Regarding Pulpwood Queen Book Club Selections!
Attention Authors, Publishers, Publicists!
Due to the increasing amount of books being sent for consideration for my Pulpwood Queen Book Club, I have two ways you can ensure your book will be read. First, subscribe to my book club, $30 annually, on our all New updated website, www.pulpwoodqueen.com, click Membership! You will be joining the largest “meeting and discussing” book club in the world and an excellent way of networking with real readers besides supporting our author community. Second, for additional $25 you can advertise your book on my New daily blog post. Each book will be posted on the day that I receive payment and read by me in the order they come in. That does not guarantee that it will be selected as a selection but that I will read it. I only notify authors that I select for Official reads, be sure to include your contact information if you submit a book.
If you wish to know the types of books that I select for my 725+ book club chapters, here are the criteria:
- The book must be well written.
- The book must be about a subject that has not been covered before in our almost 20 years of readings.
- I love to help the first time, first book authors and those yet undiscovered.
Below read our Official Pulpwood Queen Book Club Selections to view the books I have selected for this year and beyond.
I will also need you, your publicist or publisher. to send me a copy of your book to:
Beauty and the Book
Attn: Kathy L. Murphy
P.O. Box 1220
Hawkins, Texas 75765 – 1220
This also means that you MUST, if selected, be able to ATTEND and be featured at our annual Pulpwood Queen Book Club Convention, which we call Girlfriend Weekend always held Martin Luther King Weekend each year. Your book then will receive our Pulpwood Queen Stamp of Approval, be the mandatory read for all the chapters, be promoted by me, and also be voted on for BOOKS OF THE YEAR. I cannot tell you how many authors, editors, publishers, have personally thanked me for giving their authors a push towards bestseller-dom.
As an added note, all books NOT selected are given out to my Pulpwood Queens and to libraries here in East Texas to keep your book being read out in the world. I also have a Little Free Library in front of my house, that I share books with my neighborhood.
2019 Official Pulpwood Queen and Timber Guy Book Club Selections
For all NEW members the first book you are to read is The Pulpwood Queens’ Tiara Wearing, Book Sharing Guide to Life by Kathy L. Murphy as it explains everything you need to know on why, how, where, and when the book club started. Then you just jump in on the next months read and very important that you read the BOOK OF THE MONTH to discuss. All the others are for the voracious readers like me, your founder who just cannot get enough to read. If you have not read my book, please do as it truly explains everything.
Important to know and follow: Our motto is “where TIARAS are MANDATORY and Reading our OFFICIAL Book of the Month is the ONLY RULE!” Author and publishers expect you to do so and also to arrange for teleconference, Skype, or Facetime for that month. As far as I know, we are the ONLY book club that gives you truly this kind of access to authors then you get to meet them all in person and hear them speak at our annual conference, all of them. This is what gives them a true boost in sales.
Our sole purpose is to promote authors, books, literacy, reading and for each chapter to take on a literacy project and report to Kathy L. Murphy at thepulpwoodqueen@gmail.com to be considered to be recognized for your literary achievements. I do not know always if you do not tell me as I have now helped start 765 chapters with more in the works.
Be respectful of our authors, if you invite them in either offer them an honorariam for their travel and lodging and/or purchase their books. They are taking time off of their work and their busy schedules and often have to arrange for child or pet care. This is their livelihood.
