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SUMMARY:Thriller Book Club: The Fields by Erin Young
DESCRIPTION:A breakneck procedural that is beautifully written and masterfully crafted\, Erin Young’s The Fields is a dynamite debut–crime fiction at its very finest. \nSome things don’t stay buried. \nIt starts with a body–a young woman found dead in an Iowa cornfield\, on one of the few family farms still managing to compete with the giants of Big Agriculture. \nWhen Sergeant Riley Fisher\, newly promoted to head of investigations for the Black Hawk County Sheriff’s Office\, arrives on the scene\, an already horrific crime becomes personal when she discovers the victim was a childhood friend\, connected to a dark past she thought she’d left behind. \nThe investigation grows complicated as more victims are found. Drawn deeper in\, Riley soon discovers implications far beyond her Midwest town. \nJoin us for an engaging discussion – refreshments will be served!
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/thriller-book-club-the-fields-erin-young/
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 Violin Conspiracy
DESCRIPTION:This month’s Living Large Bookclub will take place on the 4th Tuesday of the month and feature a chat around the new incredible debut novel\, The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb. Grab it from Main Street Reads or our online shop HERE... \nGrowing up Black in rural North Carolina\, Ray McMillian’s life is already mapped out. If he’s lucky\, he’ll get a job at the hospital cafeteria. If he’s extra lucky\, he’ll earn more than minimum wage. But Ray has a gift and a dream–he’s determined to become a world-class professional violinist\, and nothing will stand in his way. Not his mother\, who wants him to stop making such a racket; not the fact that he can’t afford a violin suitable to his talents; not even the racism inherent in the world of classical music. \nWhen he discovers that his great-great-grandfather’s beat-up old fiddle is actually a priceless Stradivarius\, all his dreams suddenly seem within reach. Together\, Ray and his violin take the world by storm. But on the eve of the renowned and cutthroat Tchaikovsky Competition–the Olympics of classical music–the violin is stolen\, a ransom note for five million dollars left in its place. Ray will have to piece together the clues to recover his treasured Strad … before it’s too late. \nWith the descendants of the man who once enslaved Ray’s great-great-grandfather asserting that the instrument is rightfully theirs\, and with his family staking their own claim\, Ray doesn’t know who he can trust–or whether he will ever see his beloved violin again.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/december-living-large-bookclub-cloud-cuckoo-land/
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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SUMMARY:January Thriller Book Club: Comfort Me with Apples
DESCRIPTION:Talk about a COVER\, wow!!! This is the perfect book to launch our 2022 Thrill in the ‘Ville thriller book club – not too long\, just right to kick off the new year! \nComfort Me With Apples is a terrifying new thriller from bestseller Catherynne M. Valente\, for fans of Gone Girl and Spinning Silver \nSophia was made for him. Her perfect husband. She can feel it in her bones. He is perfect. Their home together in Arcadia Gardens is perfect. Everything is perfect. \nIt’s just that he’s away so much. So often. He works so hard. She misses him. And he misses her. He says he does\, so it must be true. He is the perfect husband and everything is perfect. \nBut sometimes Sophia wonders about things. Strange things. Dark things. The look on her husband’s face when he comes back from a long business trip. The questions he will not answer. The locked basement she is never allowed to enter. And whenever she asks the neighbors\, they can’t quite meet her gaze…. \nBut everything is perfect. Isn’t it?
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/january-thriller-book-club-comfort-me-with-apples/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion,Book Signing
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220111T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220116T170000
DTSTAMP:20260410T112027
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SUMMARY:2022 International Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Online Book Club Convention
DESCRIPTION:Get Your Package for the 2022 International Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Week Long Online Virtual Book Club Convention Today! Main Street Reads’ Shari Stauch will be a featured presenter as well as some of the best authors of 2021 and the 2022 reading season to come! \nPLUS – you’ll get deals and steals on the list we’re building of great reads AND gifts with purchase\, including a tote bag\, tiara (but of course) and a copy of the incredible My Musings by the incomparable Ruthie Landis! \nREGISTER HERE and we’ll have full details in the days to come!
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/2022-international-pulpwood-queens-and-timber-guys-online-book-club-convention/
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion,Virtual Author Event
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SUMMARY:December Thriller Bookclub: Her Name is Knight by Yasmin Angoe
DESCRIPTION:We’re thrilled to bring you an amazing thriller this month\, Her Name Is Knight. Yasmin Angoe was on hand to sign copies in November and we’ll make sure to still have a few – Signed copies will be 10% off!\n\nA smash debut novel from rising star Yasmin Angoe\, Her Name Is Knight features an elite assassin heroine on a mission to topple a human trafficking ring and avenge her family. \nStolen from her Ghanaian village as a child\, Nena Knight has plenty of motives to kill. Now an elite assassin for a powerful business syndicate called the Tribe\, she gets plenty of chances. \nBut while on assignment in Miami\, Nena ends up saving a life\, not taking one. She emerges from the experience a changed woman\, finally hopeful for a life beyond rage and revenge. Tasked with killing a man she’s come to respect\, Nena struggles to reconcile her loyalty to the Tribe with her new purpose. \nMeanwhile\, she learns a new Tribe council member is the same man who razed her village\, murdered her family\, and sold her into captivity. Nena can’t resist the temptation of vengeance–and she doesn’t want to. Before she can reclaim her life\, she must leverage everything she was and everything she is to take him down and end the cycle of bloodshed for good. \n\nMEET THE AUTHOR\nYasmin Angoe is a first-generation Ghanaian American and debut author of Her Name is Knight. In 2020\, she received the Sisters in Crime Eleanor Taylor Bland Award for Emerging Writers of Color and is a proud member of SinC\, Crime Writers of Color\, and\, Southeast Mystery Writers of America\, and International Thriller Writers. Yasmin was a middle and high school English teacher and currently works as a developmental editor and sensitivity reader in South Carolina. When not writing or editing\, she is watching movies\, engrossed in a new audiobook\, or obsessing about the fact she probably should be writing. Learn more at yasminangoe.com\n\n+ Google Calendar
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/december-thriller-bookclub-her-name-is-knight-by-yasmin-angoe/
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:20211123T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211123T200000
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SUMMARY:Pulpwood Queens Bookclub 4th TUESDAY This Month
DESCRIPTION:Due to the Thanksgiving holiday we’ll host our Pulpwood Queen book club on the 4th Tuesday of this month. We’ll be chatting about The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop by Fannie Flagg. \nNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – A heartwarming novel about secrets of youth rediscovered\, hometown memories\, and the magical moments in ordinary lives\, from the beloved author of Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe\n\n“A gift\, a blessing and a triumph . . . celebrates the bonds of family and friends–and the possibilities of recovery and renewal.”–The Free Lance-Star \n  \nBud Threadgoode grew up in the bustling little railroad town of Whistle Stop with his mother\, Ruth\, church-going and proper\, and his Aunt Idgie\, the fun-loving hell-raiser. Together they ran the town’s popular Whistle Stop Cafe\, known far and wide for its fun and famous fried green tomatoes. And as Bud often said of his childhood to his daughter Ruthie\, “How lucky can you get?” \n  \nBut sadly\, as the railroad yards shut down and Whistle Stop became a ghost town\, nothing was left but boarded-up buildings and memories of a happier time. \nThen one day\, Bud decides to take one last trip\, just to see what has become of his beloved Whistle Stop. In so doing\, he discovers new friends\, as well as surprises about Idgie’s life\, about Ninny Threadgoode and other beloved Fannie Flagg characters\, and about the town itself. He also sets off a series of events\, both touching and inspiring\, which change his life and the lives of his daughter and many others. Could these events all be just coincidences? Or something else? And can you really go home again?
