My Pulpwood Queen Book Bag

One of the great things about book conferences is all the great books you learn about and can often get signed—personally, on the spot—by the authors.

What I hate about travel is the unpacking! I finally got around to that little task this weekend! It’s not as bad as it sounds—I didn’t really need anything from my suitcase—since the clothes were all cheerleader uniforms (think Sue Sylvester with an attitude adjustment) and other costumes—and the toiletries are all my travel duplicates…But there was one bag of treasures that I was eager to get to first and this suitcase could not wait for the weekend—it was ALL THE BOOKS!

Count ‘em—there are 24—an even two dozen in all. And I wanted to pick up even more, but was concerned I wouldn’t be able to fit them in my bag! At first I was surprised that ten—almost 42% of my stash are non-fiction. But then, many of my book clubs read a lot of non-fiction titles so it’s not that unusual… In any event, here are all of my little treasures:

Fiction Titles:

– Clara and Mr. Tiffany, by Susan Vreeland

– Crazy in Alabama, by March Childress, PWQ Keynote speaker

– Falling Home, by Karen White

– Georgia Bottoms, by Mark Childress, PWQ Keynote speaker

– The Great Santini, by Pat Conroy, PWQ Keynote speaker

– I Still Dream About You, by Fannie Flagg, PWQ Keynote speaker

– Janeology, by Karen Harrington

– The Killing Storm, by Kathryn Casey

– The Kitchen Daughter, by Jael McHenry

– Mother & Other Liars, by Amy Bourret

– Murder at The Luther, by Kathleen Kaska

– Not Between Brothers, by David Marion Wilkinson

– A Place Called Wiregrass, by Michael Morris

– Stressed in Scottsdale, by Marcia Fine

Nonfiction Titles:

– as the sycamore grows, by Jennie Miller Helderman

– Cheap Cabernet, by Cathie Beck

– Don’t Quit Your Day Job, Edited by Sonny Brewer, PWQ Keynote speaker

– Learning to Die in Miami, by Carlos Eire

– My Reading Life, by Pat Conroy, PWQ Keynote speaker

– Redefining Beauty, by Karla K. Morton, the 2010 Texas Poet Laureate

– Suck Your Stomach In & Put Some Color On, by Shellie Rushing Tomlinson (which I’ve already read, but needed an autographed copy…)

– Women, Food and God, by Geneen Roth

– WOOF: Women Only Over 50, by Diana Black, Mary Cunningham, and Melinda Richarz Bailey

– Write That Book Already, by Sam Barry and Kathi Kamen Goldmark (already read that one too…)

My Reading Life is on my nightstand–which ones have you read? I’d like to hear your suggestion as to which one to shuffle to the top of the stack…

Cheers!

BCC

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