BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Main Street Reads - ECPv6.17.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://mainstreetreads.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Main Street Reads REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230221T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230221T200000 DTSTAMP:20230129T144213Z CREATED:20230129T144213Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230129T144213Z UID:7234-1677004200-1677009600@mainstreetreads.com SUMMARY:Living Large Book Club: February's Pick - The Good Left Undone by Adriana Trigiani DESCRIPTION:This was a sell-out phenom at the recent Pulpwood Queens international book club conference in Florida and our readers are raving\, so we’re super excited to chat about Adriana’s amazing work! As always\, the book is 10% off for book club pricing and we’ll have wine and treats the night of our chat… see you there! \nAN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER \n“[An] immersive saga. . . . A celebration of family and a paean to the power of storytelling.”—People\, “Book of the Week” \n“Trigiani conveys the beauty of Italy\, the hardships of war\, the taste of family recipes\, and the enduring love of family.”—Library Journal (starred) \n“The beauty of any book by Adriana Trigiani is her ability to interweave life and fiction. . . . Don’t miss your chance to take this unforgettable journey with the Cabrelli women!” –Lisa Wingate\, Book of the Month \nFrom “a master of visual and palpable detail” (The Washington Post)\, comes a lush\, immersive novel about three generations of Tuscan artisans with one remarkable secret. Epic in scope and resplendent with the glorious themes of identity and belonging\, The Good Left Undone unfolds in breathtaking turns. \nMatelda\, the Cabrelli family’s matriarch\, has always been brusque and opinionated. Now\, as she faces the end of her life\, she is determined to share a long-held secret with her family about her own mother’s great love story: with her childhood friend\, Silvio\, and with dashing Scottish sea captain John Lawrie McVicars\, the father Matelda never knew. . \nIn the halcyon past\, Domenica Cabrelli thrives in the coastal town of Viareggio until her beloved home becomes unsafe when Italy teeters on the brink of World War II. Her journey takes her from the rocky shores of Marseille to the mystical beauty of Scotland to the dangers of wartime Liverpool–where Italian Scots are imprisoned without cause–as Domenica experiences love\, loss\, and grief while she longs for home. A hundred years later\, her daughter\, Matelda\, and her granddaughter\, Anina\, face the same big questions about life and their family’s legacy\, while Matelda contemplates what is worth fighting for. But Matelda is running out of time\, and the two timelines intersect and weave together in unexpected and heartbreaking ways that lead the family to shocking revelations and\, ultimately\, redemption. URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/living-large-book-club-februarys-pick-the-good-left-undone-by-adriana-trigiani/ LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/feb-living-large.png ORGANIZER;CN="Main Street Reads":MAILTO:shari@writerswin.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230314T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230314T200000 DTSTAMP:20230212T154447Z CREATED:20230212T154308Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230212T154447Z UID:7262-1678818600-1678824000@mainstreetreads.com SUMMARY:Thrill in the 'Ville: Thriller Book Club Features The House in the Pines DESCRIPTION:Our March Thriller Book Club will feature The House in the Pines by Ana Reyes – already making waves as a Reese Witherspoon book club pick! Grab the book in-store at our 10% off book club price or get it on our online bookshop HERE. \nAs always\, treats will be served! Want a headstart on the book club questions? Visit this handy guide HERE! \nAn instant New York Times bestseller! \n“This is an absolute\, can’t-put-it-down thriller…It’s truly a wild ride that had me flying through chapter after chapter–which I think is the perfect way to kick off your year of reading.” –Reese Witherspoon (Reese’s Book Club Jan ’23 Pick) \nArmed with only hazy memories\, a woman who long ago witnessed her friend’s sudden\, mysterious death\, and has since spent her life trying to forget\, sets out to track down answers. What she uncovers\, deep in the woods\, is hardly to be believed…. \nMaya was a high school senior when her best friend\, Aubrey\, mysteriously dropped dead in front of the enigmatic man named Frank whom they’d been spending time with all summer. \nSeven years later\, Maya lives in Boston with a loving boyfriend and is kicking the secret addiction that has allowed her to cope with what happened years ago\, the gaps in her memories\, and the lost time that she can’t account for. But her past comes rushing back when she comes across a recent YouTube video in which a young woman suddenly keels over and dies in a diner while sitting across from none other than Frank. Plunged into the trauma that has defined her life\, Maya heads to her Berkshires hometown to relive that fateful summer–the influence Frank once had on her and the obsessive jealousy that nearly destroyed her friendship with Aubrey. \nAt her mother’s house\, she excavates fragments of her past and notices hidden messages in her deceased Guatemalan father’s book that didn’t stand out to her earlier. To save herself\, she must understand a story written before she was born\, but time keeps running out\, and soon\, all roads are leading back to Frank’s cabin…. \nUtterly unique and captivating\, The House in the Pines keeps you guessing about whether we can ever fully confront the past and return home. \n  URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/thrill-in-the-ville-thriller-book-club-features-the-house-in-the-pines/ LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/thriller-mar-2023.png ORGANIZER;CN="Main Street Reads":MAILTO:shari@writerswin.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230321T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230321T200000 DTSTAMP:20230212T155347Z CREATED:20230212T155347Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230212T155347Z UID:7267-1679423400-1679428800@mainstreetreads.com SUMMARY:March Living Large Book Club Discussing Beasts of the Earth by James Wade DESCRIPTION:March’s Living Large (bestsellers) Book Club will feature an engaging discussion about James Wade’s newest book club hit – Beasts of the Earth! \nAs always\, the book is available from our online bookshop OR in-store at 10% off! \nJames Wade\, whose first two novels were praised as “rhapsodic” and “haunting\,” delivers his most powerful work to date–a chilling parable about the impossible demands of hate and love\, trauma and goodness\, vividly set in the landscapes of Texas and Louisiana. \nBeasts of the Earth tells the story of Harlen LeBlanc\, a dependable if quiet employee of the Carter Hills High School’s grounds department\, whose carefully maintained routine is overthrown by an act of violence. As the town searches for answers\, LeBlanc strikes out on his own to exonerate a friend\, while drawing the eyes of the law to himself and fending off unwelcome voices that call for a sterner form of justice. \nTwenty years earlier\, young Michael Fischer dreads the return of his father from prison. He spends his days stealing from trap lines in the Louisiana bayou to feed his fanatically religious mother and his cherished younger sister\, Doreen. When his father eventually returns\, an evil arrives in Michael’s life that sends him running from everything he has ever known. He is rescued by a dying poet and his lover\, who extract from him a promise: to be a good man\, whatever that may require. \nBeasts of the Earth deftly intertwines these stories\, exploring themes of time\, fate\, and free will\, to produce a revelatory conclusion that is both beautiful and heartbreaking. URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/march-living-large-book-club-discussing-beasts-of-the-earth-by-james-wade/ LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/beasts-mar-2023.png ORGANIZER;CN="Main Street Reads":MAILTO:shari@writerswin.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230411T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230411T200000 DTSTAMP:20230326T054023Z CREATED:20230326T054023Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230326T054023Z UID:7327-1681237800-1681243200@mainstreetreads.com SUMMARY:Thrill in the ‘Ville: April Thriller Book Club Features The London Seance Society DESCRIPTION:Our APRIL Thriller Book Club will feature The London Seance Society by Sarah Penner\, author of one of our favorite tales\, The Lost Apothecary. Grab either book in-store at our 10% off book club price or grab ’em from on our online bookshop HERE. \nAs always\, treats will be served! Want a headstart on the book club questions? Visit this handy guide HERE! \n“An atmospheric and evocative whodunnit steeped in suspense\, mystery\, and illusion.” –Nita Prose\, #1 New York Times bestseller of The Maid \nFrom the author of the sensational bestseller The Lost Apothecary comes a spellbinding tale about two daring women who hunt for truth and justice in the perilous art of conjuring the dead. \n1873. At an abandoned château on the outskirts of Paris\, a dark séance is about to take place\, led by acclaimed spiritualist Vaudeline D’Allaire. Known worldwide for her talent in conjuring the spirits of murder victims to ascertain the identities of the people who killed them\, she is highly sought after by widows and investigators alike. \nLenna Wickes has come to Paris to find answers about her sister’s death\, but to do so\, she must embrace the unknown and overcome her own logic-driven bias against the occult. When Vaudeline is beckoned to England to solve a high-profile murder\, Lenna accompanies her as an understudy. But as the women team up with the powerful men of London’s exclusive Séance Society to solve the mystery\, they begin to suspect that they are not merely out to solve a crime\, but perhaps entangled in one themselves… \n“An explosive\, immersive\, time-bomb of a novel. Vengeance is never sweeter than in Sarah Penner’s hands.” –Laurie Lico Albanese\, award-winning author of Hester URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/thrill-in-the-ville-april-thriller-book-club-features-the-london-seance-society/ LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/April-11th-Thriller.png ORGANIZER;CN="Main Street Reads":MAILTO:shari@writerswin.