Finishing Stories Halfway Club Gifts

"I didn't want this book to end, so I stopped reading it midway."

'What zip code are we in now?'

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.

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?”

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...'

"Barb's such a fast reader."

Isabel Allende

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.

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

The writers group met every Tuesday for support and fellowship.

Pesky students.

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

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

Fyodor Dostoevsky

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

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

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

Book Lovers in Richmond

100k Desert Crawl

'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"?

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

Frontispiece to 'The Pickwick Papers'

"You'll never believe who's here."

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

Axel, I notice you read a lot of highbrow books

"I couldn't finish that book either."

I love how this writer revels in romantic passion. And defends challenging boyfriends. She embraces passion even if hearts are broken. She got my heart racing! How was your book? Boring. You wouldn't like it.

Henry James

'I can't believe she married the prince after only one date.'

"Oh, my, I can tell—everybody in there has read Barbara Tuchman."