Monday, July 6, 2009

The Pulpwood Queen Announces FINAL Official Book Club Selections through January 2010!







Kathryn Casey of "Bloodlines"

























Rebecca Wells of "The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder

Go to www.alicehoffman.com and here is link to book cover of "The Story Sisters"

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Dear Readers:

The following are the Official Pulpwood Queen Book Club Selections for 2009 to January 2010 when we celebrate at our book club convention this marking our 10th Anniversary Girlfriend Weekend!

Print this list out and give to your local bookstore, book club members, really, promote out list as these authors deserve a good read in this ever challenged publishing world.

Also please review these books as you read them on all the online booksellers too!
www.amazon.com
www.barnesandnoble.com
www.booksamillion.com
www.borders.com

Be sure and let them know you are a Pulpwood Queen or book club member or leader so we can help these authors get the word out on their excellent reads!

Authors too! Please let me know if you are willing to let the book club leaders conduct a teleconference at their book club meetings. You also might want to offer signed bookplates as a thank you for reading their books. You can do that by emailing me at kathy@beautyandthebook.com

I also have a limited number of signed bookplates coming from Rebecca's Wells for her NEW book which is absolutely incredible, "The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder" I have five copies already that are spoken for and the book releases tomorrow. So either order your book now online or call me tomorrow at 903-665-7520 if you wish to purchase a signed copy!

PULPWOOD QUEEN BOOK CLUB SELECTIONS 2009

January
The Middle Place by Kelly Corrigan

Bonus Book Club Selection
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet: A Novel by Jamie Ford
Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger’s by John Elder Robinson

Splinters (Teen Selection) Twilight by Stephanie Meyers

Pinecones (Pre-teen Selection Twilight by Stephanie Meyers

February
The Wonder Singer by George Rabasa
Downtown Owl by Chuck Klosterman

Bonus Book Club Selection
Alphabet Juice: The Energies, Gists, and Spirits of Words, Letters, and Combinations Thereof; Their Roots, Bones, Innards, Piths, Pips, and Secret Parts,….With Examples of Their Usage Foul and Savory by Roy Blount, Jr.

Splinters (Teen Selection) New Moon by Stephanie Meyers

Pinecones (Pre-Teen Selection) New Moon by Stephanie Meyers

March
The Cracker Kitchen: A Cookbook Celebration of Cornbred Fed, Down Home Family Stories and Cuisine by Janis Owens

Bonus Book Club Selection
The Lost Art of Walking: The History, Science, and Literature of Pedestrianism by Geoff Nicholson

Splinters (Teen Selection) Eclipse by Stephanie Meyers

Pinecones (Pre-Teen Selection) Eclipse by Stephanie Meyers

April
Oscar Season by Mary McNamara

Bonus Book Club Selection
Serendipity by Louise Shaffer
Note to Self by Andrea Buchanan (Arts, Letters, and Soul featured author)
Dorothy on the Rocks by Barbara Suter

Splinters (Teen Selection) Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyers

Pine Cones (Pre-Teen Selection) Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyers

May
Godmother: The Secret Cinderella Story by Carolyn Turgeon

Bonus Book Club Selection
The Shiniest Jewel by Marian Henley (Arts, Letters, and Soul featured author)
The Big Skinny by Carol Lay (Arts, Letters, and Soul featured author)
Elegance of a the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
The Cracker Queen: A Memoir of a Jagged, Joyful Life by Lauretta Hannon

Splinters (Teen Selection) Harper Lee (Up Close) by Kerry Madden

Pine Cones (Pre-Teen Selection) Harper Lee (Up Close) by Kerry Madden

June
Saints in Limbo by River Jordan

Bonus Book Club Selection
Driftwood Summer by Patti Callahan Henry

July
On the Divinity of Second Chances by Kaya McLaren

Bonus Book Club Selection
Wife Goes On by Leslie Lehr
Janeology by Karen Harrington

August
The Leopard’s Prey- A Jade Del Cameron Mystery by Suzanne Arruda

Bonus Book Club Selection
Secret Keepers by Mindy Friddle
Welcome to the Departure Lounge by Meg Federico
Eco Barons: The Dreamers, Schemers, and Millionaires who are Saving our Planet by Edward Humes

Splinters (Teen Selection)
A Lion Called Christian: The True Story of the Remarkable Bond Between Two Friends and a Lion by Anthony Bourke, John Rendall, and George Adamson

Pinecones (Pre-Teen Selection)
Lawn Boy by Gary Paulsen

September
South of Broad by Pat Conroy

Bonus Book Club Selection
Undress Me in the Temple of Heaven by Susan Jane Gilman
Treasure of the Golden Cheetah by Suzanne Arruda

Splinters and Pinecones Book Club Selection
I Love You, Miss Huddleston by Phillip Gulley

October
The Help by Kathryn Stockett

Bonus Book Club Selection
Rude Awakenings of a Jane Austin Addict by Laurie Viera Rigler
31 Hours by Masha Hamilton

Pine Cones and Splinters Book Clubs
The Very Ordered Existence of Merilee Marvelous by Suzanne Crowley


November
Blood Lines by Kathryn Casey

Bonus Book Club Selection
Murder at the Arlington by Kathleen Kaska
The Prayers for Agnes Sparrow

Pinecones and Splinters Book Clubs
Jesus Land: A Memoir by Julia Scheeres

December
The Story Sisters by Alice Hoffman

Bonus Book Club Selection
The Forgotten Garden by Kate Moron
Wicked Plants by Amy Stewart
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley

Pinecones and Splinters Book Club Selection
An Abundance of Katherines by John Green

January 2010

The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder by Rebecca Wells

Bonus Book Club Selection
Home Fires by Elizabeth Berg




TIMBER GUY BOOK CLUB SELECTIONS 2009
(months to be read TBA)

Boom! By Tom Brokaw
If Every Month Were June by Tony Bender
Flying by Eric Kraft
Woodsburner by John Pipkin
Final Trumpet by Karl Lenker

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