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230418T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230418T200000 DTSTAMP:20230326T060124Z CREATED:20230326T055510Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230326T060124Z UID:7330-1681842600-1681848000@mainstreetreads.com SUMMARY:April Living Large Book Club Discussing Picture in the Sand by Peter Blauner DESCRIPTION:April’s Living Large (bestsellers) Book Club will feature an engaging discussion about Peter Blauner’s new book club hit – Picture in the Sand: \nAs always\, the book is available from our online bookshop OR in-store at 10% off! All are welcome to book club night and we’ll provide plenty of treats and a fun chat! \n“On rare occasions I read a book that reminds me of why I fell in love with storytelling in the first place. This is such a book.” -Stephen King \nPeter Blauner’s epic Picture in the Sand is a sweeping intergenerational saga told through a grandfather’s passionate letters to his grandson\, passing on the story of his political rebellion in 1950s Egypt in order to save his grandson’s life in a post-9/11 world. \nWhen Alex Hassan gets accepted to an Ivy League university\, his middle-class Egyptian-American family is filled with pride and excitement. But that joy turns to shock when they discover that he’s run off to the Middle East to join a holy war instead. When he refuses to communicate with everyone else\, his loving grandfather Ali emails him one last plea. If Alex will stay in touch\, his grandfather will share with Alex – and only Alex – a manuscript containing the secret story of his own life that he’s kept hidden from his family\, until now. \nIt’s the tale of his romantic and heartbreaking past rooted in Hollywood and the post-revolutionary Egypt of the 1950s\, when young Ali was a movie fanatic who attained a dream job working for the legendary director Cecil B. DeMille on the set of his epic film\, The Ten Commandments. But Ali’s vision of a golden future as an American movie mogul gets upended when he is unwittingly caught up in a web of politics\, espionage\, and real-life events that change the course of history. \nIt’s a narrative he’s told no one for more than a half-century. But now he’s forced to unearth the past to save a young man who’s about to make the same tragic mistakes he made so long ago. \n  URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/april-living-large-book-club-discussing-picture-in-the-sand-by-peter-blauner/ LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/April-18-living-large.png ORGANIZER;CN="Main Street Reads":MAILTO:shari@writerswin.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230516T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230516T200000 DTSTAMP:20230430T053241Z CREATED:20230430T053241Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230430T053241Z UID:7396-1684261800-1684267200@mainstreetreads.com SUMMARY:May Thriller Book Club: Death of a Bookseller DESCRIPTION:This month’s thriller club will meet on the 3RD TUESDAY since it’s a five-week month\, giving everyone more time to read the new selection Death of a Bookseller by Alice Slater. \nThe book is in stock at Main Street Reads\, available at the book club 10% off discount. \nAs always\, this event is free and open to all; you bring yourselves and we’ll bring the treats! \nABOUT THE BOOK:\nRoach would rather be listening to the latest episode of her favorite true crime podcast than assisting the boring and predictable customers at her local branch of the bookstore Spines\, where she’s worked her entire adult life. A serious true crime junkie\, Roach looks down her nose at the pumpkin-spice-latte-drinking casual fans who only became interested in the genre once it got trendy. But when Laura\, a pretty and charismatic children’s bookseller\, arrives to help rejuvenate the struggling bookstore branch\, Roach recognizes in her an unexpected kindred spirit. \nDespite their common interest in true crime\, Laura keeps her distance from Roach\, resisting the other woman’s overtures of friendship. Undeterred\, Roach learns everything she can about her new colleague\, eventually uncovering Laura’s traumatic family history. When Roach realizes that she may have come across her very own true crime story\, interest swiftly blooms into a dangerous obsession. \nA darkly funny suspense novel\, Death of a Bookseller raises ethical questions about the fervor for true crime and how we handle stories that don’t belong to us. URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/may-thriller-book-club-death-of-a-bookseller/ LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Thriller-May-23.png ORGANIZER;CN="Main Street Reads":MAILTO:shari@writerswin.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230613T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230613T200000 DTSTAMP:20230527T231552Z CREATED:20230527T165154Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230527T231552Z UID:7449-1686681000-1686686400@mainstreetreads.com SUMMARY:June Thriller Book Club: The Only Survivors DESCRIPTION:This month’s “Thrill in the ‘Ville” club will meet on the 2nd Tuesday to chat about the new thriller The Only Survivors by Megan Miranda. The book is in stock at Main Street Reads\, available at the book club 10% off discount. \nAs always\, this event is free and open to all; you bring yourselves and we’ll bring the treats! \nAbout the Book: \nFrom the New York Times bestselling author of All the Missing Girls and “master of suspense\, Megan Miranda” (Mary Kubica\, New York Times bestselling author of The Good Girl)\, a thrilling mystery about a group of former classmates who reunite to mark the tenth anniversary of a tragic accident–only to have one of the survivors disappear\, casting fear and suspicion on the original tragedy. \nSeven hours in the past. Seven days in the present. Seven survivors remaining. Who would you save? \nA decade ago\, two vans filled with high school seniors on a school service trip crashed into a Tennessee ravine–a tragedy that claimed the lives of multiple classmates and teachers. The nine students who managed to escape the river that night were irrevocably changed. A year later\, after one of the survivors dies by suicide on the anniversary of the crash\, the rest of them make a pact: to come together each year to commemorate that terrible night. \nTo keep one another safe.\nTo hold one another accountable.\nOr both. \nTheir annual meeting place\, a house on the Outer Banks\, has long been a refuge. But by the tenth anniversary\, Cassidy Bent has worked to distance herself from the tragedy\, and from the other survivors. She’s changed her mobile number. She’s blocked the others’ email addresses. This year\, she is determined to finally break ties once and for all. But on the day of the reunion\, she receives a text with an obituary attached: another survivor is gone. Now they are seven–and Cassidy finds herself hurling back toward the group\, wild with grief–and suspicion. \nAlmost immediately\, something feels off this year. Cassidy is the first to notice when Amaya\, annual organizer\, slips away\, overwhelmed. This wouldn’t raise alarm except for the impending storm. Suddenly\, they’re facing the threat of closed roads and surging waters…again. Then Amaya stops responding to her phone. After all they’ve been through\, she wouldn’t willfully make them worry. Would she? \nAnd–as they promised long ago–each survivor will do whatever he or she can do to save one another. Won’t they? \nA propulsive and chilling locked-box mystery filled with the dazzling hairpin twists that are the author’s signature\, The Only Survivors is New York Times bestselling author Megan Miranda’s best novel yet. \nBook Club Questions to Contemplate! (Includes Spoilers)\n\nThrillers often challenge readers to exercise their reasoning skills and guess twists and mysteries alongside the characters. Did you successfully anticipate any parts of the plot in The Only Survivors? Which parts caught you off guard and surprised you the most? How do you feel about trying to guess twists in a thriller – does it enhance or detract from your reading experience?\nThroughout the book\, references to luck and fate recur. Cassidy mentions that the survivor’s reunion house came down to luck\, Amaya’s dad believed in making their own fate\, and Russ asks Clara about her beliefs in fate. Do you think there is a difference between luck and fate? Which do you believe has a greater influence on the lives of the characters in this story – luck or fate? How do these concepts play out in the events of the book?\nCassidy is initially reluctant to reunite with the survivors for the 10th year\, as she feels it’s hindering her ability to move on. If you were in a similar situation\, would you choose to reunite with your fellow survivors annually? Do you think it would aid in your healing process or potentially set you back\, forcing you to confront emotions you’re trying to move past?\nLies seem to beget more lies in The Only Survivors. Let’s trace the instances where characters withheld the truth or told significant lies. Which lie do you think had the most significant impact on the course of the story? If Cassidy had initially confessed to the group that she was standing in front of the bus during the accident\, how do you think it would have altered the events of the story? Discuss the lies that had the greatest snowball effect.\nGuilt is a pervasive theme in the story\, with Amaya feeling burdened by the guilt of the trip being her idea and Cassidy struggling with the weight of inadvertently causing the accident. How do you think these characters can navigate their guilt and find redemption? Can you relate to their feelings of guilt in any way?\nThe characters in the story seem to grapple with tragedies on their own without seeking outside help. If the characters had involved the police or sought professional assistance\, how do you think the story would have unfolded differently? Do you believe any of the characters deserve to face legal consequences for their actions\, and if so\, who and why?