Join us at 3 pm this afternoon for a free virtual workshop with author and coach Ruthie Landis! And, second week, second state – this week we’re traveling to… ALASKA! Check out the curated list of titles HERE. ALSO this week – Monday Main Street Writes, Tuesday Pulpwood Queens International Book Club Convention Kick-off, Wednesday Stories on the Square, Thursday Thrill in the ‘Ville Thriller Book Club and Saturday’s book-signing with Julie Packett! See you on Main Street! 
TODAY: My Musings: Interactive Workshop with Ruthie Landis
January 9 @ 3:00 pm – 4:30 pmMONDAY: Main Street Writes
January 10 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pmTUESDAY – SUNDAY: 2022 International Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Online Book Club Convention!
January 11, 2022 @ 8:00 am – January 16, 2022 @ 5:00 pm – DAILY PROGRAMMING Get Your Package for the 2022 International Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Week Long Online Virtual Book Club Convention Today! Main Street Reads’ Shari Stauch will be a featured presenter as well as some of the best authors of 2021 and the 2022 reading season to come! PLUS – you’ll get deals and steals on the list we’re building of great reads AND gifts with purchase HERE including a tote bag, tiara (but of course) and a copy of the incredible…Find out more »
WEDNESDAY: Stories on the Square
January 12 @ 9:30 am – 10:00 amTHURSDAY: January Thriller Book Club: Comfort Me with Apples
January 13, 2022 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Main Street Reads, 115 S. Main St. Summerville, SC + Google Map Talk about a COVER, wow!!! This is the perfect book to launch our 2022 Thrill in the ‘Ville thriller book club – not too long, just right to kick off the new year! Comfort Me With Apples is a terrifying new thriller from bestseller Catherynne M. Valente, for fans of Gone Girl and Spinning Silver Sophia was made for him. Her perfect husband. She can feel it in her bones. He is perfect. Their home together in Arcadia Gardens is…Find out more »
THURSDAY Reader Meet Writer: Diane Chamberlain’s The Last House on the Street
January 13, 2022 @ 7:00 pm VIRTUAL Our first Reader Meet Writer event of 2022. Diane Chamberlain was 14 in the summer of 1964, when she learned about three young civil rights workers who were murdered in Mississippi, at the hands of the Ku Klux Klan, while volunteering to work on voter registration, education, and civil rights. It was an event that had a profound impact on Chamberlain, and led to her interest in the 1965 SCOPE project, in which white college students,…Find out more »
SATURDAY: Meet the Author: Live Booksigning with Julie Packett – Battling Bots!
January 15, 2022 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm Main Street Reads, 115 S. Main St. Summerville, SC + Google Map Julie Packett is back with the second in her series: The Chronicles of Ms. Clarke’s Class. This time it’s Battling Bots so you can add to your collection that should already include Science Night, or you can grab ’em both at Main Street Reads, in paperback OR hardcover! We look so forward to having Julie back at the store – help us give her a Summerville warm welcome! Find out more »
NEXT TUESDAY: Living Large Bookclub: Cloud Cuckoo Land
January 18, 2022 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm Main Street Reads, 115 S. Main St. Summerville, SC 29483 + Google Map Due to holiday travel schedules and pandemic concerns, we’ve rescheduled this event from December. We’re excited to talk about this intriguing work! The book everyone’s raving about, Cloud Cuckoo Land, by Anthony Doerr, author of All the Light We Cannot See. Join us for some fun discussion at our last bestsellers club meeting of 2021. We’ll have plenty to chat about, plus you can help us pick the next few months’ selections! “If you’re looking for a superb novel, look…Find out more »
Pulpwood Queens Bookclub: The Quisling Factor
January 27, 2022 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm Main Street Reads, 115 S. Main St. Summerville, SC + Google Map The Quisling Factor is the newest novel from brilliant historical fiction author J.L. Oakley. Treason. Espionage. Revenge. In the aftermath of WWII, ex-intelligence agent Tore Haugland tries to adjust to life in his newly freed country with the woman he loves. But he still has to testify against a Norwegian traitor — one of the monsters of the German occupation — whom he helped to capture. When mysterious notes threaten Haugland and his family, he must choose between protecting them…Find out more »
Travel Our Nation… in Books
We’re super excited to bring you a new feature at Main Street Reads in 2022! Throughout the year we’ll be “traveling” from state to state with a curated book list each week, featuring books from the featured “State of the Week.”
