The Goals of Camelot Book Club
To read and enjoy the books we choose To savor the discussion that follows To continue to develop an appreciation for excellent writing To relish the association and friendship with the members
Camelot Book Club was so named by its charter members because the ladies of El Dorado Bay wanted to celebrate the idea of our neighborhood’s original developer. He had a dream and saw El Dorado Bay as a Camelot -- the perfect kingdom - a place where dreams came alive -- a place where all was well.
The club’s inaugural meeting was in February, 1998. We decided to limit the membership to 12, so that the intimate nature of the group can be retained. We meet at 1:30 on the third Friday of each month in a member’s home to discuss the current selection. The kinds of books we read are varied, ranging from novels, biographies, self-help, historical novels, the classics, - "a little of everything." The hostess facilitates the book discussion. After we review and discuss the book, we stay for dessert and conversation. All of us savor the camaraderie we experience in this group. We always seem to have a wonderful time. In addition to thoughtful dialogues about the current book, a lot of laughing and fun goes on - and none of us ever wants to miss a meeting. If you have an interest in joining us, please contact Anne Simms at asimms@peoplescom.net.
First Meeting, March 16,1998
Left to Right: Bobbie Wignall, Ann Seher, Lorraine Simms, Monica Luenser, Peggy/Margaret Oesch, Lee Ritz
Current Members Kathie Cross Lou Dunkle Cyndie Ewert Lori Forsyth Mikey Girard Judy Hatch Tracy Hopkins Tim Latta Carol Lawler Anne Simms Sue Ward
Recent Books 2009 Hostess Title Author January Anne Simms Reader's Choice -- February Ann Seher Lincoln's War -- March Barbara Walton A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains Isabella K. Bird April Karen O'Shea March Geraldine Brooks Dottie MillerThe Little Giant of Aberdeen County Tiffany Baker Gwen Nelson Three Cups of Tea Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin Reader's Choice -- Tim Latta The Big Rich Bryan Burroughs Ann Fitzgerald A Handful of Dust Evelyn Waugh The Help Kathryn Stockett South of Broad Pat Conroy Robin Westerheim The Untouchable John Banville 2010 Hostess Title AuthorAnn Fitzgerald Miracle at Philadelphia: The Story of the Constitutional Convention May-September, 1787 Catherine Drinker Bowen Margaret Oesch Reader's Choice Barbara WaltonThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows Dottie MillerThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Rebecca Skloot Anne Simms Olive Kitteridge Elizabeth Strout Gwen Nelson Spoken from the Heart Laura Bush Ann Seher Reader's ChoiceRobin Westerheim Theodore Roosevelt Henry Pringle Karen O'Shea The Heretic's Daughter Kathleen Kent October Sue Ward To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee Peaches OakesSacred Dennis Lehane Barbara WaltonChristmas Memory Truman Capote 2011 Hostess Title AuthorDottie Miller Reader's ChoicePeaches Oakes Let's Take the Long Way Home: A Memoir of Friendship Gail Caldwell MarchAnn Seher Saving CeeCee Honeycutt Beth Hoffman AprilRobin Westerheim Half Broke Horses Jeanette WallsMay Anne Simms Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet Jamie FordJune Gwen Nelson Shell Seekers Rosamunde PilcherJuly Margaret Oesch Reader's Choice .August Karen O'Shea Unbroken Laura HiilenbrandSeptember Sue Ward 13 Days to Glory Lon TinkleOctober Barbara Walton The Worst Hard Times Timothy EganNovember Suzanne Tuite Nothing Daunted Dorothy WickendenDecember Terry Moore The Christmas Jars Jason Wright 2012 Hostess Title AuthorJanuary Dottie Miller Reader's ChoiceFebruary Gwen Nelson The Magic Room Jeffrey Zaslow March Margaret Oesch Cannery Row John Steinbeck April Karen O'Shea A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Betty Smith May Anne Simms The Namesake Jhumpa Lahiri June Tim Latta State of Wonder Ann Patchett July Suzanne Tuite Reader's ChoiceAugust Ann Seher The Paris Wife Paula McLain September Barbara WaltonGone Girl Jillian Flynn October Sue Ward One Amazing Thing Chitra Divakaruni November Dottie Miller The Night Circus Erin Morgenstern December Holiday Lunch 2013 Hostess Title AuthorJanuary Tim Latta The Boy Kings of Texas Domingo Martinez February Dottie Miller The Round House Louise Erdich March Gwen Nelson One Thousand Gifts Ann Voskamp AprilMargaret Oesch Light Between the Oceans M. L. StedmanMay Karen O'Shea Catherine