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2021 Official Pulpwood Queen Selections
JANUARY 2021
Spellbound Under the Spanish Moss: A Southern Tale of Magic by Connor Judson Garrett and Kevin N. Garrett
January International Book of the Month: King of Bollywood: Shah Rukh Khan and the Seductive World of Indian Cinema by Anupama Chopra
BONUS BOOK CLUB SELECTIONS:
- How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
- The Book of Longings: A Novel by Sue Monk Kidd
- Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
- and Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari
- The Exiles: A Novel by Christina Baker Kline
FEBRUARY 2021
My Pursuit of Beauty: A Cosmetic Chemist Reveals The Glitz, The Glam, and The Batsh*t Crazy by Vince Spinnato and Mickey Goodman
February International Book of the Month: Think Like A Monk: Train Your Mind for Peace and Purpose Every Single Day by Jay Shetty
BONUS BOOK CLUB SELECTIONS:
- The Paris Library: A Novel by Janet Skeslien Charles
- Her. Vol. 1 and Her. Vol.2 by Pierre Alex Jeanty
- What? And Give Up Show Business? by James Hampton
- Knock! Knock!: Lessons Learned and Stories Shared—
- A Ride-Along with Sales Superstar Doug Thompson by Douglas Thompson/Echo Montgomery Garrett
- The Shoemaker’s Wife by Adriana Trigiani
MARCH 2021
The Chanel Sisters: A Novel by Judithe Little
March International Book Club Selection:
Paradise Road: A Memoir by Marilyn Kriete
BONUS BOOK CLUB SELECTIONS:
- The Mermaid Mahjong Circle: A Fairy Tale for Women by Claudia Grossman
- The Lost Spells by Robert MacFarlane
- The Heirloom Garden by Viola Shipman
- The Book of Lost Friends: A Novel by Lisa Wingate
APRIL 2021
The Flying Cutterbucks:
A Novel by Kathleen M. Rogers
April International Book Club Selection:
The Takeaway Men: A Novel by Meryl Ain
OUR SUMMERVILLE CLUB IS READING NICK BY MICHAEL FARRIS SMITH (SEE BELOW)
BONUS BOOK CLUB SELECTIONS:
- Nick: A Novel by Michael Farris Smith
- The Fallen Girls: Book 1 and
Her Final Prayer: Book 2 Detective Clara Jefferies by Kathryn Casey - A Child Lost by Michelle Cox
- The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company
by Robert Iger - Acting Lessons for Living Guided Journal by Ruthie Landis
- Cold Reading Murder by R. J. Lee
MAY 2021
A Boob’s Life: How America’s Obsession Shaped Me…And You
by Leslie Lehr
May International Book Club Selection:
Dreaming in a Time of Dragons by G. Claire
OUR SUMMERVILLE CLUB IS READING WHEN THE STARS GO DARK (SEE BELOW)
BONUS BOOK CLUB SELECTIONS:
- Temple of Eternity (Bobby Ether Series) by R. Scott Boyer
- Greenwood: A Novel of a Family Tree in a Dying Forest by Michael Christie
- Crazy Brave: A Memoir by Joy Harjo and An American Sunrise: Poems by Poet Laureate of The United States Joy Harjo
- When Stars Go Dark: A Novel by Paula McLain
- A Mariner’s Tale by Joe Palmer
JUNE 2021
Pearl River Mansion by Richard Schwartz with Wendy Carter
June International Book of the Month:
Among the Maasai: A Memoir by Juliet Cutler
OUR SUMMERVILLE CLUB IS READING OUTBOUND TRAIN – SEE BELOW!
BONUS BOOK CLUB SELECTIONS:
- The Madwoman of Preacher’s Cove by Joy Ross Davis
- The Small Crimes of Tiffany Templeton and We Leave The Flowers Where They Are: True Stories of Montana Women by Richard Fifield
- Sharp as a Serpent’s Tooth: Eva and Other Stories by Mandy Haynes
- Outbound Train: A Novel by Renea Winchester
JULY 2021
The Gumbeaux Sistahs: A Novel by Jax Frey
July International Book of the Month
Come Sunday: A Novel by Isla Morley
BONUS BOOK CLUB SELECTIONS:
- A Million Little Lies: A Novel by Bette Lee Crosby
- Copper, Iron, and Clay: A Smith’s Journey by Sara Dahmen
- What Lies Ahead (Fireside, Texas Book II) by Marci Henna
- Crescent City Sin by Nola Nash
AUGUST 2021
The Last Blue: A Novel by Isla Morley
August International Book Club Selection:
Suspension: A Novel by Andrea Faye Christians
BONUS BOOK CLUB SELECTIONS:
- The Last of the Moon Girls: A Novel by Barbara Davis
- Boop and Eve’s Road Trip: A Novel by Mary Helen Sheriff
- A Season in Lights: A Novel in Three Acts by Gregory Erich Phillips
- What’s Not Said by Valerie Taylor
- The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams
SEPTEMBER 2021
Bookish Broads: Women Who Wrote Themselves Into History
by Lauren Marino
September International Book of the Month
The Ancient Way: Discoveries on the Path of Celtic Christianity by River Jordan
BONUS BOOK CLUB SELECTIONS:
- Hippie Chick: Coming of Age in the 60’s by Ilene English
- Always A Song: Singers, Songwriters, Sinners, and Saints/My Story of the Folk Music Revival by Ellen Harper with Sam Barry
