Book Club Buffs Gifts

"This story is really giving me a big lump in my throat."

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.

Sue the Author 3PM

'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?”

"It's about sex and revenge, except for a short chapter on the Continental Congress."

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

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.

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

"Barb's such a fast reader."

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

Isabel Allende

The World's Biggest Book Club

"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.'

The writers group met every Tuesday for support and fellowship.

'Read any good Apps lately?'

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

Fyodor Dostoevsky

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

So You've Cloned Yourself

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

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

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

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

Book Lovers in Richmond

A book reviewer reads between the margins.

"Do you think Trump has read 'Contemporary Relativism and the Death of Meaning'?"

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

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

'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."