Book Club Leader Gifts

'I don't know about you, Tex, but I thought that the relationship between Elizabeth and Mr Darcy was darn tootin'.'

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.'

"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...'

The World's Biggest Book Club

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

"Barb's such a fast reader."

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.

"For just one monkey in front of one typewriter you've come up with some amazing stuff."

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

'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."

Science Books. Do you have any books about Lepidoptera? Yes, and would you like to join "The Book of the Moth Club"?

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