The Pulpwood Queen Announces her 2021 Official Reads!

Press Release for Immediate Release:

December 1, 2020

Dear International Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Book Club Members, Authors, Readers, and Book Lovers everywhere!

Go diverse, go global! Let’s roam and explore around the world with my 2021 Official Pulpwood Queen Book Club Reads!

In addition to our Official Pulpwood Queen and Timber Guys Book of the Month selections in 2021, I, as the founder of The International Pulpwood Queen and Timber Guys Book Club Reading Nation, chose an International Book of the Month selection. These picks are either set in another country and/or the author lives outside of the United States. This wildly diverse collection of great reads captivated me out of the hundreds of books that were submitted for my consideration. Congratulations to all of the authors, who made this list.

Here we go. All aboard!

The Official 2021 International Pulpwood Queen and Timber Guy Book Club Selections

January Book of the Month:
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

January Bonus Book Club Selections:

The Book of Longings: A Novel by Sue Monk Kidd

How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi

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 Book of the Month:

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

February Bonus Books of the Month:

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 and Echo Montgomery Garrett

March Book Club Selection:

The Chanel Sisters: A Novel by Judithe Little

March International Book Club Selection:

Paradise Road: A Memoir by Marilyn Kriete

March 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 Book Club Selection:

The Flying Cutterbucks: A Novel by Kathleen M. Rogers

April International Book Club Selection:

The Takeaway Men: A Novel by Meryl Ain

April Bonus Book Club Selections:

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

Cold Reading Murder by R. J. Lee

May Book of the Month:

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 

May Bonus Book Club Selection:

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

June Book of the Month

Pearl River Mansion by Richard Schwartz with Wendy Carter

June International Book of the Month:

Among the Maasai: A Memoir by Juliet Cutler

June Bonus Books of the Month:

The Madwoman of Preacher’s Cove by Joy Ross Davis

The Small Crimes of Tiffany Templeton by Richard Fifield

Sharp as a Serpent’s Tooth: Eva and Other Stories by Mandy Haynes

Outbound Train: A Novel by Renea Winchester

July Book of the Month:

The Gumbeaux Sistahs: A Novel by Jax Frey

July International Book of the Month

Come Sunday: A Novel by Isla Morley

July 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 Book Club Selection:

The Last Blue: A Novel by Isla Morley

August International Book Club Selection:

Suspension: A Novel by Andrea Faye Christians

August 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 Book of the Month:

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

September 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 Book of the Month:

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

October Bonus Books of the Month:

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 Book of the Month:

The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop: A Novel by Fannie Flagg

November International Book of the Month:

The Cowboy and The Indian: A Novel by Joseph M. Marshall III

November Bonus Books of the Month:

The Girl in the Tree by Sebnem Isiguzel

Drawing Lessons: A Novel by Patricia Sands

The Shoemaker’s Wife by Adriana Trigiani

An Unfinished Story: A Novel by Boo Walker

Scattered Lights by Steve Wiegenstein

December Book of the Month:

The Menu by Steven Manchester

December International Book of the Month:

The Quisling Factor by J. L. Oakley

December Bonus Books of the Month:

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

NICK: A Novel by Michael Farris Smith

Some of these books have garnered awards and some have already been optioned for film or TV series, but all have won 5 diamonds in the Pulpwood Queen’s tiara and my new official seal of approval.

 

Thank you to the many publishers and authors, who have submitted their books for my consideration. Keep them coming! Books opened my eyes to a world of possibilities, and I am grateful every day for all of the authors out there, who help us see beyond the boundaries of our own lives and make learning limitless.

Truly, Tiara Wearing and Book Sharing,

Kathy L. Murphy 

CEO and Founder of The International Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Book Club Reading Nation

www.thepulpwoodqueens.com

Email: thepulpwoodqueens@gmail.com

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*or wherever fine books are sold.