- From the Summer of Love to the Valley of the Moon: A Memoir by Nancy J. Martin
- Luz: A Novel by Debra Thomas
OCTOBER 2021
With or Without You: A Novel by Caroline Leavitt
October International Book of the Month:
All the Way to the Tigers: A Memoir by Mary Morris
BONUS BOOK CLUB SELECTIONS:
- The Illusion of Leaving: A Novel by Jeannette Brown
- A Visitation of Angels: A Pluto’s Snitch Mystery #4 by Carolyn Haines
- Switchback: A Patrick Flint Novel by Pamela Fagan Hutchins
- Champagne Widows: Veuve Clicquot and Napoleon by Rebecca Rosenberg
NOVEMBER 2021
The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop: A Novel by Fannie Flagg
November International Book of the Month:
Duty and Desire: Winds of Fire by Anju Gattani
BONUS BOOK CLUB SELECTIONS:
- Drawing Lessons: A Novel by Patricia Sands
- An Unfinished Story: A Novel by Boo Walker
- Scattered Lights by Steve Wiegenstein
- The Girl in the Tree by Sebnem Isiguzel
DECEMBER 2021
The Menu by Steven Manchester
December International Book of the Month:
The Quisling Factor by J. L. Oakley
BONUS BOOK CLUB SELECTIONS:
- Solo in Salento: A Memoir by Donna Keel Armer
- The Art of Storykeeping: Saving History—One Family at a Time by Tamra McAnally Bolton
- Evening in the Yellow Wood by Laura Kemp
2020 Official Pulpwood Queen Selections
JANUARY 2020
The Pulpwood Queens Celebrate 20 Years edited by Susan Cushman
BONUS BOOKS OF THE MONTH:
Hawke’s Target by Reavis Z. Wortham, of Sonny Hawke Thriller Series
What Would Dolly Do? by Lauren Marino
From Cinderella to CEO: How to Master the 10 Lessons of Fairy Tales To Transform Your Work Life by Cary J. Broussard
Permission to Fly by Layng Martine Jr.
FEBRUARY 2020
Home for Erring and Outcast Girls by Julie Kibler
BONUS BOOKS OF THE MONTH:
- Beyond the Book Club by Ruthie Landis
- Novel Woman by Kim Harwanto
- Tiny Love: The Complete Stories of Larry Brown with Foreword by Jonathan Miles
MARCH 2020
The Ghosts of Eden Park by Karen Abbott
BONUS BOOKS OF THE MONTH:
- Live Wire, the first in a trilogy: Pamela Fagan Hutchins
- Chasing Cleopatra by Tina Sloan
- The Small Crimes of Tiffany Templeton by Richard Fifield
- Blackwood: A Novel by Michael Farris Smith
APRIL 2020
BONUS BOOKS OF THE MONTH:
- What We Set in Motion by Stephanie Austin Edwards
- What Lies Ahead: A Fireside Texas Novel by Marci Henna
MAY 2020
Queen of the Owls by Barbara Linn Probst
BONUS BOOKS OF THE MONTH:
- Walking The Wrong Way Home by Mandy Hayes
- The Hollows: A Novel by Jess Montgomery
- Stockade Bay and Killer of Cimarron Social Club by Jennifer Mueller
JUNE 2020
Tell Me a Story: My Life with Pat Conroy by Cassandra King Conroy
BONUS BOOK CLUB SELECTION:
- A Blessed Life: One World War II Seabee’s Story by Tamra Bolton
- Coconut Island, Volcano House, Hilina Pali by Janet Oakley
- Husbands and Other Sharp Objects and Lift and Separate by Marilyn Simon Rothstein
JULY 2020
Before and After: Orphans Who Surround the Tennessee Children’s Home by Judy Christie and Lisa Wingate
BONUS BOOKS OF THE MONTH:
- Falling Up in the City of Angels by Connor Judson Garrett
- The True Story of the Murder and Crime that Wasn’t by Edward Humes
- Grand Slam Murders by R. J. Lee
AUGUST 2020
Little Tea: A Novel by Claire Fullerton
BONUS BOOKS OF THE MONTH:
- Clover Blue and This I Know by Eldonna Edwards
- The Gumbeaux Sistahs: A Novel by Jax Frey
- My Sweet Vidalia by Deborah Mantella
SEPTEMBER 2020
Dragonfly by Leila Meacham
BONUS BOOKS OF THE MONTH:
- Sisters of the Undertow by Johnnie Bernhard
- When Never Comes by Barbara Davis
- Going to Solace by Amanda McTigue
- ‘Til Health Us Do Part by Julie Rooney
OCTOBER 2020
American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins
BONUS BOOKS OF THE MONTH:
- A Veil Removed: A Henryetta Inspector Howell Novel Series by Michelle Cox
- The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix
- Bobbie Rooney of Ether and the Jade Academy by Scott Boyer
NOVEMBER 2020
Trouble the Water by Rebecca Dwight Bruff
BONUS BOOKS OF THE MONTH:
- Max Attacks and Angel Thieves by Kathi Appelt
- Back Home by Bev Marshall
- Gardenia Duty: A Novel by Kathleen Varn
- Grandparenting: Renew, Relive, Rejoice by Pam Seigel and Nancy Zeiberg
DECEMBER 2020
Mamma Mia! Sinners, Saints & Escapades by Stephanie Chance
BONUS BOOKS OF THE MONTH:
- City of Peace: A Novel by Henry Brinton
- Big Lucky: Serial Entrepreneur Jim Markham’s Secret Formula to Success by Jim Markham and Echo Garrett
- Louisiana Night Before Christmas by Rickey E. Pittman
- Shellie Rushing Tomlinson Finding Deep and Wide by Shellie Rushing Tomlinson