Book Club Devotee Gifts

"When I asked you to join my book club, I had no idea it was going to be for good."

'Has this kid's book been Oprah-approved?'

"Would you mind making room? My reading group is here."

A man sits behind a table in a book store with a sign that reads "Take the author to lunch 1 P.M."

“Well, I just wanted to say thanks for getting me into this book club.”

Under the microscope

"It isn't charisma, and he didn't write a best seller. It's a winning lottery ticket."

Read any great books of the western world lately?

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

"You're going to hate yourself."

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

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

'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."

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

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

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

"Barb's such a fast reader."

'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.'

Isabel Allende

'Read any good Apps lately?'

The writers group met every Tuesday for support and fellowship.

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

Fyodor Dostoevsky

A book reviewer reads between the margins.

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

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

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

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

Book Lovers in Richmond

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