Series Update

Where are we up to in the series?

Not off to a good start here. For some odd reason I don't have any record of us ever have read Book #1- "The Templar Legacy". I will copy the info about the story from Amazon and all the others I have.

The Templar Legacy -Steve Berry
Cotton Malone series Book #1
The ancient order of the Knights Templar possessed untold wealth and absolute power over kings and popes . . . until the Inquisition, when they were wiped from the face of the earth, their hidden riches lost. But now two forces vying for the treasure have learned that it is not at all what they thought it was—and its true nature could change the modern world. Cotton Malone, one-time top operative for the U.S. Justice Department is enjoying his quiet new life as an antiquarian book dealer in Copenhagen when an unexpected call to action reawakens his hair-trigger instincts—and plunges him back into the cloak-and-dagger world he thought he’d left behind. It begins with a violent robbery attempt on Cotton’s former supervisor, Stephanie Nelle, who’s far from home on a mission that has nothing to do with national security. Armed with vital clues to a series of centuries-old puzzles scattered across Europe, she means to crack a mystery that has tantalized scholars and fortune-hunters through the ages by finding the legendary cache of wealth and forbidden knowledge thought to have been lost forever when the order of the Knights Templar was exterminated in the fourteenth century. But she’s not alone. Competing for the historic prize— and desperate for the crucial information Stephanie possesses—is Raymond de Roquefort, a shadowy zealot with an army of assassins at his command. Welcome or not, Cotton seeks to even the odds in the perilous race. But the more he learns about the ancient conspiracy surrounding the Knights Templar, the more he realizes that even more than lives are at stake. At the end of a lethal game of conquest, rife with intrigue, treachery, and craven lust for power, lies a shattering discovery that could rock the civilized world—and, in the wrong hands, bring it to its knees.
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The Alexandria Link - Steve Berry
Book Discussion:
Series: Cotton Malone Book #2
Publication Date: Nov. 2007

Book Description:Cotton Malone retired from the high-risk world of elite operatives for the U.S. Justice Department to lead the low-key life of a rare-book dealer. But his quiet existence is shattered when he receives an anonymous e-mail: “You have something I want. You’re the only person on earth who knows where to find it. Go get it. You have 72 hours. If I don’t hear from you, you will be childless.” His horrified ex-wife confirms that the threat is real: Their teenage son has been kidnapped. When Malone’s Copenhagen bookshop is burned to the ground, it becomes brutally clear that those responsible will stop at nothing to get what they want. And what they want is nothing less than the lost Library of Alexandria. A cradle of ideas–historical, philosophical, literary, scientific, and religious–the Library of Alexandria was unparalleled in the world. But fifteen hundred years ago, it vanished into the mists of myth and legend–its vast bounty of wisdom coveted ever since by scholars, fortune hunters, and those who believe its untold secrets hold the key to ultimate power. Now a cartel of wealthy international moguls, bent on altering the course of history, is desperate to breach the library’s hallowed halls–and only Malone possesses the information they need to succeed. At stake is an explosive ancient document with the potential not only to change the destiny of the Middle East but to shake the world’s three major religions to their very foundations. Pursued by a lethal mercenary, Malone crosses the globe in search of answers. His quest will lead him to England and Portugal, even to the highest levels of American government–and the shattering outcome, deep in the Sinai desert, will have worldwide repercussions.

Dates Read: October 15 - October 20, 2016
Participants: (7) Andrew; Carol; Lynda; Eadie; Brenda; Sergei; Bluebird
Ratings: Andrew - 4.5; Carol - 4.5; Lynda - 4.5; Eadie- 4.5; Brenda -4.5; Sergei -4.5; Bluebird - 4.5 ;
Overall Average Rating: 4.5
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The Venetian Betrayalby Steve Berry
Book Discussion:
Series: Cotton Malone Book#3
Publication Date: November 18, 2008

