Mother's Day feature by The Pulpwood Queen on www.ReadingGroupGuides.com

Dear Readers,
As always, lots to report on this blog site where I am sincerely trying to blog daily. Today I wanted to alert you to my blog where I am a regular contributer at www.ReadingGroupGuides.com. Please check out this wonderful and insightful website for anybody who is a book lover. The teaser and link is below. Enjoy and remember one of the best gifts you can give your Mother this Mother's Day is the gift of a great read. I have a whole big table full of recommended Mother's Day books at my shop but in case you can't get by, check out my column below.
Photo above is my daughter, Helaina and her best friend, Emily, checking out a book I recommended. We had just finished their hair for prom but nobody, and I mean nobody gets out of my Beauty and the Book, no matter the occasion, without me recommending a great read and talking books, ha ha ha! Onward book soldiers!

Tiara wearing and Book sharing,
Kathy L. Patrick
Founder of the Pulpwood Queens Book Clubs
P.S. My Hair Salon/Bookstore, Beauty and the Book, also does gift certificates and ahem, ahem, I would be more than happy to personalize my book, "The Pulpwood Queens' Tiara Wearing, Book Sharing Guide to Life". We accept all major credit cards and several girls have bought their mother's Pulpwood Queen memberships that remember are for LIFE and include: an official Hot Pink Pulpwood Queen T-shirt (remember to state size), official certificate and membership card. I also have been asked to include a sparkly tiara and more than happy to crown your Mother a QUEEN! Email me at kathy@beautyandthebook.com or call 903-665-7520 TODAY!
P.P.S. Besides books, my favorite gift was my girls cleaned my house! Knowing how allergic I am to housework, it was a dream come true!

Kathy L. Patrick's Mother/Daughter Reading Selections
By Carol Fitzgerald(webmaster)
With Mother's Day this weekend, we asked ReadingGroupGuides.com contributor Kathy L. Patrick to share some of her favorite mother/daughter moments. In addition to being the owner of Beauty and the Book in Jefferson, Texas, ...
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More from Pulpwood Queen Authors and MORE!

And more some incredible photos of our past Pilgrimage Weekend in historic Jefferson, Texas and the Civil War reenacters, check this out:

>From the Longview News Journal:

http://www.news-journal.com/ap/mediahub/media/slideshow/index.jsp?tId=106086

Pulpwood Queen Photos this May 2008!

Dear Readers,
Here are photos from this weeks events but more to come as soon as I figure out the technology of my daughter's new camera. I took a bunch on it!
At the top you will see the sisters from Arkansas and Louisiana who hired a driver to bring them over for a Girlfriend Day at my shop and to visit Jefferson. Their daughters and nieces bought them all Pulpwood Queen Memberships! You can see Connie, Marion, and Sherry with Elvis and me and then one again on the left with their driver, Richard. Did we have some fun!
They then traveled on to Soul Surroundings as Pulpwood Queen Kathy Dunlap had some delightful southern refreshments for them as they perused her store to prepare them for a day of shopping in Jefferson.
Next you will see my daughter, Helaina who at the last minute, whipped into my sister's store, Cricket Alley here in historic Jefferson, to purchase a dress to wear to the Pilgrimage Civil War Ball held at the Jeffersonian institute. A bunch of teenagers, who were part of the Battle of Port Jefferson reenactment, came into the fabulous General Store where she works, dressed in full Civil War attire, and convinced her to join then at the ball. My poor Cinderella with limited funds had to come up with a dress for the ball.
Now my sister and her husband, Karen and Richard Penner, bought over 400 prom dresses that are now all on sale for $20 at their store Cricket Alley on Walnut Street. The reason for the photo was this was a halter prom dress that my sister took the shawl too, basted into a ruffle for an off the shoulder affect, added a brooch and wa la! Who needs magical mice when you have my magical sister, or Fairy Godmother working on Lainie's behalf. The dress came to life after my daughter borrowed a set of hoops from her drama teacher. She was the belle of the ball and still had plenty of money in her pocketbook too! I don't know any place in the world like Jefferson, Texas! We make history REAL! Psst, Pulpwood Queens, great buys are to be had at Cricket Alley for our annul BALL OF HAIR at our annual Girlfriend Weekend. For more information go to www.karenpennerdesigns.com or call 903-665-8546.
Next you will see a photo of me and the Carthage Book Club at the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame, (www.carthagetexas.com/HallofFame/index.html ), in Carthage, Texas. The book club celebrating their 100th year invited me to come and speak about my book, "The Pulpwood Queens' Tiara Wearing, Book Sharing Guide to Life", Grand Central Publishing. Tommie Ritter who runs the Hall of Fame totally surprised me in her leopard outfit as I hardly recognized her with the complete leopard ensemble and hot pink feather boa and hat. You see Tommie and I share the same birthday and she told me to tell you all we are the same age, 51!
Thanks to Wanda Hanzen and Carthhage radio station KGAS and Marshall station KMHT, the heartbeat of Texas for making that happen! They rolled out the hot pink carpet, all wore tiaras and boas, and bought a truck load of books. I'll mosey on down to Carthage any time!
The one thing about the Pulpwood Queens, we sure have fun where ever we go meeting new friends and catching up with old friends! As someone really famous once said, "it's not about the destination y'all, it's all about the ride!
Hope you enjoy the photos and there are much more coming. Come back tomorrow and please comment. I have no idea if the hours I spend on these blogs are being read it someone doesn't send me a message. Tell me what you like. Shoot, tell me what you hate. I don't care. I'm alone enough as it is reading my books so email me at kathy@beautyandthebook.com or just reply to blog!
Tiara wearing and Book sharing,
Kathy L. Patrick
Founder of the Pulpwood Queens
www.beautyandthebook.com
www.pulpwoodqueen.com
P.S. And for Mother's Day be sure to click on Blog at www.REadingGroupGuides.com as my feature will be there!

More from Pulpwood Queen Authors and MORE!

Dear Readers,
Here's an important announcement from our up-and-coming author, Robert LeLeux. Please go online and VOTE!

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Dear Friends!

We are thrilled to announce that Robert has been nominated for the 'Brink of Fame Author' award by MTV's Logo Channel!!!
But he has ABSOLUTELY no chance of winning without YOUR help!
It's a People's Choice styled award, and Robert NEEDS your vote to pull through!
It's his 'Hillary in Pennsylvania' moment, if you will.
Please use this link to vote, and then, forward this request to any and all of your friends.
http://www.logoonline.com/shows/newnownext_awards/vote.jhtml?qn=nnn_poll_14

Thank you, Love you, and May the Good Lord Bless and Keep you!!!
Michael & Robert Leleux

(If you've already received this email, I truly do apologize for the duplication!)

