Book Club Star Gifts

"I'm self-published."

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.

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

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

'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?”

Isabel Allende

The World's Biggest Book Club

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.

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...'

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

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

"Barb's such a fast reader."

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

'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

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

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

Book Lovers in Richmond

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

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

'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.'

A book reviewer reads between the margins.

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

'Oooh. By Emily Bronte. A very controversial book...Cruelty! Passion! Death! Risky territory for a woman author in the 1800s.'

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

What're you doing today, Darlene? Power relaxing. 9 to 10:15 I'm reading the paper. 10:20 to 11:30 I'm getting my nails done while reading Catch 22 for my books club. 11:45 to 1, I'm eating lunch, catching up on calls, paying bills then kicking back on the couch from 1 to 1:15. The afternoon is sheer bliss. Yoga from 2-3, Pilates from 3-4, massage from 4-5, meditation 5-6. Now move. Please now! You're interfering with my relaxing. How the type-A spend their Sundays. 10:02, bathroom break. Everyo

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