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/pulpwood-queens-bookclub-4th-tuesday-this-month/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211120T150000
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SUMMARY:Thriller Booksigning! Yasmin Angoe's Her Name is Knight
DESCRIPTION:We’re thrilled to bring you an amazing thriller author this month for the launch of her novel\, Her Name Is Knight. Yasmin Angoe will be on hand to sign copies and we’ll feature her book in our December Thrill in the ‘Ville book club discussion\, which means signed copies will be 10% off! We strongly suggest pre-ordering this one as it’s projected to sell out fast.\n\nA smash debut novel from rising star Yasmin Angoe\, Her Name Is Knight features an elite assassin heroine on a mission to topple a human trafficking ring and avenge her family. \nStolen from her Ghanaian village as a child\, Nena Knight has plenty of motives to kill. Now an elite assassin for a powerful business syndicate called the Tribe\, she gets plenty of chances. \nBut while on assignment in Miami\, Nena ends up saving a life\, not taking one. She emerges from the experience a changed woman\, finally hopeful for a life beyond rage and revenge. Tasked with killing a man she’s come to respect\, Nena struggles to reconcile her loyalty to the Tribe with her new purpose. \nMeanwhile\, she learns a new Tribe council member is the same man who razed her village\, murdered her family\, and sold her into captivity. Nena can’t resist the temptation of vengeance–and she doesn’t want to. Before she can reclaim her life\, she must leverage everything she was and everything she is to take him down and end the cycle of bloodshed for good. \n\nMEET THE AUTHOR\nYasmin Angoe is a first-generation Ghanaian American and debut author of Her Name is Knight. In 2020\, she received the Sisters in Crime Eleanor Taylor Bland Award for Emerging Writers of Color and is a proud member of SinC\, Crime Writers of Color\, and\, Southeast Mystery Writers of America\, and International Thriller Writers. Yasmin was a middle and high school English teacher and currently works as a developmental editor and sensitivity reader in South Carolina. When not writing or editing\, she is watching movies\, engrossed in a new audiobook\, or obsessing about the fact she probably should be writing. Learn more at yasminangoe.com
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/dynamic-duo-thriller-booksigning-yasmin-angoe-and-wanda-m-morris/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion,Book Signing
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SUMMARY:Living Large Bookclub November: Apples Never Fall
DESCRIPTION:We’re thrilled to be featuring Liane Moriarty’s latest release\, Apples Never Fall\, for our November book club discussion. Moriarty has already thrilled readers with Big Little Lies and Nine Perfect Strangers – we can’t wait to chat about the latest from this brilliant author! (More on the book below…) \nOur Living Large bestsellers bookclub is open to all – refreshments served. Join us LIVE or if you prefer by Zoom using the following link: \nTo Join via Zoom:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/85213266830?pwd=WW5DYUhmYVhNd3J0b2V3d2pVcGVCUT09 \nMeeting ID: 852 1326 6830\nPasscode: 546536 \nFrom Liane Moriarty\, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Big Little Lies and Nine Perfect Strangers\, comes Apples Never Fall\, a novel that looks at marriage\, siblings\, and how the people we love the most can hurt us the deepest. \nThe Delaney family love one another dearly—it’s just that sometimes they want to murder each other . . . \nIf your mother was missing\, would you tell the police? Even if the most obvious suspect was your father? \nThis is the dilemma facing the four grown Delaney siblings. \nThe Delaneys are fixtures in their community. The parents\, Stan and Joy\, are the envy of all of their friends. They’re killers on the tennis court\, and off it their chemistry is palpable. But after fifty years of marriage\, they’ve finally sold their famed tennis academy and are ready to start what should be the golden years of their lives. So why are Stan and Joy so miserable? \nThe four Delaney children–Amy\, Logan\, Troy\, and Brooke–were tennis stars in their own right\, yet as their father will tell you\, none of them had what it took to go all the way. But that’s okay\, now that they’re all successful grown-ups and there is the wonderful possibility of grandchildren on the horizon. \nOne night a stranger named Savannah knocks on Stan and Joy’s door\, bleeding after a fight with her boyfriend. The Delaneys are more than happy to give her the small kindness she sorely needs. If only that was all she wanted. \nLater\, when Joy goes missing\, and Savannah is nowhere to be found\, the police question the one person who remains: Stan. But for someone who claims to be innocent\, he\, like many spouses\, seems to have a lot to hide. Two of the Delaney children think their father is innocent\, two are not so sure–but as the two sides square off against each other in perhaps their biggest match ever\, all of the Delaneys will start to reexamine their shared family history in a very new light.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/living-large-bookclub-november-apples-never-fall/
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:20211111T183000
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SUMMARY:Thriller Book Club November: The Night She Disappeared
DESCRIPTION:This month’s thriller book club selection is The Night She Disappeared by Lisa Jewell\, NYT best-selling author of Then She Was Gone and Invisible Girl. \n\n\n\nWe’ll meet November 11th at 6:30 p.m. As always\, treats will be served and we’ll simulcast via Zoom for those who can’t join us live! The Zoom link info is below\, enjoy this big book and we’ll see you soon! \nPrefer to grab The Night She Disappeared at our online shop? CLICK HERE \n\n \n\nABOUT THE BOOK \n\n\n\n“Utterly gripping with richly drawn\, hugely compelling characters\, this is a first-class thriller with heart.” –Lucy Foley\, New York Times bestselling author \n\n\n\n“Insane suspense.” –Lee Child\, New York Times bestselling author  \n\n\n\n“Her best thriller yet.” –Harlan Coben\, New York Times bestselling author  \n\n\n\nFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Then She Was Gone comes another riveting work of psychological suspense about a beautiful young couple’s disappearance on a gorgeous summer night\, and the mother who will never give up trying to find them… On a beautiful summer night in a charming English suburb\, a young woman and her boyfriend disappear after partying at the massive country estate of a new college friend. One year later\, a writer moves into a cottage on the edge of the woods that border the same estate. Known locally as the Dark Place\, the dense forest is the writer’s favorite area for long walks and it’s on one such walk that she stumbles upon a mysterious note that simply reads\, “DIG HERE.” \n\n\n\nCould this be a clue towards what has happened to the missing young couple? And what exactly is buried in this haunted ground? \n\n\n\nWith her signature “rich\, dark\, and intricately twisted” (Ruth Ware\, New York Times bestselling author) prose\, Lisa Jewell has crafted a dazzling work of suspense that will keep you on the edge of your seat until the final page. To Join via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84601817055?pwd=a3VNaTBSb3crajFwU3FVMUNZV25IQT09 Meeting ID: 846 0181 7055 Passcode: 508657  
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/thriller-bookclub-november/
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion
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SUMMARY:October Living Large Bookclub: Grady Hendrix and The Final Girl Support Group!
DESCRIPTION:Once you meet Grady Hendrix LIVE at Main Street Reads (October 2nd – don’t miss it!) you’ll want to be at our Living Large Bookclub discussing The Final Girl Support Group. \nBest of all\, Grady will be back in NYC but will JOIN US from 6:30 – 7:15 to answer all your burning book questions! \nOur Living Large bestsellers bookclub is open to all – refreshments served. Join us LIVE or if you prefer by Zoom using the following link: \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/83650205979?pwd=Rm9HK3FrNXZ1Z1ZqY01BYnFsckRDUT09 \nMeeting ID: 836 5020 5979\nPasscode: 140349 \n 
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/october-living-large-bookclub-grady-hendrix-and-the-final-girl-support-group/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion,Celebration,Virtual Author Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Main Street Reads":MAILTO:shari@writerswin.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211014T183000
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SUMMARY:Thrill in the 'Ville October Bookclub: A Slow Fire Burning by Paula Hawkins
DESCRIPTION:A Slow Fire Burning by Paula Hawkins (Girl on the Train) will be the focus of our Thriller club in October\, meeting the 14th. We’ve been super excited about this book and from as fast as we’re running out\, so are you! \nAs always\, treats will be served and we’ll simulcast via Zoom for those who can’t join us live! The Zoom link info is below\, enjoy this big book and we’ll see you soon! Prefer to grab A Slow Fire Burning at our online shop? CLICK HERE \nABOUT THE BOOK \nThe scorching new thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Girl on the Train. \n“A Slow Fire Burning twists and turns like a great thriller should\, but it’s also deep\, intelligent and intensely human.” – Lee Child\n \n“Only a clairvoyant could anticipate the book’s ending” – New York Times \nWith the same propulsion that captivated millions of readers worldwide in The Girl on the Train and Into the Water\, Paula Hawkins unfurls a gripping\, twisting story of deceit\, murder\, and revenge. \nWhen a young man is found gruesomely murdered in a London houseboat\, it triggers questions about three women who knew him. Laura is the troubled one-night-stand last seen in the victim’s home. Carla is his grief-stricken aunt\, already mourning the recent death of yet another family member. And Miriam is the nosy neighbor clearly keeping secrets from the police. \nThree women with separate connections to the victim. Three women who are – for different reasons – simmering with resentment. Who are\, whether they know it or not\, burning to right the wrongs done to them. When it comes to revenge\, even good people might be capable of terrible deeds. How far might any one of them go to find peace? How long can secrets smolder before they explode into flame? \nLook what you started…\nZOOM LINK for those wanting to join us remotely:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/82977512206?pwd=Z2ZWaHdzMlpkNTNxMFVabTZlRHZmUT09\nMeeting ID: 829 7751 2206 Passcode: 667065 \n  \n 
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/thrill-in-the-ville-october-bookclub-a-slow-fire-burning-by-paula-hawkins/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210923T183000
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SUMMARY:Pulpwood Queens Bookclub September: Bookish Broads!