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JANUARY – Southern Writers on Southern Writing edited by Susan Cushman
Bonus Books: Theologies of Terrain by Tim Conroy
In Pieces by Sally Field
Road Kill Art And Other Oddities by Niles Reddick
Reading the Coffee Grounds and Other Stories by Niles Reddick
The Draw of Broken Eyes & Whirling Metaphysics: Poems by Charles Clifford Brooks III
FEBRUARY – Love & Ruin: A Novel by Paula McLain
Bonus Books: The Birds of Opulence by Crystal Wilkinson
Edge of the Wind by James E. Cherry
A Celebration of Words: Volume One: Essays from Michael Connelly, James Lee Burke, Horton Foote, and Jeanette Walls by Kacey Kowars, Introduction by Kathy L. Murphy
MARCH – Nothing Is Forgotten: A Novel by Peter Golden
Bonus Books: Haufraus Honeymoon: Lov,: Language, and other Misadventures in Germany by Beth M. Howard
The Lost Family: A Novel by Jenna Blum
Stand Forever, Yielding Never: The Citadel in the 21st Century by John Warley
APRIL – Confessions of a Christian Mystic by River Jordan
Bonus Books – Mourning Dove by Claire Fullerton
Workin’ Our Way Home: The Incredible True Story of a Homeless Ex-Con and a Grieving Millionaire Thrown Together To Save Each Other by Ron Hall
The Fighter: A Novel by Michael Farris Smith
MAY – Becoming Mrs. Lewis: The Improbable Love Story of Joy Davidman and C.S. Lewis by Patti Callahan Henry
Bonus Books: Ordinary Magic: Promises I Kept to My Mother Through Life, Illness, and a Very Long Walk On The Camino De Santiago by Cameron Powell
The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers by Maxwell King
The Unmade World by Steve Yarbrough
JUNE – The Glovemaker: A Novel by Ann Weisgarber
Bonus Books: Beach Calling: A Devotional Journal of the Middle Years and Beyond by Missy Buchanan
How We Came to Be by Johnnie Bernhard
The Secrets of the Cormandel House by Jennifer Mueller
JULY – The Exile: A Novel by Gregory Erich Phillips
Bonus Books: The Secret of Clouds by Alyson Richman
The Curiosities by Susan Gloss
Art Matters: Because Imagination Can Change the World by Neil Gaiman
AUGUST – The Beautiful Strangers by Camille Di Maio
Bonus Books: The Way of Beauty by Camille Di Maio
The Promise Between Us by Barbara Claypole White
How To Be A Good Creature: A Memoir of Thirteen Animals by Sy Montgomery
SEPTEMBER – Unsheltered: A Novel by Barbara Kingsolver
Bonus Books: Two Minus One: A Memoir by Kathryn Taylor
Shoe Burnin’ Season: A Womanifesto by R.P. Saffire a.k.a. Suzanne Hudson
Countenance by Joy Ross Davis
A Promise Given: A Henrietta and Inspector Howell Novel by Michelle Cox
OCTOBER – When The Men Were Gone: A Novel by Marjorie Herrera Lewis
Bonus Books: Warrior’s Code 001: 7 Vital Steps to Resiliency by Mark E. Green with Echo Montgomery Garrett
Waffle House Rules by Joe Formichella
A World of Hurt and Dead and Buried (Wilkie John Western Series) by Tim Bryant
NOVEMBER – The Widows: A Novel by Jess Montgomery
Bonus Books: Life in Lyrics by Connor Garrett
Red Mountain and Red Mountain Rising by Boo Walker
Steal Away Home by Billy Coffey
DECEMBER – – The Library Book by Susan Orleans
Bonus Books: Uncommon Type: Some Stories by Tom Hanks
The Lost Words by Robert McFarland
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2018 Official Pulpwood Queen and Timber Guy Book Club Selections, so far, …
JANUARY – Love and Other Consolation Prizes: A Novel by Jamie Ford
Bonus Books: The Cage-Maker by Nicole Seitz, foreword by Cassandra King Conroy
A Celebration of Words: Volume One: Essays from Michael Connelly, James Lee Burke and Andre Dubus by Kacey Kowars
FEBRUARY – A Second Blooming: Becoming The Women We Are Meant To Be – Editor, Susan Cushman
Bonus Books: Devotions for the Hungry Heart by Shellie Rushing Tomlinson
The Little Coffee Shop in Kabul by Deborah Rodriguez
MARCH – Once in a Blue Moon Lodge by Lorna Landvik
Bonus Books: Cook & Tell: Recipes and Stories from Southern Kitchens by Johnathan Scott Barrett
Perennials by Julie Cantrell
Cherry Bomb by Susan Cushman
Children’s Book: When I Was Small by Tamra Bolton
APRIL – Love of Finished Years by Gregory Erich Phillip
Bonus Books: The Velveteen Daughter by Laurel Davis Huber
Because You Love Us by Christa Allan
Red Carpet Rivals by Bobbi Kornblit
Children’s Book: The Velveteen Rabbit by Marjery Williams
MAY – In the Shadow of 10,000 Hills: A Novel by Jennifer Haupt
Bonus Books: The Garden of Letters by Alyson Richman
The Songs of Trees: Stories From Nature’s Great Connectors by David George Haskell
The Faerie Handbook by Carolyn Turgeon
JUNE – To The Stars Through Difficulties by Romalyn Tighman
