2014 Book Selections

PULPWOOD QUEEN BOOK CLUB SELECTIONS 2014, so far….

Books that the Southwest Louisiana PQ Book Club have decided to read from the PQ selections are red.
JANUARY
Songs of Willow Frost by Jamie Ford (new book)
Coincidence is God’s Way of Remaining Anonymous by Gloria Loring (backlist)
Bonus:
Moonrise by Cassandra King
Sure Signs of Crazy by Karen Harrington
Down and Out in Bugtussle: The Mad Fat
Road to Happiness by Stephanie McAfee
Pine Cones (Children’s Picture Book): Nothing Fancy About Kathryn and Charlie by Kerry Madden Lunsford and Lucy Madden Lunsford
Splinters (Teen to Adult Crossover):  She, the Old Woman That Took Over My Life by Kathryn Tucker Windham
FEBRUARY
The All Girl Filling Station’s Last Reunion by Fannie Flagg (new book)
The Scrapbook of Frankie Pratt: A Novel in Pictures by Caroline Preston (backlist book)
Bonus: 
Where the Mountains are Thieves by David Marion Wilkinson
The Yellow Eyes of Crocodiles: A Novel by Katherine Pancol
Girls of The Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women of World War II by Denise Kiernan
Splinters (Teen/Adult Crossover): When the Mountains Move: A Novel by Julie Perkins Cantrell
Pine Cones (Children’s Picture Book): Locomotive by Brian Floca
MARCH
Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and The Spending of a Great American Fortune by Bill Dedman and Paul
Clark Newell, Jr. (new book)
The Fault in our Stars by John Green (backlist book)
Bonus: 
Unremarried Widow: A Novel by Artis Henderson
The Lake House by Marci Nault

The Prayer Box by Lisa Wingate
Splinters (Teen to Adult Crossover): Doll Bones by Holly Black
Pine Cones (Children’s Picture Book): Journey by Aaron Becker
APRIL
Still Life with Breadcrumbs by Anna Quindlen (new book)
The Edge of Grace by Christa Allen
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (backlist book)
Bonus:
Book of Someday by Dianne Dixon
Love, Water, Memory by Jennie Shortridge
Heart Wide Open: Trading Mundane Faith for an Exuberant Life with Jesus by Shellie Rushing Tomlinson
Splinters (Teen to Adult Crossover): One Came Home by Amy Timberlake
Pine Cones (Children’s Picture Book): Mr. Tiger Goes Wild by Peter Brown
MAY
The Museum of Extraordinary Things: A Novel by Alice Hoffman (new book)
Orphan Train: A Novel by Christina Baker Kline (backlist book)
Bonus:
Somerset by Leila Meacham
Gemini: A Novel by Carol Cassella
Whistling Past the Graveyard by Susan Crandell
Splinters (Teen to Adult Crossover): Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures by Kate DiCamillo
Pine Cones (Children’s Picture Book): The Dark by Lemony Snicket
JUNE
The Death of Santini by Pat Conroy (new book)
The Great Santini by Pat Conroy (backlist book)
Bonus:
The Storycatcher by Ann Hite
Splinters (Teen to Adult Crossover): The Neptune Project by Polly Hollyoke
Pine Cones (Children’s Picture Book): Noah Webster and His Words by Jeri Chase Edwards
JULY
Margarita Wednesdays by Deborah Rodriguez
A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway (backlist book)
Bonus:
The Crooked Branch by Jeanine Cummins
The Southern Chapter of The Big Girl Panties Club: A Frankilee Story by Lynda Stephenson
Vow Unbroken: A Lone Star Novel by Caryl McAdoo
Splinters (Teen to Adult Crossover): Wonder by R. J. Palacio
Pine Cones (Children’s Picture Book): The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywait and Oliver Jeffers
AUGUST
Red Rising by Pierce Brown
The Flamingo Rising by Larry Baker (backlist book)
Bonus:
A Good Man by Larry Baker
The Right Side of Wrong: A Red River Mystery by Reavis Z. Wortham
The Reading Circle: A Cherry Cola Book Club Novel by Ashton Lee
Splinters (Teen to Adult Crossover): Hollow City (Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
Pine Cones (Children’s Picture Book): Let There Be Light by Archbishop Desmond Tutu
September
Lucky Us by Amy Bloom

October:

The Promise by Ann Weisgarber

November: 

China Dolls by Lisa See

December:

Best to Laugh by Lorna Landvik