DESCRIPTION:Open to all\, this month’s Pulpwood Queens book club will host a special book-signing\, followed by an engaging discussion with talented author Lauren Marino about Bookish Broads: Women Who Wrote Themselves Into History The book is eligible for our 10% off bookclub pricing and we’re excited to talk about these amazing literary women (and pick a few books from the suggestions to discuss in the future! \nTreats (and wine!) will be served at the live discussion and those wishing to join virtually can do so via the link below – see you on Main Street! \nTo Join via Zoom:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/87545935928?pwd=dHZzQTk0MThPY0NuRjdjVUk5YVdZUT09\nMeeting ID: 875 4593 5928 Passcode: 060135 \nLauren Marino is the author of What Would Dolly Do? and Jackie and Cassini. The founding editor of Gotham Books\, she has published multiple bestsellers and award-winning books. Alexandra Kilburn is a painter\, muralist\, illustrator\, and stylist who lives and works in New Orleans.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/pulpwood-queens-bookclub-september-bookish-broads/
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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SUMMARY:Thriller Book Club September: My Heart is a Chainsaw
DESCRIPTION:We’re raving\, critics are raving and readers are raving about My Heart is a Chainsaw.by best-selling author Stephen Graham Jones. It’s classified as both horror and thriller but with the elevated writing and substantive themes this is a book we can’t wait to talk about! \nWe’ll meet live at the bookstore but for those who want to join us virtually\, we’ll have that option available as well using this link: \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/89159095977?pwd=cFdrSzllWUIxTzFlaHF1d1I1dnVsQT09\nMeeting ID: 891 5909 5977 Passcode: 472746 \nIn her quickly gentrifying rural lake town Jade sees recent events only her encyclopedic knowledge of horror films could have prepared her for in this latest novel from the Jordan Peele of horror literature\, New York Times bestselling author Stephen Graham Jones. \n“Some girls just don’t know how to die…” \nShirley Jackson meets Friday the 13th in My Heart Is a Chainsaw\, written by the author of The Only Good Indians Stephen Graham Jones\, called “a literary master” by National Book Award winner Tananarive Due and “one of our most talented living writers” by Tommy Orange. \nAlma Katsu calls My Heart Is a Chainsaw “a homage to slasher films that also manages to defy and transcend genre.” On the surface is a story of murder in small-town America. But beneath is its beating heart: a biting critique of American colonialism\, Indigenous displacement\, and gentrification\, and a heartbreaking portrait of a broken young girl who uses horror movies to cope with the horror of her own life. \nJade Daniels is an angry\, half-Indian outcast with an abusive father\, an absent mother\, and an entire town that wants nothing to do with her. She lives in her own world\, a world in which protection comes from an unusual source: horror movies…especially the ones where a masked killer seeks revenge on a world that wronged them. And Jade narrates the quirky history of Proofrock as if it is one of those movies. But when blood actually starts to spill into the waters of Indian Lake\, she pulls us into her dizzying\, encyclopedic mind of blood and masked murderers\, and predicts exactly how the plot will unfold. \nYet\, even as Jade drags us into her dark fever dream\, a surprising and intimate portrait emerges…a portrait of the scared and traumatized little girl beneath the Jason Voorhees mask: angry\, yes\, but also a girl who easily cries\, fiercely loves\, and desperately wants a home. A girl whose feelings are too big for her body. My Heart Is a Chainsaw is her story\, her homage to horror and revenge and triumph. \n\nAbout the Author\n\nStephen Graham Jones is the New York Times bestselling author of The Only Good Indians. He has been an NEA fellowship recipient\, has won the Jesse Jones Award for Best Work of Fiction from the Texas Institute of Letters\, the Independent Publishers Award for Multicultural Fiction\, a Bram Stoker Award\, four This is Horror Awards; and has been a finalist for the Shirley Jackson Award and the World Fantasy Award. He is the Ivena Baldwin Professor of English at the University of Colorado Boulder.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/thriller-book-club-september-my-heart-is-a-chainsaw/
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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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210826T200000
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SUMMARY:Pulpwood Queens Book Club August Pick: What's Not Said
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an engaging discussion WITH the author\, Valerie Taylor\, of What’s Not Said\, AND get the first look at the next in her lineup – What’s Not True\, releasing just before the club meets! Treats will be served and all are welcome! The book is available at the book club 10% discount and signed bookplates are here at the store – PLUS every new attendee gets a FREE book club journal! \nPrefer to join in via Zoom? Here are the Zoom details (some will join in via Zoom\, some live at the store – your choice!): \nTopic: Pulpwood Queens: What’s Not Said with Valerie Taylor Time: Aug 26\, 2021 06:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/87043665355?pwd=MW1WV08wMExsSTF6dWtLbDFmeURvQT09\nMeeting ID: 870 4366 5355 Passcode: 715842 \n“Taylor’s dialogue is snappy and contemporary . . . A witty and often amusing family drama.”–Kirkus Reviews \nKassie O’Callaghan’s meticulous plans to divorce her emotionally abusive husband\, Mike\, and move in with Chris\, a younger man she met five years ago on a solo vacation in Venice\, are disrupted when she finds out Mike has chronic kidney disease–something he’s concealed from her for years. Once again\, she postpones her path to freedom–at least\, until she pokes around his pajama drawer and discovers his illness is the least of his deceits. \nBut Kassie is no angel\, either. As she struggles to justify her own indiscretions\, the secret lives she and Mike have led collide head-on\, revealing a tangled web of sex\, lies\, and DNA. Still\, mindful of her vows\, Kassie commits to helping her husband find an organ donor. In the process\, she uncovers a life-changing secret. Problem is\, if she reveals it\, her own immorality will be exposed\, which means she has an impossible decision to make: Whose life will she save–her husband’s or her own? \nMeet The Author\nValerie Taylor was born and raised in Stamford\, Connecticut. She graduated twice from Sacred Heart University in CT with a B.S. Business Administration and an MBA. She climbed the proverbial ladder in her early years at Xerox and then helped launch Executive Development Associates\, a start-up executive education and coaching firm. There she dabbled in writing business communications and newsletters. \nHer writing career took off when she joined Optima Group\, and then later Clarion Brand Communications\, where she focused on branding and crafting dozens of retirement planning programs for banks\, mutual fund companies\, and insurance companies. Because of her reputation in this niche\, Russell Investments recruited her to join the firm in Washington State. During her ten-year tenure there\, Valerie led the firm’s defined contribution marketing efforts for both pre- and post-retirement investment programs. \nAfter a Rick Steves’ tour to Venice\, Florence\, and Rome\, Valerie retired and returned home to CT in 2016 where her children have grown up and settled. When she’s not writing\, reading\, practicing tai chi or cheering for the Boston Red Sox or the New England Patriots\, she’s sharing her wisdom and values with her granddaughter\, who’s growing up way too fast. \nHer debut novel\, What’s Not Said\, launched in September 2020. The sequel\, What’s Not True\, will be published on August 24\, 2021. \n 
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/pulpwood-queens-book-club-august-pick-whats-not-said/
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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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210822T163000
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SUMMARY:Once Upon a Time I Lived on Mars: Virtual Event
DESCRIPTION:Join in for this cool virtual Bookclub + Author Event for Once Upon a Time I Lived on Mars: Space\, Exploration\, and Life on Earth by Kate Greene\, produced by #ReadingWomenLeaders! \n#ReadingWomenLeaders is a bookclub series\, showcasing women leaders in every aspect of life. Prioritizing autobiographies to center the voices of the women themselves\, the club reads and learns about women in the areas of the arts\, politics\, nature\, sciences\, and sports\, among others. \nIndependent bookstores and readers from around the world are welcome to participate in this free series. Learn more HERE. \nRegister to Attend HERE\n\n\n\n\n\nKate Greene was the crew writer and second-in-command on the first simulated Mars mission for the NASA-funded HI-SEAS project. A poet\, essayist\, and former laser physicist\, her work has appeared in multiple publications and radio shows. She’s taught writing at Columbia University\, San Francisco State University\, and the Tennessee Prison for Women. She lives in New York City. \nKate will be joining the Reading Women Leaders Bookclub on August 22\, 2021 and you’re invited to meet the author! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout ONCE UPON A TIME I LIVED ON MARS\n\n\nWhen it comes to Mars\, the focus is often on how to get there: the rockets\, the engines\, the fuel. But upon arrival\, what will it actually be like? \nIn 2013\, Kate Greene moved to Mars. That is\, along with five fellow crew members\, she embarked on NASA’s first HI-SEAS mission\, a simulated Martian environment located on the slopes of Mauna Loa in Hawai’i. For four months she lived\, worked\, and slept in an isolated geodesic dome\, conducting a sleep study on her crew mates and gaining incredible insight into human behavior in tight quarters\, as well as the nature of boredom\, dreams\, and isolation that arise amidst the promise of scientific progress and glory. \nIn Once Upon a Time I Lived on Mars\, Greene draws on her experience to contemplate humanity’s broader impulse to explore. The result is a twined story of space and life\, of the standard\, able-bodied astronaut and Greene’s brother’s disability\, of the lag time of interplanetary correspondences and the challenges of a long-distance marriage\, of freeze-dried egg powder and fresh pineapple\, of departure and return. \nBy asking what kind of wisdom humanity might take to Mars and elsewhere in the Universe\, Greene has written a remarkable\, wide-ranging examination of our time in space right now\, as a pre-Mars species\, poised on the edge\, readying for launch.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/once-upon-a-time-i-lived-on-mars-virtual-event/
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion,Virtual Author Event
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210817T200000
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SUMMARY:Living Large Book Club August Pick: All the Little Hopes
DESCRIPTION:Our big book for August will be All the Little Hopes\, releasing July 27th from SourceBooks\, penned by Leah Weiss\, author of the fabulous If The Creek Don’t Rise! Leah will join us via Zoom for the live book discussion at Main Street Reads and we’ll make BOTH her great books available at the 10% off book club discount at the store. Refreshments will be served. Join us for this wonderful evening – all are welcome!! \nPrefer to join by Zoom? The link is https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89525681604?pwd=MWp4bTBveHZZNFhTRkw5QUprZnRpdz09\nMeeting ID: 895 2568 1604 Passcode: 494161 \nA Southern story of friendship forged by books and bees\, when the timeless troubles of growing up meet the murky shadows of World War II. \nDeep in the tobacco land of North Carolina\, nothing’s been the same since the boys shipped off to war and worry took their place. Thirteen-year-old Lucy Brown is precocious and itching for adventure. Then Allie Bert Tucker wanders into town\, an outcast with a puzzling past\, and Lucy figures the two of them can solve any curious crime they find–just like her hero\, Nancy Drew. \nTheir chance comes when a man goes missing\, a woman stops speaking\, and an eccentric gives the girls a mystery to solve that takes them beyond the ordinary. Their quiet town\, seasoned with honeybees and sweet tea\, becomes home to a Nazi prisoner-of-war camp. More men go missing. And together\, the girls embark on a journey to discover if we ever really know who the enemy is. \nLush with Southern atmosphere\, All The Little Hopes is the story of two girls growing up as war creeps closer\, blurring the difference between what’s right\, what’s wrong\, and what we know to be true. \nLEAH WEISS is a Southern writer born in North Carolina and raised in the foothills of Virginia. Her debut novel If the Creek Don’t Rise was released in August of 2017. Her short stories have been published in The Simple Life magazine\, Every Day Fiction and Deep South Magazine. You can contact her on her website leahweiss.com.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/living-large-book-club-august-pick-all-the-little-hopes/
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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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210812T200000
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SUMMARY:Thriller Book Club August Pick: Eight Perfect Murders!
