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'All those in favor of looking at pictures of grandchildren before we discuss 'Feminist Theory' say aye,'

"I couldn't finish that book either."

The Dorrie Decimal System

Fagin from Oliver Twist

Hotness

". . . Looks like he walks. You arrested him as, 'Frankenstein', when he is in actual fact, 'Frankenstein's monster'."

Isabel Allende

Tolstoy and Dostoevsky plan a collaboration.

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

'I'd like to return this book. All the pages are blank.'

One of the books was un-red.

The Doomed Character

Mr. Pickwick addresses the club

Frontispiece to 'The Pickwick Papers'

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

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.

101 Reasons to Read More. If you only read one book this summer, I'd recommend this one.

When he calls himself a "big reader" it only means that he needs large-print books.

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

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

"Impressed? Don't be. I also read trash."

"And now I will move myself to tears reading to you from my own short stories."

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

Pet Hobbies

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

'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.

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

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."

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

'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."

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