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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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ORGANIZER;CN="Main Street Reads":MAILTO:shari@writerswin.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230516T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230516T200000
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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
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ORGANIZER;CN="Main Street Reads":MAILTO:shari@writerswin.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230418T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230418T200000
DTSTAMP:20260410T074631
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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
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ORGANIZER;CN="Main Street Reads":MAILTO:shari@writerswin.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230411T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230411T200000
DTSTAMP:20260410T074631
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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
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ORGANIZER;CN="Main Street Reads":MAILTO:shari@writerswin.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230321T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230321T200000
DTSTAMP:20260410T074631
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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
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ORGANIZER;CN="Main Street Reads":MAILTO:shari@writerswin.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230314T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230314T200000
DTSTAMP:20260410T074631
CREATED:20230212T154308Z
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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
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ORGANIZER;CN="Main Street Reads":MAILTO:shari@writerswin.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230221T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230221T200000
DTSTAMP:20260410T074631
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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
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ORGANIZER;CN="Main Street Reads":MAILTO:shari@writerswin.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230214T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230214T200000
DTSTAMP:20260410T074631
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SUMMARY:Thrill in the 'Ville: February Thriller Book Club - All the Dangerous Things
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Valentine’s Day for some cheer\, treats and discussion of Stacy Willingham’s new hit\, All The Dangerous Things – we’re super excited to chat about the book (and meet with Stacy and Grady Hendrix on February 25th too!) \nWe’ll see you on Main Street… \nFollowing up her instant New York Times bestseller\, A Flicker in the Dark\, Stacy Willingham delivers a totally gripping thriller about a desperate mother with a troubled past in All the Dangerous Things. \nOne year ago\, Isabelle Drake’s life changed forever: her toddler son\, Mason\, was taken out of his crib in the middle of the night while she and her husband were asleep in the next room. With little evidence and few leads for the police to chase\, the case quickly went cold. However\, Isabelle cannot rest until Mason is returned to her–literally. \nExcept for the occasional catnap or small blackout where she loses track of time\, she hasn’t slept in a year. \nIsabelle’s entire existence now revolves around finding him\, but she knows she can’t go on this way forever. In hopes of jarring loose a new witness or buried clue\, she agrees to be interviewed by a true-crime podcaster–but his interest in Isabelle’s past makes her nervous. His incessant questioning paired with her severe insomnia has brought up uncomfortable memories from her own childhood\, making Isabelle start to doubt her recollection of the night of Mason’s disappearance\, as well as second-guess who she can trust… including herself. But she is determined to figure out the truth no matter where it leads.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/thrill-in-the-ville-february-thriller-book-club-all-the-dangerous-things/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion,Celebration
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ORGANIZER;CN="Main Street Reads":MAILTO:shari@writerswin.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230117T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230117T200000
DTSTAMP:20260410T074631
CREATED:20230101T165948Z
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SUMMARY:January Living Large Bookclub: Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