Book Description: In 323 B.C.E, having conquered Persia, Alexander the Great set his sights on Arabia, then suddenly succumbed to a strange fever. Locating his final resting place–unknown to this day–remains a tantalizing goal for both archaeologists and treasure hunters. Now the quest for this coveted prize is about to heat up. And Cotton Malone–former U.S. Justice Department agent turned rare-book dealer–will be drawn into an intense geopolitical chess game. After narrowly escaping incineration in a devastating fire that consumes a Danish museum, Cotton learns from his friend, the beguiling adventurer Cassiopeia Vitt, that the blaze was neither an accident nor an isolated incident. As part of campaign of arson intended to mask a far more diabolical design, buildings across Europe are being devoured by infernos of unnatural strength. And from the ashes of the U.S.S.R., a new nation has arisen: Former Soviet republics have consolidated into the Central Asian Federation. At its helm is Supreme Minister Irina Zovastina, a cunning despot with a talent for politics, a taste for blood sport, and the single-minded desire to surpass Alexander the Great as history’s ultimate conqueror. Backed by a secret cabal of power brokers, the Federation has amassed a harrowing arsenal of biological weapons. Equipped with the hellish power to decimate other nations at will, only one thing keeps Zovastina from setting in motion her death march of domination: a miraculous healing serum, kept secret by an ancient puzzle and buried with the mummified remains of Alexander the Great–in a tomb lost to the ages for more than 1,500 years. Together, Cotton and Cassiopeia must outrun and outthink the forces allied against them. Their perilous quest will take them to the shores of Denmark, deep into the venerated monuments of Venice, and finally high inside the desolate Pamir mountains of Central Asia to unravel a riddle whose solution could destroy or save millions of people–depending on who finds the lost tomb first.

Dates Read: December 17- December 22, 2016

Participants: (8) Andrew, Lynda, Carol, Sergei, Eadie, Bluebird, Brenda, gaylbutz
Ratings: Andrew- 4; Lynda -4 ; Carol - 4 ; Sergei - 4; Eadie - 4.5; Bluebird -3.5; Brenda -4 ; gaylbitz -4
Overall Average Rating: 4.00
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The Charlemagne Pursuit by Steve Berry
Book Discussion:
Series: Cotton Malone Book #4
Publication Date: November 24, 2009

Book Description: As a child, former Justice Department agent Cotton Malone was told that his father died in a submarine disaster in the North Atlantic. But what he now learns stuns him: His father’s sub was a secret nuclear vessel lost on a highly classified mission beneath the ice shelves of Antarctica.
Twin sisters Dorothea Lindauer and Christl Falk are also determined to find out what became of their father, who died on the same submarine–and they know something Malone doesn’t: Inspired by strange clues discovered in Charlemagne’s tomb, the Nazis explored Antarctica before the Americans. Now Malone discovers that cryptic journals penned in “the language of heaven,” conundrums posed by an ancient historian, and his father’s ill-fated voyage are all tied to a revelation of immense consequence for humankind. As Malone embarks on a dangerous quest with the sisters, he will finally confront the shocking truth of his father’s death and the distinct possibility of his own.

Dates Read: February 11, 2017 - February 17, 2017

Participants: (7) Andrew, Carol, Lynda, Eadie, Bluebird, Sergei, Brenda,
Ratings: Andrew-3; Carol -3; Lynda 2.5;- Eadie -3.5; Sergei - 3.5; Bluebird 2.5; - Brenda -3.25
Overall Average Rating: 3.04
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The Paris Vendetta - Steve Berry
Book Discussion:
Series: Cotton Malone Book #5
Publication Date: July 27, 2010

Book Description: When Napoleon Bonaparte died in exile in 1821, he took to the grave a powerful secret. As general and emperor, he had stolen immeasurable riches from palaces, national treasuries, and even the Knights of Malta and the Vatican. In his final days, his British captors hoped to learn where the loot lay hidden. But he told them nothing, and in his will, he made no mention of the treasure. Or did he? Former Justice Department operative Cotton Malone isn't looking for trouble when it comes knocking at his Copenhagen bookshop. Actually, it breaks and enters in the form of an American Secret Service agent with a pair of assassins on his heels. Malone has his doubts about the anxious young man, but narrowly surviving a ferocious firefight convinces him to follow his unexpected new ally. Their first stop is the secluded estate of Malone's good friend, Henrik Thorvaldsen. The wily Danish tycoon has uncovered the insidious plans of the Paris Club, a cabal of multimillionaires bent on manipulating the global economy. Only by matching wits with a terrorist-for-hire, foiling a catastrophic attack, and plunging into a desperate hunt for Napoleon's legendary lost treasure can Malone hope to avert international financial anarchy. But Thorvaldsen's real objective is much more personal: to avenge the murder of his son by the larcenous aristocrat at the heart of the conspiracy. Thorvaldsen's vendetta places Malone in an impossible quandary—one that forces him to choose between friend and country, past and present. Starting in Denmark, moving to England, and ending up in the storied streets and cathedrals of Paris, Malone plays a breathless game of duplicity and death, all to claim a prize of untold value. But at what cost?

