Dear Pulpwood Queens, Timber Guys and READERS EVERYWHERE!
Next year, always the THIRD WEEKEND in January 2011, will mark the 11th year of our Girlfriend Weekend Author Extravaganza!
In keeping with our forever mission of promoting literacy our OFFICIAL THEME will be TIARA WEARING AND STORY SHARING! This year it will be all about the STORY!
This year I am asking ALL members to contribute a story of your favorite Pulpwood Queen book reading memory so I can put them all together in a book. This can be about a book you have read, a book club meeting, a girlfriend weekend experience, community, friendship, a recipe, whatever! This is YOUR book club so let's let the world know that the Pulpwood Queens and yes, Timber Guys are on a mission to promote authors, books, reading, all while having some BIG TIME FUN! The deadline will be soon so let's get to work writing that story and send it to me at kathy@beautyandthebook.com.
Our "GREAT BIG BALL of HAIR" Ball theme will be your chapters favorite story book! Email me the book you are selecting to represent so we will not have repeats. I am selecting for my group, "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee. What fun we can have with this? I am picturing "Gone with the Wind" by Margaret Mitchell, or perhaps "South of Broad" by Pat Conroy, or"Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet" by Jamie Ford, and perhaps even Melissa Conroy's "Poppy's Pants"! Have fun with the theme and your table decorating can complete the scene of the book! It's all about the story this year and Friday night we are going to have a TALENT SHOW! Each chapter is to contribute a skit, a song, whatever, you can do to share YOUR STORY!
Here are our books for 2010 so far to give you a heads up on this years reads!
Announcing!!!!!!
Official 2010 Pulpwood Queen and Timber Guy Book Club Selections
January – The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder by Rebecca Wells
Bonus - Home Safe by Elizabeth Berg
What Difference Do It Make? By Ron Hall, Denver Moore, & Lynn Vincent
Splinters – The Sweetheart of Prosper County by Jill S. Alexander
Pinecones – Poppy’s Pants by Melissa Conroy
February – The Mighty Queens of Freeville: A Mother, a Daughter, and a Town that Raised Them
Bonus - Saving Cicadas by Nicole Seitz
Sweet By and By by Todd Johnson
The Girl Who Chased the Moon: A Novel by Sarah Addison Allen
Splinters - The Cupcake Queen by Heather Hepler
Pinecones: Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly
March – The Lakota Way by Joseph Marshall III
Bonus – Do-Over by Robin Hemley
Splinters: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
Pinecones: The Magician’s Elephant by Kate DiCamillo
April – The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
Bonus - The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kampkamba with Bryan Mealor
Splinters – Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Pinecones: The Secret World of Walter Anderson by Hester Bass
May – Spoon: A Novel by Robert Greer
Bonus – Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls
Splinters – Shiver by Maggie Stiefvader
Pinecones – The of Nicodemus Annie by Angela Bates
June – Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
Bonus – Seeds: A Memoir by Sasha Vukelja, M.D.
Splinters – Eli the Good by Silas House
Pinecones – Jenny & the Cat Club by Jenny Linsky
Or Notes from the Dog by Gary Paulsen
July – The Recipe Club: A Tale of Food and Friendship by Andrea Israel & Nancy Garfinkel or Man of the House by Ad Hudler
Bonus – In Pursuit of Other Interests: A Novel by Jim Kokoris
29 Gifts: How a Month of Giving Can Change Your Life by Cami Walker
Splinters - Outcasts United by Warren St. John
Pinecones – Piper Reed: The Great Gypsy by Kimberly Willis Holt
August – Zeitoun by Dave Eggers
Bonus – The Year Before the Flood by Ned Sublette
Yazoo Blues by John Pritchard
Splinters – Homer’s Odyssey by Gwen Cooper or A Cat Named Squeeky by Vic Reskovic
Pinecones – Dewey: There’s a Cat in My Library by Vicki Myron
The rest of the year’s books will be announced SUMMER 2010!
Our home website is www.beautyandthebook.com and my email is kathy@beautyandthebook.com if you ever need me. Follow along on my literary promoting escapades at www.pulpwoodqueen.com with photos and sometimes videos too!