Bonus Books: Spells and Oregano: Book Two: The Secret Spice Café by Patricia V. Davis
To Lay to Rest Our Ghosts by Caitlin Hamilton Summie
Return of the Wolf by Jennifer Mueller
JULY – The Secret Life of Mrs. London by Rebecca Rosenberg
Bonus Books: Oliver’s Song by Linda Busby Parker
Beatrix Potter: A Life in Nature by Linda Lear
The Neon Palm of Madame Melancon by Will Clarke
AUGUST – The Gentleman from Moscow by Amor Towles
Bonus Books: Wickwthe Hall by Judithe Little
Linny’s Sweet Dream List, Sweet Carolina Morning, AND Sweet Southern Hearts by Susan Schild
SEPTEMBER – The Language of Trees: A Novel of Utopian Dreams by Steve Weigenstein
Bonus Books: Hallellujah Anyway: Rediscovering Mercy by Anne Lamott
Midnight Blue by Simone Van Der Vlugt
Close Enough to Touch by Colleen Oakley
OCTOBER – Prince of Scribes, Editor, Nicole Seitz
Bonus Books: Are You Sleeping: A Novel by Kathleen Barber
Southernmost: A Novel by Silas House
NOVEMBER – Step Out, Step Up AND Warrior’s Code 101 by Mark E. Green with Echo Garrett
Bonus Books: I Like You Just Fine When You’re Not Around by Ann Garvin
DECEMBER – Hawke’s Prey AND Hawke’s War by Reavis Wortham
Bonus Books: In Plain Sight by Kathryn Casey
Smith: A Novel by Sara Knoll Dahmen
Caroline: Little House Revisited by Sarah Miller
For all information on The Pulpwood Queens go to www.thepulpwoodqueens.com, Our ONLY and OFFICIAL WEBSITE! I may be adding more books too but ALL AUTHORS selected are invited to attend and be featured at our 2019 annual Pulpwood Queen Book Club convention that we call Girlfriend Weekend! Click on the website and at top of the page is the menu, click Membership to purchase a membership. Click Book Club Selections to see book club selections. Click Girlfriend Weekend to purchase tickets and packages to Girlfriend Weekend.
Email me any questions and if you wish for me to help you set up a teleconference, Facetime or SKYPE with the author. Only happy to do it but you have to give me weeks notice please, many authors are on book tour too!
Truly,
Kathy L. Murphy
The Pulpwood Queen
P.S. Today’s featured book on our website also just happens to be an up and coming read, The Secret Life of Mrs. London by Rebeccas Rosenberg. See below and if you wish to have your book featured on my blog, that information is on Book Club Selection page too or email me at thepulpwoodqueens@gmail.com.
THE SECRET LIFE OF MRS. LONDON, by Rebecca Rosenberg San Francisco, 1915. As America teeters on the brink of world war, Charmian and her husband, famed novelist Jack London, wrestle with genius and desire, politics and marital competitiveness. Charmian longs to be viewed as an equal partner who put her own career on hold to support her husband, but Jack doesn’t see it that way…until Charmian is pulled from the audience during a magic show by escape artist Harry Houdini, a man enmeshed in his own complicated marriage. Suddenly, charmed by the attention Houdini pays her and entranced by his sexual magnetism, Charmian’s eyes open to a world of possibilities that could be her escape. As Charmian grapples with her urge to explore the forbidden, Jack’s increasingly reckless behavior threatens her dedication. Now torn between two of history’s most mysterious and charismatic figures, she must find the courage to forge her own path, even as she fears the loss of everything she holds dear. The Secret Life of Mrs. London, ISBN 9781542048736, $14.95 Published by Lake Union, 1/30/18 Available locally through Reader’s Books, Copperfield’s Books. Online Amazon, Barnes & Noble. Wholesale: Ingram, Baker and Taylor or Brilliance Publishing. A California native, Rebecca Rosenberg lives on a lavender farm with her family in Sonoma, the Valley of the Moon, where Jack London wrote from his Beauty Ranch. Rebecca is a longtime student of Jack London’s works and an avid fan of his daring wife, Charmian London.
THE SECRET LIFE OF MRS. LONDON is her debut novel, following her non-fiction, LAVENDER FIELDS OF AMERICA. Rebecca and her husband, Gary, founded the largest lavender product company in America, selling to 4000 resorts, spas and gift stores. The Rosenbergs believe in giving back to the Sonoma Community, supporting many causes through financial donations and board positions, including Jack London Park, Worth Our Weight, an educational culinary program for at-risk children, YWCA shelter for abused women, Luther Burbank Performing Arts Center to provide performances for children, Sonoma Food Bank, Sonoma Boys and Girls Club, and the Valley of the Moon Children’s Home.
