Before we get to what’s coming up, a quick note of WOW for Saturday’s fabulous Fall Fest at our nearby Timrod Library. What a fun day we had. I was humbled and honored to work with such an incredible team of dedicated readers and volunteers all on board to provide a fun day of books, baked goods and more for the Summerville community. The Timrod, Summerville’s own library society, shares our mission of literacy and community, so we’re always delighted to support their endeavors.
A special shout-out to Main Street Reads book clubbers who took their time to give of their time, talent and treasure and help make this year’s event a record success, especially Vince Burruano, Lisa Johnson and Rhonda Delong. “All y’all” epitomize the generosity of spirit and “cool kidz” vibe of our reading tribe – THANK YOU!
Next Week: Our Holiday Gift Guide
We’re putting together a special holiday gift guide for you – watch for it in this post one week from today. Can’t wait? Ask us to put together something special for your special someone…
Meet Award-Winning Military Historian James Scott This Saturday (Veteran’s Day)
As we honor our military heroes on Veteran’s Day, we’re sharing a special signing with you (and perfect gift options before the holidays!) Brilliant author James M. Scott will be at Main Street Reads from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m., signing his most recent (and many say best) book, Black Snow:
Seven minutes past midnight on March 10, 1945, nearly 300 American B-29s thundered into the skies over Tokyo. Their payloads of incendiaries ignited a firestorm that reached up to 2,800 degrees, liquefying asphalt and vaporizing thousands; sixteen square miles of the city were flattened and more than 100,000 men, women, and children were killed.
Black Snow is the story of this devastating operation, orchestrated by Major General Curtis LeMay, who famously remarked: “If we lose the war, we’ll be tried as war criminals.”
Drawing on first-person interviews with American pilots and bombardiers and Japanese survivors, air force archives, and oral histories never before published in English, Scott delivers a harrowing and gripping account, and his most important and compelling work to date.
A former Nieman Fellow at Harvard, James M. Scott is the author of Rampage, which was named one of the Best Books of 2018 by the editors at Kirkus and Military Times and was chosen as a finalist for the prestigious Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History by the New York Historical Society.
His other works include Target Tokyo, a 2016 Pulitzer Prize finalist; The War Below, and The Attack on the Liberty, which won the Rear Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison Award. Scott lives with his wife and two children in Mt. Pleasant, SC.
Thirty Great Reads for November!
Click on the image below for November’s Indie Next Book Picks and enjoy the reading ride!
Coming Up at Main Street Reads
Here’s a look at what’s coming up in the next couple of weeks – for all upcoming events, visit our UPCOMING calendar HERE… See you on Main Street!
MONDAY Main Street Writes LIVE
WEDNESDAY Stories on the Square
SATURDAY: Honoring Veteran’s Day: Meet Award-Winning Military Historian James M. Scott
Thriller Book Club: Bright Young Women
