The Goals of Camelot Book Club
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 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, 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
The Little Giant of Aberdeen County Ann Fitzgerald Miracle at Philadelphia: The Story of the Constitutional Convention May-September, 1787 Catherine Drinker Bowen The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Rebecca Skloot Anne Simms Olive Kitteridge Elizabeth Strout Gwen Nelson Spoken from the Heart Laura Bush Ann Seher Robin Westerheim Theodore Roosevelt Henry Pringle Karen O'Shea The Heretic's Daughter Kathleen Kent October Sue Ward To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee Sacred Dennis Lehane Christmas Memory Truman Capote Dottie Miller Peaches Oakes Let's Take the Long Way Home: A Memoir of Friendship Gail Caldwell Ann Seher Saving CeeCee Honeycutt Beth Hoffman Robin Westerheim May Anne Simms June Gwen Nelson July Margaret Oesch August September October Barbara Walton November Suzanne Tuite December January Dottie Miller February 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 August Ann Seher The Paris Wife Paula McLain September Gone Girl Jillian Flynn October Sue Ward One Amazing Thing Chitra Divakaruni November Dottie Miller The Night Circus Erin Morgenstern December Holiday Lunch January Tim Latta Margaret Oesch May Karen O'Shea June Ann Seher Mary Coin Marisa Silver July Anne Simms August 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 January Kathie Cross February 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 January 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 January 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 January 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 January 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 February 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 The Whip Karen Kondazian December Christmas Lunch Liefie's January Cyndie Ewart
Book Selections for 2020 February Sue Ward Little Women Louisa May Alcott March Tim Latta The Dutch House Ann Patchett April Jennifer Cook The Cutting Season Attica Locke May Judy Hatch The Secrets We Keep Lara Prescott June Mikey Girard Olive Again Elizabeth Strout July Lori Forsyth
Pot luck lunch
East of Eden John Steinbeck August Jane St. Romain City of Thieves David Benihoff September Anne Simms The Giver of Stars and/or The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek Jojo Moyes
Kim Richardson
October Tracy Hopkins American Dirt Jeanine Cummins November Lou Dunkle Sold on a Monday Kristina McMorris December Cyndie Ewart
Pot luck lunch
The Two Lila Bennetts Liz Fenton Hostess
January Lori Forsyth Reader's Choice February Lou Dunkle Indigo Girl Natashia Boyd March Jennifer Cook Personal Reflections of Joan of Arc Mark Twain April Jane St Romain The Last Tribe Brad Manuel May Cyndie Ewart Small Great Things Jodi Picoult June Tracy Hopkins Desert Queen Janet Wallach July Tim Latta
Pot Luck Lunch
The Exiles Christina Baker Kline August Jo Porterfield Heresy Melissa Lenhardt September Anne Simms This Tender Land William Kent Krueger October Sue Ward Cult of Glory Doug J Swanson November Lori Forsyth Home Made Liz Hauck December Judy Hatch
Pot Luck Lunch
The Shell Seekers Rosamunde Pilcher January
Lori Forsyth Book Selections for 2022 February Jennifer Cook Henna Artist Elka Joshi March Jill Nail The Midnight Library Matt Haig April Cyndie Ewart The Personal Librarian Marie Benedict May Kathie Cross Carnegie's Maid Marie Benedict June Jane St Romain Lincoln Highway Amor Towles July Tim Latta
Pot Luck Lunch
Miss Benson's Beetle Rachel Joyce August Lou Dunkle The Things We Cannot Say Kelly Rimmer September Anne Simms Surviving Savannah Patti Callahan October Tracy Hopkins The Rent Collector Cameron Wright November Sue Ward The Leopard is Loose Stephen Herrigan December Judy Hatch
Christmas Lunch
Blind Your Ponies Stanley Gordon West January
Lori Forsyth Remember Ben Clayton Stephen Harrigan February Jennifer Cook So Big Edna Ferber March Kathie Cross The Masterpiece Fiona Davis April Cyndie Ewert Such Big Dreams Rema Patel May Jill Nail Tomorrow, Tomorrow, Tomorrow Gabriella Devin June Jane St Romain Lessons in Chemistry Bonnie Gamus July Tim Latta
Pot Luck Lunch
Horse
Geraldine Brooks August Judy Hatch Cradles of the Reich Jennifer Coburn September Tracy Hopkins The Secret of Clouds Alyson Richman October Sue Ward A Friend of Mr. Lincoln Stephen Harrigan November Anne Simms The Book of Lost Friends Lisa Wingate December Lou Dunkle
Christmas Lunch
The Book Woman's Daughter Kim Michelle Richardson
July 2023 25th Anniversary
Cheers to 25 Years of Reading and Friendship
Front Row: Jennifer, Jane, Lori, Cyndie
Back Row: Kathie, Tim, Jill, Patti, Anne, Lou, Tracy, Judy, Kate, Sue
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Our lunchen theme reflects our book selection of Horse by Geraldine Brooks.
July 2022 Pot Luck Lunch at Tim's House
Front Row: Jane, Lori, Jill
Back Row: Lou, Tim, Kathie, Tracy, Anne, Sue, Judy, Patti
January 2020 at Cyndie's House
Front Row: Jennifer Cook, Cyndie Ewart
Back Row: Tracy Hopkins, Judy Hatch, Sue Ward, Lou Dunkle, Mikey Girard, Lori Forsyth, Anne Simms, Tim Latta
December 2019 Christmas Lunch at Liefies
Cyndie Ewart, Tracy Hopkins, Judy Hatch, Kathie Cross, Tim Latta, Jane St. Romain, Mikey Girard, Anne Simms, Lou Dunkle, Lori Forsyth
August 2014 Meeting at Anne's House
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