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And now a message from Pulpwood Queen Kay and Timber Guy Larry Brookshire who have been gone forever traveling the globe. This message left me full of jealous and longing for a chocolate croissant!


Hello,

Just a quick up date on our trip. The apartment in Paris is really neat. We have tried our hand at French cooking. Lots of fun. On the first Sunday of the month lots of museums are free, so we went to the Orsay, Rodin and the modern art museums. Saturday we went to a huge flea and antique market. There is another larger one near us that we will go to this Saturday. Shopped yesterday at the Galleries Lafayette and had lunch looking at the Eiffel Tower. My nephew, who lives in London is coming for the week-end so we hope to try some of our neighborhood restaurants. We are trying hard not to gain any kilos much less pounds!

Love to all,

Kay and Larry

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And a message from Pulpwood Queen Kay Samec Huck!

This is another website for the author of Pirates Daughter. http://www.myspace.com/thepiratesdaughter

I love the Jamaican music by Dennis Brown that she has on this site. I've never heard of him but obviously he's been around for awhile. Does anyone have a CD? It would be fun to listen to it at our next meeting.

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And from Pulpwood Queen author, Laurie Viera Rigler!

Hi there.

Thought you might like to know that the Austen '08 campaign has produced its first ad. Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dEl2Aokcx4

Laurie

Laurie Viera Rigler

laurie@janeaustenaddict.com

http://janeaustenaddict.com

CONFESSIONS OF A JANE AUSTEN ADDICT

And from Pulpwood Queen Elizabeth and Pat of The Book Report and Windows a bookshop!

THE BOOK REPORT - 5.7.8

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March 26 - Shirley Abbott, THE FUTURE OF LOVE; Hillary Jordan, MUDBOUND
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And from Wanda Jewell of SIBA!

Southern Independent Bestsellers For the week ending Sunday, May 4, 2008 Columbia, SC - May 8, 2008 - The Southern Independent Bestseller List, as brought to you by Book Sense and SIBA, for the week ended Sunday, May 4, 2008. Based on reporting from the independent booksellers of the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance and Book Sense. Archived lists are available on Authors 'Round the South, the place to find your favorite authors at your favorite neighborhood bookstores. HARDCOVER FICTION 1. Unaccustomed Earth Jhumpa Lahiri, Knopf, $25, 9780307265739 2. Hold Tight Harlan Coben, Dutton, $26.95, 9780525950608 3. The Whole Truth David Baldacci, Grand Central, $26.99, 9780446195973 4. The Miracle at Speedy Motors Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $22.95, 9780375424489 5. Bulls Island Dorothea Benton Frank, Morrow, $24.95, 9780061438431 6. Sundays at Tiffany's James Patterson, Gabrielle Charbonnet, Little Brown, $24.99, 9780316014779 7. So Brave, Young, and Handsome Leif Enger, Atlantic Monthly, $24, 9780871139856 8. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao Junot Diaz, Riverhead, $24.95, 9781594489587 9. Dead Heat Joel C. Rosenberg, Tyndale, $24.99, 9781414311616 10. The Appeal John Grisham, Doubleday, $27.95, 9780385515047 11. The Girl With No Shadow Joanne Harris, Morrow, $24.95, 9780061431623 12. Santa Fe Dead Stuart Woods, Putnam, $25.95, 9780399154904 13. Where Are You Now? Mary Higgins Clark, S&S, $25.95, 9781416566380 14. The Plague of Doves Louise Erdrich, Harper, $25.95, 9780060515126 15. Certain Girls Jennifer Weiner, Atria, $26.95, 9780743294256 HARDCOVER NONFICTION 1. The Last Lecture Randy Pausch, Hyperion, $21.95, 9781401323257 2. Ladies of Liberty Cokie Roberts, Morrow, $26.95, 9780060782344 3. A Voyage Long and Strange Tony Horwitz, Holt, $27.50, 9780805076035 4. Home Julie Andrews, Hyperion, $26.95, 9780786865659 5. Armageddon in Retrospect Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., Putnam, $24.95, 9780399155086 6. A Remarkable Mother Jimmy Carter, S&S, $22.95, 9781416562450 7. A Wolf at the Table Augusten Burroughs, St. Martin's, $24.95, 9780312342029 8. Just Who Will You Be?. Maria Shriver, Hyperion, $14.95, 9781401323189 9. What Now? Ann Patchett, Harper, $14.95, 9780061340659 10. In Defense of Food Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $21.95, 9781594201455 11. The Secret Rhonda Byrne, Atria/Beyond Words, $23.95, 9781582701707 12. The Revolution Ron Paul, Grand Central, $21, 9780446537513 13. How Not to Look Old Charla Krupp, Springboard, $25.99, 9780446581141 14. I Before E (Except After C) Judy Parkinson, Reader's Digest, $14.95, 9780762109173 15. Girls Like Us Sheila Weller, Atria, $27.95, 9780743491471 TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION 1. Water for Elephants Sara Gruen, Algonquin, $13.95, 9781565125605 2. Loving Frank Nancy Horan, Ballantine, $14, 9780345495006 3. The Yiddish Policemen's Union Michael Chabon, Harper Perennial, $15.95, 9780007149834 4. The Friday Night Knitting Club Kate Jacobs, Berkley, $14, 9780425219096 5. Suite Francaise Irene Nemirovsky, Vintage, $14.95, 9781400096275 6. The Kite Runner Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead, $15, 9781594480003 7. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan Lisa See, Random House, $13.95, 9780812968064 8. The Memory Keeper's Daughter Kim Edwards, Penguin, $14, 9780143037149 9. The Shack William P. Young, Windblown, $14.99, 9780964729230 10. Luncheon of the Boating Party Susan Vreeland, Penguin, $15, 9780143113522 11. The Gathering Anne Enright, Black Cat, $14, 9780802170392 12. Nineteen Minutes Jodi Picoult, Washington Square, $15, 9780743496735 13. The Alchemist Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $13.95, 9780061122415 14. The Book of Air and Shadows Michael Gruber, Harper, $14.95, 9780061456572 15. Ten Days in the Hills Jane Smiley, Anchor, $14.95, 9781400033201 TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION 1. A New Earth Eckhart Tolle, Plume, $14, 9780452289963 2. Three Cups of Tea Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Penguin, $15, 9780143038252 3. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle Barbara and Camille Kingsolver, Steven Hopp, Harper Perennial, $14.95, 9780060852566 4. Eat, Pray, Love Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin, $15, 9780143038412 5. The Power of Now Eckhart Tolle, New World, $14, 9781577314806 6. The Audacity of Hope Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9780307237705 7. Dreams From My Father Barack Obama, Three Rivers, $14.95, 9781400082773 8. The Glass Castle Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $15, 9780743247542 9. Eat This Not That! David Zinczenko, Rodale, $19.95, 9781594868542 10. Into the Wild Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $13.95, 9780307387172 11. I Feel Bad About My Neck Nora Ephron, Vintage, $12.95, 9780307276827 12. Marley & Me John Grogan, Harper, $13.95, 9780060817091 13. Infidel Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Free Press, $15, 9780743289696 14. 90 Minutes in Heaven Don Piper, Revell, $12.99, 9780800759490 15. The Omnivore's Dilemma Michael Pollan, Penguin, $16, 9780143038580 MASS MARKET 1. The Woods Harlan Coben, Signet, $9.99, 9780451221957 2. The Land of Mango Sunsets Dorothea Benton Frank, Avon, $7.99, 9780060892395 3. The Hollow Nora Roberts, Jove, $7.99, 9780515144598 4. Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Betrayal Eric Van Lustbader, Vision, $9.99, 9780446618809 5. The Pillars of the Earth Ken Follett, Signet, $7.99, 9780451166890 6. Simple Genius David Baldacci, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446618731 7. Invisible Prey John Sandford, Berkley, $9.99, 9780425221150 8. The Good Guy Dean Koontz, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553589115 9. Suffer the Little Children Donna Leon, Penguin, $7.99, 9780143113614 10. The King of Lies John Hart, St. Martin's, $6.99, 9780312363758 CHILDREN'S TITLES 1. Gallop! Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $12.95, 9780761147633 2. Fancy Nancy's Favorite Fancy Words Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $12.99, 9780061549236 3. Read All About It! Laura Bush, Jenna Bush, Denise Brunkus (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780061560750 4. Twilight Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown, $10.99, 9780316015844 5. Fancy Nancy Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $16.99, 9780060542092 6. The Mysterious Benedict Society Trenton Lee Stewart, Little Brown, $6.99, 9780316003957 7. Outcast (Warriors: Power of Three, Book 3) Erin Hunter, Harper, $16.99, 9780060892081 8. Fancy Nancy at the Museum Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $3.99, 9780061236075 9. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810994737 10. Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617 11. Eclipse (Twilight, Book 3) Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown, $19.99, 9780316160209 12. The Book Thief Markus Zusak, Knopf, $11.99, 9780375842207 13. New Moon Stephenie Meyer, Megan Tingley, $19.99, 9780316160193 14. Fancy Nancy Loves! Loves!! Loves!!! Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $6.99, 9780061235993 15. Alphabet Matthew Van Fleet, S&S, $19.99, 9781416955658

