Book Club Star Mugs

"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.

'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?”

"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."

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

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

'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."

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.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

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

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

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

A book reviewer reads between the margins.

Book Lovers in Richmond

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

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

"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.'

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

Frontispiece to 'The Pickwick Papers'