DESCRIPTION:Reader votes are in and our Thrill in the ‘Ville club is reading Eight Perfect Murders for August\, a thriller by Peter Swanson. \nWe’ll be serving refreshments and will have a unique gift for new club members! \nA Kirkus Best Fiction Book of the year \n“Swanson rips us from one startling plot twist to the next… A true tour de force.” –Lisa Gardner\n \nFiendish good fun. –Anthony Horowitz \nFrom the hugely talented author of Before She Knew Him comes a chilling tale of psychological suspense and an homage to the thriller genre tailor-made for fans: the story of a bookseller who finds himself at the center of an FBI investigation because a very clever killer has started using his list of fiction’s most ingenious murders. \nYears ago\, bookseller and mystery aficionado Malcolm Kershaw compiled a list of the genre’s most unsolvable murders\, those that are almost impossible to crack–which he titled “Eight Perfect Murders”–chosen from among the best of the best including Agatha Christie’s A. B. C. Murders\, Patricia Highsmith’s Strangers on a Train\, Ira Levin’s Deathtrap\, A. A. Milne’s The Red House Mystery\, Anthony Berkeley Cox’s Malice Aforethought\, James M. Cain’s Double Indemnity\, John D. MacDonald’s The Drowner\, and Donna Tartt’s The Secret History. \nBut no one is more surprised than Mal\, now the owner of the Old Devils Bookstore in Boston\, when an FBI agent comes knocking on his door one snowy day in February. She’s looking for information about a series of unsolved murders that look eerily similar to the killings on Mal’s old list. And the FBI agent isn’t the only one interested in this bookseller who spends almost every night at home reading. The killer is out there\, watching his every move–a diabolical threat who knows way too much about Mal’s personal history\, especially the secrets he’s never told anyone\, even his recently deceased wife. \nTo protect himself\, Mal begins looking into possible suspects . . . and sees a killer in everyone around him. But Mal doesn’t count on the investigation leaving a trail of death in its wake. Suddenly\, a series of shocking twists leaves more victims dead–and the noose around Mal’s neck grows so tight he might never escape. \n 
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/thriller-book-club-august-pick-eight-perfect-murders/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion
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SUMMARY:Pulpwood Queens Bookclub: The Gumbeaux Sistahs
DESCRIPTION:Come join us for some libations and a lively discussion about The Gumbeaux Sistahs by Jax Frey! As always\, the book is available from Main Street Reads at the 10% off book club price (and it’s in paperback!) \nYou can join in live or via Zoom via this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85949571566?pwd=d0hKN1ppK2FpVE9lR0xlQ0dYVUhBdz09 \nMeeting ID: 859 4957 1566 Passcode: 994085 \n“A bowl of my Mama’s gumbo and a little wine will solve any problem you’ve got\,” said every single Gumbeaux Sistah ever. \nFive Southern women wage a hilarious war against the ageism problems of one of their deep-in-trouble sisters using their improbable friendships\, evil-genius schemes\, oh-so-numerous cocktails\, and a shared passion for good gumbo. \nWhen southern artist\, Judith Lafferty\, loses her long-time\, prestigious museum job to a much younger man\, she finds herself devastated\, alone in her sixties\, and on the brink of financial disaster. Enter the incomparable Gumbeaux Sistahs\, who deliver day-old coffee to her front door as a ploy\, then go on to kidnap her\, feed her excellent gumbo\, and come up with outrageous solutions to her problems. \nTheir motives are just good excuses to drink wine\, have a great time\, argue over whose mother makes the best gumbo\, and\, most of all\, help a sister out. Ageism\, dangerous boyfriends\, deep loneliness\, and any other challenges that can face the over fifty crowd don’t stand a chance against these five resourceful ladies. \nThe Gumbeaux Sistahs is a heart-warming\, smart story of friendship and unexpected shenanigans that you do not want to miss.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/pulpwood-queens-bookclub-the-gumbeaux-sistahs/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club
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ORGANIZER;CN="Main Street Reads":MAILTO:shari@writerswin.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210720T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210720T200000
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SUMMARY:Living Large Bookclub: Trouble the Water by Rebecca Dwight Bruff
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an engaging discussion surrounding the American Fiction award-winning Trouble the Water. \nNOTE: The author WILL join us via Zoom – participants can join in LIVE at the store or via the Zoom link here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87099370876?pwd=M1NCUmlsbUY0a0xqL3RaOUZGTTEwUT09 Meeting ID: 870 9937 0876 Passcode: 856794 \n\nDeeply moving and illuminating\, TROUBLE THE WATER reveals the little-known real-life story of Robert Smalls. Born enslaved before the Civil War\, Smalls witnesses great privilege and immense suffering alongside his owner’s daughter and the dangerous son of a firebrand secessionist. \nAt the age of twelve\, he’s sent to work in Charleston\, where he loads ships and learns to pilot a cotton steamer. When the war erupts and his cotton steamer becomes a confederate warship\, Robert attempts a harrowing escape to freedom for himself and the people he loves. \n\n\n“With this stunning debut novel\, Rebecca Bruff establishes herself as an exciting new voice in historical fiction.” – Cassandra King Conroy \n\nRebecca Bruff heard the story of Robert Smalls on her first visit to South Carolina. She was so captivated that she left her job and moved across the country to research and write this novel. Bruff earned her Bachelors degree in education (Texas A&M) and Master and Doctorate degrees in theology (Southern Methodist University). In 2017\, she was a scholarship recipient for the prestigious Key West Literary Seminar. She volunteers at the Pat Conroy Literary Center in Beaufort\, South Carolina. She’s published non-fiction\, plays a little tennis\, travels when she can\, and loves life in the lowcountry with her husband and an exuberant golden retriever. Learn more at rebeccabruff.com
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/living-large-bookclub-trouble-the-water-by-rebecca-dwight-bruff/
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: Survive the Night
DESCRIPTION:Our Thrill in the ‘Ville thriller book club is BACK! Join us for a thrilling discussion of this brilliant new release\, Survive the Night – releasing this Tuesday from NYT bestselling author Riley Sager! The book is available at the 10% off book club price at Main Street Reads! \nOne of New York Times Book Review‘s summer reads guaranteed to make your heart thump and your skin crawl; An Amazon Best of the Month Pick; Named a must-read summer book by The Washington Post\, Vulture\, BuzzFeed\, Forbes\, Entertainment Weekly\, CNN\, New York Post\, Good Housekeeping\, E!\, PopSugar\, CrimeReads\, Thrillist\, and BookRiot.  \nIt’s November 1991. Nirvana’s in the tape deck\, George H. W. Bush is in the White House\, and movie-obsessed college student Charlie Jordan is in a car with a man who might be a serial killer. \nJosh Baxter\, the man behind the wheel\, is a virtual stranger to Charlie. They met at the campus ride board\, each looking to share the long drive home to Ohio. Both have good reasons for wanting to get away. For Charlie\, it’s guilt and grief over the shocking murder of her best friend\, who became the third victim of the man known as the Campus Killer. For Josh\, it’s to help care for his sick father–or so he says. \nThe longer she sits in the passenger seat\, the more Charlie notices there’s something suspicious about Josh\, from the holes in his story about his father to how he doesn’t want her to see inside the trunk. As they travel an empty\, twisty highway in the dead of night\, an increasingly anxious Charlie begins to think she’s sharing a car with the Campus Killer. Is Josh truly dangerous? Or is Charlie’s jittery mistrust merely a figment of her movie-fueled imagination? \nOne thing is certain–Charlie has nowhere to run and no way to call for help. Trapped in a terrifying game of cat and mouse played out on pitch-black roads and in neon-lit parking lots\, Charlie knows the only way to win is to survive the night.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/thriller-book-club-survive-the-night/
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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SUMMARY:Pulpwood Queens Bookclub: Outbound Train by Renea Winchester