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Tiara wearing and book sharing,
Kathy L. Patrick
Founder of the Pulpwood Queens Book Clubs
Beauty and the Book
608 North Polk Street
Jefferson, Texas 75657
903-665-7520
www.beautyandthebook.com
www.pulpwoodqueen.com

The Pulpwood Queen talks with Author, Susan Reinhardt

Dear Readers,
Okay, you just have to check out Susan Reinhardt's book, "Dishing With the Kitchen Virgin", published by Kensington. It's not often I rush to finish some one's hair to read a book but her cover just got me from the get go! It's a hoot and her recipe for "Darin's Death of Romance Irish Stew" sounded like something I would make. I no longer cook as my husband made fun of my lima bean and purple hull pea vegetable dish, well that dish was the straw that broke the Kat's cooking back. My kids are still embarrassed that I snuck dried cranberries into the brownies I served at youth group. They all thought they were bugs or even worse, raisins. I can relate to Susan's book BIG TIME!
I immediately emailed Susan and did an interview that I am now sharing with all of you.
Hang on to your big girl panties for her book is a wild ride and so was the interview, see below.
Tiara wearing and Book sharing,
Kathy L. Patrick
Founder of the Pulpwood Queens Book Clubs
www.beautyandthebook.com
www.pulpwoodqueen.com


KATHY: Susan, I have become a big fan of your type of writing. Anything that makes me laugh so hard I almost pee my big girl panties, is my kind of book. Nobody that can be as up as me can keep it going forever. Your books bring me great joy and make me realize, we all need humor in our lives no matter how dire the circumstances. How do you write funny? What's your secret?

SUSAN: It's genetic. I have the funniest family alive. My sister just bought a possum fur coat on eBay. She had to have it or die. Then there's my wild aunt Betty, who at 70-plus turns cartwheels and cuts flips whenever she has an audience. In fact, she creates an audience. The downside is she's had to have her bladder tacked back up three times.

Then there's my dad who befriended an orphaned and alcoholic cat. When Mama's religion starting soaring, along with her blood pressure, she gave up afternoon cocktails, so Dad and the cat would climb up on the roof of our house, watch the sunset and drink beer and wine. The cat was snooty and liked the wines with corks. She lived 18 pickled years.

Oh, and Mama. Lord, she's a hoot. She's got two outfits picked out for her funeral. One for the viewing and one for burial. "Y'all will have to change my clothes," she said, "No way I'm meeting Jesus in a red suit." She also put her mausoleum plots on Visa, earned Frequent Flyer miles and went to Spain on her funeral funds.

KATHY: How did you get into writing? You could have been a fashion model.

SUSAN: A model? No way, Kat. As you know, I'm the daughter of a hairdresser, such as yourself. Got my first perm at age 3, and began wearing wigs at 6. I love food too much to model. I did try it for about a year and got nowhere. Then, at 46, I got to do that little spread in More magazine's April edition. It was very boring sitting around waiting for all the shooting and getting tons of makeup caked on every five minutes. Not for me, honey. Only humor and laughing. And loving others. I call it sin balancing. If I do something naughty, I have to do something nice to get to Heaven.

KATHY: For me, growing up in the flint hills of Kansas, we never had a bookstore let alone a psychiatrist. Books from the school library was my saving grace and also my version of the psychiatrist's couch. You have had some trying times. How have you dealt with them?

ANSWER: I turned 40 and everything went to pot. Both physically and mentally. I had what southerners call a "Well-Deserved" nervous breakdown. It was actually an awful depression fueled by a painful separation. I was hospitalized, but tried to have fun even there. Now, I speak to groups and have become both the poster child for Humor and Depression. Now, isn't that crazy?

Today, in order to stay sane, I eat chocolate, read humor, love my children, and try to count every single blessing. I also take a good medication, to be truthful. I wish everyone had access to mental and medical health coverage. I was lucky.

KATHY: You are also a columnist. Tell us about that.