\nRuss\, though not directly involved in the accident\, experienced his own tragedy with the loss of his sister and the subsequent neglect from authorities. How do you feel about Russ and his actions in response to his circumstances? To what extent do you sympathize with him\, and do you believe his actions were justified or not?\nCoping with trauma and loss can manifest in various ways for different individuals in the story. What do you think are some of the healthier ways the characters could have coped with the aftermath of the accident? If you could offer personalized advice to the remaining survivors\, considering all that they have been through in the past 10 years\, what would it be?\nAt the end of the book\, Cassidy promises to “leave the past to the past and never look back.” Do you think this is a wise decision? Should the group benefit from another reunion to confront the new truth they’ve uncovered\, or should they bury it and never speak of it again? Share your opinions on whether leaving the past behind is the best approach for the characters.\nThe premise of The Only Survivors revolves around a pact made by the survivors of a tragic accident. What do you think about the concept of survivor guilt and the ways in which the characters in the book cope with it? How do their actions and decisions regarding the annual reunion reflect their individual approaches to dealing with trauma?\nCassidy\, the protagonist\, is determined to break ties with the other survivors after a decade of commemorating the anniversary of the accident. Why do you think Cassidy wants to distance herself from the group?\nThe setting of the Outer Banks\, with its looming storm and closed roads\, adds to the sense of tension and urgency in the story. How does the setting contribute to the overall mood and atmosphere of the book? How does it impact the characters’ actions?\nAmaya\, the annual organizer of the reunion\, goes missing during the impending storm\, and the other survivors become increasingly worried. How does the disappearance of Amaya affect the dynamics among the remaining characters?\nMegan Miranda is known for her hairpin twists and suspenseful storytelling. Were you able to predict the outcome of the story\, or were you taken by surprise by the revelations and plot twists? How do you think the author crafted the mystery elements in the book to keep readers engaged and intrigued?\nThroughout the book\, the characters grapple with the concept of saving one another\, as they promised to do in their pact. What do you think this idea of saving each other means to the characters? How does it evolve and change as the story progresses?\nLet’s discuss the structure of The Only Survivors. How do the shifting time frames and points of view impact the story? Did you find Cassidy to be a reliable narrator while reading? Were there any other points of view that you distrusted or found unreliable? Explore the narrative structure and its effect on your reading experience.\nThe accident occurred during a pivotal time in the characters’ lives\, as they were high school seniors preparing to enter the “real world.” Do you think the accident severely altered the course of Cassidy’s life? Where do you imagine she would be if she hadn’t gone on that trip? Can you envision vastly different lives for any of the other characters? Share your thoughts on how the accident shaped their futures.\nThe Only Survivors delves into the complexities of relationships among the survivors\, as well as their relationships with the victim who died by suicide. How do the characters’ past and present relationships with one another shape their actions and decisions during the reunion? How do their dynamics evolve and change as the story progresses\, and what do you think this says about the nature of trauma and grief in relationships?\nThe book raises questions about the concept of accountability among the survivors\, as well as the choices they make in the aftermath of the accident. Do you think the characters take responsibility for their actions\, or do they avoid accountability? How do their actions and decisions impact the outcome of the story\, and do you think they find redemption or closure by the end of the book? URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/june-thriller-book-club-the-only-survivors/ LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/thriller-june-2023.png ORGANIZER;CN="Main Street Reads":MAILTO:shari@writerswin.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230706T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230706T170000 DTSTAMP:20230702T035131Z CREATED:20230528T145521Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230702T035131Z UID:7463-1688630400-1688662800@mainstreetreads.com SUMMARY:NEW Fab Fantasy Book Club! July's Pick: Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson DESCRIPTION:We’re dubbing our newest club “Fab Fantasy” and it will take place on the first THURSDAY of each month. \n\n\n\nIn order to give you time to grab and read the first selection\, this club kicks off in July\, July 6th to be exact. We’ll be reading Tress of the Emerald Sea by none other than #1 New York Times Bestselling author Brandon Sanderson.\n\nFan of The Princess Bride? (Um\, who isn’t?!) Then you’ll love this one…\n\n1 New York Times Bestselling author Brandon Sanderson brings us deeper into the Cosmere universe with a rollicking\, riveting tale that will appeal to fans of The Princess Bride.\n\nThe only life Tress has known on her island home in an emerald-green ocean has been a simple one\, with the simple pleasures of collecting cups brought by sailors from faraway lands and listening to stories told by her friend Charlie. But when his father takes him on a voyage to find a bride and disaster strikes\,\n\nTress must stow away on a ship and seek the Sorceress of the deadly Midnight Sea. Amid the spore oceans where pirates abound\, can Tress leave her simple life behind and make her own place sailing a sea where a single drop of water can mean instant death?\n\n \n\n  URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/new-fab-fantasy-book-club-julys-pick-tress-of-the-emerald-sea-by-brandon-sanderson/ LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion,Celebration ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/First-Thursday-Fab-Fantasy.png ORGANIZER;CN="Main Street Reads":MAILTO:shari@writerswin.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230711T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230711T200000 DTSTAMP:20230618T035600Z CREATED:20230618T035558Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230618T035600Z UID:7499-1689100200-1689105600@mainstreetreads.com SUMMARY:July Thriller Club: You Shouldn't Have Come Here DESCRIPTION:Join us to chat about the new sensation from Jeneva Rose\, You Shouldn’t Have Come Here. As always\, our Thrill in the ‘Ville Thriller Book Club is free and open to all – and we’ll bring the treats! \n\n\n\nSee you on Main Street… \n\n\n\nAbout the Book\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Everything I want in a thriller. Sexy\, shocking\, and tense with an ending I never saw coming. Jeneva Rose is the queen of twists.”–Colleen Hoover\, #1 New York Times bestselling author \n\n\n\nThe highly anticipated new thriller from the USA Today and #1 bestselling author of The Perfect Marriage and One of Us Is Dead \n\n\n\nYou’ve opened up your house and your heart to a total stranger … What could possibly go wrong? \n\n\n\nGrace Evans\, an overworked New Yorker looking for a total escape from her busy life\, books an Airbnb on a ranch in the middle of Wyoming. When she arrives at the idyllic getaway\, she’s pleased to find that the owner is a handsome man by the name of Calvin Wells–and he’s eager to introduce her to his easygoing way of life. But there are things Grace discovers that she’s not too pleased about: A lack of cell phone service. A missing woman. And a feeling that something isn’t right with the ranch. \n\n\n\nDespite her uneasiness\, the two bond and start to fall for one another. However\, as her departure date nears\, things change for the worse. What began as a playful romance soon turns into a complicated web of lies. Grace grows wary of Calvin as his infatuation for her seems to have morphed to obsession. Calvin fears that Grace is hiding something from him–including her reason for staying at his ranch to begin with. Vacation flings typically end in heartbreak\, but for Grace and Calvin\, it’ll be far more destructive. \n\n\n\nAbout the Author\n\n\n\nJeneva Rose is the internationally bestselling author of The Perfect Marriage and One of Us Is Dead. Her work has been translated into more than a dozen languages and optioned for film and television. Originally from Wisconsin\, she currently lives in Chicago with her husband\, Drew\, and her English bulldog\, Winston. URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/july-thriller-club-you-shouldnt-have-come-here/ LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/THRILLER-CLUB-JULY-2023.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230725T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230725T200000 DTSTAMP:20230702T044044Z CREATED:20230702T044041Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230702T044044Z UID:7530-1690309800-1690315200@mainstreetreads.com SUMMARY:Living Large - Bestsellers Book Club This Month: The Paris Daughter by Kristin Harmel! DESCRIPTION:Join us Tuesday\, July 25th for an exhilarating discussion around Kristin Harmel’s latest hit\, The Paris Daughter. As always\, our clubs are free and open to all. Treats will be served and Kristin’s book is available at Main Street Reads at the 10% off book club discount – see you on Main Street! \n\n\n\nAbout the Book\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFrom the bestselling author of the “heart-stopping tale of survival and heroism” (People) The Book of Lost Names comes a gripping historical novel about two mothers who must make unthinkable choices in the face of the Nazi occupation. \n\n\n\nParis\, 1939: Young mothers Elise and Juliette become fast friends the day they meet in the beautiful Bois de Boulogne. Though there is a shadow of war creeping across Europe\, neither woman suspects that their lives are about to irrevocably change. \n\n\n\nWhen Elise becomes a target of the German occupation\, she entrusts Juliette with the most precious thing in her life–her young daughter\, playmate to Juliette’s own little girl. But nowhere is safe in war\, not even a quiet little bookshop like Juliette’s Librairie des Rêves. \n\n\n\nWhen a bomb falls on their neighborhood\, Juliette’s world is destroyed along with it. More than a year later\, with the war finally ending\, Elise returns to reunite with her daughter\, only to find her friend’s bookstore reduced to rubble–and Juliette nowhere to be found. What happened to her daughter in those last\, terrible moments? Juliette has seemingly vanished without a trace\, taking all the answers with her. Elise’s desperate search leads her to New York–and to Juliette–one final\, fateful time. An “exquisite and gut-wrenching novel” (Lisa Barr\, New York Times bestselling author) you won’t soon forget\, The Paris Daughter is also a sweeping celebration of resilience\, motherhood\, and love. URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/living-large-bestsellers-book-club-this-month-the-paris-daughter-by-kristin-harmel/ LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Living-Large-July-2023-Paris-Daughter.