The following are our OFFICIAL PULPWOOD QUEEN BOOK CLUB SELECTIONS for the 2011 reading year so far:
The ones in RED are the ones we selected at our meeting to read.January Main Selection: My Reading Life by Pat Conroy (GFW queens will receive this one as part of the luncheon)
January Bonus Selections: Don’t Quit Your Day Job: Acclaimed Authors and the Day Jobs They Quit Edited by Sonny Brewer
They Came to Nashville by Marshall Chapman
Splinters (Teen/adult crossover): If Holden Caufield Were in my Classroom: Inspiring Love, Creativity, and Intelligence in Middle School Kids
Pinecones (Children’s): Scout, Atticus, & Boo: A Celebration of Fifty Years of To Kill a Mockingbird by Mary McDonagh Murphy
February Main Selection: I Still Dream About You by Fannie Flagg (FEB 26)
February Bonus Selections: The Miracle of Mercy Land: A Novel by River Jordan
The Perfect Love Song by Patti Callahan Henry
Cheap Cabernet by Cathie Beck (March 30)
Splinters (Teen/adult crossover): Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool
Pinecones: (Children’s/adult crossover): It’s a Book by Lane Smith
March Main Selection: Clara and Mr. Tiffany by Susan Vreeland
March Bonus Selections: Every Last One by Anna Quindlen
The Sanctuary of Outcasts by Neil White (APRIL 27)
As the sycamore grows by Jennie Helderman
Splinters (Teen/Adult crossover): A Little House Traveler: Writings from Laura Ingalls
Wilder’s Journeys Across America by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Pinecones: Art & Max by David Wiesner
April Main Selection: Shanghai Girls: A Novel by Lisa See
April Bonus Selections: The Inheritance of Beauty by Nicole Seitz
Goodness Gracious Green by Judy Christie
Redefining Beauty by Texas Poet Laureate Karla K. Morton
Mothers & other Liars by Amy Bourret
Splinters (Teen/adult crossover) Mermaid: A Twist on a Classic Tale by Carolyn Turgeon
Pinecones: Madeline Goes to the White House by John Bemelmans Marciano
May Main Selection: Venetia Kelly’s Traveling Show by Frank Delaney (This is the one we read for the TV Pilot!)
May Bonus Selections: Royal Blood (A Royal Spyness Mystery) by Rhys Bowen
Mink River: A Novel by Brian Doyle
Larkspur’s Cove by Lisa Wingate
Splinters (Teen/Adult Crossover) Janis Joplin; Rising Up and Singing by Ann Angel
Pinecones: The Pirate of Kindergarten by George Ella Lyon
June Main Selection: Georgia Bottoms by Mark Childress (JUNE 29)
June Bonus Selections: Gone with a Handsomer Man by Michael Lee West
Woof: Women Only Over Fifty by Diana Black and Mary Cunningham
Miss Hildreth Wore Brown: Anecdotes of a Southern Belle by Olivia deBelle Byrd
Splinters (Teen/Crossover): The Rhinestone Sisterhood: A Journey Through Small Town America, One Tiara At A Time by David Valdes Greenwood (MAY 25)
Pinecones: Interrupting Chicken by David Ezra Stein
July Main Selection: The Killing Storm by Kathryn Casey (AUGUST 24)
July Bonus Selections: Heart of Deception: A Novel by M.L. Malcolm (JULY 27)
Murder at the Luther by Kathleen Kaska
Thunder Beach by Michael Lister
Splinters (Teen/Adult Crossover):
Pinecones: A Sick Day for Amos McGee by Philip Christian Stead
August Main Selection: The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb by Melanie Benjamin
August Bonus Selections: Paper Children by Marcia Fine
A Cup of Friendship: A Novel by Debbie Rodriguez
Sue Ellen’s Daughter Ain’t Fat, She Just Weighs Heavy: The Belle of All Things Southern Dishes on Men, Money, and Not Losing Your Midlife Mind by Shellie Rushing Tomlinson
Splinters (Teen/ Adult Crossover): Matched by Allie Condie
Pinecones: Children Make Terrible Pets by Peter Brown
September Main Selection: Dreams of Joy by Lisa See
September Bonus Selections - Snow Flower and Secret Fan by Lisa See (Sept 28)
The Dry Grass of August by Annajean Mayhew
Pictures of You by Caroline Leavitt
Splinters (Teen/Adult Crossover) - Wrecker by Summer Wood
Pinecones - Madlinka’s Music by Peter Sis
October Main Selection - The Coffins of Little Hope by Timothy Schaffert (Oct 26)
October Bonus Selections - The Bird Sisters by Rebecca Rasmussen
Storm by Christopher Cook (note e-reader only)
Splinters (Teen/Adult Crossover) A House of Pomegranates by Oscar Wilde
Pinecones - Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool
November Main Selection - The American Heiress: A Novel by Daisy Goodwin
November Bonus Selections - The Buccaneers by Edith Wharton
The Four Ms. Bradwells by Meg Waite Clayton
Bent Road by Lori Roy (Nov 16)
Splinters (Teen/Adult Crossover)Love on the Line by Deeanne Gist
Pinecones Westlandia by Paul Fleishman
December Main Selection: Tolstoy and the Purple Chair: My Year of Magical Reading by Nina Sankovitch
December Bonus Selection - So Many Books, So Little Time: A Year of Passionate Reading by Sara Nelson
Personal History of Rachel Dupree by Ann Weisgarber
The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown
Splinters - The Borrower by Rebecca Makkai
Pinecones - Man in the Moon by William Joyce
2012
January Main Book Selection NEW: The Living End by Robert Leleux
January Featured Backlist Selection: A Place Called Wiregrass by Michael Morris
January Bonus Selection: Changing Shoes by Tina Sloan
Auntie Mame: an irreverent escape by Patrick Dennis
The Homecoming of Samuel Lake by Jenny Wingfield
Splinters (Teen/Adult Crossover) Exposure by Therese Fowler
Pinecones - My Baby Blue Jays by John Berendt