For more information go to www.rebecca-rosenberg.com and I will tell you one thing, you will not be able to put this book down.
Email if you have any questions: thepulpwoodqueen@gmail.com
All of those who purchased a membership prior to January 1, 2016, are grandfathered in as LIFETIME PULPWOOD QUEEN BOOK CLUB MEMBERS.
2017 Official Pulpwood Queen Book Club Selections
January
The Orphan Mother by Robert Hicks
Bonus Book: George Washington Carver by Christina Vella
Spirit Boosters for Journey of Aging: 365 Devotions by Missy Buchanan
February
A Lowcountry Heart: Reflections on a Writing Life by Pat Conroy
Bonus Book: A Lowcountry Coloring Book by Melissa Conroy
Building a Life You Love After Losing the Love of Your Life by Myra McElhaney
Since You Have Been Gone by Christa Allan
March
News of the World: A Novel by Paulette Jiles
Bonus Book: The Secret Life of Hummingbird Cake: A Novel by Celeste Fletcher McHale
Ladies in Low Places: Stories by Mary Ann Henry
Possessed: The Infamous Texas Stiletto Murder by Kathryn Casey
April
The Book of Polly: A Novel by Kathy Hepinstall Parks and Becky Hepinstall Hilliker
Bonus Book: Center Ring by Nicole Wagoner
Adelicia: Grace, Grit & Gumption by Joyce Blaylock
WORLD CUISINE: My Culinary Journey Around the World, Volume1 by
Juliette Haegglund
May
One Good Mama Bone by Brenda McClain
Bonus Book: Guts: Find Your Greatness, Beat the Odds, Live From Passion by Sam Bracken
Unraveled: A Red River Mystery by Reavis Wortham
May Day by Karen Harrington
June
The Velvet Hours by Allyson Richman
Bonus Book: Sisters by Lisa Wingate
Before We Were Yours: A Novel by Lisa Wingate
Lies and Other Acts of Love by Kristy Woodson Harvey
What Matters Most by Kellie Coates Gilbert
Doctor Kinney’s Housekeeper by Sara Dahmen
July
Lightningstruck by Ashley Mace Havird
Bootstrapper by Mardi Link
Burdy: A Novel by Karen Zacharias Spears
August
The Widow of Wall Street: A Novel by Randy Susan Myers
Bonus Books: The Sweet Smell of Magnolias and Memories by Celeste Fletcher McHale
Slightly South of Simple by Kristy Woodson Harvey
September
Gradle Bird by J. C. Sasser
Bonus Books: Perennials: A Novel by Julie Cantrell
A Southern Girl: A Novel by John Warley
The Lemon Jell-O Syndrome by Man James Conroyd Martin
October
The Library of Light and Shadow by M. J. Rose
Bonus Books: Hawke’s Prey by Reavis Wortham
World Enough by Clea Simon
November
The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman
Bonus Books: Cooking for Ghosts by Patricia V. Davis
Stars Over Clear Lake: A Novel by Loretta Ellsworth
December
The Hidden Light of Northern Fires by Daren Wang
Bonus Books: When We Were Worthy by Marybeth Mayhew Whalen
The Boy Who Wanted Wings by James Conroyd Martin
2018 Official Pulpwood Queen Book Club Selections
January
Love and Other Consolation Prizes: A Novel by Jamie Ford
Bonus Books: The Cage-Maker by Nicole Seitz, foreword by Cassandra King Conroy
A Celebration of Words: Volume One: Essays from Michael Connelly, James Lee Burke and Andre Dubus by Kacey Kowers
February
A Second Blooming: Becoming The Women We Are Meant To Be by Susan Cushman
Bonus Books: Devotions for the Hungry Heart by Shellie Rushing Tomlinson
The Little Coffee Shop in Kabul by Deborah Rodriguez
March
Once in a Blue Moon Lodge by Lorna Landvik
Bonus Books: Cook & Tell: Recipes and Stories from Southern Kitchens by Johnathan Scott Rebecca Barrett
Cherry Bomb by Susan Cushman
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PULPWOOD QUEEN BOOK CLUB SELECTIONS 2016
JANUARY
The Donbridge novella series by R.D. Vincent
Donbridge: The Ring of Lazarus
Donbridge: The Witch of Tamarack Hill
Donbridge: The Miracles of Midwife Sutton
Backlist Book: The Tell-Tail Heart: A Cattarina Mystery by Monica Shaughnessy
Bonus Books: You’re the Best: A Celebration of Friendship by the Satellite Sisters including Julie Dolen
