Official 2023 International Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Book Club Reading Nation Books of the Month
Attention to All Official International Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Book Club Members and Author Book Club Members!
IMPORTANT! It is time to vote for for the 2023 Books of the Year. Each current member, you must have joined our book club this year on this website, joined The Official International Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Book Club page on Facebook, AND Subscribed to The Pulpwood Queen Channel on YouTube to vote for the following:
2023 Book of the Year- see all 12 Books of the Month below and vote for one title per member.
2023 International Book of the Year, see all the International Books of the Month and vote for one title per member.
2023 Bonus Book of the Year, see all Bonus Books of the Month Below and vote for one per member.
Write and send me, Kathy L. Murphy, your three votes by November 30th to ONLY thepulpwoodqueen@gmail.com. Votes are by individual members only and from your email so I can update my member list data base. Again you must be a registered book club member or author book club member. And yes, authors you can vote for yourself.
Pass this information on to your book club members, leaders. All winners will be notified the first week of December so they can prepare their acceptance speech at our Pulpwood Queen Sunday Night Awards at our annual 24th Anniversary Official International Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Book Club Zoom Online Convention. All 2023 Authors will be recognized, introduced, and announced at this event and throughout the weekend, January 12th – 14th, 2024, so hopefully you will purchase your package to our event on our website, www.thepulpwoodqueens.com TODAY!.
All 2024 Authors that I have selected will be recognized, introduced, and announced following our awards presentation. The perfect way to introduce our authors to the world as the event will be recorded and downloaded onto The Pulpwood Queen Channel on YouTube, as well as, all the Keynotes, Panels, Author Meet and Greet on Friday Night, Saturday Night “Great Big Ball of “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” themed Hair” Ball Saturday night. The tentative overall bullets four our weekend are on the 2024 Convention page on website, www.thepulpwoodqueens.com. Get your package today as this will be an epic event celebrating our 24th year of reading all together with our authors joining in the conversation. I have also posted the 2024 CONFIRMED Author Facebook Photo Album that includes the authors coming to our zoom event on the 2024 Convention page and website.
The overall theme this year is BARBIELAND, so come to all events celebrating Barbie and Ken and how we can be anything for our day and night time dress up events. Email me if you have any questions at thepulpwoodqueen@gmail.com and see you on ZOOM LIVE from East Texas Reading Around The World With BOOKS. It’s all about the story and let it continue on as the 25th Year is coming soon and hopefully, will be a LIVE EVENT in
EAST TEXAS!
After the Tuesday Night Online Book Club events are recorded each week, the next morning they are posted on The Pulpwood Queen Channel on YouTube.com.
January Book of the Month:
The Good Left Undone: A Novel by Adriana Trigiani
January International Book of the Month:
Dynasties Book One: Winds of Fire Series by Anju Gattani
January Bonus Book Club Selections:
Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh Khan: India’s Lonely Young Women And The Search for Intimacy and Independence by Shrayana Bhattacharya
When Women Lead by Julia Boorstin
February Book of the Month:
The Many Daughters of Afong Moy: A Novel by Jamie Ford
Blog posts: Monday – Sunday, February 7th – 12th, 2023
February International Book of the Month:
Leonardo’s Swans: A Novel by Karen Essex
Blog posts: Monday – Sunday, February 13th – 19th, 2023
February Bonus Book Club Selections:
Geographies of the Heart by Caitlin Hamilton Summie
Blog posts: Monday – Sunday, February 20th – 26th, 2023
Tuesday Night, February 21, 7:00 p.m. CST, Online Book Club via Zoom
You Belong Here Now: A Novel by Dianna Rostad
Blog posts: Monday – Sunday, February 27th – March 5th, 2023
Tuesday Night, February 28th, 7:00 p.m. CST, Online Book Club via Zoom
March Book of the Month:
The Darlings of Sundance: A Novel by Tracy Lea Carnes
Blog posts: Monday – Sunday, March 6th – 12th, 2023 on our Facebook blog page, The Pulpwood Queen Presents Her Picks page
Tuesday Night, March 7th, 7:00 p.m. CST, Online Book Club via Zoom
March International Book of the Month:
Meet Me in Mumbai: A Memoir by Lovelace Cook
Blog posts: Tuesday, March 14th, 2023 on our Facebook blog page, The Pulpwood Queen Presents Her Picks page
March Bonus Book Club Selections:
Touched: A Novel by Carolyn Haines
Blog posts: Tuesday, March 21st, 2023 on our Facebook blog page, The Pulpwood Queen Presents Her Picks
Tuesday Night, March 21, 7:00 p.m. CST, Online Book Club via Zoom
This event was recorded and now posted on The Pulpwood Queen Channel on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxPMvRryjSw
Blog posts: Tuesday, March 28th, 2023 on our Facebook blog page, The Pulpwood Queen Presents Her Picks
Tuesday Night, March 28th, 7:00 p.m. CST Online Book Club via Zoom
April Book of the Month:
Crazy To Leave You: A Novel by Marilyn Simon Rothstein
Blog posts: Tuesday, April 4th, 2023 on our Facebook blog page, The Pulpwood Queens Presents Her Picks
Tuesday Night, April 4th, 7:00 p.m. CST, Online Book Club via Zoom
April International Book of the Month:
How To Date A Flying Mexican: New and Collected Stories by Daniel A. Olivas
Blog posts: Tuesday, April 11th, 2023 on our Facebook blog page, The Pulpwood Queen Presents Her Picks
Tuesday Night, April 11th, 7:00 p.m. CST, Online Book Club via Zoom
April Bonus Book Club Selections:
Fairy Tale: A Novel by Stephen King
To be announced
Marigold: The Secret of Manifestation by Will Clarke
Blog posts: Tuesday, April 18th, 2023 on our Facebook blog page, The Pulpwood Queen Presents Her Picks
In the process of being rescheduled.