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a thoughtful discussion of Outbound Train by Renea Winchester\, who’ll be joining us for the talk! (in-store purchases are eligible for the 10% bookclub discount).AND\, you can join the discussion LIVE at Main Street Reads OR via Zoom – Author Renea Winchester will join us that evening via Zoom so you can ask questions of the author! \nTopic: Pulpwood Queens June\nTime: Jun 24\, 2021 06:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/85688828708?pwd=eWNWaGYyWFlaVDFRWmpSenlxdmFZZz09\nMeeting ID: 856 8882 8708 Passcode: 281677 \nIn 1976\, memories from a night near the railroad tracks sixteen years earlier haunt Barbara Parker. She wrestles with past demons every night\, then wakes to the train’s five-thirty whistle. Exhausted and dreading the day\, she keeps her hands busy working in Bryson City’s textile plant\, known as the “blue jean plant\,” all the while worrying about her teenage daughter\, Carole Anne. The whistle of the train\, the hum of those machines\, and the struggle to survive drives Barbara. When an unexpected layoff creates a financial emergency\, the desperate pressure of poverty is overwhelming. \nUnbeknownst to Barbara\, Carole Anne sneaks out at night to walk the tracks so she can work at Hubert’s Bar. She’s hoarding money with plans to drive her mother’s rusty\, unused Oldsmobile out of Bryson City\, and never return. She only needs one opportunity … if she can just find it. \nWhen Carole Anne goes missing\, Barbara finds herself at a crossroad–she must put aside old memories and past hurts to rely on a classmate for help finding her daughter. But this is the same man she blames for the incident years ago. Is she strong enough–or desperate enough–to do anything to keep her daughter safe? \nThe Parker women struggle to make frayed ends meet in a town where they never quite do … at least\, not without expert weaving and a bit of brute force. \n\nAbout the Author\n\nRenea Winchester was born in Bryson City\, North Carolina. She is the author of two nonfiction books set in Atlanta Georgia where she lived for 17 years. Outbound Train is her first novel.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/pulpwood-queens-bookclub-outbound-train-by-renea-winchester/
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion
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SUMMARY:June Living Large Bookclub: Good Company
DESCRIPTION:Join us on our new day (moving from 2nd Tuesdays to 3rd Tuesdays) for AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER and A Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick: Good Company by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney\n \nTreats will be served and we’ll decide on July’s read at the end of the meeting! Open to all: \nPlumbs the depths of marriage\, motherhood and friendship with warmth and wit. I devoured it in one gulp!” –Maria Semple \nA warm\, incisive new novel about the enduring bonds of marriage and friendship from Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney\, author of the instant New York Times bestseller The Nest \nFlora Mancini has been happily married for more than twenty years. But everything she thought she knew about herself\, her marriage\, and her relationship with her best friend\, Margot\, is upended when she stumbles upon an envelope containing her husband’s wedding ring–the one he claimed he lost one summer when their daughter\, Ruby\, was five. \nFlora and Julian struggled for years\, scraping together just enough acting work to raise Ruby in Manhattan and keep Julian’s small theater company–Good Company–afloat. A move to Los Angeles brought their first real career successes\, a chance to breathe easier\, and a reunion with Margot\, now a bona fide television star. But has their new life been built on lies? What happened that summer all those years ago? And what happens now? \nWith Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney’s signature tenderness\, humor\, and insight\, Good Company tells a big-hearted story of the lifelong relationships that both wound and heal us. \nA Most Anticipated Book From: OprahMag.com * Refinery29 * Houston Chronicle * The Millions * Elle * Buzzfeed \nCynthia D’Aprix Sweeney is the author of the instant New York Times bestseller\, The Nest\,  which is currently in development as a limited series by AMC Studios. She lives in Los Angeles with her family.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/june-living-large-bookclub-good-company/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion
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SUMMARY:Pulpwood Queens Bookclub: When the Stars Go Dark
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a thoughtful discussion of When the Stars Go Dark by Paula McLain (in-store purchases are eligible for the 10% bookclub discount). \nFrom the New York Times bestselling author of The Paris Wife comes an atmospheric novel of intertwined destinies and heart-wrenching suspense: A detective hiding away from the world. A series of disappearances that reach into her past. Can solving them help her heal? \n“[An] absolutely incredible literary thriller.”–Good Morning America online \n“A powerhouse of a novel that is guaranteed to keep the reader up all night.”–Kristin Hannah\, author of The Four Winds \nAnna Hart is a seasoned missing persons detective in San Francisco with far too much knowledge of the darkest side of human nature. When tragedy strikes her personal life\, Anna\, desperate and numb\, flees to the Northern California village of Mendocino to grieve. She lived there as a child with her beloved foster parents\, and now she believes it might be the only place left for her. Yet the day she arrives\, she learns that a local teenage girl has gone missing. \nThe crime feels frighteningly reminiscent of the most crucial time in Anna’s childhood\, when the unsolved murder of a young girl touched Mendocino and changed the community forever. As past and present collide\, Anna realizes that she has been led to this moment. The most difficult lessons of her life have given her insight into how victims come into contact with violent predators. As Anna becomes obsessed with saving the missing girl\, she must accept that true courage means getting out of her own way and learning to let others in. \nWeaving together actual cases of missing persons\, trauma theory\, and a hint of the metaphysical\, this propulsive and deeply affecting novel tells a story of fate\, necessary redemption\, and what it takes\, when the worst happens\, to reclaim our lives–and our faith in one another.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/may-pulpwood-queens-bookclub-when-the-stars-go-dark/
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 Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
DESCRIPTION:A special treat for readers on May 11th\, the second Tuesday of May\, when we’ll be discussing one of our favorite picks of the year\, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab. We’ll meet LIVE in the store (or on the square if the weather’s nice) but anyone who wants to join via Zoom can do so via this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82018589873?pwd=MDlidUNaSmYxOXNHVFhFYlFsYUFZZz09 If prompted\, Meeting ID: 820 1858 9873 Passcode: 350216 \n\nNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER\nUSA TODAY BESTSELLER \nNATIONAL INDIE BESTSELLER\nTHE WASHINGTON POST BESTSELLER\nRecommended by Entertainment Weekly\, Real Simple\, NPR\, Slate\, and Oprah Magazine\n#1 Library Reads Pick—October 2020\n#1 Indie Next Pick—October 2020\nBOOK OF THE YEAR (2020) FINALIST—Book of The Month Club\n\n\nIn the vein of The Time Traveler’s Wife and Life After Life\, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue is New York Times bestselling author V. E. Schwab’s genre-defying tour de force.  \nA Life No One Will Remember. A Story You Will Never Forget. \nFrance\, 1714: in a moment of desperation\, a young woman makes a Faustian bargain to live forever–and is cursed to be forgotten by everyone she meets. \nThus begins the extraordinary life of Addie LaRue\, and a dazzling adventure that will play out across centuries and continents\, across history and art\, as a young woman learns how far she will go to leave her mark on the world. \nBut everything changes when\, after nearly 300 years\, Addie stumbles across a young man in a hidden bookstore and he remembers her name.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/living-large-bookclub-the-invisible-life-of-addie-larue/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion
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SUMMARY:Pulpwood Queens Bookclub: Nick by Michael Farris Smith