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230803T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230803T200000 DTSTAMP:20230723T074722Z CREATED:20230723T074720Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230723T074722Z UID:7575-1691087400-1691092800@mainstreetreads.com SUMMARY:Fab Fantasy Book Club: Ink\, Blood\, Sister\, Scribe DESCRIPTION:Join your fellow readers for fun discussion\, 10% off book club pricing and free treats on book club night! This month\, Ink\, Blood\, Sister\, Scribe is up for discussion – we’ll see you there! \n\n\n\nA GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK! \n\n\n\n“Astonishing and pristine\, the kind of debut I love to be devastated by\, already so assured and sophisticated that it’s difficult to imagine where the author can go from here. . . . It’s simply a delight from start to finish.” – AMAL EL-MOHTAR\, New York Times Book Review \n\n\n\n“Follow where this novel leads and you will be lost in a bewitching spell\, a book of magic about books of magic . . . extraordinary.” – MARLON JAMES \n\n\n\nIn this spellbinding debut novel\, two estranged half-sisters tasked with guarding their family’s library of magical books must work together to unravel a deadly secret at the heart of their collection–a tale of familial loyalty and betrayal\, and the pursuit of magic and power. \n\n\n\nFor generations\, the Kalotay family has guarded a collection of ancient and rare books. Books that let a person walk through walls or manipulate the elements–books of magic that half-sisters Joanna and Esther have been raised to revere and protect. \n\n\n\nAll magic comes with a price\, though\, and for years the sisters have been separated. Esther has fled to a remote base in Antarctica to escape the fate that killed her own mother\, and Joanna’s isolated herself in their family home in Vermont\, devoting her life to the study of these cherished volumes. But after their father dies suddenly while reading a book Joanna has never seen before\, the sisters must reunite to preserve their family legacy. In the process\, they’ll uncover a world of magic far bigger and more dangerous than they ever imagined\, and all the secrets their parents kept hidden; secrets that span centuries\, continents\, and even other libraries . . . \n\n\n\nIn the great tradition of Ninth House\, The Magicians\, and Practical Magic\, this is a suspenseful and richly atmospheric novel that draws readers into a vast world filled with mystery and magic\, romance\, and intrigue–and marks the debut of an extraordinary new voice in speculative fiction. \n\n\n\n“Ink Blood Sister Scribe is so many things at once: an adventure\, a puzzle\, a twisty thriller\, and a tender romance. . . . I adored it.” – ALIX E. HARROW \n\n\n\n“If\, like me\, you’re a fan of Holly Black and Leigh Bardugo\, pick up this book at once.” — KELLY LINK URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/fab-fantasy-book-club-ink-blood-sister-scribe/ LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/fantasy-august-2023.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230815T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230815T200000 DTSTAMP:20230723T132723Z CREATED:20230723T132721Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230723T132723Z UID:7580-1692124200-1692129600@mainstreetreads.com SUMMARY:Thriller Book Club: Bad Summer People DESCRIPTION:This month’s Thrill in the ‘Ville will take place on August 15th – and we’ll be chatting about Bad Summer People (the book\, not the neighbors!) Everyone is welcome and we’ll supply the treats! \n\n\n\nEmma Rosenblum’s Bad Summer People is a whip-smart\, propulsive debut about infidelity\, backstabbing\, and murderous intrigue\, set against an exclusive summer haven on Fire Island.“This roiling beach community satire serves up wicked\, clever fun that is White Lotus sharp.” –Kevin Kwan\, New York Times bestselling author of Crazy Rich Asians and Sex and VanityNone of them would claim to be a particularly good person. But who among them is actually capable of murder? Jen Weinstein and Lauren Parker rule the town of Salcombe\, Fire Island every summer. They hold sway on the beach and the tennis court\, and are adept at manipulating people to get what they want. Their husbands\, Sam and Jason\, have summered together on the island since childhood\, despite lifelong grudges and numerous secrets. Their one single friend\, Rachel Woolf\, is looking to meet her match\, whether he’s the tennis pro–or someone else’s husband. \n\n\n\nBut even with plenty to gossip about\, this season starts out as quietly as any other. Until a body is discovered\, face down\, off the side of the boardwalk. Stylish\, subversive\, and darkly comedic\, this is a story of what’s lurking under the surface of picture-perfect lives in a place where everyone has something to hide. URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/thriller-book-club-bad-summer-people/ LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/thriller-august-2023.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230829T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230829T200000 DTSTAMP:20230723T073742Z CREATED:20230723T073740Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230723T073742Z UID:7571-1693333800-1693339200@mainstreetreads.com SUMMARY:Living Large Bookclub: The Summer of Songbirds DESCRIPTION:Join us for a lively discussion of the new hit from Kristy Woodson Harvey\, The Summer of Songbirds. As always\, treats are on us and all are welcome. The book is available at Main Street Reads for 10% off book club pricing! \n\n\n\nFour women come together to save the summer camp that changed their lives and rediscover themselves in the process in this moving new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Wedding Veil and the Peachtree Bluff series. Nearly thirty years ago\, in the wake of a personal tragedy\, June Moore bought Camp Holly Springs and turned it into a thriving summer haven for girls. But now\, June is in danger of losing the place she has sacrificed everything for\, and begins to realize how much she has used the camp to avoid facing difficulties in her life. June’s niece\, Daphne\, met her two best friends\, Lanier and Mary Stuart\, during a fateful summer at camp. They’ve all helped each other through hard things\, from heartbreak and loss to substance abuse and unplanned pregnancy\, and the three are inseparable even in their thirties. \n\n\n\nBut when attorney Daphne is confronted with a relationship from her past–and a confidential issue at work becomes personal–she is faced with an impossible choice. Lanier\, meanwhile\, is struggling with tough decisions of her own. After a run-in with an old flame\, she is torn between the commitment she made to her fiancé and the one she made to her first love. And when a big secret comes to light\, she finds herself at odds with her best friend…and risks losing the person she loves most. But in spite of their personal problems\, nothing is more important to these songbirds than Camp Holly Springs. When the women learn their childhood oasis is in danger of closing\, they band together to save it\, sending them on a journey that promises to open the next chapters in their lives. \n\n\n\nFrom an author whose “writing coats your soul with heart” (E! Online)\, The Summer of Songbirds is a lyrical and unforgettable celebration of female friendship\, summertime freedom\, and enduring sisterhood–and a love letter to the places and people that make us who we are. URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/living-large-bookclub-the-summer-of-songbirds/ LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/living-large-august-2023.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230907T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230907T200000 DTSTAMP:20230820T043101Z CREATED:20230820T043100Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230820T043101Z UID:7680-1694111400-1694116800@mainstreetreads.com SUMMARY:Fab Fantasy Book Club: Immortal Longings DESCRIPTION:Join us for a lively discussion about this month’s Fab Fantasy pick: Immortal Longings by Chloe Gong! \n\n\n\n#1 New York Times bestselling author Chloe Gong’s adult epic fantasy debut. Inspired by Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra\, Immortal Longings is a fiery collision of power plays\, spilled blood\, and romance amidst a set of deadly games. \n\n\n\nEvery year\, thousands in the kingdom of Talin will flock to its capital twin cities\, San-Er\, where the palace hosts a set of games. For those confident enough in their ability to jump between bodies\, competitors across San-Er fight to the death to win unimaginable riches. Princess Calla Tuoleimi lurks in hiding. Five years ago\, a massacre killed her parents and left the palace of Er empty…and she was the one who did it. Before King Kasa’s forces in San can catch her\, she plans to finish the job and bring down the monarchy. Her reclusive uncle always greets the victor of the games\, so if she wins\, she gets her opportunity at last to kill him. \n\n\n\nEnter Anton Makusa\, an exiled aristocrat. His childhood love has lain in a coma since they were both ousted from the palace\, and he’s deep in debt trying to keep her alive. Thankfully\, he’s one of the best jumpers in the kingdom\, flitting from body to body at will. His last chance at saving her is entering the games and winning. Calla finds both an unexpected alliance with Anton and help from King Kasa’s adopted son\, August\, who wants to mend Talin’s ills. But the three of them have very different goals\, even as Calla and Anton’s partnership spirals into something all-consuming. \n\n\n\nBefore the games close\, Calla must decide what she’s playing for–her lover or her kingdom. URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/fab-fantasy-book-club-immortal-longings/ LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Fab-Fantasy-Sep-7.