SUSAN: At first I was a reporter and the editors didn't quite know what to do with my "style" of reporting. Finally, one threw up his hands and said. "I'm a huge fan of Lewis Grizzard. I'm giving you the job of three columns a week." That first year, I was so fortunate and won 1st place nationally for all of the Gannett Newspapers. I think there are 100 of them and some run my columns each week.

KATHY: I have often dreamed of being a country western singer. If you could do anything in the world, what would it be?

SUSAN: I'd be Erica Kane on "All my Children." Or maybe, since that sounds vain, a pediatrician. But I quit nursing school after having given one too many enemas!

KATHY: What is your most precious possession and why?

SUSAN: Well, after my kids, I'd have to say my collection of Kate Spade purses. Since I'm a Goodwill shopper and bargain hunter, they are my only luxuries. Then again, I bought them off eBay, but at least it wasn't possum fur!!!

KATHY: If you were to host a dinner party using the new recipes in your latest book, who would you invite?

SUSAN: YOU, of course and a bunch of great writers and lovers of books. I'd also have to invite Matthew McConaughey, though his teeth are a tad too white.

KATHY: Who was the most influential person in your life and why?

SUSAN: My father. He grew up dirt poor, with a father who spent the paycheck on booze and a mother who met ends meet by frying chicken for the mill workers. My dad worked his way through college and became very successful. To give back, he runs a ministry for 80 poor children in the area and he and Mom take them to church with a van they all bought and cook for them. They also buy them clothes and school supplies. It's part of their church ministry. These are kids whose parents are either dead from drugs or in jail and live in horrible conditions, many of them.

KATHY: What is your definition of beauty?

SUSAN: A woman who's always smiling. And doing it sincerely.

KATHY: Last, what prompted you to write this latest book?

SUSAN: I knew I had some funny and disastrous cooking adventures, and quite frankly, I needed the money! It's sort of an anti-cookbook filled with all sorts of other types of hijinks's.

KATHY: Is that you as a blonde on the cover?

SUSAN: That's not my butt on the cover. I wish it was!!!!

KATHY: Would you tell everybody then that it's MY BUTT ON THE BOOK, ha ha ha!

SUSAN: Yes, I will!!



Susan Reinhardt is a syndicated columnist and feature writer whose work has appeared all over the world in major newspapers such as the Washington Post, London Daily Mirror, Newsday, and other Tribune Media and Gannett Publications. Reinhardt has won dozens of awards for her writing, including several Best of Gannett honors and a Pulitzer Prize nomination. A long-time volunteer fundraiser for Hospice, the United Way, the American Lymphoma and Leukemia Society, the PTA and other worthwhile and not-so-worthwhile causes, Reinhardt is also a proud member of the Not Quite Write Book Club, a group of ten women who drink wine and pretend to act literary. A true Daughter of the South, Susan Reinhardt was born in South Carolina, was raised in Georgia and currently makes her home in Asheville, North Carolina, the jewel city of the Blue Ridge Mountains. She has two adorable children and still calls her mama every night. Visit her at www.susanreinhardt.com

Pulpwood Queen Author Book Tours and Updates!

Dear Pulpwood Queens and Beauty and the Book Lovers!

Here are some really cool messages from Pulpwood Queen authors. We will begin with the Book Club Discussion questions for author, Robert LeLeux of "Memoirs of a Beautiful Boy' who will be gracing our doors, May 13Th at 6:30 p.m for our Pulpwood Queens of East Texas Book Club Meeting.

Then updates from Kim Sunee, Sarah Bird, Mindy Friddle, Charles Martin, Susan Reinhardt, Laurie Viera Rigler!

Tiara wearing and Book sharing,
Kathy L. Patrick
Founder of the Pulpwood Queens Book Clubs
www.beautyandthebook.com
www.pulpwoodqueen.com
P.S. Calling all Pulpwood Queens and Booklovers! If you are in the cities of any of the authors on tour below, please turn out in full Pulpwood Queen attire! We love our authors and want to help them get discovered in a really big way so support these booksignings!

Book Club Discussion Questions for "Memoirs of a Beautiful Boy" by Robert LeLeux

1)  In chapter eleven, the author refers to the poet Rilke's quote,
"How children dance to the unlived lives of their parents."  Do you
believe that children inherit the unrequited dreams of their parents?
Has this been true in your experience?

2)  The world is filled with so many great, complicated stories about
mothers and daughters--Gypsy, Terms of Endearment, Steel Magnolias....
Why don't you think we have similar stories about mothers and sons?

3)  Texas is a starring character in "The Memoirs of a Beautiful Boy."
From what perspective does Leleux describe his state?  Do you agree
or disagree with this perspective?

4)  Robert's mother isn't crazy, she's a Crazy Lady in the classic
Southern sense.  What is it about the south that makes its aging
belles go a little nuts in middle age?  Do you think that Southern
women become more fearless with age?

5)  There are two family sagas occurring simultaneously in "Memoirs."
And two great mothers--Jessica and Yvella.  What lessons does each
mother provide that the other couldn't?  Was your own mother more of a
Jessica, or an Yvella?

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Praise for Trail of Crumbs: Hunger, Love, and the Search for Home
Dear Friends,

For those of you who do not know, I am going back to Korea and Hong Kong. This was all very sudden. Originally, I was invited by the government of Seoul to come to visit the city. My Korean publisher, Minumsa, then decided to rush the Korean edition of Trail of Crumbs to be published May 9th to coincide with my visit. They also reached out to the press and media who have been eagerly following the American coverage of Trail, especially the NYT piece.

It seems there is a show called “I Miss You” on the Korean network, KBS. I checked with a friend of mine who works at CBS Sunday Morning. She said this is the largest network in South Korea and highly reputable. I will be appearing on two shows. One is called Heart to Heart (a talk show) and another is called “I Miss You”, apparently the “Regis and Kelly” of South Korea. On a more serious note, it is a program set up for foreign adoptees who are searching for their birth families.

I did not realize I would be searching for my birth family, but since the Korean press has gotten excited about it they feel it is a challenge. They have even claimed to “promise” to find my family!! So, just when I thought I was going to Seoul to experience the food markets, forbidden North Korean cuisine, and meet the Jamie Oliver of Korea (something I’m still going to do), it seems this whole return journey has taken on a life of its own.


Ro (“Roy”) Hongseok is the program director of KBS, and a show called SA-MI-IN-KOK, “I miss you”. He is also director of “Scenes of Life”, a regular series documenting artists, politicians, and everyday people (see link below). These KBS shows reach about 12 million viewers.
Roy is coming here this Thursday afternoon (Today) from Seoul and will be here to “document” my life here and then return with me and film me as I go back to Seoul on Sunday. He is convinced this show will help me find my birth family. So much for me turning up my nose at Reality TV—does it count if it’s in a language once familiar but long forgotten??