DESCRIPTION:Before The Great Gatsby’s famed Nick Carraway moved to West Egg and into Gatsby’s periphery\, he was at the center of a very different story-one taking place along the trenches and deep within the tunnels of World War I… \nCharged with enough alcohol\, heartbreak\, and profound yearning to paralyze even the heartiest of golden age scribes\, Nick reveals the man behind the narrator who has captivated readers for decades.\n \nJoin us for an entertaining book club discussion LIVE or online! This month\, Nick by Michael Farris Smith. We’ll meet live at Main Street Reads Thursday\, April 22nd at 6:30 p.m.\, or to join virtually:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/86712511771?pwd=SkxNQTVWMlpxM1FaR0tSK3FlWjNXQT09\nMeeting ID: 867 1251 1771\nPasscode: 672922 \nCritically acclaimed novelist Michael Farris Smith pulls Nick Carraway out of the shadows and into the spotlight in this “masterful” look into his life before Gatsby – Richard Russo\, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of EMPIRE FALLS and CHANCES ARE… \nBefore Nick Carraway moved to West Egg and into Gatsby’s periphery\, he was at the center of a very different story-one taking place along the trenches and deep within the tunnels of World War I. \nFloundering in the wake of the destruction he witnessed firsthand\, Nick delays his return home\, hoping to escape the questions he cannot answer about the horrors of war. Instead\, he embarks on a transcontinental redemptive journey that takes him from a whirlwind Paris romance-doomed from the very beginning to the dizzying frenzy of New Orleans\, rife with its own flavor of debauchery and violence. \nAn epic portrait of a truly singular era and a sweeping\, romantic story of self-discovery\, this rich and imaginative novel breathes new life into a character that many know but few have pondered deeply. Charged with enough alcohol\, heartbreak\, and profound yearning to paralyze even the heartiest of golden age scribes\, Nick reveals the man behind the narrator who has captivated readers for decades.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/pulpwood-queens-bookclub-nick/
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 Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner
DESCRIPTION:Our “Living Large” book club meets monthly to talk about those “big books” — the ones we know everyone is talking about (or should be\, or will be very soon!) Past discussions have included Where the Crawdads Sing\, American Dirt\, The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek… \nSuper excited for the April book club discussion of The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner. We were honored to see an early copy and can tell you\, this book DELIVERS and will make for great conversation! \nIf you can’t make it live\, we’ll also have the Zoom room open for those joining us virtually: \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/89384788862?pwd=T0VXR0pmRk5RTWpLZzBTZUVvSTZyUT09 \nMeeting ID: 893 8478 8862\nPasscode: 093775 \nPLUS – FREE GOODIES!\nFree tote bags for all who attend\, free treats\, and CLICK HERE for a full Book Club Kit pdf that includes behind-the-scenes\, book club questions\, and even fun drink recipes! \n \nNamed Most Anticipated of 2021 by Newsweek\, Good Housekeeping\, Hello! magazine\, Oprah.com\, Bustle\, Popsugar\, Betches\, Sweet July\, and GoodReads! \nMarch 2021 Indie Next Pick and #1 LibraryReads Pick \n“A bold\, edgy\, accomplished debut!” –Kate Quinn\, New York Times bestselling author of The Alice Network \nA forgotten history. A secret network of women. A legacy of poison and revenge. Welcome to The Lost Apothecary… \nHidden in the depths of eighteenth-century London\, a secret apothecary shop caters to an unusual kind of clientele. Women across the city whisper of a mysterious figure named Nella who sells well-disguised poisons to use against the oppressive men in their lives. But the apothecary’s fate is jeopardized when her newest patron\, a precocious twelve-year-old\, makes a fatal mistake\, sparking a string of consequences that echo through the centuries. \nMeanwhile in present-day London\, aspiring historian Caroline Parcewell spends her tenth wedding anniversary alone\, running from her own demons. When she stumbles upon a clue to the unsolved apothecary murders that haunted London two hundred years ago\, her life collides with the apothecary’s in a stunning twist of fate–and not everyone will survive. \nWith crackling suspense\, unforgettable characters and searing insight\, The Lost Apothecary is a subversive and intoxicating debut novel of secrets\, vengeance and the remarkable ways women can save each other despite the barrier of time.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/living-large-bookclub-the-lost-apothecary-by-sarah-penner/
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: MARCH Pick - The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
DESCRIPTION:Book Club Questions Below (they do contain spoilers!) \nThe Third Tuesday of this month will see us having a live and or virtual discussion of the amazing The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah. \nYou can join in the fun LIVE at Main Street Reads March 16th at 6:30 pm OR join in via ZOOM:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/83921524726?pwd=Z3NOanY4MVBPdXR0YTRhQ1JPclMvdz09 Meeting ID: 839 2152 4726  Passcode: 621178 \nThrough one woman’s survival during the harsh and haunting Dust Bowl\, master storyteller\, Kristin Hannah\, reminds us that the human heart and our Earth are as tough\, yet as fragile\, as a change in the wind. —Delia Owens\, author of Where the Crawdads Sing \nFrom the number-one bestselling author of The Nightingale and The Great Alone comes a powerful American epic about love and heroism and hope\, set during the Great Depression\, a time when the country was in crisis and at war with itself\, when millions were out of work and even the land seemed to have turned against them. \n“My land tells its story if you listen. The story of our family.” \nTexas\, 1921. A time of abundance. The Great War is over\, the bounty of the land is plentiful\, and America is on the brink of a new and optimistic era. But for Elsa Wolcott\, deemed too old to marry in a time when marriage is a woman’s only option\, the future seems bleak. Until the night she meets Rafe Martinelli and decides to change the direction of her life. With her reputation in ruin\, there is only one respectable choice: marriage to a man she barely knows. \nBy 1934\, the world has changed; millions are out of work and drought has devastated the Great Plains. Farmers are fighting to keep their land and their livelihoods as crops fail and water dries up and the earth cracks open. Dust storms roll relentlessly across the plains. Everything on the Martinelli farm is dying\, including Elsa’s tenuous marriage; each day is a desperate battle against nature and a fight to keep her children alive. \nIn this uncertain and perilous time\, Elsa–like so many of her neighbors–must make an agonizing choice: fight for the land she loves or leave it behind and go west\, to California\, in search of a better life for her family. \nThe Four Winds a rich\, sweeping novel that stunningly brings to life the Great Depression and the people who lived through it–the harsh realities that divided us as a nation and the enduring battle between the haves and the have-nots. A testament to hope\, resilience\, and the strength of the human spirit to survive adversity\, The Four Winds is an indelible portrait of America and the American dream\, as seen through the eyes of one indomitable woman whose courage and sacrifice will come to define a generation. \n\n\nDiscussion Questions\n\n\n\n\nSpoiler Alert: Please note that the discussion guide below contain spoilers to the book. \n\n“Hope is a coin I carry. . . . There were times in my journey when it felt as if that penny and the hope it represented were the only things that kept me going.” (1) What is the significance of the fact that it is an American penny? In what ways does hope anchor us in the moment\, and in what ways does it push us forward? Do you or your family have any keepsakes that represent your family’s hope for the future?\n\n\n“But we women of the Great Plains worked from sunup to sundown\, too\, toiled on wheat farms until we were as dry and baked as the land we loved.” (1) The stories of women have largely gone undocumented throughout history\, and this era is no different. It is changing\, slowly\, and women’s courage and determination and victories are being brought to light. How are women’s stories different? Why do you think they’ve gone unreported for so long? Do you think sharing these stories will make a difference to future generations?\n\n\nLife was very different for unmarried young women in earlier generations. Expectations for their future were sharply defined. How is Elsa shaped by these expectations and her failure to meet them? Do you think it would have been the same for her in New York City? Did you feel compressed by expectation when you were growing up? Do you think these societal mores were designed to keep women “in their place”? How difficult is it to defy both family and society in a small town?\n\n\n“She wished she’d never read The Age of Innocence. What good came from all this unexpressed longing? She would never fall in love\, never have a child of her own.” (8) Literature is\, quite honestly\, the opening of a door. Through that door\, Elsa saw whole other lives\, other futures. What books influenced you when you were growing up? Did any novel and/or character change your perception of either yourself or the world? Did you identify with Elsa and her journey throughout this book? In what way?\n\n\n“She had to believe there was grit in her\, even if it had never been tested or revealed.” (9) This sentence highlights Elsa’s essentially hopeful nature\, even though she doesn’t believe in herself. Her family and her world have pared her down to inconsequence. Does this idea resonate with you? Have you seen it at work in other people? In yourself?