Book Club Diva Gifts

'I've always preferred the company of fictional men, to the ones that I meet in real life.'

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.'

Little Princess.

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

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?”

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

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

The World's Biggest Book Club

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."

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

Isabel Allende

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

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

The writers group met every Tuesday for support and fellowship.

'Read any good Apps lately?'

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

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

Fyodor Dostoevsky

'Look Daddy: I'm wearing Mummy's shoes...'

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

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.'

A book reviewer reads between the margins.

Book Lovers in Richmond

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

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

'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."

The Colonel reading Clive's letters to the ladies of the regiment.