I will take a few days to visit Hong Kong as well. If you have any restaurant/travel suggestions for Seoul or Hong Kong, please send them to me.
I’ll be blogging about the food and the cities on my web site www.kimsunee.com. If I find my birth mother, news will come later. Actually, I’m very skeptical but open, as always, to the possibilities. What’s the worst that could happen...That I learn my mother’s a criminal? A friend suggested she could be a chef! Maybe she’ll never even know I was there....


I hope to be in touch soon...just follow the trail of empty soju bottles...

Love,

Kim

http://english.kbs.co.kr/



http://english.kbs.co.kr/about/overview/president/index.html





Title: Scenes of Life

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Genre : Documentary
Premiere on KBS World : 2007.11
Runtime : 50'
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Wed 23:00
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Synopsis
A new human documentary show sees ordinary people's daily life with four different perspective: Still Photo, Non-living things, Human and Friends.

His head is full of some books that he is reading upon your recommendation, and he wants to talk to you about them. . .

Jane Austen's Persuasion

Kathy!!

Hello, Hello!! I hope you are getting some rest. You are an inspiration to me as I move into the promotion part of this whole publishing adventure.

I finally got Knopf to finalize dates and times for the Texas leg of my tour.

I did just get some good news: Elle magazine is going to feature the book and Good Housekeeping is putting it on its Recommended list. So, I hope that helps breaks me out of Texas a tiny bit.

Big kisses to you my queen, xoxox


TOUR DATES AND VENUES FOR

How Perfect Is That
By Sarah Bird

Tuesday, June 10: AUSTIN

7:00 p.m. -- Book People, 603 North Lamar Boulevard, Austin, TX 78703. LAUNCH PARTY, READING, Q&A, AND BOOKSIGNING.

Thursday, June 12 : HOUSTON

7:00 p.m. -- Blue Willow Bookshop, 14532 Memorial Drive at Dairy Ashford, Houston, TX 77079. READING, Q&A, AND BOOKSIGNING.

Friday, June 13: HOUSTON

11:00 a.m.-- Houston Public Library, 500 McKinney, Houston, TX 77002. READING, Q&A, AND BOOKSIGNING.

Tuesday, June 17: SAN ANTONIO

5:00 p.m. -- The Twig Book Shop, 5005 Broadway, San Antonio, TX 78209. READING, Q&A, AND BOOKSIGNING.

Wednesday, June 18: DALLAS

7:00 p.m. -- Borders, 10720 Preston Road, Suite 1018, Dallas, TX 75230. READING, Q&A, AND BOOKSIGNING.

Thursday, June 19: AUSTIN

7:30 p.m. -- Barnes & Noble, 1000 Research Boulevard, #158, Austin, TX 78759. TALK, Q&A, AND BOOKSIGNING.

Sarah Bird
6102 Mountainclimb Drive Austin, TX 78731
Home: 512-454-8593 Cell: 512-484-2349

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Hi Kathy,
It's great to hear from you. Thanks for letting me know about the Greensboro chapter...I'll search out their Facebook page right away.

I loved your book, by the way, and look forward to having you sign it.

My second novel is called Secret Keepers, and will be published by St. Martin's and Picador. Pub date is Spring 09.

I'm happy to see--and read-- things are splendid at Beauty and the Book and the Pulpwood Queens are going strong.

Best,
Mindy

****************************************************************************************************

Kathy

You rock! My thanks. Thanks for working it out. Can't wait to see you.

Best

Charles

*************************************************************************

Susan Reinhardt wrote:
Dear Kathy: First, your book was all I hoped for and more. I have an even deeper appreciation
for what all you do and have gone through. You're an amazing lady.
If you want a review, let me know.
Also, I'm mailing you a copy of my latest, which is really unique and called "Dishing with the Kitchen Virgin."
I'll attach a j-peg and press release so you can see how much fun this one is. No more mental illness in this book.
Please let me know all the good things going on in your life. I heard from Karla. She said you dyed her roots.
I accidentally dyed mine auburn and look really gothic and strange.
My very best to you!
Love, Susan Reinhardt
P.S. I still don't understand how you can "do it all." It's mind-boggling and inspiring.

Dear Kathy,


Drumroll. . .trumpet flourish. . .

Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict is officially out in paperback.

(Sightings have been made at various bookstores around the nation.)

If you are in the Los Angeles area, please celebrate the launch by raising a glass with me on:

Wednesday, May 14, 7:00 PM

at

Borders Books

330 S. La Cienega Blvd.

Los Angeles, CA 90048

Phone: 310.659.4045

There will be snacks, drinks, a reading and talk, a book signing, and an exhibition of wild beasts. Please tell your friends, snag unwitting passersby, and spread the word.

If you're elsewhere in our fair land, I'd be happy to send you a signed bookplate. Just email me with your postal address and to whom you'd like the bookplate inscribed.

In the meantime, help is here for those of you who are jonesing for the PBS Austen movie marathon, which cruelly ended a month ago. Consider following this simple program, Ten Ways to Cope Without The Complete Jane Austen Series.

Or if you still haven't joined the legions of Austen fans, consider getting your first taste of Pride and Prejudice by having Nibbles the cartoon cat read Chapter One to you:

You might also wish to know why many men are frightened by the thought of reading Jane Austen.

Finally, if you're really strained for conversation at your next dinner party, you can always dazzle your fellow diners with The Jane Austen/MI-5 Connection.

Looking forward to seeing you at Borders, and happy Cinco de Mayo!

Laurie

--
Laurie Viera Rigler
laurie@janeaustenaddict.com
janeaustenaddict.com

And straight from the Texas Pages Blog of The Dallas Morning News by Michael Merschel

National Book Critics Circle recommends. ...