\n\n\nIn 1920s America\, there was significant prejudice against Italians; we see that prejudice in Elsa’s own family. What does Rafe represent to Elsa on the night they meet? Is it simply sex and loneliness? Or do you think there’s something deeper involved? Another small defiance against her parents’ small-mindedness? What does it say about Elsa that she went with Rafe so willingly?\n\n\n“My land tells its story if you listen. The story of our family. We plant\, we tend\, we harvest. I make wine from grape cuttings that I brought here from Sicily\, and the wine I make reminds me of my father. It binds us\, one to another\, as it has for generations. Now it will bind you to us.” (51) How are people connected to the land that they occupy? What about the land they farm? Describe that unique and complicated connection.\n\n\nMotherhood changes Elsa in almost every way. What does she learn by becoming a mother? What does she learn about motherhood from Rose? How does motherhood strengthen a woman? How does it weaken her? How does Elsa remain “herself” after giving birth? How does she change?\n\n\nFew things can break a woman’s heart like motherhood. “Elsa grieved daily for the loss of that closeness with her firstborn. At first she’d tried to scale the walls of her daughter’s adolescent\, irrational anger; she’d volleyed back with words of love\, but Loreda’s continuing\, thriving impatience with Elsa had done worse than grind her down. It had resurrected all the insecurities of childhood.” (66) If you’re a parent\, did this passage resonate with you? Why?\n\n\nThe adolescent years can be especially difficult on mothers and daughters. Did you dislike Loreda during these years? Did you understand her?\n\n\n“Tony and Rose were the kind of people who expected life to be hard and had become tougher to survive. . . . They might have come off the boat as Anthony and Rosalba\, but hard work and the land had turned them into Tony and Rose. Americans. They would die of thirst and hunger before they’d give that up.” (76) Do you think this attitude is a common thread in those who across generations have come to chase the “American Dream”? Why is land so important to that dream? How does one “become American”?\n\n\nThere is a strong thread running through this novel about man’s connection to the land. During the Dust Bowl\, while many families went west in search of work and a better life\, most of them stayed behind on their parched farms. Why do you think that is?\n\n\nWhat bonds Loreda and her father? What dreams do they share? Do they intend to exclude Elsa\, whom they perceive as just a workhorse? Or is she partially to blame for being ostracized? How does her lack of self-esteem color her relationships with her husband and eldest child?\n\n\nWhat do you think about Rafe? Was he as trapped by his family’s expectations as Elsa had been by her own? Did you expect him to leave?\n\n\nHow would you describe the Texas landscape the author paints? With its dust storms and earth dry and zigzag cracked\, is it like any you’ve known?\n\n\n“Even if they didn’t speak of their love\, or share their feelings in long\, heartfelt conversations\, the bond was there. Sturdy. They’d sewn their lives together in the silent way of women unused to conversation. Day after day\, they worked together\, prayed together\, held their growing family together through the hardships of farm life.” (90–91) Do you share a similar bond with the women in your life—either as a mother\, a daughter\, or a daughter-in-law? With your friends? Why do you think female bonding is so important to women?\n\n\nWhy does Rafe leave and what is he chasing out west? Do you have sympathy for how broken he felt by the poverty and hardship? Should Elsa have agreed to go with him? How does Elsa aim to fill his void\, and why does she believe she loves him even after the abandonment?\n\n\nWhy does the Martinelli family stay under such brutal conditions—the heat\, the dust storms\, the lack of food\, and the dying livestock? Does it reveal anything about the grit that literally fills their bodies? What choices do they have\, and what might you have done during the drought? Were you surprised that Elsa set off without her in-laws? Would you have had the courage to do the same?\n\n\nHow have the Dust Bowl and “going west” been treated by the American imagination (perhaps in song or cinema)? What has been glamorized\, and what grittiness has been left out or effectively captured? Elsa compares them to the early pioneers in their covered wagons. Is that an accurate comparison?\n\n\nLife in California is not at all what the migrants expected\, what advertisements had led them to believe. The locals treat them badly\, are afraid of them. Why is that? How does the treatment of migrants in California during the Great Depression mirror the treatment of immigrants today? How is it the same? How is it different?\n\n\nHow do Elsa and her family remain unbroken even while enduring crippling poverty\, food and shelter insecurity\, and living in a town that is hostile to them? Would they have fared better in Texas?\n\n\nWhat do Jack and the Communist union organizers offer the migrant workers\, and Loreda in particular? Why is it a risk to associate with them and what is Elsa’s hesitation?\n\n\nIn the 1930s\, communism and socialism were on the rise\, partially in response to the grinding poverty\, joblessness\, and despair. The Communists claimed that “communism is the new Americanism.” Can you understand why people believed in that? What do we know now that people didn’t know then? How do you think these perceptions have changed over time?\n\n\nDiscuss the shift in thinking that happens between generations—the freedoms longed for and the sacrifices required. The Greatest Generation was shaped by the Great Depression and World War II. They willingly sacrificed for each other and did what they could to help. How is the modern world different? How do we face our own dark times?\n\n\nHow does the Great Depression setting of The Four Winds compare to America during the pandemic? What lessons of resilience and healing might be embedded in this story? How might others’ struggles inspire us? Do you have any family stories from the Depression?\n\n\nThey say that those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. During the COVID- 19 pandemic\, Americans were faced with many of the same challenges of the Great Depression. Did we learn from previous generations? What differences can you see in the two difficult times? What similarities? How do you think future generations will judge the America of today?\n\n\n“Courage is fear you ignore.” Discuss this. How do Elsa’s and Loreda’s actions embody this idea? Fighting for any kind of social equality or radical change often requires great personal sacrifice.\nFighting for any kind of social equality or radical change often requires great personal sacrifice. How does Elsa represent the courage it takes to stand up and make trouble and be counted?\n\n\nWhy was it so important for Loreda to get her mother back to Texas\, even if at such a high cost? How did she finally come to understand her mother and her choices through a new lens?\n\n\nDid you find the end of Elsa’s and her family’s journey satisfying? Where do you think Ant and Loreda ended up? How do you see Loreda’s life being like her mother’s? How will it be different?
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/4083/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion
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SUMMARY:Pulpwood Queens Book Club: Spellbound Under the Spanish Moss
DESCRIPTION:The PQ bookclub meets on the 4th Thursday of each month at 6:30 p.m. On January 28th we’re discussing: Spellbound Under the Spanish Moss: A Southern Tale of Magic by Connor Judson Garrett and Kevin N. Garrett \nJoin us live in the store at 6:30 OR via Zoom. ALL ARE WELCOME!  \nHere are login details: \nTime: Jan 28\, 2021 06:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/81086275258?pwd=RlZ6blBLd24zdnRFWGVZZWRhNFhqQT09 \nMeeting ID: 810 8627 5258\nPasscode: 254267 \nYoung Gareth Greyfin must find a way to save his father Edward after he is bitten by a one-eyed snake. With little time before the venom will reach his father’s heart\, Gareth follows his father’s instructions to bring him to a cabin in the swamps outside of Savannah\, Georgia – the home of a witch with a fearsome reputation. The witch sends the fearful young man on a quest for five ingredients for the potion that offers the elder Greyfin’s only hope. \nAccompanied by the witch’s Raven as a guide\, Gareth’s desperate journey leads to encounters with a cast of characters that defy imagination. He slowly discovers that he is stronger and braver than he realized. He also forms an unlikely alliance with Raven. The duo is joined by an old banjo player\, and they learn that heroes come in unexpected forms. Along the way\, Gareth learns a family secret\, and a deception may cost the life of his father. \nWill his bargain with the witch Evangeline pay off or will Gareth be the one to pay the price? \nThe book is available at the book club discount price at Main Street Reads! Prefer to order the book online? Use our easy link! https://bookshop.org/shop/mainstreetreads
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/pulpwood-queens-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:Pulpwood Queens Girlfriend Weekend Zoomathon and Book Fair!