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230912T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230912T200000 DTSTAMP:20230820T044210Z CREATED:20230820T044209Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230820T044210Z UID:7684-1694543400-1694548800@mainstreetreads.com SUMMARY:Thriller Book Club: DESCRIPTION:Join us for a lively discussion this month about Taylor Adam’s The Last Word! All our book clubs are free and open to all; you bring the chat\, we’ll bring the treats! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAfter posting a negative review of a horror novel\, a woman staying at an isolated beach house begins to wonder if the author is a little touchy–or very\, very dangerous–in this pulse-pounding novel of psychological suspense and terror from the critically acclaimed author of No Exit and Hairpin Bridge. \n\n\n\nEmma Carpenter lives in isolation with her golden retriever Laika\, house-sitting an old beachfront home on the rainy Washington coast. Her only human contact is her enigmatic old neighbor\, Deek\, and (via text) the house’s owner\, Jules. \n\n\n\nOne day\, she reads a poorly written–but gruesome–horror novel by the author H. G. Kane\, and posts a one-star review that drags her into an online argument with none other than the author himself. Soon after\, disturbing incidents start to occur at night. To Emma\, this can’t just be a coincidence. It was strange enough for this author to bicker with her online about a lousy review; could he be stalking her\, too? \n\n\n\nAs Emma digs into Kane’s life and work\, she learns he has published sixteen other novels\, all similarly sadistic tales of stalking and murder. But who is he? How did he find her? And what else is he capable of? \n\n\n\nDisplaying his trademark command of rapid-fire pacing\, unnerving atmosphere\, and razor-sharp characterization\, Taylor Adams once again delivers a diabolically disturbing–and deadly–game of cat and mouse. URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/thriller-book-club/ LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Thriller-Sep-12.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230930T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230930T153000 DTSTAMP:20230917T140542Z CREATED:20230815T233856Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230917T140542Z UID:7669-1696064400-1696087800@mainstreetreads.com SUMMARY:7th Annual Lowcountry Book Club Convention (Road Trip!) DESCRIPTION:The nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will host the 7th annual Lowcountry Book Club Convention on Saturday\, September 30\, at the Culinary Institute of the South at the Technical College of the Lowcountry in Bluffton\, SC. Ideal for book club members\, those interested in joining a book club\, or anyone who simply loves the joy of reading\, the Lowcountry Book Club Convention is presented in partnership with NeverMore Books and the Technical College of the Lowcountry\, and made possible by the generous support of the Pulpwood Queens Books Club\, the largest book club in the U.S. \n\n\n\nTix are $40 with gourmet lunch or $15 w/out lunch. A group of readers and book clubbers from Main Street Reads will leave from the bookstore at 7 a.m. if you’d like to car share – come join the fun! We will ALSO have books at the store from below’s featured authors. If you’d like to get them in advance from us\, you’ll get the 10% book club discount AND we’ll donate 10% of sales back to the Pat Conroy Literary Center. \n\n\n\nThis year’s presenters include musician\, educator\, and bestselling novelist Brendan Slocumb\, author of The Violin Conspiracy (A Good Morning America Book Club Selection) and Symphony of Secrets; master entertainer and chef Johnathon Scott Barrett\, author of Cook & Celebrate: A Collection of Southern Holiday & Party Culinary Traditions; and teenage entrepreneur Sidney Keys III\, creator of the Books N Bros Book Club (featured in Forbes Magazine). The Convention will begin this year with a panel discussion highlighting five lowcountry novelists with new or recently released books: Donna Keel Armer (The Red Starfish)\, Laura Elizabeth (All Is Now Lost)\, Nancy Ritter (Slack Tide)\, Lynn Seldon (Carolina’s Ring)\, and John Warley (Jury of One). \n\n\n\nA gourmet box lunch will be provided by Catering by Debbi Covington. Books by presenting authors will be available for sale and signing. The Culinary Institute of the South will also be offering guided tours of their facility for the convention attendees. The registration fee includes all-day access to all three author events and a tour. \n\n\n\nSCHEDULE OF EVENTS (Saturday\, September 30) \n\n\n\n9:00-9:30 a.m. Check-in Begins \n\n\n\n9:30-10:30 a.m. Lowcountry Novelists Panel Discussion\, featuring Donna Keel Armer (The Red Starfish)\, Laura Elizabeth (All Is Now Lost)\, Nancy Ritter (Slack Tide)\, Lynn Seldon (Carolina’s Ring)\, and John Warley (Jury of One)\, moderated byPat Conroy Literary Center executive director Jonathan Haupt \n\n\n\n10:30-11:00 a.m. Book signing break \n\n\n\n11:00-12:00 p.m. As featured in the Good Morning America Book Club — musician\, educator\, and novelist Brendan Slocumb (The Violin Conspiracy and Symphony of Secrets) in conversation with Jonathan Haupt \n\n\n\n12:00-12:45 p.m.Book signing break & lunch: Gourmet box lunches by Catering by Debbi Covington. (Register by September 20 for lunch) \n\n\n\n12:45-1:45 p.m. Master entertainer and chef Johnathon Scott Barrett\, (Cook & Celebrate: A Collection of Southern Holiday & Party Culinary Traditions) in conversation with Mary Martha Greene (The Cheese Biscuit Queen Tells All) \n\n\n\n1:45-2:15 p.m. Book signing break \n\n\n\n2:15-3:15 p.m. As featured in Forbes Magazine — Sidney Keys III\, author of Books N Bros and founder of the Books N Bros book club\, in conversation with local students. \n\n\n\n3:15-3:45 p.m. Final book signing break and tour of the Culinary Institute of the South. URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/7th-annual-lowcountry-book-club-convention-road-trip/ LOCATION:Culinary Institute of the South\, 1 Venture Drive\, Bluffton\, South Carolina\, 29910\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club,Celebration ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/https-__cdn.evbuc_.com_images_549591729_240667559179_1_original.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231005T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231005T200000 DTSTAMP:20230917T164622Z CREATED:20230917T164620Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230917T164622Z UID:7757-1696530600-1696536000@mainstreetreads.com SUMMARY:Fantasy Book Club: Godkiller DESCRIPTION:Join in the lively discussion of this month’s Fab Fantasy pick\, Godkiller by Hannah Kaner! As always\, our book club selections are 10% off\, and we’ll provide treats on the big night. Here’s more about this month’s pick: \n\n\n\n“Godkiller will have you in its grasp from the first pages. . . An extraordinary journey.” — Samantha Shannon\, New York Times bestselling author of The Priory of the Orange Tree \n\n\n\n“Beautifully imagined and intensely felt . . . Godkiller is a bone-rattling fantasy thriller that flies by in a breathtaking rush.” — Joe Hill\, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Locke & Key \n\n\n\nEnter a land of gods and monsters\, soldiers and mercenaries\, secrets and wishes–the explosive #1 internationally bestselling fantasy debut in a new trilogy for fans of The Witcher and Gideon the Ninth \n\n\n\nGods are forbidden in the kingdom of Middren. Formed by human desires and fed by their worship\, there are countless gods in the world–but after a great war\, the new king outlawed them and now pays “godkillers” to destroy any who try to rise from the shadows. \n\n\n\nAs a child\, Kissen saw her family murdered by a fire god. Now\, she makes a living killing them and enjoys it. But all this changes when Kissen is tasked with helping a young noble girl with a god problem. The child’s soul is bonded to a tiny god of white lies\, and Kissen can’t kill it without ending the girl’s life too. \n\n\n\nJoined by a disillusioned knight on a secret quest\, the unlikely group must travel to the ruined city of Blenraden\, where the last of the wild gods reside\, to each beg a favor. Pursued by assassins and demons\, and in the midst of burgeoning civil war\, they will all face a reckoning. Something is rotting at the heart of their world\, and they are the only ones who can stop it. \n\n\n\n“Epic and intimate\, tender and sharp\, Godkiller is a triumph of storytelling.” — Hannah Whitten\, New York Times bestselling author of For the Wolf URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/fantasy-book-club-godkiller/ LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Fantasy-Godkiller-October.