2:34 PM Mon, May 05, 2008 | Permalink
Michael Merschel E-mail News tips

The NBCC's quarterly list of recommended titles is out. Heres' what America's book critics say they are reading and enjoying:

FICTION

1. Richard Price, LUSH LIFE, Farrar, Straus & Giroux
2. Jhumpa Lahiri, UNACCUSTOMED EARTH, Knopf
3. Steven Millhauser, DANGEROUS LAUGHTER, Knopf
*4. Charles Baxter, THE SOUL THIEF, Pantheon
*4. Peter Carey, HIS ILLEGAL SELF, Knopf
*4. J. M. Coetzee, DIARY OF A BAD YEAR, Viking
*4. James Collins, BEGINNNER'S GREEK, Little, Brown
*4. Brian Hall, FALL OF FROST, Viking
*4. Roxana Robinson, COST, Farrar, Straus & Giroux
*4. Owen Sheers, RESISTANCE, Nan A. Talese: Doubleday

NONFICTION

1. Nicholson Baker, HUMAN SMOKE: THE BEGINNING OF WORLD WAR II, THE END OF CIVILIZATION, S. & S.
2. Drew Gilpin Faust, THIS REPUBLIC OF SUFFERING: DEATH AND THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR, Knopf
3. Mark Harris, PICTURES AT THE REVOLUTION: FIVE MOVIES AND THE BIRTH OF THE NEW HOLLYWOOD, Penguin Press
4. Honor Moore, THE BISHOP'S DAUGHTER: A MEMOIR, Norton
5. Susan Jacoby, THE AGE OF AMERICAN UNREASON, Pantheon

POETRY

1. Grace Paley, FIDELITY, Farrar, Straus & Giroux
2. Frank Bidart, WATCHING THE SPRING FESTIVAL, Farrar, Straus & Giroux
3. Eric Gansworth, A HALF-LIFE OF CARDIO-PULMONARY FUNCTION, Syracuse University Press
4. Marie Howe, THE KINGDOM OF ORDINARY TIME, Norton
5. Robert Pinsky, GULF MUSIC, Farrar, Straus & Giroux

The Pulpwood Queen could not agree more wholeheartedly with the following report of good reads for children, see below.

Wonder what all the other kids are reading these days? The Washington
Post

reported that the Renaissance Learning report, What Kids Are Reading,
"calculated the books most read by more than 3 million schoolchildren
last year." You can see the complete list at the Post, but the number
one titles by category include:

* Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss (first grade)
* If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff (second grade)
* Charlotte's Web by E.B. White (third grade)
* Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume (fourth grade)
* Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson (fifth grade)
* Hatchet by Gary Paulsen (sixth grade)
* The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton (seventh and eighth grades)
* To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (ninth through twelfth grade)

The Pulpwood Queens CONTEST and are now running COAST TO COAST!

Dear Pulpwood Queens and Book lovers,

I emailed you a contest for a chance to win a FREE Complimentary V.I.P. Pass to our Annual Pulpwood Queen Girlfriend Weekend. Those so far entered into the contest are:

Rosalie Tidwell Oliver - The Pulpwood Queens of Roarin' Red River Book Club Member
(2 chances)
Sandy Reisenauer - The Pulpwood Queens of Dallas, Texas Book Club Member
(2 chances)
Marilyn Samec - The Pulpwood Queens of Southwest Louisiana Book Club Member
Kay Huck - The Pulpwood Queens of Southwest Louisiana Book Club Member
Argelia Guadarrama - Between the Lines Book Club Member
Wendy Looney - The Pulpwood Queens of East Texas Book Club Member

Here's the copy again on that contest!

By now you probably have all had time to read my book, "The Pulpwood Queens' Tiara Wearing, Book Sharing Guide to Life", Grand Central Publishing. Review my book on www.amazon.com or www.barnesandnoble.com or both and you will be entered into a drawing for a FREE complimentary V.I.P pass to my annual Pulpwood Queen Girlfriend Weekend held the third weekend in January here in East Texas, (be sure and send me your name and review to verify). At the door the ticket is valued at $350.00 for members, $450.00 for non members. More on that weekend this summer but this is a deal of a lifetime! September 1, 2008 will be the drawing for that contest and the winner will be announced!

Also we have an Early Bird Special as always for our Girlfriend Weekend. If you pay right now and no later than August 31, 2008, you may purchase at V.I.P. Pass to Girlfriend Weekend for $150 but you must be a Pulpwood Queen. As of September 1, 2008, the price will go up $50 a month until January 1, 2009 for Pulpwood Queen members ONLY. Non- members it is a $100 higher. If you win the contest above, your $150 will be refunded. For more on Girlfriend Weekend, go to www.beautyandthebook.com or email me and I'll send you what we did last year!

Starting 60+ more chapters and here are the latest chapters I know that are running or in the works below. Please contact me if you wish to start a chapter or you are with a chapter that is not listed:
The Pulpwood Queens Headed South/ Tennessee!
The Pulpwood Queens in the Land of Virginia Vixens!
The Pulpwood Queens of Abilene, Texas!
The Pulpwood Queens of Alabama!
The Pulpwood Queens of Amarillo, Texas!
The Pulpwood Queens of Anchorage, Alaska
The Pulpwood Queens of Atlanta, Georgia!
The Pulpwood Queens of Austin, Texas!
The Pulpwood Queens of Azle, Texas!
The Pulpwood Queens of Bonner Springs, Kansas!
The Pulpwood Queens of Calvert, Texas!
The Pulpwood Queens of Canton, Texas!
The Pulpwood Queens of Charlotte, North Carolina!
The Pulpwood Queens of Crockett, Texas!
The Pulpwood Queens of Denton County, Texas!
The Pulpwood Queens of Eureka, Kansas!
The Pulpwood Queens of Ft.Worth, Texas!
The Pulpwood Queens of Gladewater, Texas!
The Pulpwood Queens of Henderson, Texas!
The Pulpwood Queens of Houston, Texas!
The Pulpwood Queens of Hurst, Texas!
The Pulpwood Queens of Jackson, Mississippi!
The Pulpwood Queens of Jasper, Texas!
The Pulpwood Queens of Katy, Texas!
The Pulpwood Queens of Longview, Texas!
The Pulpwood Queens of Los Angeles, California!
The Pulpwood Queens of Marshall, Texas!
The Pulpwood Queens of Monroe, Louisiana!
The Pulpwood Queens of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina!
The Pulpwood Queens of Nagodotches, Texas!
The Pulpwood Queens of Natchitoches, Louisiana!
The Pulpwood Queens of New Hampshire!
The Pulpwood Queens of Niceville, Destin, and Ft. Walton, Florida!
The Pulpwood Queens of North Carolina- Cyberspace!
The Pulpwood Queens of Northwest Houston, Texas!
The Pulpwood Queens of Olathe, Kansas!
The Pulpwood Queens of Overton/New London, Texas!
The Pulpwood Queens of Palestine, Texas!
The Pulpwood Queens of Rhode Island!
The Pulpwood Queens of Roarin' Red River/New Boston, Hooks, and Texarkana, Texas!
The Pulpwood Queens on the Rocks/Rockwall, Texas!
The Pulpwood Queens of Southwest Louisiana!
The Pulpwood Queens of Tyler, Texas!
The Pulpwood Queens of Waco, Texas!
The Pulpwood Queens of Warren County, Mississippi!
The Pulpwood Queens of Westminster, Colorado!
The Pulpwood Queens of Wichita, Kansas!
The Pulpwood Queens that are Texas Pearls/Ft. Worth, Texas!

