Book Clubs Quotes

People don't come out for book events. They want to feel an emotion and be entertained.

In 1927, if you were stuck with idle time, reading is what you did. It's no accident that the 'Book-of-the-Month Club' and 'The Literary Guild' were founded in that period as well as a lot of magazines, like 'Reader's Digest,' 'Time,' and 'The New Yorker.'

Children will come out and listen to a writer whose books they like. They don't need a government agency or a medal that says 'laureate' to continue that.

Writing is a solitary journey, so I am always excited to go out on book tour and meet readers one-on-one.

Because so many people use goodreads, it is an amazingly good—and amazingly underutilized—resource for understanding what people read, why, and how they feel about their reading experiences.

I find booksellers comforting - they're my people.

I like to build places online where readers can have productive conversations about books.

I love book clubs. I just hate reading and talking to people.

I love doing the readings. The readings are the fun bits... The readings are probably the things that actually keep me going on these. If I couldn't do the readings, I wouldn't do the [signing] tours. I get to stand up there and read to a bunch of adults who in many cases nobody's read to in years, since they were about five. They just squat on the floor. That's enormously enjoyable.

As a reader, I try to love all the literary forms equally, but I probably read novels most often.

Bush has not read enough books to have a developed moral sense. The fewer books you read, the easier it is to become fundamental. In some ways my antiwar stand here is also a stand on anti-literacy. Someone should get G.W. into a reading program, get him to join a book club. Have him read Hamlet, King Lear.

But it's never just been the journals that have made the difference, I don't think. It's also the way the students are with one another . . . the way they talk about books and authors and themselves. Not just their problems, but their passions too. The way they form a little society and discuss whatever matters to them. Books light the fire-whether it's a book that's already written, or an empty journal that needs to be filled in.

... books are too heterogeneous an interest to furnish a vital one in life, a reason for being alive.

As opposed to being on the Internet, there's something really nice about reading a book or talking to authors.

It's because of libraries that books like mine get recommended to book clubs and avid readers, who in turn pass them onto others looking to be whisked away from the world for a little while...and perhaps to learn a bit about themselves in the process.

Men often discover their affinity to each other by the mutual love they have for a book.

I am happy to keep working on books because I'm always reading, and I'm always trying to fall in love.

I will admit, I once launched myself at Julie Garwood for a hug, hoping some of her magic would rub off on me... and I have fangirl crushes on Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Linda Howard, and Kresley Cole, among many others.

I've loved reading all my life.

I don't very often read novels.

It's nice being married to someone who likes to read because you can indulge in geeky conversations about books.

I never even had the time to read novels.

I love books. If they are good books, I love them even more. But even if they are bad books, I still love them.

'The Dante Club' was one of America's most important book clubs, as their Wednesday night meetings ultimately led to our country's first exposure to Dante's poetry on a wide scale.

You really ought to read more books - you know, those things that look like blocks but come apart on one side.