Afternoons with Harper Lee: by Wayne Flynt
Blog posts: Tuesday, April 25th, 2023 on our Facebook blog page, The Pulpwood Queens Presents Her Picks
Tuesday Night, April 25th, 7:00 p.m. CST, Online Book Club via Zoom
May Book of the Month:
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
To be announced…
May International Book of the Month:
Shadow of the Taj: A Novel by Lara Bernhardt
Blog Posts: Tuesday, May 9th, 2023 on our Facebook blog page, The Pulpwood Queen Presents Her Picks
Tuesday Night, May 9th, 7:00 p.m. CST, Online Book Club via Zoom
May Bonus Book Club Selections:
Red Rain: A Novel by Lara Bernhardt
Blog posts: Tuesday, May 16th, 2023 on our Facebook blog page, The Pulpwood Queen Presents Her Picks
Tuesday Night, May 16th, 7:00 p.m. CST, Online Book Club via Zoom
Some Notes You Hold: Poems by Rita Sims Quillen
Blog Posts: Tuesday, May 23rd, 2023 on our Facebook blog page, The Pulpwood Queen Presents Her Picks
Tuesday Night, May 23rd, 7:00 p.m. CST, Online Book Club via Zoom
June Book of the Month:
Fly Girl: A Memoir by Ann Hood
Blog Post: Tuesday, May 30th, 2023 on our Facebook blog page, The Pulpwood Queen Presents Her Picks
Tuesday Night, May 30th, 7:00 p.m. CST, Online Book Club via Zoom
June International Book of the Month:
Orchid Blooming: A Novel by Carol Van Den Hende
Blog Posts: Tuesday, June 6th, 2023 on our Facebook blog page, The Pulpwood Queen Presents Her Picks
Tuesday Night, June 6th, 7:00 p.m. CST, Online Book Club via Zoom
June Bonus Book Club Selections:
It’s A Brighter Flame: A Novel by Christine Nolfi
Blog Posts: Tuesday, June13th, 2023 on our Facebook blog page, The Pulpwood Queen Presents Her Picks
Tuesday Night, June 13th, 7:00 p.m. CST, Online Book Club via Zoom
The Echoes: A Novel by Jess Montgomery
Blog Posts: Tuesday, June 20th, 2023 on our Facebook blog page, The Pulpwood Queen Presents Her Picks
Tuesday Night, June 20th, 7:00 p.m. CST, Online Book Club via Zoom
July Book of the Month:
The Deception: A Novel by Kim Taylor Blakemore
Blog Posts: Tuesday, June 27th, 2023 on our Facebook blog page, The Pulpwood Queen Presents Her Picks
Tuesday Night, June 27th, 7:00 p.m. CST, Online Book Club via Zoom
July International Book of the Month:
New Beginning: From Behind the Iron Curtain to America by Antonina Duridanova
Blog Posts: Tuesday, July 4th, 2023 on our Facebook blog page, The Pulpwood Queen Presents Her Picks
Tuesday Night, July 4th, 7:00 p.m. CST, Online Book Club Meeting via Zoom
July Bonus Book Club Selections:
South of Heaven: A Novel by Patti Frye Meredith
Blog Posts: Tuesday, July 11th, 2023 on our Facebook blog page, The Pulpwood Queen Presents Her Picks
Tuesday Night, July 11th, 7:00 p.m. CST, Online Book Club via Zoom
In the Lonely Backwater by Valerie Nieman
Blog Posts: Tuesday, July 18th, 2023 on our Facebook blog page, The Pulpwood Queen Presents Her Picks
Tuesday Night, July 18th, 7:00 p.m. CST, Online Book Club via Zoom
Silent Came the Monster by Amy Hill Hearth
Blog Posts: Tuesday, July 25th, 2023 on our Facebook blog page, The Pulpwood Queen Presents Her Picks
Tuesday Night, July 25th, 7:00 p.m. CST, Online Book Club via Zoom
August Book of the Month:
The Sisters We Were: A Novel by Wendy Willis Baldwin
Blog Posts: Tuesday, August 1st, 2023 on our Facebook blog page,
The Pulpwood Queen Presents Her Picks
Tuesday Night, August 1st, 7:00 p.m. CST, Online Book Club via Zoom
August International Book of the Month:
World Piece: A Pie Baker’s Global Quest for Peace, Love, and Understanding
Tuesday Night, August 8th, 7:00 p.m. CST, Online Book Club via Zoom
August Bonus Book Club Selections:
Lark Ascending: A Novel by Silas House
To be announced…not being able to reach the author.