Dates Read: May 18, 2017 - May 22, 2017

Participants: (7) Andrew, Carol, Sergei, Lynda, Eadie, Bluebird, Brenda
Ratings: Andrew - 3.5; Carol - 3.5; Sergei -3.75; Lynda -3.5 ;Eadie - 4; Bluebird - 3 ; Brenda -:
Overall Average Rating: 3.5
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The Emperors Tomb - Steve Berry
Book Discussion:
Series: Cotton Malone Book #6
Publication Date: August 30, 2011

Book Description: Former Justice Department operative Cotton Malone has received an anonymous note carrying an unfamiliar Web address. Logging on, he’s shocked to see Cassiopeia Vitt, a woman who’s saved his life more than once, being tortured at the hands of a mysterious man who has a single demand: Bring me the artifact she’s asked you to keep safe. The only problem is, Malone doesn’t have a clue what the man is talking about, since Cassiopeia has left nothing with him. So begins Malone’s most harrowing adventure to date—one that offers up astounding historical revelations, pits him against a ruthless ancient brotherhood, and sends him from Denmark to Belgium to Vietnam then on to one of the greatest archaeological sites in the world: the tomb of China’s First Emperor, guarded by an underground army of terra-cotta warriors, which has inexplicably remained sealed for more than two thousand years—its mysteries about to be revealed.

Dates Read: September 8 - September 14, 2017

Participants & Ratings: (8) Andrew- 4.5; Carol - 3.5; Sergei - 5; Lynda -3.5; Eadie- 5; Brenda-3.5; Bluebird - 3.5; Colin-3
Overall Average Rating: 4.38
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The Jefferson Keyby Steve Berry
Book Discussion:
Series: Cotton Malone Book#7
Publication Date: December 27, 2011

Book Description: Four presidents of the United States have been assassinated—in 1865, 1881, 1901, and 1963—each murder seemingly unrelated. But what if those presidents were all killed for the shocking same reason: a clause contained in the United States Constitution? This is the question faced by former Justice Department operative Cotton Malone. When President Danny Daniels is nearly killed in the heart of Manhattan, Malone risks his life to foil the murder—only to find himself at odds with the Commonwealth, a secret society of pirates first assembled during the American Revolution. Racing across the nation and taking to the high seas, Malone and Cassiopeia Vitt must break a secret cipher originally possessed by Thomas Jefferson, unravel a mystery concocted by Andrew Jackson, and unearth a document forged by the Founding Fathers themselves—one powerful enough to make the Commonwealth unstoppable.

Dates Read: January 9, 2018 - January 14. 2018
Participants & Ratings: Andrew3.5; Carol 4; Lynda 4; Eadie 4; Sergei 3.5; Brenda 4
Overall Average Rating: 3.83
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The King's Deception by Steve Berry
Book Discussion:
Series: Cotton Malone Book #8
Publication Date: January 1, 2014

Book Description: Cotton Malone and his fifteen-year-old son Gary are headed to Europe As a favor to his former boss at the Justice Department Malone agrees to escort a teenage fugitive back to England But after he is greeted at gunpoint in London both the fugitive and Gary disappear and Malone learns that hes stumbled into a high-stakes diplomatic showdownan international incident fueled by geopolitical gamesmanship and shocking Tudor secrets At its heart is the Libyan terrorist convicted of bombing Pan Am Flight 103 who is set to be released by Scottish authorities for humanitarian reasons An outraged American government objects but nothing can persuade the British to intervene Except perhaps Operation Kings Deception Run by the CIA the operation aims to solve a centuries-old mystery one that could rock Great Britain to its royal foundations Blake Antrim the CIA operative in charge of Kings Deception is hunting for the spark that could rekindle a most dangerous fire the one thing that every Irish national has sought for generations a legal reason why the English must leave Northern Ireland The answer is a long-buried secret that calls into question the legitimacy of the entire forty-five-year reign of Elizabeth I the last Tudor monarch who completed the conquest of Ireland and seized much of its land But Antrim also has a more personal agenda a twisted game of revenge in which Gary is a pawn With assassins traitors spies and dangerous disciples of a secret society closing in Malone is caught in a lethal bind To save Gary he must play one treacherous player against anotherand only by uncovering the incredible truth can he hope to prevent the shattering consequences of the Kings Deception

