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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!

2009
January
The Middle Place by Kelly Corrigan
Bonus Book Club Selection
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet: A Novel by Jamie Ford
Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger’s by John Elder Robinson

Splinters (Teen Selection) Twilight by Stephanie Meyers
Pinecones (Pre-teen Selection Twilight by Stephanie Meyers

February
The Wonder Singer by George Rabasa
Downtown Owl by Chuck Klosterman

Bonus Book Club Selection
Alphabet Juice: The Energies, Gists, and Spirits of Words, Letters, and Combinations
Thereof; Their Roots, Bones, Innards, Piths, Pips, and Secret Parts,….With Examples of Their Usage Foul and Savory by Roy Blount, Jr.

Splinters (Teen Selection) New Moon by Stephanie Meyers
Pinecones (Pre-Teen Selection) New Moon by Stephanie Meyers

March
The Cracker Kitchen: A Cookbook Celebration of Cornbred Fed, Down Home Family
Stories and Cuisine by Janis Owens

Bonus Book Club Selection
The Lost Art of Walking: The History, Science, and Literature of Pedestrianism by Geoff Nicholson

Splinters (Teen Selection) Eclipse by Stephanie Meyers
Pinecones (Pre-Teen Selection) Eclipse by Stephanie Meyers

April
Oscar Season by Mary McNamara

Bonus Book Club Selection Serendipity by Louise Shaffer
Note to Self by Andrea Buchanan (Arts, Letters, and Soul featured author) Dorothy on the Rocks by Barbara Suter

Pine Cones (Pre-Teen Selection) Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyers

May
Godmother: The Secret Cinderella Story by Carolyn Turgeon
Bonus Book Club Selection The Shiniest Jewel by Marian Henley (Arts, Letters, and Soul featured author)
The Big Skinny by Carol Lay (Arts, Letters, and Soul featured author)
Elegance of a the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
The Cracker Queen: A Memoir of a Jagged, Joyful Life by Lauretta Hannon

June
Saints in Limbo by River Jordan
Bonus Book Club Selection Driftwood Summer by Patti Callahan Henry

July
On the Divinity of Second Chances by Kaya McLaren
Bonus Book Club Selection
Wife Goes On by Leslie Lehr Janeology by Karen Harrington

August
The Leopard’s Prey- A Jade Del Cameron Mystery by Suzanne Arruda

Bonus Book Club Selection
Secret Keepers by Mindy Friddle Welcome to the Departure Lounge by Meg Federico
Eco Barons: The Dreamers, Schemers, and Millionaires who are Saving our Planet by Edward Humes

Splinters (Teen Selection)
A Lion Called Christian: The True Story of the Remarkable Bond Between Two Friends and a Lion by Anthony Bourke, John Rendall, and George Adamson

Pinecones (Pre-Teen Selection) Lawn Boy by Gary Paulsen

September
South of Broad by Pat Conroy

Bonus Book Club Selection
Undress Me in the Temple of Heaven by Susan Jane
Gilman Treasure of the Golden Cheetah by Suzanne Arruda

Splinters and Pinecones Book Club
Selection I Love You, Miss Huddleston by Phillip Gulley

October
The Help by Kathryn Stockett Bonus Book Club
Selection Rude Awakenings of a Jane Austin Addict by Laurie Viera Rigler 31 Hours by Masha Hamilton

Pine Cones and Splinters Book Clubs
The Very Ordered Existence of Merilee Marvelous by Suzanne Crowley

November
Blood Lines by Kathryn Casey

Bonus Book Club Selection Murder at the Arlington by Kathleen Kaska The Prayers for Agnes Sparrow

Pinecones and Splinters Book Clubs
Jesus Land: A Memoir by Julia Scheeres

December
The Story Sisters by Alice Hoffman
Bonus Book Club Selection The Forgotten Garden by Kate Moron
Wicked Plants by Amy Stewart
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley

Pinecones and Splinters Book Club Selection
An Abundance of Katherines by John Green

January 2010
The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder by Rebecca Wells
Bonus Book Club Selection
Home Fires by Elizabeth Berg

TIMBER GUY BOOK CLUB SELECTIONS 2009 (months to be read TBA)
Boom! By Tom Brokaw
If Every Month Were June by Tony Bender
Flying by Eric Kraft
Woodsburner by John Pipkin
Final Trumpet by Karl Lenker