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A FAREWELL TO ARMS ERNEST HEMINGWAY

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."

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

Sue the Author 3PM

Isabel Allende

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

The World's Biggest Book Club

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

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.

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

"Barb's such a fast reader."

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

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

The writers group met every Tuesday for support and fellowship.

'Read any good Apps lately?'

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

Fyodor Dostoevsky

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

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

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

A book reviewer reads between the margins.

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

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

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

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

Book Lovers in Richmond

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

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

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

'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."