of grey was met with mixed reviews.

'I can't believe she married the prince after only one date.'

Meet The Ghostwriter

"Mister, I don't know if the glass is half full or half empty. It's 12 dollars."

James Joyce

"Let's just agree to disagree." "I suggested that first!"

'Meet the Author'/'Meet the Plagiarist' - An Author and a Plagiarist selling and signing the same book story and title.

'I had a dream that Oprah is going to recommend your book!'

"This is a 'warts and all' biography with some really great warts."

'I hate these literary parties. All everyone does is sit around and complain about their publishers. Take mine for instance ...'