Dates Read: April 14, 2018 - April 19,2018
Participants & Ratings: (5) Andrew-5, Sergei- 5, Eadie - 5, Lynda- 5, Brenda;
Overall Average Rating: 5.0
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The Lincoln Myth - Steve Berry
Book Discussion:
Series: Cotton Malone Book #9
Publication Date: November 25, 2014

Book Description: September 1861: All is not as it seems. With these cryptic words, a shocking secret passed down from president to president comes to rest in the hands of Abraham Lincoln. And as the first bloody clashes of the Civil War unfold, Lincoln alone must decide how best to use this volatile knowledge: save thousands of American lives, or keep the young nation from being torn apart forever? The present: In Utah, the fabled remains of Mormon pioneers whose nineteenth-century expedition across the desert met with a murderous end have been uncovered. In Washington, D.C., the official investigation of an international entrepreneur, an elder in the Mormon church, has sparked a political battle between the White House and a powerful United States senator. In Denmark, a Justice Department agent, missing in action, has fallen into the hands of a dangerous zealot—a man driven by divine visions to make a prophet’s words reality. And in a matter of a few short hours, Cotton Malone has gone from quietly selling books at his shop in Denmark to dodging bullets in a high-speed boat chase. All it takes is a phone call from his former boss in Washington, and suddenly the ex-agent is racing to rescue an informant carrying critical intelligence. It’s just the kind of perilous business that Malone has been trying to leave behind, ever since he retired from the Justice Department. But once he draws enemy blood, Malone is plunged into a deadly conflict—a constitutional war secretly set in motion more than two hundred years ago by America’s Founding Fathers. From the streets of Copenhagen to the catacombs of Salzburg to the rugged mountains of Utah, the grim specter of the Civil War looms as a dangerous conspiracy gathers power. Malone risks life, liberty, and his greatest love in a race for the truth about Abraham Lincoln—while the fate of the United States of America hangs in the balance.

Dates Read: August 29, 2018 - September 1 or 2, 2018
Participants & Ratings: (7) Andrew -4, Sergei - 3.5, Carol - 3, Lynda -4, Eadie -3 , Brenda -3, Alan - 3.5,
Overall Average Rating: 3.43
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The 14th Colony - Steve Berry
Book Discussion:
Series: Cotton Malone Book #11
Publication Date: April 5, 2016

Book Description: Shot down over Siberia, ex-Justice Department agent Cotton Malone is forced into a fight for survival against Aleksandr Zorin, a man whose loyalty to the former Soviet Union has festered for decades into an intense hatred of the United States. Before escaping, Malone learns that Zorin and another ex-KGB officer, this one a sleeper still embedded in the West, are headed overseas to Washington D.C. Noon on January 20th—Inauguration Day—is only hours away. A flaw in the Constitution, and an even more flawed presidential succession act, have opened the door to disaster and Zorin intends to exploit both weaknesses to their fullest. Armed with a weapon leftover from the Cold War, one long thought to be just a myth, Zorin plans to attack. He’s aided by a shocking secret hidden in the archives of America’s oldest fraternal organization—the Society of Cincinnati—a group that once lent out its military savvy to presidents, including helping to formulate three invasion plans of what was intended to be America’s 14th colony...Canada.

Dates Read: May ,2019 -May ,2019
Participants & Ratings:(6) Andrew,4 - Sergei-3.5,- Carol 3.5- Lynda 3.5- Eadie 3 - Brenda 3.5-
Overall Average Rating: 3.50
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Lost Order - Steve Berry
Book Discussion:
Series: Cotton Malone Book #12
Publication Date: April 4, 2017

Book Description: The Knights of the Golden Circle was the largest and most dangerous clandestine organization in American history. It amassed billions in stolen gold and silver, all buried in hidden caches across the United States. Since 1865 treasure hunters have searched, but little of that immense wealth has ever been found. Now, one hundred and sixty years later, two factions of what remains of the Knights of the Golden Circle want that lost treasure―one to spend it for their own ends, the other to preserve it. Thrust into this battle is former Justice Department agent Cotton Malone, whose connection to the knights is far deeper than he ever imagined. At the center is the Smithsonian Institution―linked to the knights, its treasure, and Malone himself through an ancestor, a Confederate spy named Angus “Cotton” Adams, whose story holds the key to everything. Complicating matters are the political ambitions of a reckless Speaker of the House and the bitter widow of a United States Senator, who together are planning radical changes to the country. And while Malone and Cassiopeia Vitt face the past, ex-president Danny Daniels and Stephanie Nelle confront a new and unexpected challenge, a threat that may cost one of them their life.

