Press Release Announcing Pulpwood Queen Book Club Books of the Year 2009 and other Awards!

Contact: Kathy L. Patrick

Beauty and the Book

608 North Polk Street

Jefferson, Texas 75657

903-445-2353

kathy@beautyandthebook.com

PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

December 16, 2009

Jefferson, Texas -As founder of the largest "meeting and discussing" book club in the world, The Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Book Clubs, I, Kathy L. Patrick, am pleased to announce the winners of our 2009 Pulpwood Queen Book Club Books of the Year and other awards as follows:

Pulpwood Queen Book of the Year - "South of Broad" by Pat Conroy

Pulpwood Queen Bonus Book of the Year - "Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet" by Jamie Ford

Pulpwood Queen Children's Book of the Year - "Poppy's Pants" by Melissa Conroy

These awards will be presented to the recipients' in person at our annual Pulpwood Queen Book Club hosted book club convention, our 10th Anniversary Girlfriend Weekend Author Extravaganza, Saturday, January 16, 2010, 4:30 p.m. at the Jefferson Transportation and Tourism Convention Center located in downtown historic Jefferson, Texas. (Go to http://www.beautyandthebook.com/ for full program or email kathy@beautyandthebook.com and she will send you personally the latest updated version.

Also to be awarded for the first time ever this coming year, the KAT award to be presented to print, radio, or television media for going beyond the call on promoting great literature and literacy. This year's recipient is OXFORD AMERICAN MAGAZINE - A Magazine of Good Southern Writing!

And for the third year, The Doug Marlette Award which will be given to an individual for a lifetime of promoting literacy. This award is given each year in memory of the late, great, Pulitzer Prize winning political cartoonist and author, Doug Marlette, one of the Pulpwood Queens' favorite authors that's life tragically ended in a hydroplaning car accident. Our hope is that the giving of this award in his name will keep Doug Marlette's work alive forever! Author, Pat Conroy, will be presented the award this year to Arkansas bookseller, Mary Gay Shipley of That Bookstore in Blytheville, Arkansas.

For tickets to the event, please call Kathy L. Patrick at 903-445-2353 or email kathy@beautyandthebook.com. If the media would like to schedule and interview with any of the winners or cover the event, please contact Kathy too and she will have for you a press pass.

The Pulpwood Queen Posts NEW DO's and NEWS from Beauty and the Book!

Dear Beauty and the Booklovers!

Merry Christmas! Both Jules and I gave each other NEW DO's and hope you are inspired to do something fun for yourself or others for the holidays! Jules is my NEW hair designer at the shop and does these fantabulous hair extentions! Fun colors she has in stock but to match your hair color, we need to match and special order. Allow one week for those hair extentions to come in.

We offer gift certificates for all salon services and just for shopping too! I am now carrying five different jewelry designers for incredible one-of-a-kind gifts. We offer FREE gift wrap so what are you waiting for, SHOP Beauty and the Book!

Signed books at this time are:

Hardbacks

Serena by Ron Rash $24.95

Final Trumpet by Lt. Karl Lenker $27.95

The Cracker Queen by Lauretta Hannon $24.00

School of Dreams by Edward Humes $25.00

Lord Vishnu's Love Handles $23.00

The Camel Bookmobile $24.95

Grub by Elise Blackwell $24.95

Kabul Beauty School $24.95

Hero Mama by Karen Spears Zacharias $24.95

Paperbacks

The Three Miss Margarets by Louise Schaffer $13.95

Godmother by Carolyn Turgeon $13.95

The Singing and Dancing Daughers of God by Timothy Schaffert $14.95

Electroboy by Andy Behrman $13.95

Excess Baggage by Tracy Lea Carnes $14.95

Diamond Duo by Marcia Gruver $14.95

Ghosts of East Texas and the Pineywoods by Mitchel Whitington $16.95

Angels of Oakwood: Jefferson's Historic Cemetery by Mitchel Whitington $9.95

A Ghost in My Suitcase by Mitchel Whitington $18.95

Natchez: The History and Mystery of the City on the Bluff by Mitchel Whitington $17.95

The Deep, Down, & Dirty South by River Jordan $12.95

Savannah from Savannah by Denise Hildreth $14.99

Driftwood Summer by Patti Callahan Henry $15.00

Cat Wrangling Made Easy by Dusty Rainbolt

And the PERFECT gift giving book for ANYBODY, "The Pulpwood Queens' Tiara Wearing, Book Sharing Guide to Life" by moi, Kathy L. Patrick! And let me personalize that book for you!

