by Teri E. Popp, Tastemaker in Residence

The highlight of the Staycation W3 Book Club weekend, though, by all accounts, was the Scavenger Hunt. We assigned the ladies of book club to two teams, handed them a list of all of the one hundred books we'd read over the past 10 years, and then set them free with cell phones to take photos of themselves and things themed to all of the books. They had 2 hours to complete this task and it was absolutely hilarious (to everyone except a lady who worked in one of the purse shops who did not appreciate her display being upended for a photo--even though it did feature her purses!).

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At the end of the Scavenger Hunt, we met up to "judge" results and handed out prizes to the winning team. Actually, we handed out the same prize to both teams to be fair!!

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If you're thinking of something fun and different for your book club, we highly recommend this entertaining option!! And we'd like to share our list of the books we've read to date.

W3 Book Club Book List

1. "Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons" by Lorna Landvik
2. "Girls Guide to Hunting and Fishing" by Melissa Bank
3. "Snow Flower and the Secret Fan" by Lisa See
4. "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
5. "Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail" by Malika Oufkir
6. "Rise and Shine" by Anna Quindlen
7. "Angle of Repose" by Wallace Stegner
8. "Postcards from the Edge" by Carrie Fisher
9. "Nerd in Shining Armor" by Vicki Lewis Thompson
10. "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
11. "The Mistress of Spices" by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
12. "The Crucible" by Arthur Miller
13. "The Berlin Wall" by Frederick Taylor shown with movie "Das Leben der Anderan" in German with English sub-titles
14. "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
15. "Bel Canto" by Ann Patchett
16. "Confessions of a Shopaholic" by Sophie Kinsella
17. "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
18. "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
19. "The Gods Themselves" by Isaac Asimov
20. "Lucky You" by Carl Hiaasen
21. "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens" by Sean Covey and "The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success" by Deepak Chopra
22. "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
23. "Abundance" by Sena Jeter Naslund
24. "They Poured Fire on Us from the Sky" by Benson Deng, Alephonsion Deng & Benjamin Ajak
25. "Deadly Slipper" by Michelle Wan
26. "People of the Book" by Geraldine Brooks
27. "The View from Mount Joy" by Lorna Landvik with visit by Lorna Landvik
28. "Julie & Julia" by Julie Powell with movie at theater
29. "A Place Where the Sea Remembers" by Sandra Benitez
30. "Twilight" by Stephanie Meyer
31. "Magician: Apprentice" by Raymond E. Feist
32. "The Buena Vista Social Club" Movie Night
33. "The Plague of Doves" by Louise Erdrich
34. "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury
35. "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
36. "Little Bee" by Chris Cleave
37. "Are You There Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea" by Chelsea Handler
38. "Still Alice" by Lisa Genova
39. "The Bridge of San Luis Rey" by Thornton Wilder
40. "A Reliable Wife" by Robert Goolrick
41. "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" by Stieg Larsson
42. Holiday Party
43. "The Street of a Thousand Blossoms" by Gail Tsukiyama
44. "Midnight's Children" by Salman Rushdie
45. "Cleopatra's Daughter" by Michelle Moran
46. "Those Who Save Us" by Jenna Blum
47. "Sarah's Key" by Tatiana de Rosnay
48. "The Big Year" by Mark Obmascik
49. "The Help", the movie
50. "House of Sand and Fog" by Andre Dubus III with movie
51. "Tiny Sunbirds Far Away" by Christie Watson
52. "Beneath a Marble Sky" by John Shors
53. Holiday Party
54. "Letters to Jackie" compiled by Ellen Fitzpatrick
55. "The Latehomecomer" by Kao Kalia Yang
56. "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand
57. "French Lessons" by Ellen Sussman
58. "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
59. "On the Island" by Tracey Garvis Graves
60. "The Lifeboat" by Charlotte Rogan
61. "Wild" by Cheryl Strayed
62. "In Buddha's Kitchen" by Kimberly Snow
63. "A Midnight's Summer Dream" by Shakespeare with play attendance
64. "The Art of Fielding" by Chad Harbach
65. Holiday Party
66. China's First Emperor and His Terracotta Warriors, exhibit at MIA
67. A Book on Any President or Their Spouse
68. "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho
69. "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela shown with movie "Searching for Sugar Man" directed by Malik Bandjellou
70. "Lean In" by Sheryl Sandberg
71. "Barefoot on Crane Island" by Marjorie Myers Douglas
72. "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
73. "The Round House" by Louise Erdrich
74. "Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood" by Rebecca Wells with cabin stay at The Gathering Place in Wisconsin
75. "Lolita" by Vladimir Nabokov
76. "Dreams of Trespass" by Fatima Mernissi
77. "The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry
78. "The Light Between Oceans" by M.L. Stedman
79. "The Language of Flowers" by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
80. "Life After Life" by Kate Atkinson
81. "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
82. "Dubliners" by James Joyce
83. "The Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
84. "Me Before You" by Jojo Moyes
85. "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" by John Berendt
86. "The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake" by Aimee Bender
87. "Gods Behaving Badly" by Marie Phillips
88. "A Christmas Blizzard" by Garrison Keillor, Holiday Party
89. "Where'd You Go, Bernadette" by Maria Semple
90. "Still Alice" Movie Night
91. "Lark and Termite" by Jayne Anne Phillips
92. "The Art of Racing in the Rain" by Garth Stein
93. "Whiteout: Lost in Aspen" by Ted Conover and trip to Aspen, Colorado
94. "Fly a Little Higher" by Laura Sobiech
95. "It's Only Rock and Roll" by Jo Wood
96. "Sharp Teeth" by Toby Barlow
97. "The Tulip and the Pope" by Deborah Larsen
98. "Crazy Rich Asians" by Kevin Kwan Holiday Party
99. "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
100. "The Rosie Project" by Graeme Simsion
101. "Thirteen Ways of Looking" by Colum McCann
102. Celebration of 100 books read--"The Dovekeepers" by Alice Hoffmann--Staycation at Mall of America
103. "The Nest" by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney
104. "Beaches" by Iris R. Dart
105. "We Never Asked for Wings" by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
106. "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
107. "The Children Act" by Ian McEwan
108. "Finding Vivian Maier--A Photographer Found" by John Maloof with film
109. "A Cup of Christmas Tea" by Tom Hegg and Holiday Party
110. "Behind the Beautiful Forevers" by Katherine Boo

W3 Book Club Staycation - Scavenger Hunt