Book Club Savvy Gifts

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

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.'

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?”

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

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

"Barb's such a fast reader."

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

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

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

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?"

Fyodor Dostoevsky

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

A book reviewer reads between the margins.

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

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

'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.'

Frontispiece to 'The Pickwick Papers'

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

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