So we have ONE YEAR to plan this event and I assure you, I work on this event 365 days a year to bring the best of authors, books, reading, and promoting literacy to all of YOU! Pass the word and let's bring it on for literacy this coming year! Adopt a project and contribute that with your story!
Official 2010 Pulpwood Queen and Timber Guy Book Club Selections
January – The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder by Rebecca Wells
Bonus - Home Safe by Elizabeth Berg
What Difference Do It Make? By Ron Hall, Denver Moore, & Lynn Vincent
Splinters – The Sweetheart of Prosper County by Jill S. Alexander
Pinecones – Poppy’s Pants by Melissa Conroy
February – The Mighty Queens of Freeville: A Mother, a Daughter, and a Town that Raised Them
Bonus - Saving Cicadas by Nicole Seitz
Sweet By and By by Todd Johnson
The Girl Who Chased the Moon: A Novel by Sarah Addison Allen
Splinters - The Cupcake Queen by Heather Hepler
Pinecones: Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly
March – The Lakota Way by Joseph Marshall III
Bonus – Do-Over by Robin Hemley
Splinters: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
Pinecones: The Magician’s Elephant by Kate DiCamillo
April – The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
Bonus - The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kampkamba with Bryan Mealor
Splinters – Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Pinecones: The Secret World of Walter Anderson by Hester Bass
May – Spoon: A Novel by Robert Greer
Bonus – Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls
Splinters – Shiver by Maggie Stiefvader
Pinecones – The of Nicodemus Annie by Angela Bates
June – Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
Bonus – Seeds: A Memoir by Sasha Vukelja, M.D.
Splinters – Eli the Good by Silas House
Pinecones – Jenny & the Cat Club by Jenny Linsky
Or Notes from the Dog by Gary Paulsen
July – The Recipe Club: A Tale of Food and Friendship by Andrea Israel & Nancy Garfinkel or Man of the House by Ad Hudler
Bonus – In Pursuit of Other Interests: A Novel by Jim Kokoris
29 Gifts: How a Month of Giving Can Change Your Life by Cami Walker
Splinters - Outcasts United by Warren St. John
Pinecones – Piper Reed: The Great Gypsy by Kimberly Willis Holt
August – Zeitoun by Dave Eggers
Bonus – The Year Before the Flood by Ned Sublette
Yazoo Blues by John Pritchard
Splinters – Homer’s Odyssey by Gwen Cooper or A Cat Named Squeeky by Vic Reskovic
Pinecones – Dewey: There’s a Cat in My Library by Vicki Myron
The rest of the year’s books will be announced SUMMER 2010!
Our home website is www.beautyandthebook.com and my email is kathy@beautyandthebook.com if you ever need me. Follow along on my literary promoting escapades at www.pulpwoodqueen.com with photos and sometimes videos too!
So we have ONE YEAR to plan this event and I assure you, I work on this event 365 days a year to bring the best of authors, books, reading, and promoting literacy to all of YOU! Pass the word and let's bring it on for literacy this coming year! Adopt a project and contribute that with your story!
Now the photo above is on all that attended the wonderful, wonderful Writer's Workshop lead by author, Linda Busby Parker at the beginning of Girlfriend Weekend out at Shepherd's Pasture, a non-denominational Christian retreat just perfect for this kind of event.
We want to hold another one this year so if you are interested, email me at kathy@beautyandthebook.com. I would love to have Linda back and the Writer's League of Texas is interested in starting Writer's Retreats here as well.
Also for recap feature stories on this year's 2010 Girlfriend Weekend go to:
www.southernauthors.blogspot.com by author, Susan Cushman
www.readinggroupguides.com by author, Ad Hudler
We also made Shelf Awareness TODAY and Jamie Ford's blog got posted in the TEXAS PAGES SECTION of The Dallas Morning News, please comment on Michael Mershel's posting of that feature!
Running with scissors as usual. Jay is home from hospital and still recovering. Paul Newman, our Siamese cat has a cold as is recovering from getting locked out of the house during Girlfriend Weekend. Will continue to baby my babies. Life goes on and as far as I am concerned just another page in my story! You know it's all about the story my friends. And to quote my favorite quote of all time: "The world is made up of stories, not atoms" by Muriel Rukheyser so I will continue mine! Won't you join me?
Tiara wearing and Story sharing,
Kathy L. Patrick
Founder of the Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Book Clubs
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