the Great - Portrait of a Woman Robert MassieJune Ann Seher Mary Coin Marisa Silver July Anne Simms Reader's ChoiceAugust Suzanne Tuite O Pioneers Willa Cather September Barbara Walton Honolulu Alan Brennert October Sue Ward In the Garden of Beasts Erik Larson November Mehri The Ochardist Amanda Coplin December Holiday Lunch Liefie's 11:30 2014 Hostess Title AuthorJanuary Kathie Cross Reader's ChoiceFebruary Tim Latta A Higher Call Adam Makos March Dottie Miller The Art of Hearing Heartbeats Jan Philipp Sendker April Gwen Nelson The Husband's Secret Liane Moriarty May Peggy/Margaret Oesch The Emerald Mile Kevin Fedarko June Ann Seher Reader's Choice July Gwen Nelson The Goldfinch Donna Tartt August Anne Simms The Orphan Train Christina B. Kline September Suzanne Tuite Major Pettigrew's Last Stand Helen Simonson October Dottie Miller Monuments Men Robert Edsel November Sue Ward The Invention of Wings Sue Monk Kidd December Christmas Lunch 2015 Hostess Title AuthorJanuary Kathie Cross Reader's Choice February Mikey Girard Cold Sassy Tree Olive Ann Burns March Tim Latta The Burgess Boys Elizabeth Strout April Carol Lawler A Soft Place to Land Susan Rebecca White May Dottie Miller In the Kingdom of Ice Hampton Sides June Gwen Nelson Still Alice Lisa Genova July Lunch Reader's Choice August Peggy/Margaret Oesch Remarkable Creatures Tracy Chevalier September Anne Simms Wild Cheryl Strayed October Sue Ward All the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr November Anne Simms The Liars' Club: A Memoir Mary Karr December Holiday Lunch TBD 2016 Hostess Title AuthorJanuary Anne Simms Reader's Choice February Mikey Girard Bossypants Tina Fey March Lori Forsyth Circling the Sun Paula McLain April Judy Hatch The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry Gabrielle Zevin May Tim Latta Plainsong Kent Haruf June Lunch Out The Martian Andy Weir July Anne Simms Reader's Choice August Dottie Miller A Man Called Ove Fredrik Backman September Carol Lawler The Nightingale Kristin Hannah October Sue Ward Spare Parts Joshua Davis November Kathie Cross Love is a Wild Assault Elithe Kirkland December Holiday Lunch 2017 Hostess Title AuthorJanuary Anne Simms Reader's Choice February Lori Forsyth School Master's Daughter John Smolens March Mikey Girard Tumbling Turner Sisters Julliette Fay April Carol Lawler The Dead Wake Erik Larson May Tim Latta When Breath Becomes Air Paul Kalanithi June Judy Hatch A Gentleman in Moscow Amor Towles July Dotsy Miller
Pot luck lunchThe Last Painting of Sara de Vos Dominic Smith August Anne Simms News of the World Paulett Jiles September Sue Ward Under the Wide and Starry Sky Nancy Horan October Dotsy Miller Once We Were Brothers Ronald Balsom November Mikey Girard One Thousand White Women
Jim Fergus December Christmas Lunch 2018January Anne Simms Book Selection/Reader's Choice February Lori Forsyth Rules of Civility Amor Towles March Carol Lawler The Boys in the Boat Daniel Brown April Tracy Hopkins Before We Were Yours Lisa Wingate May Judy Hatch The Boy Who Knew Too Much Cathy Byrd June Lori Forsyth July Dotsy Miller
Pot luck lunchBeartown Fredrick Backman August Mikey Girard Sisters First Jenna Bush Hager September Anne Simms Ordinary Grace William Krueger October Tim Latta Educated: A Memoir Tara Westover November Sue Ward Mudbound Hillary Jordan December Christmas Lunch 2019February Carol Lawler Beneath a Scarlet Sky Mark Sullivan March Kathie Cross The Language of Flowers Vanessa Diffenbaugh April Judy Hatch The Library Book Susan Orlean May Mikey Girard The Home for Unwanted Girls Joanna Goodman June Cyndie Ewert The Rosie Project Graeme Simsion July Lori Forsyth (Pot Luck Lunch)
Little Fires Everywhere Celeste Ng August Tim Latta Saints for all Occasions J. Courtney Sullivan September Tracy Hopkins Where the Crawdads Sing Delia Owens October Anne Simms Elinor Oliphant is Completely Fine Gail Honeyman November Lou Dunkle TBD December Christmas Lunch
August 2014 Meeting
Left to Right Front: Gwen Dillman, Gwen Nelson, Dottie Miller, Peggy/Margaret Oesch
Back: Anne Simms, Sue Ward, Anne Dillman, Tim Latta, Ellen Sledge, Kate Dillman
July 2012 Meeting
Left
to Right: Suzanne Tuite, Ann Seher, Margaret Oesch, Barbara Walton, Dotsy
Miller, Robin Westerheim, Gwen Nelson, Anne Simms, Sue Ward
December
2010 Meeting
Left
to Right: Robin Westerheim, Peggy/Margaret Oesch, Terry Moore, Dotsy Miller,
Gwen Nelson, Karen O'shea, Barbara Walton, Sue Ward, Suzanne Tuite, Anne Simms,
Ann Seher