DESCRIPTION:Due to the horrible weather timing of last month’s club – this is now JANUARY’S pick – because we all can’t wait to talk about it! As always\, treats will be served – please come on out and join in the fun! \nThe remarkable\, incomparable Barbara Kingsolver is back – with her new novel\, Demon Copperhead\, and we can’t wait to talk about it! We’ll provide the treats\, you bring the conversation – and the book is at 10% off for book club price! \n“Kingsolver is a writer who can help us understand and navigate the chaos of these times.” —Minneapolis Star Tribune \nFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Unsheltered and Flight Behavior\, a brilliant novel which enthralls\, compels\, and captures the heart as it evokes a young hero’s unforgettable journey to maturity. \n“Anyone will tell you the born of this world are marked from the get-out\, win or lose.” \nDemon Copperhead is set in the mountains of southern Appalachia. It’s the story of a boy born to a teenaged single mother in a single-wide trailer\, with no assets beyond his dead father’s good looks and copper-colored hair\, a caustic wit\, and a fierce talent for survival. In a plot that never pauses for breath\, relayed in his own unsparing voice\, he braves the modern perils of foster care\, child labor\, derelict schools\, athletic success\, addiction\, disastrous loves\, and crushing losses. Through all of it\, he reckons with his own invisibility in a popular culture where even the superheroes have abandoned rural people in favor of cities. \nMany generations ago\, Charles Dickens wrote David Copperfield from his experience as a survivor of institutional poverty and its damages to children in his society. Those problems have yet to be solved in ours. Dickens is not a prerequisite for readers of this novel\, but he provided its inspiration. In transposing a Victorian epic novel to the contemporary American South\, Barbara Kingsolver enlists Dickens’ anger and compassion\, and above all\, his faith in the transformative powers of a good story. Demon Copperhead speaks for a new generation of lost boys\, and all those born into beautiful\, cursed places they can’t imagine leaving behind.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/january-living-large-bookclub-demon-copperhead-by-barbara-kingsolver/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion
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ORGANIZER;CN="Main Street Reads":MAILTO:shari@writerswin.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230110T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230110T200000
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SUMMARY:Thrill in the 'Ville: Thriller Book Club Reading The Resemblance
DESCRIPTION:Our first thriller book club choice of 2023 is  The Resemblance by Lauren Nossett. As always\, treats will be served – come join the fun! \nLauren Nossett’s artfully written debut\, The Resemblance is an exhilarating\, atmospheric campus thriller reminiscent of The Secret History and The Likeness. \nNever betray the brotherhood… On a chilly November morning at the University of Georgia\, a fraternity brother steps off a busy crosswalk and is struck dead by an oncoming car. More than a dozen witnesses all agree on two things: the driver looked identical to the victim\, and he was smiling. \nDetective Marlitt Kaplan is first on the scene. An Athens native and the daughter of a UGA professor\, she knows all its shameful histories\, from the skull discovered under the foundations of Baldwin Hall to the hushed-up murder-suicide in Waddel. But in the course of investigating this hit-and-run\, she will uncover more chilling secrets as she explores the sprawling\, interconnected Greek system that entertains and delights the university’s most elite and connected students. \nThe lines between Marlitt’s police work and her own past increasingly blur as Marlitt seeks to bring to justice an institution that took something precious from her many years ago. When threats against her escalate\, and some long-buried secrets threaten to come to the surface\, she can’t help questioning whether the corruption in Athens has run off campus and into the force and how far these brotherhoods will go to protect their own.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/thrill-in-the-ville-thriller-book-club-reading-the-resemblance/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion
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ORGANIZER;CN="Main Street Reads":MAILTO:shari@writerswin.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221220T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221220T200000
DTSTAMP:20260410T074631
CREATED:20221016T153705Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221018T042007Z
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SUMMARY:December Living Large Bookclub: Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
DESCRIPTION:The remarkable\, incomparable Barbara Kingsolver is back – with her new novel\, Demon Copperhead\, and we can’t wait to talk about it! We’ll provide the treats\, you bring the conversation – and the book is at 10% off for book club price! \n“Kingsolver is a writer who can help us understand and navigate the chaos of these times.” —Minneapolis Star Tribune \nFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Unsheltered and Flight Behavior\, a brilliant novel which enthralls\, compels\, and captures the heart as it evokes a young hero’s unforgettable journey to maturity. \n“Anyone will tell you the born of this world are marked from the get-out\, win or lose.” \nDemon Copperhead is set in the mountains of southern Appalachia. It’s the story of a boy born to a teenaged single mother in a single-wide trailer\, with no assets beyond his dead father’s good looks and copper-colored hair\, a caustic wit\, and a fierce talent for survival. In a plot that never pauses for breath\, relayed in his own unsparing voice\, he braves the modern perils of foster care\, child labor\, derelict schools\, athletic success\, addiction\, disastrous loves\, and crushing losses. Through all of it\, he reckons with his own invisibility in a popular culture where even the superheroes have abandoned rural people in favor of cities. \nMany generations ago\, Charles Dickens wrote David Copperfield from his experience as a survivor of institutional poverty and its damages to children in his society. Those problems have yet to be solved in ours. Dickens is not a prerequisite for readers of this novel\, but he provided its inspiration. In transposing a Victorian epic novel to the contemporary American South\, Barbara Kingsolver enlists Dickens’ anger and compassion\, and above all\, his faith in the transformative powers of a good story. Demon Copperhead speaks for a new generation of lost boys\, and all those born into beautiful\, cursed places they can’t imagine leaving behind.