Book Clubbers Gifts

"Check with our legal people if we can publish a detective story in which the murderer turns out to be the author."

'He took from the rich and gave to the poor? It sounds like wealth redistribution.'

'Are you familiar with my oeuvre?'

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

Updated Classic: The Waistland

"Did you like that mystery book?"

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.

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

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."

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

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

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

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

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.

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

The World's Biggest Book Club

Isabel Allende

"Barb's such a fast reader."

'Read any good Apps lately?'

The writers group met every Tuesday for support and fellowship.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

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

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

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

'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.'

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

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

A book reviewer reads between the margins.

Book Lovers in Richmond

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