As any of these new chapters start, send me a jpeg photo with story and I will post on this blog site! Many, many more in the works so I am one busy Pulpwood Queen!

We also had our Pulpwood Queens of East Texas and Linden, Texas Book Club hold Book and Lawn Sale Fundraiser this past Saturday to raise funds for our Literary Tour and Cruise below. If you are interested, please contact me a.s.a.p. as deadline is fast approaching for first deposit! This will be an incredible life experience tour for anyone who loves travel, books, chocolate, and girlfriend time! I can hardly wait.

Our PQ chapter is next planning a Pulpwood Queen Car Wash to raise further funds and all involved split the profits for the tour. We are planning many more fundraisers for this trip to make it fly. We always use the excuse, I don't have the time or the money. Honey, we're making the time and raising the money one yard sale, car wash, bake sale, at a time until we raise the funds. Besides I had so much fun Saturday it wasn't even funny and exchanged the coolest stuff with my Pulpwood Queen Girlfriends! Nothing is more fun than getting rid of stuff we don't need, getting new stuff, and having fun with our girlfriends. Won't you join us? Photos from that event and more on the authors in attendance coming soon on our blog site, www.pulpwoodqueen.com

Tiara wearing and Book sharing,
Kathy L. Patrick
Founder of the Pulpwood Queens Book Clubs
Beauty and the Book
608 North Polk Street
Jefferson, Texas 75657
903-665-7520
www.beautyandthebook.com
www.pulpwoodqueen.com

THE BIBLIOPHILES' AND CHOCOLATE CONNOISSEURS LITERARY TOUR AND CRUISE!

Thursday, April 24, 2008
Itinerary and Pricing for Pulpwood Queen Literary Tour in Europe and Cruise on Queen Mary 2!

Please join us…
Anne Isham, author of
“Eat (More) Chocolate—Lose Weight (Anyway): The Chocoholic’s Survival Guide and Practical Handbook”
…and…
Kathy L. Patrick, author of
“The Pulpwood Queens’ Tiara-Wearing, Book-Sharing Guide To Life”
* Ship’s registry British
Starting in New York on November 11, 2008 for our flight to
London, our Odyssey continues to Hay-On-Wye, Wales, recognized as
the premier book town of Great Britain and Europe. We’ll spend
three nights at Baskerville Hall, where we will be entertained by a
local author with stories of the hi-jinks of Welsh eccentrics, ancient
and modern, living and not so much so… And three days of
browsing the bookstores and antique shops of this ancient village.
On November 15Th, after browsing the bookstores and antique shops
of Hay-On-Wye, we will travel to South Hampton, England and
board the elegant Cunard ocean liner, Queen Mary 2 for a luxurious
six-day cruise back to New York, with all the pampering for which
the QM2 is famous. During the days at sea, you’ll be treated to a
thought-provoking agenda of lively literary discussions, book
reviews and fascinating discourses on how (really!) to eat more
chocolate and lose weight anyway, even on a legendarily epicurean
cruise… Learn the secret of morphing yourself from an out-of control
indiscriminate chocoholic into a sleek, svelte, sophisticated
connoisseur of fine chocolate.
Hay-On-Wye is an ancient village in the Northeast corner of The Breton
National Park, Wales that just happens to have more bookstores, per acre, than
anywhere else on the planet. It also boasts a profusion of antique shops and over a
thousand years of history.
Baskerville Hall, where we will spend three nights, was built in 1839, was featured
in Conan Doyle’s book “The Hound of the Baskervilles”. Since extensive restoration
in 1984, it has been operated as a hotel and conference center.
The Queen Mary 2 is one of the most elegant ocean liners afloat and boasts the
largest library at sea. The QM2 is famous for its impeccable service, High British Tea
and world-class chefs and all-embracing luxury.

Anne Isham, philosopher, adventurer, chocolatier
has regaled audiences across the U.S. for years, as
she dispenses the good news about chocolate.
During the cruise, in addition to her programs on the
appreciation of fine chocolate, its history and health
benefits, Anne Isham will tell how you can enjoy all the
wonders of the Queen Mary 2, including High Tea, and all
the scrumptious gourmet dinners on this elegant ocean
liner, and finish the cruise in better shape than you started.
www.chocomonkie.com Anne@chocomonkie.com
Kathy L. Patrick, author, and hairdresser to the
authors, is the witty, zany, endearingly outrageous
founder of both Beauty and the Book Beauty
Salons and The Pulpwood Queens Book Clubs
During the cruise, Kathy Patrick will lead lively,
enlightening book and beauty discussions.
www.beautyandthebook.com, Kathy@beautyandthebook.com
Due to the limited number of hotel rooms in Hay-On-Wye, space on this
once-in-a-lifetime tour is strictly limited. So secure your reservation for this
extraordinary adventure right away!
Deadline for securing your reservation with
a $500 per person deposit is May 15, 2008.
For further information and details, contact
Vicki Wood
Austin Travel & Tours, Inc.
512-250-5654 ext. 107
Vicki@austintravelandtours.com

November 11 - 21, 2008
November 11 Depart New York for London
November 12 Arrive London and transfer to
Baskerville Hall Hotel
November 12 - 14 Enjoy Hay-on-Wye and the
historic Baskerville Hall Hotel
November 15 - 20 Crossing on the Queen Mary 2
November 21 Arrive New York
The trip includes:
Air from New York to London
Motor coach transfers from London to Hay-on-Wye
Three nights at the Baskerville Hall Hotel with taxes
and baggage handling
Breakfast and Dinner during your stay in Hay-on-Wye
Motor coach transfers from Hay-on-Wye to the cruise
ship port in South Hampton
6 nights aboard the Queen Mary 2
Lectures and book reviews with your host authors
A copy of each host author’s book
Cabin category D4 (standard inside) $2,745
Cabin category B3 (premium balcony) $2,995
Cabin category B2 (premium balcony) $3,045
Cabin category B1 (premium balcony) $3,095
Cabin category A2 (deluxe balcony) $3,545
Price is for the full trip and varies depending on the cabin category selected on the ship. Pricing is based on double occupancy. Single
supplements start at $1,150 depending on the cabin category selected. Pricing does not include ship board gratuities of approximately $66 per
person, transfers in New York, or travel insurance. Included airline and cruise line fuel charges are subject to change, and any increases will be
added to the above cruise/tour fares. Travel insurance is highly recommended and will be quoted to you at the time of booking. A $500 per
person deposit is required to hold your reservation. The hosts reserve the right to cancel the trip if the participation is less than 30 passengers.
Cabin categories are subject to availability at the time deposit is made. Space on this trip is limited due to the limited availability of rooms in
Hay-on-Wye and will be sold on a first come first served basis.
November 11 – 21, 2008
Reservation Request
Note: A current passport is required for travel. If you are not traveling under a U.S.
Passport please ask about possible additional documentation requirements.
Passenger 1: __________________________________________
Passenger 2: __________________________________________
Address: __________________________________________
__________________________________________
Daytime phone: __________________________________________
Cabin Type Requested: D4 B3 B2 B1 A2 Other: ____________
Special needs or requests: _______________________________________________
Cancellation Penalties:
$200 after deposit until 91 days prior to departure
25% 90 days until 61 days prior to departure
50% 60 days until 31 days prior to departure
75% 30 days until 16 days prior to departure
no refund 15 or fewer days prior to departure
We highly recommend the purchase of travel insurance in case you must cancel for a
medical, emergency, or other covered reason.
A $500 per person deposit is required to reserve your space on this trip. Your deposit
may be made by check payable to Austin Travel & Tours, or by credit card.
Please enclose a check or list your credit card for deposit below:
Type: _________ Number: ________________________________
Expiration: _____________ ________________________________
Authorized Signature
Return to:
Vicki Wood
Austin Travel & Tours, Inc.
13740 Research Blvd. Bldg. H, Suite 1
Austin, Texas 78750
Phone: 512 250-5654 ext. 107 Fax 512 250-1639
Questions may be emailed to Vicki@austintravelandtours.com

