Book Club Event Gifts

"It's really the black whale I hate, but I didn't want to appear racist."

The Dorrie Decimal System

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

“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."

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

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.

Spiritualism: Meet the Authors.

"Barb's such a fast reader."

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

The World's Biggest Book Club

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

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?"

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.'

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

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

A book reviewer reads between the margins.

Book Lovers in Richmond

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

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

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

"What's 'ET' short for. . . ?"

"Wallace couldn't come, but I brought some of his fussy prose."

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

Frontispiece to 'The Pickwick Papers'

Axel, I notice you read a lot of highbrow books

Women who Read Too Much

"I couldn't finish that book either."

Bookworm group