A Carlin Home Companion: Growing Up with George by Kelly Carlin
The Art of Crash Landing by Melissa DeCarlo
Pinecones: Winnie: The True Story of the Bear who Inspired Winnie-the-Pooh by Sally M. Walker
Splinters: The Marvels by Brian Selznick
FEBRUARY
Wherever There Is Light: A Novel by Peter Golden
Backlist Book: Timber Rose by J.L. Oakley
Bonus: The Marriage of Opposites by Alice Hoffman
Secret Sex Lives by Suzy Spencer
The Idea of Love by Patti Callahan Henry
Pinecones: Crenshaw by Katherine Applegate
Splinters: Wreath: A Girl by Judy Christie
MARCH
Mister Owita’s Guide to Gardening by Carol Wall
Backlist Book: Jerry Lee Lewis: His Own Story by Rick Bragg
Bonus: Descent by Tim Johnston
Faint Promise of Rain by Anjali Mitter Duva
Pinecones: Book Scavenger by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
Splinters: The Feathered Bone by Julie Cantrell
APRIL
The Swans of Fifth Avenue by Melanie Benjamin
Backlist Book: Just Words by Michael Reid
Bonus Book: The Flood Girls by Richard Fifield
The Flying Circus: A Novel by Susan Crandall
Pinecones: Mr. Lemoncello’s Library Olympics by Chris Grabenstein
Splinters: The Lifeboat Clique by Kathy Parks
MAY
The Charm Bracelet by Viola Shipman
Backlist Book: The Book of Speculation: A Novel by
Erika Swyler
Bonus Book: A Mother’s Dance by Pattie Welek
Sisters of Heart and Snow by Margaret Dilloway
Pinecones: Echo: A Novel by Pam Munoz Ryan
Splinters: Momotaro: Xander and the Lost Island of Monsters by Margaret Dilloway
JUNE
Platinum Doll: A Novel by Anne Girard
Backlist Book: Bombshell: The Life and Death of Jean Harlow by David Stern
Bonus Book: Wildflower by Drew Barrymore
The California Wife by Kristen Harnisch
Pinecones: Nightbird by Alice Hoffman
Splinters: Dumplin’ by Judy Murphy
JULY
The Lemoncholy Life of Annie Aster by Scott Wilbanks
Backlist Book: The Last Picture Show by Larry McMurtry
Bonus Book: Redneck Opera by Margaret Mooney
Digging Up Dirt by Christa Allan
Pinecones: The Whisper by Zagarenski
Splinters: The Library of Souls: The Third Book in the Miss Penegrine’s Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
AUGUST
Second Star to the Right by Mary Alice Monroe
Backlist Book: Katrina Mississippi: Voices from Ground Zero by NancyKay Sullivan Wessman
Bonus Book: Dimestore by Lee Smith
Harriet Wolf’s Seventh Book of Wonders: A Novel by Julianna Baggott
Pinecones: Island of the Blue Dolphin by Scott O’Dell
Splinters: A Brothers Grimm Coloring Book by Adam Fisher
A Low Country Wedding: by Mary Alice Monroe
SEPTEMBER
Landfall by Ellen Urbani
Backlist Book: The Stone Manor by Terri Hale
Bonus Book: The Sea Keeper’s Daughter by Lisa Wingate
A Reason to Stay by Kellie Coates Gilbert
Pinecones: A Handful of Stars by Cynthia Lord
Splinters: The Hired Girl by Laura Amy Schlitz
OCTOBER
Cruel Beautiful World by Caroline Turgeon
NOVEMBER
Georgia by Dawn Tripp
DECEMBER
The Book That Matters Most by Ann Hood
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Contact: Kathy L. Murphy
Founder of the Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Book Clubs
Email: thepulpwoodqueen@gmail.com
January 22, 2018
Holly Lake Ranch, Tx – I am pleased to announce the following Official reads for The Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Book Club Reading Nation, now 750 chapters strong making us the largest “meeting and discussing” book club in the world. All books selected have been selected by me after reading more books than you can ever imagine finding just the right ones for our book club discussions. For more on that process and for sending me a book for consideration, go to our website, www.thepulpwoodqueens.com and click on Book Club Selections on home page top menu bar.
Kathy L. Murphy
Beauty and the Book
Attn: Kathy L. Murphy
P.O.Box 1220
Hawkins, Texas 75765-1220
Email: thepulpwoodqueen@gmail.com
