“Hooked on Books” Club

May’s Book Club Meeting was truly a “Texas Thing” in keeping with May’s book, Crowded In The Middle Of Nowhere, by Dr. Bo Brock, about veterinary life in the small West Texas town of Lamesa, a town in the middle of nowhere.

Hostesses Diane Cooley, Marie Hawes, Nan Burnett, and Alane Haardt carried out the “Texas Theme” with a picnic-style barbeque feast served on red and white checkered tablecloths; with Texas flags, cowboy décor, and “Howdy Y’all” signs throughout. Texas cuisine was the day’s menu with pulled pork sliders, baked beans, potato salad, Cole slaw, deviled eggs, stuffed jalapenos, Raspberry tarts, and Fluffy Lemon Delight; washed down with decanters full of ice water, tea, and a variety of flavored coffees. In true Texas Tradition, everyone was urged to have seconds and thirds, and were sent home with leftovers in the end!!

A fun and lively book discussion followed the feast, with everyone pitching in their two cents about Dr. Brock; his decades old, multi-species veterinary clinic, and his passion for treating horses. Crowded in the Middle of Nowhere is a collection of stories about Dr. Brock’s experiences, philosophies, love, passion, and feelings about the thousands of animals he has treated over the years, and the hundreds of humans he has encountered in the process, forming deep relationships with most of them! All agreed that it was an interesting and endearing book filled with side splitting humor, and was an exceptionally good read!