Pennie Clark Ianniciello, Costco's book buyer, has chosen Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman (Penguin, $15, 9780143118572/0143118579) as her pick of the month for November. In Costco Connection, which goes to many of the warehouse club's members, she wrote: 
"I'm not one to judge a book by its cover, but I admit that a title may have some sway over me. From the moment I first heard the words Saving CeeCee Honeycutt, I knew I had to read Beth Hoffman's debut novel. And believe me, am I ever glad that I did.
"From beginning to end, I loved this book. I dare anyone not to be charmed by 12-year-old CeeCee. When her mother is killed in an accident, CeeCee is sent to Savannah, Georgia, to live with her great-aunt Tallulah Caldwell.
"CeeCee finds herself living a life of privilege surrounded by a bevy of colorful and larger-than-life, eccentric Southern women.
"Not only are the characters the kind that stick with a reader, but Savannah seems to take on the status of a character with scenery that's a far cry from CeeCee's native Ohio."