TThe Really Serious Oreo Cookie Book Club met March 20 at the home of Barbara Milner to discuss the book Drift—The Unmooring of American’s Military Power by Rachael Maddow. Phyllis Tezer recommended the book and led us, by provocative questions, through an exploration of the Presidential initiated wars beginning with Ronald Regan and the Contra … [Read more...]
Oreo Book Club – Time to Start Thinking: American in the Age of Descent by Edward Luce
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Oreo Cookie Book Club – Drift by Rachel Maddow
February 28, 2013 by
The Really Serious Oreo Cookie Book Club met February 20 at the home of Rich Schwartz to discuss the book Red Dust by MaJian. Janet MacKaig recommended the book and led us down the dusty path of exploration along with the author’s solo adventure down the Old Silk Road and into the homes and lives of the villagers that lived in these rural outposts … [Read more...]
Oreo Book Club – The Big Burn by Tim Eagen
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The Oreo Book Club met at the home of Sally Lee Howd to discuss the book, The Big Burn by Tim Eagen. We reviewed the rapacious behavior of big business toward public owned lands which, with the cooperation of corrupt senators and legislators, stole resources to enrich themselves. Under the tenure of Teddy Roosevelt this behavior was mitigated and … [Read more...]
Oreo Book Club: Next Meeting – September 19th at Home of John Hall
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The Really Serious Oreo Cookie Book Club met August 15 at the home of Dick Johns, fourteen members strong to discuss Catherine the Great who, legend has it (not in the book) died servicing a stallion. Her other lovers were detailed in the book and reviewed by the group. It was so hot we had to open the doors and the windows. Even with that, some … [Read more...]
Oreo Cookie Book Club – The 2012-2013 Reading List Is Here!
August 14, 2012 by Leave a Comment
The Really Serious Oreo Cookie Book Club met once again on July 20 at the home of the esteemed Rich Schwartz, where an ebullient Diane Hearne led a free-flowing and open-mouthed discussion of the book Waiting for Snow in Havana. She challenged each of the twelve members present to analyze and reveal their own experience with the memoir. The … [Read more...]
About the Oreo Cookie Book Club
September 21, 2011 by
The Really Serious Oreo Cookie Book Club was founded by Norton Schwartz in April, 2008 as a non-fiction book club for residents of Niguel Shores. Interested residents met to choose a selection of books to include biography, history, economics, science, politics, travel and other subjects of interest to them. Meetings are held at members’ homes on … [Read more...]
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