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/december-living-large-bookclub-demon-copperhead-by-barbara-kingsolver/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion
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ORGANIZER;CN="Main Street Reads":MAILTO:shari@writerswin.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221213T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221213T200000
DTSTAMP:20260410T074631
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SUMMARY:December Thriller Book Club: The Cloisters by Katy Hays
DESCRIPTION:Early buzz on this one (including an endorsement by The Lost Apothecary’s Sarah Penner) says we’re going to love talking about this psychological thriller\, The Cloisters by Katy Hays! \nAs always\, book club is free and open to all – we’ll have plenty of treats and wine for our last thriller gathering of 2022! The book will be available at the 10% book club discount – on sale date November 1 (you might want to reserve a copy early… \nThe Secret History meets Ninth House in this sinister\, atmospheric novel following a circle of researchers as they uncover a mysterious deck of tarot cards and shocking secrets in New York’s famed Met Cloisters. \nBehind the closed doors of The Cloisters\, shocking secrets and a mysterious deck of tarot cards spark a dark power game in a close-knit group of researchers–and not everyone will survive. Brimming with gothic appeal\, steamy relationships\, and unpredictable twists\, The Cloisters is a brilliantly constructed literary thriller that will appeal to fans of The Maidens and Ninth House\, blended with genre-bending novels with touches of the fantastical such as The Lost Apothecary and The Starless Sea. \nA haunting and magical blend of genres\, The Cloisters is a gripping debut that will keep you on the edge of your seat.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/december-thriller-book-club-the-cloisters-by-katy-hays/
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion,Celebration
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SUMMARY:November Living Large Bookclub: Hester by Laurie Lico Albanese
DESCRIPTION:We’re looking forward to chatting about Hester this month! Open to all and treats will be served. Grab Hester at our 10% off book club price! NOTE: See below for downloadable discussion guide! \nNamed a Most Anticipated Book for Fall by Goodreads – Washington Post – New York Post – Buzzfeed – PopSugar – Business Insider – An October Indie Next List Pick – An October LibraryReads Pick \nA hauntingly beautiful–and imagined–origin story to The Scarlet Letter. —People  \nWHO IS THE REAL HESTER PRYNNE? \nIsobel Gamble is a young seamstress carrying generations of secrets when she sets sail from Scotland in the early 1800s with her husband\, Edward. An apothecary who has fallen under the spell of opium\, his pile of debts have forced them to flee Glasgow for a fresh start in the New World. But only days after they’ve arrived in Salem\, Edward abruptly joins a departing ship as a medic–leaving Isobel penniless and alone in a strange country\, forced to make her way by any means possible. \nWhen she meets a young Nathaniel Hawthorne\, the two are instantly drawn to each other: he is a man haunted by his ancestors\, who sent innocent women to the gallows–while she is an unusually gifted needleworker\, troubled by her own strange talents. As the weeks pass and Edward’s safe return grows increasingly unlikely\, Nathaniel and Isobel grow closer and closer. Together\, they are a muse and a dark storyteller; the enchanter and the enchanted. But which is which? \nIn this sensuous and hypnotizing tale\, a young immigrant woman grapples with our country’s complicated past\, and learns that America’s ideas of freedom and liberty often fall short of their promise. Interwoven with Isobel and Nathaniel’s story is a vivid interrogation of who gets to be a real American in the first half of the 19th century\, a depiction of the early days of the Underground Railroad in New England\, and atmospheric interstitials that capture the long history of unusual women being accused of witchcraft. Meticulously researched yet evocatively imagined\, Laurie Lico Albanese’s Hester is a timeless tale of art\, ambition\, and desire that examines the roots of female creative power and the men who try to shut it down. \nCLICK ON THE IMAGE BELOW TO DOWNLOAD THE FREE DISCUSSION GUIDE
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/november-living-large-bookclub-hester-by-laurie-lico-albanese/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion
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SUMMARY:Thriller Book Club November: Wrong Place\, Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister
DESCRIPTION:Join us to chat about the new and amazing thriller from Gillian McAllister\, Wrong Place\, Wrong Time– We’ll bring the treats – you bring the community!\n \nINSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER – A REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK \n“It’s perfection\, every word\, every moment. A masterpiece . . . One of the best books I’ve ever read.” –Lisa Jewell\, #1 New York Times bestselling author \n“Absolutely AMAZING. The plot is astonishing–original and ingenious. But it’s much more than that; the love Jen has for her son and her husband is beautiful. The stakes are so high because they’re so meaningful.” –Marin Keyes\, internationally bestselling author \n“A brilliantly genre-bending\, mind-twisting answer to the question How far would you go to save your child?” –Ruth Ware\, #1 New York Times bestselling author \nFrom UK bestselling author Gillian McAllister comes an astonishing\, compulsively twisty psychological thriller about a mother who witnesses her teenage son stab a man and then seizes on an unconventional way to try to save him\, deemed “clever\, original\, and so addictive it should come with a warning” by Alice Feeney\, bestselling author of Rock Paper Scissors \nCan you stop a murder after it’s already happened? \nLate October. After midnight. You’re waiting up for your seventeen-year-old son. He’s past curfew. As you watch from the window\, he emerges\, and you realize he isn’t alone: he’s walking toward a man\, and he’s armed. \nYou can’t believe it when you see him do it: your funny\, happy teenage son\, he kills a stranger\, right there on the street outside your house. You don’t know who. You don’t know why. You only know your son is now in custody\, his future shattered. \nThat night you fall asleep in despair. All is lost. \nUntil you wake . . . \n. . . and it is yesterday. \nAnd then you wake again . . . \n. . . and it is the day before yesterday. \nEvery morning you wake up a day earlier\, another day before the murder. With another chance to stop it. Somewhere in the past lies an answer. The trigger for this crime–and you don’t have a choice but to find it . . . \n“Another ingeniously plotted genre-bender… McAllister succeeds in making us care\, and the result is a tour de force.” — The Guardian \n“This entertaining look at motherhood and memory will resonate with many. — Publishers Weekly
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/thriller-book-club-november-wrong-place-wrong-time-by-gillian-mcallister/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion
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SUMMARY:Living Large Bookclub: The Book Haters Book Club!
DESCRIPTION:FREE AND OPEN TO ALL! \n“This sparkling novel starts with high energy and unique characters that move from one surprise to another.” —Ann Garvin\, USA TODAY bestselling author  \nAll it takes is the right book to turn a Book Hater into a Book Lover… \nThat was what Elliot–the beloved co-owner of Over the Rainbow Bookshop–believed before his untimely passing. He always had the perfect book suggestion for the self-proclaimed Book Hater. Now his grief-ridden business partner\, Irma\, has agreed to sell the cozy Over the Rainbow to condo developers. \nBut others won’t give up the bookshop without a fight. When Irma breaks the news to her daughters\, Bree and Laney\, and Elliot’s romantic partner\, Thom\, they are aghast. Over the Rainbow has been Bree and Laney’s sanctuary since childhood\, and Thom would do anything to preserve Elliot’s legacy. Together they conspire to save the bookshop\, even if it takes some snooping\, gossip and minor sabotage. \nFilled with humor\, family hijinks and actual reading recommendations\, The Book Haters’ Book Club is the ideal feel-good read. It’s a love letter to everyday heroes–those booksellers and librarians dedicated to putting the right books in the right hands every day.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/living-large-bookclub-the-book-haters-book-club/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion
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SUMMARY:October Thriller Club: They Come at Knight
DESCRIPTION:FREE AND OPEN TO ALL! \nYasmin Angoe’s They Come at Knight is the heart-pounding second installment in the Nena Knight series about an intrepid female assassin who will stop at nothing to protect her family. \nFor elite assassin Nena Knight\, eliminating dangerous players on the world stage is part of the job. The Tribe\, a powerful business syndicate in Africa\, ensures that she has those opportunities. But for Nena\, the Tribe is more than just her employer; it’s an organization that supports the African people—until it turns on itself. \nAs Nena embarks on a new mission\, a violent siege by a paramilitary group throws the Tribe into chaos\, and mysterious acts of violence plague the Tribe’s territories. As the attacks escalate\, Nena suspects a different kind of enemy at play: someone on the inside\, determined to undermine the Tribe’s leaders. \nAs this new threat closes in on her own family\, Nena enlists a team to root out the danger. But as she gets closer to the truth\, she will have to risk everything to protect the future she holds dear—even if it means facing off with an enemy she never expected. \nYasmin Angoe is the author of the critically acclaimed Her Name Is Knight\, first book in the Nena Knight trilogy. She is a first-generation Ghanaian American and the recipient of the 2020 Eleanor Taylor Bland Award for Emerging Writers of Color. Her Name Is Knight came in #1 on multiple Amazon Bestseller charts and is an Editor’s Pick for Best Mystery\, Thriller\, & Suspense. \nYasmin is a nominee for the Anthony Awards for Best First Book and the AAMBC Awards for Debut Author of the Year. Her work has received numerous recognitions\, Best Of lists\, and a Library Journal Starred Review. Her book has appeared in Woman’s World Book Club\, POPSUGAR\, Nerd Daily\, the Washington Independent Review of Books\, Oprah Daily and other platforms. Yasmin is a former educator and received a Kirkus Review calling Her Name Is Knight\, “A parable of reclaiming personal and tribal identity by seizing power at all costs”.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/october-thriller-club-they-come-at-knight/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion
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SUMMARY:PQ Book Club: Orchid Blooming by Carol Van Den Hende - VIRTUAL
DESCRIPTION:We loved Goodbye Orchid\, now comes Orchid Blooming and we’ll have Carol join us via Zoom (participants will all join via Zoom that evening…) \nA childhood tragedy followed her into adulthood. Will she ever trust in happiness again? If you like heart-warming characters overcoming trauma\, then you’ll adore award-winning Carol Van Den Hende’s emotionally satisfying page-turner. \nZoom Details: \nTopic: Orchid Blooming Book Club\nTime: Sep 29\, 2022 06:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/87937134418?pwd=L1JhRUw0THhyMkp5Y3Qxa1ZvcGlYQT09 \nMeeting ID: 879 3713 4418\nPasscode: 606115
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/pq-book-club-orchid-blooming-by-carol-van-den-hende/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion
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SUMMARY:"Living Large" Book Club: The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams
DESCRIPTION:Free and open to all\, our Living Large book club is for those great books we ALL should be reading. You’ll love this one! \nNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK – “Delightful . . . [a] captivating and slyly subversive fictional paean to the real women whose work on the Oxford English Dictionary went largely unheralded.”–The New York Times Book Review  \n“A marvelous fiction about the power of language to elevate or repress.”–Geraldine Brooks\, New York Times bestselling author of People of the Book \nEsme is born into a world of words. Motherless and irrepressibly curious\, she spends her childhood in the Scriptorium\, an Oxford garden shed in which her father and a team of dedicated lexicographers are collecting words for the very first Oxford English Dictionary. Young Esme’s place is beneath the sorting table\, unseen and unheard. One day a slip of paper containing the word bondmaid flutters beneath the table. She rescues the slip and\, learning that the word means “slave girl\,” begins to collect other words that have been discarded or neglected by the dictionary men. \nAs she grows up\, Esme realizes that words and meanings relating to women’s and common folks’ experiences often go unrecorded. And so she begins in earnest to search out words for her own dictionary: the Dictionary of Lost Words. To do so she must leave the sheltered world of the university and venture out to meet the people whose words will fill those pages. \nSet during the height of the women’s suffrage movement and with the Great War looming\, The Dictionary of Lost Words reveals a lost narrative\, hidden between the lines of a history written by men. Inspired by actual events\, author Pip Williams has delved into the archives of the Oxford English Dictionary to tell this highly original story. The Dictionary of Lost Words is a delightful\, lyrical\, and deeply thought-provoking celebration of words and the power of language to shape the world.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/living-large-book-club-the-dictionary-of-lost-words-by-pip-williams/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion
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SUMMARY:Thriller Book Club: The It Girl by Ruth Ware
DESCRIPTION:Join us for Yasmin Angoe’s book release and stay on to discuss The It Girl by Ruth Ware! Treats served\, open to all… \nINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER \nThe #1 New York Times bestselling author of the “claustrophobic spine-tingler” (People) One by One returns with an unputdownable mystery following a woman on the search for answers a decade after her friend’s murder.  \nApril Clarke-Cliveden was the first person Hannah Jones met at Oxford. \nVivacious\, bright\, occasionally vicious\, and the ultimate It girl\, she quickly pulled Hannah into her dazzling orbit. Together\, they developed a group of devoted and inseparable friends–Will\, Hugh\, Ryan\, and Emily–during their first term. By the end of the year\, April was dead. \nNow\, a decade later\, Hannah and Will are expecting their first child\, and the man convicted of killing April\, former Oxford porter John Neville\, has died in prison. Relieved to have finally put the past behind her\, Hannah’s world is rocked when a young journalist comes knocking and presents new evidence that Neville may have been innocent. As Hannah reconnects with old friends and delves deeper into the mystery of April’s death\, she realizes that the friends she thought she knew all have something to hide…including a murder. \n“The Agatha Christie of our generation” (David Baldacci\, #1 New York Times bestselling author) proves once again that she is “as ingenious and indefatigable as the Queen of Crime” (The Washington Post) with this propulsive murder mystery that will keep you on the edge of your seat.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/thriller-book-club-the-it-girl-by-ruth-ware/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion
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SUMMARY:Thursday August PQ Book Club: Every Now and Then by Lesley Kagen
DESCRIPTION:For fans of Where the Crawdads Sing and This Tender Land comes a heartfelt story about three young girls searching for adventure during the summer of 1960 from the New York Times bestselling author of Whistling in the Dark. \nCome join us for treatss and book talk! Open to all… \nThat summer would change us . . . forever. \nThe summer of 1960 was the hottest ever for Summit\, Wisconsin. For kids seeking relief from the heat\, there was a creek to be swum in\, sprinklers to run through\, and ice cream at Whitcomb’s Drugstore. But for Frankie\, Viv\, and Biz\, eleven-year-old best friends\, it would forever be remembered as the summer that evil paid a visit to their small town–and took their young lives as they’d known them as a souvenir. \nWith a to-do list in hand\, the girls set forth from their hideout to make their mark on that summer\, but when three patients escape from Broadhurst Mental Institution\, their idyllic lives take a sinister turn. Determined to uncover long-held secrets\, the girls have no idea that what they discover could cost them their lives and the ones they hold dear. \nSix decades later\, Biz\, now a bestselling novelist\, remembers that long ago summer and how it still haunts her and her lifelong friends in Every Now and Then\, a story about the ties that bind us\, the timelessness of grief and guilt–and the everlasting hope for redemption.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/august-pulpwood-queens-book-club-every-now-and-then-by-lesley-kagen/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion
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SUMMARY:August Living Large Book Club: Florida Woman by Deb Rogers
DESCRIPTION:August’s “Living Large book club selection\, Florida Woman\, offers a perfect blend of humor\, intrigue and quirkiness wrapped in a southern fiction blanket – we think you’re going to love it! \nA gleefully dark and entertaining debut for fans of Kevin Wilson and Karen Russell\, about one young woman’s sensational summer at a Floridian wildlife center for exotic monkeys \nJamie is a Florida Woman. She grew up on the beach\, thrives in humidity\, has weathered more hurricanes than she can count\, and now\, after going viral for an outrageous crime she never meant to commit in the first place\, she has the requisite headline to her name. But when the chance comes for her to escape viral infamy and imminent jail time by taking a community service placement at Atlas\, a shelter for rescued monkeys\, it seems like just the fresh start Jamie needs to finally get her life back on track — until it’s not. \nSomething sinister stirs in the palmetto woods surrounding her cabin\, and secrets lurk among the three beguiling women who run the shelter and affectionately take Jamie under their wing for the summer. She hears the distant screams of monkeys each night; the staff perform cryptic\, lakeside sacrifices to honor Atlas; and the land\, which has long been abandoned by citrus farmers and theme park developers alike\, now proves to be dangerously\, relentlessly untamed. \nAs Jamie ventures deeper into the offbeat world and rituals of Atlas\, her summer is soon set to inspire an even stranger Florida headline than she ever could’ve imagined. \nTreats served\, join the fun!
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/august-living-large-book-club-florida-woman-by-deb-rogers/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion,Celebration,Writers Group
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SUMMARY:Thriller Book Club August: The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager
DESCRIPTION:Come join us for treats and book talk! The New York Times bestselling author of Final Girls and Survive the Night is back with his “best plot twist yet.” (People\, Best Summer Books) Be careful what you watch for . . .  Casey Fletcher\, a recently widowed actress trying to escape a streak of bad press\, has retreated to the peace and quiet of her family’s lake house in Vermont. Armed with a pair of binoculars and several bottles of bourbon\, she passes the time watching Tom and Katherine Royce\, the glamorous couple living in the house across the lake. \n\n\n\nThey make for good viewing–a tech innovator\, Tom is powerful; and a former model\, Katherine is gorgeous. One day on the lake\, Casey saves Katherine from drowning\, and the two strike up a budding friendship. But the more they get to know each other–and the longer Casey watches–it becomes clear that Katherine and Tom’s marriage isn’t as perfect as it appears. \n\n\n\nWhen Katherine suddenly vanishes\, Casey immediately suspects Tom of foul play. What she doesn’t realize is that there’s more to the story than meets the eye–and that shocking secrets can lurk beneath the most placid of surfaces. Packed with sharp characters\, psychological suspense\, and gasp-worthy plot twists\, Riley Sager’s The House Across the Lake is the ultimate es
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/thriller-book-club-august-the-house-across-the-lake-by-riley-sager/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion
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