Dates Read: December 26, 2019 - December 31, 2019
Participants & Ratings: (6) Andrew -4, Sergei -4, Carol -3, Lynda -3, Eadie -4, Brenda -3
Overall Average Rating: 3.50
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The Bishop's Pawn - Steve Berry
Book Discussion:
Series: Cotton Malone Book #13
Publication Date: December 31, 2018

Book Description: Known as a maverick, Malone is a Navy lawyer in trouble when Stephanie Nelle, from the United States Justice Department, seeks his help in investigating a delicate situation involving a stolen rare coin and a rogue FBI faction. Soon Malone realizes that the Justice Department and the FBI are at war over something else entirely: a cache of secret files about the King assassination―documents thought long destroyed. Caught in the midst of this epic clash, Malone ultimately discovers a shocking truth―one that could threaten the legacy of the civil rights movement’s greatest hero. From the clear waters of the Dry Tortugas to Florida and Washington, D.C., Malone’s decision to see his mission through will not only change his own life, but the course of history itself.

Dates Read: October 2020 - October 2020
Participants & Ratings: ()- Andrew - Sergei - Carol - Lynda - Eadie - Bluebird - Brenda - Gayle
Overall Average Rating:
(Sorry, I have no ratings for this one)
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The Bishop's Pawn - Steve Berry
Book Discussion:
Series: Cotton Malone - Book #13
Publication Date: December 31, 2018 (Paperback)

Book Description:History notes that the ugly feud between J. Edgar Hoover and Martin Luther King, Jr., marked by years of illegal surveillance and the accumulation of secret files, ended on April 4, 1968 when King was assassinated by James Earl Ray. But that may not have been the case. Now, fifty years later, former Justice Department agent, Cotton Malone, must reckon with the truth of what really happened that fateful day in Memphis. It all turns on an incident from eighteen years ago, when Malone, as a young Navy lawyer, is trying hard not to live up to his burgeoning reputation as a maverick. When Stephanie Nelle, a high-level Justice Department lawyer, enlists him to help with an investigation, he jumps at the opportunity. But he soon discovers that two opposing forces...the Justice Department...and the FBI...are at war over a rare coin and a cadre of secret files containing explosive revelations about the King assassination, information that could ruin innocent lives and threaten the legacy of the civil rights movement’s greatest martyr. Malone’s decision to see it through to the end--from the raucous bars of Mexico to the clear waters of the Dry Tortugas, and ultimately into the halls of power within Washington D.C. itself--not only changes his own life, but the course of history.

Dates Read: May 11, 2023 - May 15, 2023
Participants & Ratings:(9) - Andrew - 5 - Sergei -5 - Carol -5 Lynda -5 John -5 Threadsong - 4 Eadie -5 Bluebird -5 Maura - 4
Overall Average Rating: 4.78
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The Malta Exchange - Steve Berry
Book Discussion
Series:Coton Malone Book #14
Publication Date: March 5, 2019

Book Description:The pope is dead. A conclave to select his replacement is about to begin. Cardinals are beginning to arrive at the Vatican, but one has fled Rome for Malta in search of a document that dates back to the 4th century and Constantine the Great. Former Justice Department operative, Cotton Malone, is at Lake Como, Italy, on the trail of legendary letters between Winston Churchill and Benito Mussolini that disappeared in 1945 and could re-write history. But someone else seems to be after the same letters and, when Malone obtains then loses them, he’s plunged into a hunt that draws the attention of the legendary Knights of Malta. The knights have existed for over nine hundred years, the only warrior-monks to survive into modern times. Now they are a global humanitarian organization, but within their ranks lurks trouble ― the Secreti... an ancient sect intent on affecting the coming papal conclave. With the help of Magellan Billet agent Luke Daniels, Malone races the rogue cardinal, the knights, the Secreti, and the clock to find what has been lost for centuries. The final confrontation culminates behind the walls of the Vatican where the election of the next pope hangs in the balance.

