Divine Book Clubber Gifts

"Oh, I liked it, it's just that a breezy summer romance novel wasn't the book I thought you'd pick for book club."

"1984 by George Orwell. Project 2025. Presidential transition project."

'The history of Glue. It's impossible to put down.'

My Bookshelf Before the Internet

Library sections; Fiction, non-fiction and do-it-yourself.

"Do you see yourself becoming a movie in five years?"

"There's something weird about Emily. She actually likes school!"

First Novels.

"Meet the author"

'Look! The new long awaited, highly anticipated but ultimately disappointing novel by that guy you like.'

"Pssst! Do you have anything on American history?"

"And do you, Deborah Tannen, think they know what they're talking about?"

Second hand furniture.

It's Dostoevsky. It's Melville. It's Flaubert. But it doesn't dance.

"Have you read any of Shakespeare's plays?"

Two books: 'The Joy of Cooking' next to 'The Joy of Dieting'.

Gen-Next Library

The First Draft. . . Moby Duck.

"I'm in a catch-23 situation."

Wishing Well, Wishing Good.

Don Quixote

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

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

Great works I plan to complete during the lockdown.

Sue the Author 3PM

Screen Time vs Book Time

'As a famous writer, could you do something to help jumpstart my career?'

Congratulations! All that cramming paid off.

The Beard in the Stone

"I recommend that you two find a way to spice up your shelf life."

"Hurry up with that dictionary!"

"The moral of the story, honey, is that being a celebrity does not make you a credible children’s book author."

The World's Biggest Book Club

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

"The library rejected your request to ban all books on cats and squirrels. But, to be fair, it was no dumber than all the other book ban requests we get."