A Shocking and disturbing read! This was the overall consensus of Thursday book club members who read Killers of The Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann. The Osage Nation of Oklahoma, was the wealthiest per capita in the 1920’s until they were killed off one by one. Little was done to investigate and solve the crimes. The group drew many parallels with other horrific events in indigenous history. Lighter r
eads ahead!
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We Read a LOT of Books!
Book group members keep in touch even when they travel
A vintage photo of the Monday afternoon book club
During this afternoon’s super-interesting meeting, Marion Weir brought a photo from our same book group from May 2007! Two of the members are still in the group, Marion herself and Jean Farquharson.
L to R, back row: Betty Harley, Alannah McQuarrie, Jean Farquharson, Marjorie Campbell. Middle: Thelma Thompson, Elizabeth Cavanaugh, June Bragg, Wynn Harding, Marion Weir, Marg Simpson. Seated: Mabel Wyatt, Alto Hall.
Marsha presented Scarcity Brain, and highly recommends it.
Book group
Four of us were able to attend the book discussion group over lunch yesterday, but we were able to talk about a dozen or so books. Marian brought her copy of Significant Lives, which was self-published by our club a number of years ago. She was on the committee to produce it and told us many interesting anecdotes.
Leslie took notes with her beautiful script:
Monday book group and a coronation from the past
And our notes done the old fashioned way!
Monday afternoon book group
Many of our participants were gone over the summer but three of us still managed to get together to talk about books. Unlike most book groups where the talk focuses on a single book, our group is made up of such avid readers that we often end up discussing half a dozen books or more. Zoom gatherings work because we can pull book images and reviews up on powerpoint to aid in the lively discussion. We are omnivorous in tastes and in a single meeting the discussion can go from memoirs, local history, historical fiction, nature, science fiction, fantasy and everything in between.
