Oreo Book Club: Next Meeting – September 19th at Home of John Hall

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!

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...]

Oreo Cookie Book Club – June 2012

The Really Serious Oreo Cookie Book Club met May 16 at the home of Norton Schwartz, where Curt Swanson led us in a discussion of the book Arguably, by the recently deceased Christopher Hitchens. The book is a collection of thirty five articles written over the past few years with a vast range of subjects including the Founding Fathers, Abraham … [Read more...]

Oreo Cookie Book Club – April 2012

The Really Serious Oreo Cookie Book Club met March 21 at the home of Rich Schwartz and discussed How We Decide by Jonah Lehrer. The varierty segments of the brain that function on our decision making were reviewed by the author with examples of events from critical decision making in the life of different individuals. Principles and barriers to … [Read more...]