For every $50 purchase I am also giving out a FREE pair of earring designed by The Pulpwood Queen herself so what are you waiting for! The Pulpwood Queen Santa Helper or KAT herself is here to help you find the PURR-fect gift and give you some amazing pampering salon services too!

Call Kat, Jules, or Janet for your salon service appointment TODAY at 903-665-7520!

Merry Christmas to you all and God Be the Glory!

Tiara wearing, Beauty and the Book sharing,

Kathy L. Patrick

"Hairdresser to the Authors"

Founder of the largest "meeting and discussing" book club in the world, THE PULPWOOD QUEENS AND TIMBER GUY BOOK CLUBS

Beauty and the Book

608 North Polk

Jefferson, Texas 75657

903-665-7520

http://www.beautyandthebook.com/

http://www.pulpwoodqueen.com/

P.S. Pulpwood Queen Ellen Taylor is just getting opened her LEOPARDLICIOUS boutique, Art and Fashion Revival on Polk Street! I made the first purchase with this darling vintage garnet red velvet hat for the holidays. She carries vintage and new clothing designs, jewelry and accessories and I am telling you I will be shopping there BIG TIME! So come to historical Jefferson, Texas as we have really unique things that will make your holiday shopping a dream!

The Pulpwood Queen and Timber Guy Christmas Party Menu Announced!

Dear Readers,

You all, it's that time! Announcing The Pulpwood Queen and Timber Guy Christmas Party, Sunday, December 6th, 6:30 p.m. at the Austin Street Bistro, 117 East Austin, downtown historic Jefferson, Texas just next door to the Jefferson General Store. You all are invited but space is limited, call today to book your ticket to one wild party that's focus is on great times with a great read!

Ms. Gena will be preparing us an African feast as follows:

Bobotie - A South African sweet and spicey casserole made with a rich beef mince, saucy chutney, and creamy egg custard, roasted butternut squash with rosemary and lemonaide. For dessert, a South African caramel pudding with coffee.

Our special guest author will be Lt. Colonel Karl Lenker of "Final Trumpet", a novel of Rescue, Romance, and Revenge all set November 1993 in Somalia, Africa.

You all this book will get you from the get-go as a real page turner and since we invite in our husbands or Timber Guys in for our big Christmas ta do, I thought this book would have a big appeal for the men too! Here's the synopsis!

A young couple honeymooning on safari are wickedly attacked by ruthless elephant poachers - he is murdered, she is kidnapped. Their fathers, who served together as Army Rangers in Vietnam, agonize over the loss and choke on the certain truth that justice will never be served...that is until they decide to do what any outraged former special forces soldiers would do...hunt them down for themselves.

Karl Lenker , Lieutenant Colonel, USAF, retired fighter pilot, combat veteran (Bosnia), has logged over 29,000 hours in the air. Action is his middle name. Others write about on the-the-edge adventures...Karl Lenker lives them. Though recently retired from piloting Boeing jets around the world for Delta Air Lines, he now flies life-saving, EMS rescue missions, chases offshore race boats for TV, does television and movie shoots or explores central Florida swamps - all in helicopters. When he feels the need to back off a bit, he races his 930 Turbo Porshe, cruises A1A down the Florida coast on his Harley Davidson or flies his own airplane.

Final Trumpet is his debut novel. A portion of the proceeds from this books will be donated to organizations committed to protecting elephants around the world.

Karl's next novel, FOR DEAR LIFE, is now under construction.

So to keep in the spirit of the book, dress in animal print, bring a "White Elephant" gift for exchange, and let's end this reading season with a ROAR for READING!

You may bring in your own wine for the event.I should have the menu posted soon but I can assure you, Ms. Gena is preparing us an African meal worthy of any animal kingdom!

Um Ga Wah, see you at our last book club meeting of 2009 than on full steam ahead to our 10th Anniversary Girlfriend Weekend!

A Merry Christmas to All and to All to a Fabulous Night!

Kathy L. Patrick

Founder of the Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Book Clubs

Beauty and the Book

608 North Polk Street

Jefferson, Texas 75657

903-665-7520

P.S. Email me at kathy@beautyandthebook.com if you would like me to send you our our latest version of our 10th Anniversary Girlfriend Weekend and do note now added, Cash Bar at both our Friday and Saturday night events with Torran's Glory Dayz providing this service. No other alcohol is permitted in the building and you must be able to provide proof of 21 years of age or older. I knew you all would get a kick out of that, carded AT LAST!