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
First Meeting, March 16,1998
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.
Left to Right: Bobbie Wignall, Ann Seher, Lorraine Simms, Monica Luenser, Peggy/Margaret Oesch, Lee Ritz
Current Members Kathie Cross Lori Forsyth Mikey Girard Judy Hatch Tim Latta Carol Lawler Dotsy Miller 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 May Dottie Miller The Little Giant of Aberdeen County Tiffany Baker June Gwen Nelson Three Cups of Tea Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin July Margaret Oesch Reader's Choice -- August Tim Latta The Big Rich Bryan Burroughs September Ann Fitzgerald A Handful of Dust Evelyn Waugh October Sue Ward The Help Kathryn Stockett November Peaches Oakes South of Broad Pat Conroy December Robin Westerheim The Untouchable John Banville 2010 Hostess Title Author January Ann Fitzgerald Miracle at Philadelphia: The Story of the Constitutional Convention May-September, 1787 Catherine Drinker Bowen February Margaret Oesch Reader's Choice March Barbara Walton The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows April Dottie Miller The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Rebecca Skloot May Anne Simms Olive Kitteridge Elizabeth Strout June Gwen Nelson Spoken from the Heart Laura Bush July Ann Seher Reader's Choice August Robin Westerheim Theodore Roosevelt Henry Pringle September Karen O'Shea The Heretic's Daughter Kathleen Kent October Sue Ward To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee November Peaches Oakes Sacred Dennis Lehane December Barbara Walton Christmas Memory Truman Capote 2011 Hostess Title Author January Dottie Miller Reader's Choice February Peaches Oakes Let's Take the Long Way Home: A Memoir of Friendship Gail Caldwell March Ann Seher Saving CeeCee Honeycutt Beth Hoffman April Robin Westerheim Half Broke Horses Jeanette Walls May Anne Simms Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet Jamie Ford June Gwen Nelson Shell Seekers Rosamunde Pilcher July Margaret Oesch Reader's Choice . August Karen O'Shea Unbroken Laura Hiilenbrand September Sue Ward 13 Days to Glory Lon Tinkle October Barbara Walton The Worst Hard Times Timothy Egan November Suzanne Tuite Nothing Daunted Dorothy Wickenden December Terry Moore The Christmas Jars Jason Wright 2012 Hostess Title Author January Dottie Miller Reader's Choice 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 Reader's Choice August Ann Seher The Paris Wife Paula McLain September Barbara Walton Gone 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 Author January 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 April Margaret Oesch Light Between the Oceans M. L. Stedman May Karen O'Shea Catherine the Great - Portrait of a Woman Robert Massie June Ann Seher Mary Coin Marisa Silver July Anne Simms Reader's Choice 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 2014 Hostess Title Author January Kathie Cross Reader's Choice 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 2015 Hostess Title Author 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 2016 Hostess Title Author 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 Carol Lawler The Martian Andy Weir July Lunch Out Reader's Choice August Dottie Miller Did You Ever Have a Family Bill Clegg September Anne Simms The Nightingale Kristin Hannah October Sue Ward The Accidental Empress Alison Pataki November Kathie Cross Love is a Wild Assault Elithe Kirkland December Holiday 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