The Pulpwood Queens Celebrate Pilgrimage!

Dear Readers,

Two events made me want to move and live in historic Jefferson, Texas. The first was Jefferson's Candlelight Tour of Homes which is "It's a Wonderful Life" come to life that happens the first two weekends in December. The second event was Jefferson's Historic Pilgrimage Weekend which always occurs the first weekend in May. Check out the events below and if you want to step back in time and see small town life in it's finest, come no further. We have something for everybody!

Tiara wearing and Book sharing,
Kathy L. Patrick
Founder of the Pulpwood Queens Book Clubs
P.S. For the best on Jefferson's history and folktales, purchase at the Jefferson Historical Museum, Jefferson: Riverport to the Southwest by Dr. Fred Tarpley and for the best on the ghost stories and folk tales, you may purchase all over town including my shop, Mitchel Whittington's Ghosts of East Texas! And the book I have dubbed the Gone with the Wind of East Texas, Love is a Wild Assault by Elithe Kirkland. You will not be disappointed!

RE: 61st ANNUAL PILGRIMAGE TOUR OF HOMES & SPRING FESTIVAL “SWEET MEMORIES OF THE PAST”

MAY 2-4, 2008

Take a trip into the past as you step into a world of long ago but not forgotten as you enter Jefferson’s Jessie Allen Wise Garden Club’s “61st Annual Pilgrimage Tour of Homes & Spring Festival” on May 2, 3, & 4, 2008.

Titled “Sweet Memories of the Past”, this very Southern and genteel affair features four of Jefferson’s oldest and most beautiful homes. Festooned with fresh flowers and period furnishings each home is reminiscent of a 19^th century Jefferson.

The renowned “Diamond Bessie Murder Trial” holds this year’s performances in the historic Ruth Lester Memorial Playhouse May 1- 4. Tickets may be purchased by calling (903) 665-6075.

Special Attractions to include: Tours of the Excelsior House, elegant 1850’s hotel; Pilgrimage Parade; Tours of the Atalanta, Jay Gould’s opulent railroad car; Fine Art Exhibition & Sale and music at the Cypress Valley Center; Crafts Fair & Plant Sale in William Perry Park; and Twilight Garden Stroll.

Attractions:

v Battle of Port Jefferson Re-enactments

v Riverboat Rides along Big Cypress Bayou

v Jefferson Historical Museum

v Scarlett O’Hardy’s Gone With the Wind Museum

v Living Room Theatre

v Jefferson Guard “Presentation of Colors” Re-enactment

v Horse-Drawn Carriage Tours

v Steam Engine Train Rides

v Antique & Gift Shops

v Restaurants

v Historic Churches

v Historic Oakwood Cemetery

For additional information contact: The Excelsior House Hotel

211 W. Austin

Jefferson, TX 75657

(800) 490-7270 or (903) 665-2513

Website: www.theexcelsiorhouse.com

*Press Release for Immediate Release:*
*April 30, 2008*
*Jefferson, Texas*
The Pulpwood Queens Book Clubs
celebrate
Pilgrimage
in historic Jefferson, Texas!
featuring
Author,
Rosemary Poole-Carter
of
What Remains, Juliette Ascending and
Women of Magdalene
Author,
Joyce Brooks,
Author of Around the World In the Middle Seat: How I Saw the World
(and Survived!) as a Group Travel Leader and
Seven Before Seventy:
One Woman's Quest for the Seven Continents,
Rickey Pittman,
Author of Jim Limber Davis:
A Black Orphan in the Confederate White House,
and
Stories of the Confederate South
at
Beauty and the Book
608 North Polk Street
May 3rd, 2008
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
The Pulpwood Queens will also be hosting a
Book and Lawn Sale
on the grounds.
For more information call 903-665-7520

RE: JESSIE ALLEN WISE GARDEN CLUB’S “PILGRIMAGE CRAFT & HEIRLOOM PLANT SALE” MAY 2-4, 2008

This year’s 61^st Anniversary of the Jessie Allen Wise Garden Club’s Annual Pilgrimage Tour of Homes promises flowers, plants and crafts for admiring and purchase.

William Perry Park located between the Excelsior House Hotel and the Jefferson Historical Museum, 211 W. Austin, will be the site where 23 vendors will offer “hand-made” items.

Reminiscent of a 19^th century Jefferson, plants, florals and herbs from this historic era will be displayed and for sale and will include such favorites as, “Rose of Sharon”, “Old-Fashioned Flowery Almond”, “White Blooming Wisteria”, “Cast Iron Plant” and more.

Dates and time: Friday & Saturday, May 2-3: 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

Sunday, May 4: 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.

Additional information: Excelsior House Hotel

(903) 665-2513

RE: JEFFERSON “TWILIGHT GARDEN STROLL” MAY 2 & 3, 2008

Stroll leisurely through Jefferson’s loveliest gardens, May 2 & 3 between the hours of 5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m. as The Jessie Allen Wise Garden Club offers another attraction to this year’s “60^th Annual Pilgrimage Tour of Homes and Spring Festival” aptly named a “Twilight Garden Stroll”.

View five beautifully appointed gardens in Jefferson’s historical district.

Garden locations:

203 E. Dixon (Azalea Inn)

601 E. Jefferson (Dale & Di