JUNE 21, 2019, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A9
Dragon’s Hoard discovers secret to book club longevity
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
Book clubs often start with
the best of intentions, but reali-
ty soon sets in.
Sooner or later, a challeng-
ing or controversial book is
“assigned” for the group read
and discussions devolve into
bitterness that spills over into
personal interactions.
Keizerite Gretchen McKane
and friend Tara Caton fi gured
out a different, more lasting,
formula.
“What we didn’t want was a
club where we assigned books
and then everyone got togeth-
er to rip it apart,” McKane said.
“There’s no homework and
we’re not in grade school any-
more, we get together and talk
about the things that excite us.”
What excites the Drag-
on’s Hoard Book Club, which
meets almost monthly in Keiz-
er, is science fi ction and fantasy.
The group fi rst began meeting
on September 2016 and is still
going strong.
Members are still welcome
to vent about the books that
don’t speak to them as readers,
but the club is mostly about
sharing passions.
“We get together and talk
about what we’re reading, dif-
ferent authors and if there’s
been movies or TV series made
Dragon’s Hoard
recommends
Each month Dragon’s
Hoard Book Club adds
to a long list of recom-
mendation from club
members.
Here
are
some of the group’s
more
off-the-beaten
path author suggestions
in science fi ction and
fantasy:
Amy Cissell
Ted Dekker
Maria Goodin
Kevin Hearne
Jean Johnson
Marco Kloos
Nalini Singh
Michael Stackpole
Brent Weeks
Timothy Zahn
out of them those are fair game,
too,” McKane said.
In addition to book talk,
Dragon’s Hoard members make
fi eld trips to bookstores in
Portland and other near-fl ung
The members of the Drag-
on’s Hoard. On the stairs,
from the left: Kim Marberry,
Dan Rodgers, Jean John-
son, Hayley Rodgers, Deni
Johnson, Tara Caton, Tricia
McDonald, Tammy Wright
and Tracy Hampton. Stand-
ing in front: Rodney Wenz
and Gretchen McKane. LEFT:
Jean Johnson signs books
for club members.
locales, get togethers for movie
nights at member homes and at
theaters, and have even hosted
guest authors at club meetings.
In April, Portland author
Amy Cissell visited. In May, Se-
attle-area author Jean Johnson
stopped by.
“I really like the energy and
enthusiasm everyone has for all
their favorite things,” Johnson
wrote to the club after the vis-
it. She said the goal of bring-
ing an enthusiasm to the rest
of the club was preferable to
the homework assignments of
other groups. Johnson’s military
science fi ction debut began
with A Soldier’s Duty, part of the
series Theirs Not to Reason Why,
but she’s written a throng of
other titles and in other genres.
McKane said the outreach to
area authors is something new
for the club and she hopes to
fi nd others interested in joining
the Hoard for a meeting.
Another thing that makes
Dragon’s Hoard unique is that
members take minutes of ev-
ery meeting. That might sound
like a chore, but it’s yielded a
growing resource for everyone
involved. While there are the
run-of-the-mill things found
in meeting notes, there are now
nine full pages of reading and
viewing
recommendations,
sources for fi nding new authors
and books, video and tabletop
game recommendations that
draw on themes the club en-
joys, and even fan fi ction picks.
The minutes alone are their
own treasure trove.
KPD fun run July 27 will
support Special Olympics
The Keizer Police Depart-
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Foot Pursuit in July to benefi t
Special Olympics of Oregon.
The Pursuit is a 5K Run/
Walk and a 1K walk. The 5K
will begin at 10 a.m. on Satur-
day, July 27 at the Keizer Ro-
tary Amphitheater at Keizer
Rapids Park. This part of the
Pursuit will include a non-
chip timed run through near-
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take place on the trails inside
park boundaries.
The entree fee is $17 prior
to July 1 and $25 after. The fee
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For McKane, that’s been the
best part of starting the club
and keeping it going: the dis-
covery of new passions.
“What we wanted was a
motivator to read more. I read
The Hobbit 20 times before we
started the club and I haven’t
read it in a long time because
of the club and the list we’ve
generated. The club makes me
read more and new authors and
styles of writing,” McKane said.
The Dragon’s Hoard has a
reduced schedule during the
summer and winter, but the
remaining meeting dates of
the year are Sept. 16, Oct. 21,
and Nov. 18 (the third Mon-
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