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231010T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231010T200000 DTSTAMP:20230910T143847Z CREATED:20230910T143845Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230910T143847Z UID:7736-1696962600-1696968000@mainstreetreads.com SUMMARY:Thriller Book Club: The Block Party by Jamie Day! DESCRIPTION:Raves for the hottest thriller of 2023! “This is wicked fun.” –Publishers Weekly \n\n\n\n“Absolutely amazing. Readers are going to flip!” —Lisa Gardner\, New York Times bestselling author of ONE STEP TOO FAR \n\n\n\nYep\, readers are raving about The Block Party by Jamie Day – and we’ll be talking about why! As always\, our book clubs are free and open to all – you bring your thoughts\, we’ll bring the treats! \n\n\n\nThis summer\, meet your neighbors. The residents of the exclusive cul-de-sac on Alton Road are entangled in a web of secrets and scandal utterly unknown to the outside world\, and even to each other. On the night of the annual Summer block party\, there has been a murder. But\, who did it and why takes readers back one year earlier\, as rivalries and betrayals unfold–discovering that the real danger lies within their own block and nothing–and no one–is ever as it seems… URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/thriller-book-club-the-block-party-by-jamie-day/ LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Thriller-club-October-2023.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231024T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231024T200000 DTSTAMP:20230917T192129Z CREATED:20230917T192127Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230917T192129Z UID:7761-1698172200-1698177600@mainstreetreads.com SUMMARY:Bestsellers Book Club: Other Birds by Sarah Addison Allen DESCRIPTION:Join us for an engaging evening discussing our latest book club pick\, Other Birds by Sarah Addison Allen. We’ll supply the evening’s treats and the book is eligible for our 10% book club discount. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHere’s more info – grab a copy\, get reading\, and join us! \n\n\n\nFrom the acclaimed author of Garden Spells comes an enchanting tale of lost souls\, lonely strangers\, secrets that shape us\, and how the right flock can guide you home. Down a narrow alley in the small coastal town of Mallow Island\, South Carolina\, lies a stunning cobblestone building comprised of five apartments. It’s called The Dellawisp and it is named after the tiny turquoise birds who\, alongside its human tenants\, inhabit an air of magical secrecy. \n\n\n\nWhen Zoey Hennessey comes to claim her deceased mother’s apartment at The Dellawisp\, she meets her quirky\, enigmatic neighbors including a girl on the run\, a grieving chef whose comfort food does not comfort him\, two estranged middle-aged sisters\, and three ghosts. Each with their own story. Each with their own longings. Each whose ending isn’t yet written. \n\n\n\nWhen one of her new neighbors dies under odd circumstances the night Zoey arrives\, she is thrust into the mystery of The Dellawisp\, which involves missing pages from a legendary writer whose work might be hidden there. She soon discovers that many unfinished stories permeate the place\, and the people around her are in as much need of healing from wrongs of the past as she is. \n\n\n\nTo find their way they have to learn how to trust each other\, confront their deepest fears\, and let go of what haunts them. Delightful and atmospheric\, Other Birds is filled with magical realism and moments of pure love that won’t let you go. Sarah Addison Allen shows us that between the real and the imaginary\, there are stories that take flight in the most extraordinary ways. URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/bestsellers-book-club-other-birds-by-sarah-addison-allen/ LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/living-large-october.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231102T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231102T200000 DTSTAMP:20231008T162014Z CREATED:20231008T161845Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231008T162014Z UID:7800-1698949800-1698955200@mainstreetreads.com SUMMARY:Fab Fantasy Club: VE Schwab's Fragile Threads of Power! DESCRIPTION:YES\, we still have some signed copies available – come grab yours and then join us on book club night for fun discussion and free treats – open to all! \n\n\n\nV. E. Schwab\, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue\, opens another door to a new fantasy series set in the dazzling world of Shades of Magic. Prepare for tangled schemes and perilous adventures with friends old and new in The Fragile Threads of Power. \n\n\n\nOnce\, there were four worlds\, nestled like pages in a book\, each pulsing with fantastical power and connected by a single city: London. Until the magic grew too fast and forced the worlds to seal the doors between them in a desperate gamble to protect their own. The few magicians who could still open the doors grew more rare as time passed and now\, only three Antari are known in recent memory–Kell Maresh of Red London\, Delilah Bard of Grey London\, and Holland Vosijk\, of White London. \n\n\n\nBut barely a glimpse of them have been seen in the last seven years–and a new Antari named Kosika has appeared in White London\, taking the throne in Holland’s absence. The young queen is willing to feed her city with blood\, including her own–but her growing religious fervor has the potential to drown it instead. And back in Red London\, King Rhy Maresh is threatened by a rising rebellion\, one determined to correct the balance of power by razing the throne entirely. \n\n\n\nThese two royals from very different empires now face very similar struggles: how to keep their crowns–and their own heads. Amidst this tapestry of old friends and new enemies\, a girl with an unusual magical ability comes into possession of a device that could change the fate of all four worlds. Her name is Tes\, and she’s the only one who can bring them together–or unravel it all. URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/fab-fantasy-book-club-ve-schwabs-fragile-threads-of-power/ LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Nov-Fantasy-Club-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231114T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231114T200000 DTSTAMP:20231021T145900Z CREATED:20231021T145859Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231021T145900Z UID:7836-1699986600-1699992000@mainstreetreads.com SUMMARY:Thriller Book Club: Bright Young Women DESCRIPTION:Our Thrill in the ‘Ville Summerville thriller book club is back with a real spine-tingler this month\, Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll! \n\n\n\nAs always\, our book clubs are free and open to all. The book is available for 10% off (book club discount) and we’ll provide treats and wine… you bring the conversation! \n\n\n\nTwo women from opposite sides of the country are brought together by violent acts of the same man\, and become allies and sisters in arms as they pursue the justice that would otherwise elude them in one of the most acclaimed\, highly-anticipated thrillers of the year. Masterfully blending elements of psychological suspense and true crime\, Jessica Knoll–author of the bestselling novel Luckiest Girl Alive and the writer behind the Netflix adaption starring Mila Kunis–delivers a new and exhilarating thriller in Bright Young Women. \n\n\n\nThe book opens on a Saturday night in 1978\, hours before a soon-to-be-infamous murderer descends upon a Florida sorority house with deadly results. The lives of those who survive\, including sorority president and key witness\, Pamela Schumacher\, are forever changed. Across the country\, Tina Cannon is convinced her missing friend was targeted by the man papers refer to as the All-American Sex Killer–and that he’s struck again. Determined to find justice\, the two join forces as their search for answers leads to a final\, shocking confrontation. \n\n\n\n\nBlisteringly paced\, Bright Young Women is “Jessica Knoll at her best–an unflinching and evocative novel about the tabloid fascination with evil and the dynamic and brilliant women who have the real stories to tell” \n(Laura Dave\, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Thing He Told Me)\n\n\n\n\n“a compelling\, almost hypnotic read and I loved it with a passion” \n(Lisa Jewell\, New York Times bestselling author of None of This Is True). URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/thriller-book-club-bright-young-women/ LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Nov-Thriller.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231129T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231129T200000 DTSTAMP:20231029T045250Z CREATED:20231029T045249Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231029T045250Z UID:7867-1701282600-1701288000@mainstreetreads.com SUMMARY:Bestsellers Book Club: The Invisible Hour by Alice Hoffman - WED This Month! DESCRIPTION:This month\, because of Tuesday’s tree lighting and festivities in the square\, the Living Large Bookclub has decided to meet on Wednesday\, one day later\, November 29th. \n\n\n\nWe’ll be chatting about the newest hit by Alice Hoffman\, The Invisible Hour. As always\, book clubs are free and open to all\, and the book is eligible for the 10% book club discount. Refreshments will be served\, come join the fun! \n\n\n\nFrom the beloved New York Times bestselling author of The Marriage of Opposites and the Practical Magic series comes an enchanting novel about love\, heartbreak\, self-discovery\, and the enduring magic of books. \n\n\n\nOne brilliant June day when Mia Jacob can no longer see a way to survive\, the power of words saves her. The Scarlet Letter was written almost two hundred years earlier\, but it seems to tell the story of Mia’s mother\, Ivy\, and their life inside the Community–an oppressive cult in western Massachusetts where contact with the outside world is forbidden\, and books are considered evil. But how could this be? How could Nathaniel Hawthorne have so perfectly captured the pain and loss that Mia carries inside her? \n\n\n\nThrough a journey of heartbreak\, love\, and time\, Mia must abandon the rules she was raised with at the Community. As she does\, she realizes that reading can transport you to other worlds or bring them to you\, and that readers and writers affect one another in mysterious ways. She learns that time is more fluid than she can imagine\, and that love is stronger than any chains that bind you. As a girl Mia fell in love with a book. Now as a young woman she falls in love with a brilliant writer as she makes her way back in time. \n\n\n\nBut what if Nathaniel Hawthorne never wrote The Scarlet Letter? And what if Mia Jacob never found it on the day she planned to die? Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote: “A single dream is more powerful than a thousand realities.” This is the story of one woman’s dream. For a little while it came true… URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/bestsellers-book-club-the-invisible-hour-by-alice-hoffman-wed-this-month/ LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Nov-Living-Large.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231207T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231207T170000 DTSTAMP:20231114T230859Z CREATED:20231114T230858Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231114T230859Z UID:7922-1701936000-1701968400@mainstreetreads.com SUMMARY:Fab Fantasy Bookclub: Iron Flame! DESCRIPTION:Ahhh…Iron Flame\, the much-anticipated sequel to Fourth Wing is here and it’s the December book club pick! As always\, book club is free and open to all – we bring the treats\, you bring the lively discussion! \n\n\n\n“The first year is when some of us lose our lives. The second year is when the rest of us lose our humanity.” –Xaden Riorson Everyone expected Violet Sorrengail to die during her first year at Basgiath War College–Violet included. But Threshing was only the first impossible test meant to weed out the weak-willed\, the unworthy\, and the unlucky. Now the real training begins\, and Violet’s already wondering how she’ll get through. It’s not just that it’s grueling and maliciously brutal\, or even that it’s designed to stretch the riders’ capacity for pain beyond endurance. \n\n\n\nIt’s the new vice commandant\, who’s made it his personal mission to teach Violet exactly how powerless she is-unless she betrays the man she loves. Although Violet’s body might be weaker and frailer than everyone else’s\, she still has her wits–and a will of iron. And leadership is forgetting the most important lesson Basgiath has taught her: Dragon riders make their own rules. But a determination to survive won’t be enough this year. Because Violet knows the real secret hidden for centuries at Basgiath War College–and nothing\, not even dragon fire\, may be enough to save them in the end. \n\n\n\nThe Empyrean series is best enjoyed in order.Reading Order:Book #1 Fourth WingBook #2 Iron Flame URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/fab-fantasy-bookclub-iron-flame/ CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Screenshot-2023-11-14-at-5.59.47 PM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240104T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240104T200000 DTSTAMP:20231210T145956Z CREATED:20231210T145540Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231210T145956Z UID:8097-1704393000-1704398400@mainstreetreads.com SUMMARY:Fab Fantasy Book Club January 2024: Bookshops & Bonedust DESCRIPTION:Join us for the first Fab Fantasy gathering of 2024 when we’ll be diving into Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree\, author of another mega-popular fantasy book at Main Street Reads\, Legends & Lattes! \n\n\n\nAs always\, you bring the chatter\, we’ll supply the treats – and our book club selections are always 10% off retail price\, so come and grab yours soon! \n\n\n\nAbout the Book: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhen an injury throws a young\, battle-hungry orc off her chosen path\, she may find that what we need isn’t always what we seek. Set in the world of New York Times bestselling Legends & Lattes\, Travis Baldree’s Bookshops & Bonedust takes us on a journey of high fantasy\, first loves\, and secondhand books. \n\n\n\nViv’s career with the notorious mercenary company Rackam’s Ravens isn’t going as planned. Wounded during the hunt for a powerful necromancer\, she’s packed off against her will to recuperate in the sleepy beach town of Murk–so far from the action that she worries she’ll never be able to return to it. What’s a thwarted soldier of fortune to do? Spending her hours at a beleaguered bookshop in the company of its foul-mouthed proprietor is the last thing Viv would have predicted\, but it may be both exactly what she needs and the seed of changes she couldn’t possibly imagine. Still\, adventure isn’t all that far away. A suspicious traveler in gray\, a gnome with a chip on her shoulder\, a summer fling\, and an improbable number of skeletons prove Murk to be more eventful than Viv could have ever expected. \n\n\n\n“Take a break from epic battles and saving the world. This is a low-stakes fantasy that delivers exactly what’s advertised: a wholesome\, cozy novel that feels like a warm hug. This is my new comfort read.”–Genevieve Gornichec\, author of The Witch’s Heart\, on Legends & Lattes URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/fab-fantasy-book-club-january-2024-bookshops-bonedust/ LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/January-4th-Fab-Fantasy.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240123T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240123T200000 DTSTAMP:20240119T005540Z CREATED:20231210T153402Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240119T005540Z UID:8115-1706034600-1706040000@mainstreetreads.com SUMMARY:Living Large Book Club January 2024: Let Us Descend DESCRIPTION:Our first Living Large bestsellers book club selection of 2024 will by Jesmyn Ward’s hit and newest Southern Fiction award winner\, Let Us Descend. As always\, book clubs are free and open to all – you bring the chat\, we’ll supply the treats – and the book is available in-store at the 10% off book club price! \n\n\n\nAbout the Book\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK – Instant New York Times Bestseller – Shortlisted for the 2024 Carnegie Medal for Excellence \n\n\n\nFrom Jesmyn Ward–the two-time National Book Award winner\, youngest winner of the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction\, and MacArthur Fellow–comes a haunting masterpiece\, sure to be an instant classic\, about an enslaved girl in the years before the Civil War. \n\n\n\n“‘Let us descend\, ‘ the poet now began\, ‘and enter this blind world.'” —Inferno\, Dante Alighieri Let Us Descend is a reimagining of American slavery\, as beautifully rendered as it is heart-wrenching. Searching\, harrowing\, replete with transcendent love\, the novel is a journey from the rice fields of the Carolinas to the slave markets of New Orleans and into the fearsome heart of a Louisiana sugar plantation. \n\n\n\nAnnis\, sold south by the white enslaver who fathered her\, is the reader’s guide through this hellscape. As she struggles through the miles-long march\, Annis turns inward\, seeking comfort from memories of her mother and stories of her African warrior grandmother. Throughout\, she opens herself to a world beyond this world\, one teeming with spirits: of earth and water\, of myth and history; spirits who nurture and give\, and those who manipulate and take. \n\n\n\nWhile Ward leads readers through the descent\, this\, her fourth novel\, is ultimately a story of rebirth and reclamation. From one of the most singularly brilliant and beloved writers of her generation\, this miracle of a novel inscribes Black American grief and joy into the very land–the rich but unforgiving forests\, swamps\, and rivers of the American South. \n\n\n\nLet Us Descend is Jesmyn Ward’s most magnificent novel yet\, a masterwork for the ages. URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/living-large-book-club-january-2024-let-us-descend/ LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Jan-Let-Us-Descend.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240201T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240201T200000 DTSTAMP:20240104T195604Z CREATED:20240104T195534Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240104T195604Z UID:8163-1706812200-1706817600@mainstreetreads.com SUMMARY:February Fab Fantasy Book Club: Witch King by Martha Wells DESCRIPTION:Join us for February’s first book club of the month when the Fab Fantasy club gathers to discuss Martha Wells’ Witch King! As always\, the book is 10% off book club priced at Main Street Reads. All our clubs are free and open to all – we’ll supply the treats\, you bring the chatter! \n\n\n\nAbout the Book: \n\n\n\nFrom the breakout SFF superstar author of Murderbot comes a remarkable story of power and friendship\, of trust and betrayal\, and of the families we choose. “I didn’t know you were a… demon.”“You idiot. I’m the demon.”Kai’s having a long day in Martha Wells’ WITCH KING….After being murdered\, his consciousness dormant and unaware of the passing of time while confined in an elaborate water trap\, Kai wakes to find a lesser mage attempting to harness Kai’s magic to his own advantage. That was never going to go well. But why was Kai imprisoned in the first place? What has changed in the world since his assassination? And why does the Rising World Coalition appear to be growing in influence? \n\n\n\nKai will need to pull his allies close and draw on all his pain magic if he is to answer even the least of these questions. He’s not going to like the answers. \n\n\n\nWITCH KING is Martha Wells’s first new fantasy in over a decade\, drawing together her signature ability to create characters we adore and identify with\, alongside breathtaking action and adventure\, and the wit and charm we’ve come to expect from one of the leading writers of her generation. URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/february-fab-fantasy-book-club-witch-king-by-martha-wells/ LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/February-1st-Fantasy.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240213T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240213T200000 DTSTAMP:20240208T193729Z CREATED:20240104T200940Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240208T193729Z UID:8168-1707849000-1707854400@mainstreetreads.com SUMMARY:February Thrill in the 'Ville: Anna O by Matthew Blake DESCRIPTION:Our February thriller book club will be dishing on Anna O by Matthew Blake. As always\, the book is at the 10% off book club price in-store\, and we’ll have treats and libations to lubricate the conversations 🙂 \n\n\n\nThis book is already being touted as one of THE thrillers of the year – for anyone who enjoyed Alex Michelaides’ The Silent Patient\, we know you’ll love this one! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoining the ranks of Gillian Flynn\, A. J. Finn\, and Alex Michaelides\, Matthew Blake delivers the thriller of the year: a dark\, twisty\, and shocking mystery about a young woman who commits a double murder while sleepwalking\, and then never opens her eyes again. \n\n\n\nWhat if your nightmares weren’t really nightmares at all? \n\n\n\nWe spend an average of 33 years of our lives asleep. But what really happens\, and what are we capable of\, when we sleep? \n\n\n\n\n“A riveting\, unsettling crime novel that will keep you turning pages well past your bedtime. Is Anna O a sleeping beauty or a sleeping killer? Matthew Blake’s tension-filled thriller is as elusive and mysterious as sleep itself.” \n—Nita Prose\, #1 New York Times author of The Maid and The Mystery Guest\n\n\n\nAnna Ogilvy was a budding twenty-five-year-old writer with a bright future. Then\, one night\, she stabbed two people to death with no apparent motive–and hasn’t woken up since. Dubbed “Sleeping Beauty” by the tabloids\, Anna’s condition is a rare psychosomatic disorder known to neurologists as “resignation syndrome.” \n\n\n\nDr. Benedict Prince is a forensic psychologist and an expert in the field of sleep-related homicides. His methods are the last hope of solving the infamous “Anna O'”case and waking Anna up so she can stand trial. But he must be careful treating such a high-profile suspect–he’s got career secrets and a complicated personal life of his own. \n\n\n\nAs Anna shows the first signs of stirring\, Benedict must determine what really happened and whether Anna should be held responsible for her crimes. \n\n\n\nOnly Anna knows the truth about that night\, but only Benedict knows how to discover it. And they’re both in danger from what they find out. \n\n\n\nMatthew Blake is a London-based author who has also worked as a screenwriter with the BBC\, ITV Studios\, and numerous other UK indies. \n\n\n\nCan’t make the live? Join in via Zoom: \n\n\n\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/83115591753?pwd=bGwyNlJITDZvNUcxdU9kckNDSE1Zdz09Meeting ID: 831 1559 1753Passcode: 29483 URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/february-thrill-in-the-ville-anna-o-by-matthew-blake/ LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/February-13th-Thriller.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240227T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240227T200000 DTSTAMP:20240121T184741Z CREATED:20240105T020017Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240121T184741Z UID:8173-1709058600-1709064000@mainstreetreads.com SUMMARY:February Living Large Book Club: Blackouts by Justin Torres DESCRIPTION:For all you fans of the incomparable Justin Torres and his debut hit\, We the Animals\, he’s back with Blackouts\, which we chose even before we knew it had won the National Book Award! We’re excited to discuss this one – hope you are\, too. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAs always\, the book is available at our 10% off book club discount. We’ll bring the eats and drink – y’all bring your insights – this is going to be quite a discussion! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWinner of the National Book Award for Fiction A Best Book of the Year: The New York Times Book Review\, NPR\, The Washington Post\, Time\, BookPage\, The New York Public Library\, Powell’s A Must-Read: The New York Times\, Time\, Los Angeles Times\, Chicago Tribune\, The Guardian\, Boston Herald\, Literary Hub\, The Rumpus\, The Bay Area Reporter\, Datebook\, Electric Literature\, The Stacks\, Them\, Publishers Weekly \n\n\n\n\n“Sweeping\, ingenious . . . A kiss to build a dream on.” \n–Maureen Corrigan\, NPR’s Fresh Air\n\n\n\nFrom the bestselling author of We the Animals\, Blackouts mines lost histories–personal and collective. Out in the desert in a place called the Palace\, a young man tends to a dying soul\, someone he once knew briefly but who has haunted the edges of his life: Juan Gay. Playful raconteur\, child lost and found and lost\, guardian of the institutionalized\, Juan has a project to pass along\, one built around a true artifact of a book–Sex Variants: A Study of Homosexual Patterns–and its devastating history. \n\n\n\nThis book contains accounts collected in the early twentieth century from queer subjects by a queer researcher\, Jan Gay\, whose groundbreaking work was then co-opted by a committee\, her name buried. The voices of these subjects have been filtered\, muted\, but it is possible to hear them from within and beyond the text\, which\, in Juan’s tattered volumes\, has been redacted with black marker on nearly every page. \n\n\n\nAs Juan waits for his end\, he and the narrator recount for each other moments of joy and oblivion; they resurrect loves\, lives\, mothers\, fathers\, minor heroes. In telling their own stories and the story of the book\, they resist the ravages of memory and time. The past is with us\, beside us\, ahead of us; what are we to create from its gaps and erasures? \n\n\n\nA book about storytelling–its legacies\, dangers\, delights\, and potential for change–and a bold exploration of form\, art\, and love\, Justin Torres’s Blackouts uses fiction to see through the inventions of history and narrative. \n\n\n\nA marvel of creative imagination\, it draws on testimony\, photographs\, illustrations\, and a range of influences as it insists that we look long and steadily at what we have inherited and what we have made–a world full of ghostly shadows and flashing moments of truth. \n\n\n\nA reclamation of ransacked history\, a celebration of defiance\, and a transformative encounter\, Blackouts mines the stories that have been kept from us and brings them into the light. URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/february-living-large-book-club-blackouts-by-justin-torres/ CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/FEBRUARY-THRILLER-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240307T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240307T200000 DTSTAMP:20240216T044449Z CREATED:20240215T211748Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240216T044449Z UID:8287-1709836200-1709841600@mainstreetreads.com SUMMARY:March Fab Fantasy Book Club: Yumi and the Nightmare Painter by Brandon Sanderson DESCRIPTION:Join us for Fab Fantasy on Thursday\, March 7th when we’ll be diving into Yumi and the Nightmare Painter by Brandon Sanderson\, author of several mega-popular fantasy books at Main Street Reads\, including former club pick Tress of the Emerald Sea! \n\n\n\nAs always\, you bring the chatter\, we’ll supply the treats – and our book club selections are always 10% off retail price\, so come and grab yours soon! \n\n\n\nAbout the Book:\n\n\n\nFrom #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson–creator of The Stormlight Archive\, the Mistborn Saga\, and countless bestselling works of science fiction and fantasy–comes this gripping story set in the Cosmere universe told by Hoid\, where two people from incredibly different cultures must work together to save their worlds from certain disaster. \n\n\n\nYumi has spent her entire life in strict obedience\, granting her the power to summon the spirits that bestow vital aid upon her society–but she longs for even a single day as a normal person. \n\n\n\nPainter patrols the dark streets dreaming of being a hero–a goal that has led to nothing but heartache and isolation\, leaving him always on the outside looking in. In their own ways\, both of them face the world alone. Suddenly flung together\, \n\n\n\nYumi and Painter must strive to right the wrongs in both their lives\, reconciling their past and present while maintaining the precarious balance of each of their worlds. If they cannot unravel the mystery of what brought them together before it’s too late\, they risk forever losing not only the bond growing between them\, but the very worlds they’ve always struggled to protect. URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/march-fab-fantasy-book-club-yumi-and-the-nightmare-painter-by-brandon-sanderson/ LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/March-7-Fab-Fantasy-Yumi.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240312T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240312T200000 DTSTAMP:20240215T220443Z CREATED:20240215T220441Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240215T220443Z UID:8292-1710268200-1710273600@mainstreetreads.com SUMMARY:March Thrill in the 'Ville Thriller Book Club: The Heiress by Rachel Hawkins DESCRIPTION:Our March thriller book club will be dishing on the latest hit from Rachel Hawkins: The Heiress. As always\, the book is at the 10% off book club price in-store\, and we’ll have treats and libations to stimulate the conversations 🙂 \n\n\n\nAn Indie Next AND Library Reads Pick: “The reigning queen of the Gothic thriller.” —Entertainment Weekly \n\n\n\nTHERE’S NOTHING AS GOOD AS THE RICH GONE BAD. When Ruby McTavish Callahan Woodward Miller Kenmore dies\, she’s not only North Carolina’s richest woman\, she’s also its most notorious. The victim of a famous kidnapping as a child and a widow four times over\, Ruby ruled the tiny town of Tavistock from Ashby House\, her family’s estate high in the Blue Ridge Mountains. \n\n\n\nBut in the aftermath of her death\, her adopted son\, Camden\, wants little to do with the house or the money–and even less to do with the surviving McTavishes. Instead\, he rejects his inheritance\, settling into a normal life as an English teacher in Colorado and marrying Jules\, a woman just as eager to escape her own messy past. \n\n\n\nTen years later\, his uncle’s death pulls Cam and Jules back into the family fold at Ashby House. Its views are just as stunning as ever\, its rooms just as elegant\, but the legacy of Ruby is inescapable. And as Ashby House tightens its grip on Jules and Camden\, questions about the infamous heiress come to light. \n\n\n\nWas there any truth to the persistent rumors following her disappearance as a girl? What really happened to those four husbands\, who all died under mysterious circumstances? And why did she adopt Cam in the first place? \n\n\n\nSoon\, Jules and Cam realize that an inheritance can entail far more than what’s written in a will–and that the bonds of family stretch far beyond the grave. URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/march-thrill-in-the-ville-thriller-book-club-the-heiress-by-rachel-hawkins/ LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/MARCH-Thriller-The-Heiress.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR