We started off our new year as an official book club and began our journey by selecting the memoir written by the Pulpwood Queens' founder, Kathy L. Patrick.

The nice thing about this book is that all of our members have met and gotten to know the author so it was a pleasure to read her book and enjoy her first publication. We felt the characters were well fleshed out and that the writer's compassion and heart felt love for them was apparent through the pages. Kathy's description of her adopted home town of Jefferson, TX was spot on and highlighted the joys of small town living.

This was a great book that got our group delving into pretty deep discussions ranging from our relationships with our mothers, friends and our community. This is my first book club although I am an avid reader (more books and less tv for me) and I can already see the advantage to sitting around with friends you love and learning more about their perspective of not only the book selected but life in general.

While the content is fairly lighthearted, it does have very deep moments and makes you appreciate all that Mrs. Patrick and her family have been through to get to where she is today. If anyone every wanted to write a book, they need to meet Kathy. She is an inspiration to the author hiding in all of us and you can learn more about her at www.beautyandthebook.com .

Next month we will read "A Model Summer" by Paulina Poriskova. We have the pleasure of meeting and hearing Paulina introduce her book at the annual Girlfriend's Weekend held in Jefferson several weeks ago and we cannot wait to dive into this juicy novel that "while purportedly not based on Paulina's own experiences as a teen model in Paris", the author does know her subject well.

'Til then... happy reading.

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