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SPRING HAS SPRUNG AND IT’S COMING UP BOOKS!
I can hardly sleep when there is a change of seasons. A thrill runs through my body when I see those birds headed back north, first sight of that unexpected color flash of a daffodil bloom, and the mailings of spring advance galley books stacked in my mailbox. Spring for me means NEW BOOKS and I can hardly get the mailers opened fast enough to find the treasures inside to read. The following are books just recently released that give more than the promise of spring for great NEW READS!
Author, teacher, Rickey Pittman has been coming to Beauty and the Book and my author events for years. He was recently here for our annual Girlfriend Weekend and I previewed an advance galley at the literary festival. What a talent and what a story! If you love southern confederate civil war history, Rickey is the man to talk too. His latest book will be a children’s book Jim Limber Davis, a Black Orphan in the Confederate White House.
Check out this link to the recent news story in the Monroe, Louisiana Newspaper: http://www.thenewsstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070305/NEWS01/703050313
One author in particular always seems to me, as if she has written her books specifically for my book club. Cassandra King, a three time Pulpwood Queen Book Club Selection Author has a new book, The Queen of Broken Hearts which is certain to also become a Pulpwood Queen favorite. I know that if you read just one of Cassandra’s books you will too become a big fan and she is as sweet and intelligent as all of her women characters. We bow to the feet of an author QUEEN! I give her latest book our highest mark, 5 diamonds in our Pulpwood Queen Tiara! Check out her website at: http://www.cassandrakingconroy.com/
When I got an email from Cathryn Michon to help bring books to libraries in Louisiana following the tragic events of Hurricane Katrina and Rita, I made a plea to my Pulpwood Queen authors to help. And help they did by sending books on to those libraries, authors were very generous to help those in need. Now I just got another email, would I donate books to the Camel Book Mobile? Yes, I would and so should you. Author, Masha Hamilton has written a book called The Camel Book Mobile. Here is some of the copy from her website, http://www.mashahamilton.com/
This is the mantra of Fiona Sweeney, the heroine of Masha Hamilton’s inspiring new novel The Camel Bookmobile, a tale about an American librarian who leaves Brooklyn to work for a relief organization in Africa that sends books on the backs of camels to forgotten villages. Fiona’s intentions are entirely pure but, when the bookmobile causes a feud among the nomadic tribe it aims to help, she realizes her good deeds may come with a high price. Now this book is made for the Pulpwood Queens as we are on a mission to promote literacy. This woman is not only talking the talk, but walking the walk. Do check out that website and won’t you help on her mission, see below.
Book donations for the Camel Library can be mailed to:
Garissa Provincial Library
For Camel Library Librarian in Charge, Rashid M. Farah
P.O. Box 245
Garissa, Kenya
Won’t you spring into action by not only reading good books but promoting literacy too. The authors whose books I read and who grace my doors and book festivals inspire me. They inspire me to get up out of my comfortable winged back recliner where I love to read and write and do some good works too. Let’s clean out the closets and give to those in need. Do we really need to have all this stuff and yes, all these books. My goal this spring is to try to uncomplicate my life a bit and give, give, give. I have so much and so do all of you. Let’s take action this year and do good works.
Tiara wearing and book sharing, Kathy L. Patrick http://www.beautyandthebook.com/, and check out all the NEW Author and Artists links! We’re revamping the website to make it easier for you to navigate and to bring you the best in reading today!
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