Dates Read: March 14, 2024 - March 18, 2024
Participants & Ratings; (8) - Andrew:4.0 Carol:3.0 Lynda:3.5 Eadie:4.0 John:4.0 Sergei: 3.75 Threadsong:3.0 Bette:4.0
Overall Average Rating: 3.66
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The Warsaw Protocol - Steve Berry
Book Discussion:
Series: - Cotton Malone Book#15
Publication Date: December 29, 2020

Book Description: One by one the seven precious relics of the Arma Christi, the weapons of Christ, are disappearing from sanctuaries across the world. After former Justice Department agent Cotton Malone witnesses the theft of the Holy Blood, he learns from his old boss, Stephanie Nelle, that a private auction is about to be held where incriminating information on the president of Poland will be offered to the highest bidder––blackmail that both the United States and Russia want, but for vastly different reasons. The price of admission to that auction is one of the relics, so Malone is first sent to a castle in Poland to steal the Holy Lance, a thousand-year-old spear sacred to not only Christians but to the Polish people, and then on to the auction itself. But nothing goes as planned and Malone is thrust into a bloody battle between nations over information that, if exposed, could change the balance of power in Europe. Now, from the tranquil canals of Bruges to the elegant rooms of Wawel Castle to an ancient Polish salt mine, Malone is caught in the middle of a deadly war––the outcome of which turns on a secret known as the Warsaw Protocol.

Dates Read: January 11. 2025 - January 15, 2025
Participants & Ratings: (7) Andrew:4.0 Sergei:4.0 Carol:4.0 Lynda:4.0 Eadie:4.0 John:4.0 Maura:4.0 Threadnsong
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Thanks Carol, always a great series to read.

Thank you Carol. I really need to delve further into this fascinating series. I had not realised that Cotton Malone was already retired when the series began.

>2 Carol420: >3 Andrew-theQM: - You are both very welcome. Sorry about book #1. Perhaps we read it on LeafMarks????

Thanks! >2 Carol420:

>6 EadieB: You are very welcome.

>5 Carol420: I think we did that one possibly on Shelfari, does go back a lot of years.

Thanks Carol, one of my favorite series

>2 Carol420: Thanks. This is one of my favorites too.

Thank you for the updates Carol! Really appreciate your thoroughness with getting us back into the series.

>9 JohnDBurke: I’d agree John, I particularly enjoy the historical dimension.

>2 Carol420: Thanks, Carol, ☺️.

Everyone is more than welcome. >11 threadnsong: In case you haven't already noticed, I am obsessed with this burning desire to organize...Most folks are more than willing to let me. Maybe there's a support/help group I could join...Organizers Anonymous? :)

>14 Carol420: We’ll set up an OA meeting to help you. We’ll invite some disorganised speakers to let you see the other side.

>15 Andrew-theQM: I can't believe how very helpful you are. I can hardly wait for the first meeting! Maybe I can organize the agenda for the leader:)

>16 Carol420: 🤣🤣🤣 Step 1 of the Programme. Having no agenda 😳

>17 Andrew-theQM: Oh no...no agenda??? How can that ever work?

>18 Carol420: It’s the equivalent of going cold turkey! It’s no doubt already made you come out in cold sweats.

>19 Andrew-theQM: I must have a bottle of something around here somewhere. I might need the location of the nearest AA meeting soon:)

>17 Andrew-theQM: And Step 2 - somehow, turning organizing over to a Higher Power just does not seem possible with an OA group 🥴

>20 Carol420: 😂😂😂

>21 threadnsong: A good step 2. We might have a 12 step plan for Carol before the end of this read.

>21 threadnsong: >23 Andrew-theQM: I am so happy to see that my friends are working on my "recovery".

>24 Carol420: You betcha! It will be an interesting set of steps to organize for the Organizers!

>25 threadnsong: Maybe I can organize it!!! I have some great ideas.

>26 Carol420: >25 threadnsong: Houston! Come in Houston, we have a problem. 🤷‍♂️

>27 Andrew-theQM: Problem??? What problem? I don't see a problem!

>28 Carol420: 🤣🤣🤣