The Fifth Daughter of Thorn Ranch by Julia Brewer Daily
Blog Posts: Monday – Sunday, August 21st – 27th, 2023
Tuesday Night, August 22nd, 7:00 p.m. CST, Online Book Club via Zoom
Hayley And The Hot Flashes by Jayne Jaudon Ferrer
Blog Posts: Monday – Sunday, August 28th – June 2, 2023
Tuesday Night, August 29th, 7:00 p.m. CST, Online Book Club via Zoom
September Book of the Month:
Beasts of the Earth: A Novel: by James Wade
Blog Posts: Monday – Sunday, September 4th – 10th, 2023
Tuesday Night, September 5th, 7:00 p.m. CST Online Book Club via Zoom
September International Book of the Month:
Too Soon the Night: A Novel of Empress Theodora; Book Two: by James Conroyd Martin
Blog Posts: Monday – Sunday, September 11th – 17th, 2023
Tuesday Night, September 12th, 7:00 p.m. CST, Online Book Club via Zoom
September Bonus Book Club Selections:
The Silence in the Sound by Dianne Braley
Blog Posts: Monday – Sunday, September 18th – 24th, 2023
Tuesday Night, September 19th, 7:00 p.m. CST, Online Book Club via Zoom
She And Her Cat: Translated by Ginny Tapley Takemore, authors, Makoto Shinaki and Naruki Nagakawa
To be announced…
Blog Posts: Monday – Sunday, September 25th – October 1, 2023
Tuesday Night, September 26th, 7:00 p.m. CST, Online Book Club via Zoom
October Book of the Month:
Chasing the Queen’s Gambit by Kacey Kowars
Blog Posts: Monday – Friday, October 2nd – 8th, 2024
Tuesday Night, October 3rd, 7:00 p.m. CST, Online Book Club via Zoom
October International Book of the Month:
A Thousand Flying Things: A Novel by Kathryn Brown Ramsperger
Blog Posts: Monday – Sunday, October 16th – 22nd, 2023
Tuesday Night, October 17th, 7:00 p.m CST, Online Book Club via Zoom
October Bonus Book Club Selections:
House of Stone: A Magic City Story by T. K. Thorne, as T.K. Thorne
Blog Posts: Monday – Sunday, October 23th – 29th, 2023
Tuesday Night, October 24th, 7:00 p.m CST, Online Book Club via Zoom
Mockingbird: A Novel by Walter Tevis
Author, Kacey Kowars will cover this book from the late great Walter Tevis during the first week of October.
Ash Tuesday by Adriadne Blayde
November Book of the Month:
Red Clay Suzie: A novel inspired by true events by Jeffrey Dale Lofton
Blog Posts: Monday – Sunday, October 30th – November 5th, 2023
Tuesday Night, November 7, 7:00 p.m. CST, Online Book Club via Zoom, (changed the date due to it would have fell on Halloween night)
November International Book of the Month:
California Sisters by Gloria Mattioni
Blog Posts: Monday – Sunday, November 12th – 19th, 2023
Tuesday Night, November 14th, 5:00 p.m. CST, Online Book Club via Zoom
November Bonus Book Club Selections:
Gadget Girl: The art of being invisible: by Suzanne Kamata
Blog Posts: Monday – Sunday, November 19th – 25th, 2023
Tuesday Night, November 21st, 7:00 p.m. CST, Online Book Club via Zoom
The Moon in the Mango Tree by Pamela Binnings Ewen
Blog Posts: Monday – Sunday, November 26th – December 2nd, 2023
Tuesday Night, November 28st, 7:00 p.m. CST, Online Book Club via Zoom
December Book of the Month:
The Speckled Beauty: ….A Dog And His People by Rick Bragg
To be announced…
December International Book of the Month:
A Spanish Sunrise: A Novel by Book Walker
Blog Posts: Monday – Sunday, December 4th – 10th, 2023
Tuesday Night, December 5th, 7:00 p.m. CST, Online Book Club via Zoom
December Bonus Book Club Selections:
The Firstborn: House of Heaventree Book 1 by Nicole Seitz
The Virus: House of Heaventree Book 2 by Nicole Seitz
Blog Posts: Monday – Sunday, December 11th – 17th, 2023
Tuesday Night, December 12th, 7:00 p.m. CST, Online Book Club via Zoom
His 100th Year by Tamra M. Bolton
Blog Posts: Monday – Sunday, December 25th – December 31st, 2023
Tuesday Night, December 26th, 7:00 p.m. CST, Online Book Club via Zoom