DESCRIPTION:OFFICIAL PROGRAM: PULPWOOD QUEENS AND TIMBER GUYS BOOK CLUB 2021 GIRLFRIEND WEEKEND ZOOMATHON SLUMBER PARTY JANUARY 14-17\, 2021\n \n\nEmail: thepulpwoodqueen@gmail.com Website: www.thepulpwoodqueens.com\n\n \n\nAll attendees\, including featured authors\, presenters\, special guests\, and keynotes are encouraged to wear their pajamas. Please note that Zoom meeting links will be posted and sent to each paid individual attendee’s registered email early morning prior to the launch of each day’s events and are not to be shared. At the conclusion of the event\, each paid attendee will be given access to all panels and keynotes\, which will be recorded\, so that participants can watch GFW in its entirety at their leisure. Later in 2021\, segments will be made public on Kathy L. Murphy’s Pulpwood Queen Channel on YouRube.\n\n \n\nMain Street Reads is our official independent book seller for this event. Please support independents and order our Official 2021 Book Club Selections from here. She also carries picks from 2019 and 2020. All members of International Pulpwood Queen and Timber Guys\, who order books through Main Street Reads are entitled to a 10 percent discount. Identify yourself as a member of the biggest meeting-and-discussing book club in the world\, our International Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Book Club Reading Nation.\n\n \nTHURSDAY\, January 14\, 2021\n \n\n2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m EST \nAuthor/Playwright David Valdes will be giving an Author Workshop on Writing.Three Little Words: Write Your Story in Any Genre Join me for a hands-on workshop to jumpstart your story idea\, using character\, conflict\, and motion–the three words at the heart of every novel\, memoir\,  creative nonfiction book\, play\, or movie script. We’ll play with all three concepts in writing exercises and leave with the core of a new narrative in mind. This workshop is appropriate for all levels\, whether it’s your first story or your fortieth! David Valdes is the author of three nonfiction books (Homo Domesticus\, A Little Fruitcake\, and The Rhinestone Sisterhood)\, as well as two young adult novels\, Revengers and Spin Me Right Round (coming from Bloomsbury in 2021). An award-winning playwright\, he is the author of more than 20 plays that have been produced coast to coast\, including The Mermaid Hour and Full Code. He has written columns for the New York Times\, Boston Globe\, Huffington Post\, and Medium. He teaches writing at both Tufts University and Boston Conservatory at Berklee\, and lives outside Boston with his teenage daughter.\n\n \n\nThe Pulpwood Queen Presents:\n\n \n\n 	3:15 p.m. EST Jeannette Brown “The Illusion of Leaving: A Novel”\n 	3:30 p.m. EST Joy Ross Davis “The Madwoman of Preacher’s Cove: A Novel”\n 	4:00 p.m. EST llene English “Hippie Chick: Coming of Age in the ‘60s”\n 	4:15 p.m. EST Steven Manchester “The Menu”\n 	4:30 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. EST Isla Morley “The Last Blue: A Novel” and “Come Sunday: A Novel”\n 	5:00 p.m. EST Jess Montgomery “The Widows”\, “The Hollows” and “The Stills”\n 	5:15 p.m. EST Richard Schwartz with Wendy Carter “Pearl River Mansion: A Novel”\n 	5:30 p.m. EST Mary Helen Sheriff “Boop and Eve’s Road Trip: A Novel” and “Bookish Road Trip!”\n 	5:45 p.m. EST Steve Wiegenstein “Scattered Lights”\n 	6:00 p.m. EST Marci Henna “When We Last Spoke” and “What Lies Ahead” in her Fireside series.\n\n \n\nTHURSDAY NIGHT 7:00 p.m. EST \nKim Harwanko\, author of “Novel Women\,” moderates a panel of her Just Between Friends Book Club Members\, who helped author their first book “Novel Women” and its sequel to be announced.\n\n \nFRIDAY\, January 15\, 2021\n \n\n9:30 a.m. EST\nA Royal Welcome to our IT’S ALL ABOUT THE STORY-themed Girlfriend Weekend Zoomathon Slumber Party Book Club Convention from The Pulpwood Queen KATHY L. MURPHY\, CEO and Founder of The International Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Book Club Reading Nation; author of “The Pulpwood Queens’ Tiara Wearing\, Book Sharing Guide to Life” and her latest book “The Pulpwood Queens Celebrate 20 Years” edited by Susan Cushman (published by Brother Mockingbird); and Director of Acquisitions for Lucid House Publishing.\n\n \n\n10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. EST \nKeynote Speaker/Book Club Comedian Marilyn Simon Rothstein “Husbands and Other Sharp Objects” and “Lift and Separate” with NEW book to be announced.\n\n \n\n10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. EST \nKeynote Speaker/Author Janet Skeslien Charles of “The Paris Library: A Novel” joins us from Paris\, France\, courtesy of Simon & Schuster Publishing.\n\n \n\n11:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. EST \nKeynote Speaker/Author Mary Morris “All the Way to the Tigers: A Memoir”\n\n \n\n11:45 a.m – 12:00 p.m EST \nAuthor Boo Walker “An Unfinished Story: A Novel” reports in from Spain!\n\n \n\n12:00 p.m. – 12:30 p.m. EST \nKeynote Speaker/Author Reavis Z. Wortham “Hawke’s Fury: A Sonny Hawke Thriller”\n\n \n\n12:30 p.m. EST \nKeynote Editor at Grand Cent2al Publishing/Author Lauren Marino of “Bookish Broads: Women Who Wrote Themselves into History” and “What Would Dolly Do?”\n\n \n\n1:00 p.m. EST \nKeynote Speaker Adriana Trigiani of “The Shoemaker’s Wife: A Novel”\n\n \n\n1:30 p.m. EST LUNCH INTERMISSION \n\n \n\n2:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. EST \nKeynote Speaker/Author Cary J. Broussard\, Founder of the Cinderella to CEO Awards “From Cinderella to CEO: How to Master the 10 Lessons of Fairy Tales to Transform Your Work Life”\n\n \n\n2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. EST\nModerator Susan Peterson of Sue’s Reading Neighborhood and her featured authors:\n\n \n\n 	Barbara Davis “Last of the Moon Girls”\n 	Jax Frey “The Gumbeaux Sistahs” and”Gumbeaux Love: A Novel”\n 	Marjorie Herrera Lewis “When the Men Were Gone: A Novel”\n 	Deborah Mantella\, “My Sweet Vidalia: A Novel”\n\n \n\n3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. EST \nModerator Shari Stauch of Main Street Reads and her featured authors:\n\n \n\n 	Scott Boyer “Temple of Eternity: Book 2 Bobby Ether Series” and Bobby Ether and The Jade Academy: Book 1 Bobby Ether Series”\n 	Joe Palmer “A Mariner’s Tale: A Novel”\n 	Ruthie Landis “Acting Lessons for the Living: Play the Scenes of Your Life with Intention\, Presence\, and Pure Potential: Living\, Acting and Enneagram Master Class”\n 	Gregory Enrich Phillips “A Season in Lights: A Novel in Three Acts”\n\n \n\n4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. EST \nAuthor/Blogger Eileen Harrison Sanchez “Freedom Lessons” of Prose and the Pandemic moderates this authors panel: \n\n \n\n 	Meryl Ain “The Takeaway Men: A Novel”\n 	Johnnie Bernhard “Sisters of the Undertow: Novel”\n 	Mandy Haynes “Sharp as A Serpent’s Tooth: Eva and Other Stories” and “Walking the Wrong Way Home”\n 	Debra DiFulvio Thomas “Luz: A Novel”\n 	Valerie Taylor “What’s Not Said”\n\n \n\n6:00 p.m. \nA MIGHTY BLAZE Keynote Speaker/ Author Caroline Leavitt “With or Without You: A Novel”\n\n \n\n6:30 p.m. \nA MIGHTY BLAZE Keynote Speaker/ Author Jenna Blum “The Lost Family: A Novel” and “Those Who Save Us: A Novel”\n\n \n\n7:00 p.m. EST Intermission \n\n \n\nFRIDAY EVENING 7:30 p.m. EST\nAuthor/Publisher/Moderator Echo Montgomery Garrett\, co-publisher Lucid House Publishing with her authors’ panel (15 minutes each):\n\n \n\n 	Connor Judson Garrett and Kevin N. Garrett “Spellbound Under the Spanish Moss: A Southern Tale of Magic” (the first of a trilogy)\n 	Marilyn Kriete “Paradise Road: A Memoir”\n 	G. Claire “Dreaming in a Time of Dragons”\n 	Andrea Faye Christians “Suspension: A Novel”\n 	Joseph Marshall III “The Cowboy and the Indian: A Novel”\n 	Tamra McAnally Bolton “The Art of Story Keeping: Saving History – One Family at a Time”\n 	Douglas Thompson with Echo Montgomery Garrett “Knock! Knock! Lessons Learned and Stories Shared – A Ride Along with Sales Superstar Douglas Thompson”\n\n \n\nKEYNOTE Vince Spinnato with Mickey Goodman “My Pursuit of Beauty: A Cosmetic Chemist Reveals The Glitz\, The Glam\, and the Batsh*t Crazy” (30 minutes)\n\n \nSATURDAY\, January 16\, 2021\n \n\n10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. EST \nKEYNOTE SPEAKER/Executive Director of the Pat Conroy Literary Center Jonathan Haupt with Holland Perryman\, the center’s intern and a published writer\, give a presentation on Pat Conroy’s reverence for teaching.\n\n \n\n11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. EST \nModerators Annie McDonnell of The Write Review joined by Mike Eberhardt present:\n\n \n\n 	Michelle Cox “A Child Lost: A Henrietta and Inspector Howard Novel Book 5”\n 	Bette Lee Crosby “A Million Little Lies: A Novel”\n 	Claire Fullerton “Little Tea: A Novel”\n 	Laura Kemp “Evening in the Yellow Wood”\n 	Nola Nash “Crescent City Moon: Book 1″ and “Crescent City Sin: Book 2”\n 	Patricia Sands “Drawing Lessons: A Novel”\n 	Diane Zinna “The All-Night Sun: A Novel”\n\n \n\n12:30 p.m. EST \nKeynote Speaker Julie Perkins Cantrell\, author of “Crescendo: The Story of a Musical Genius Who Forever Changed a Southern Town” and four award-winning\, bestselling novels including her debut “Into the Free\,” shares the story behind the story of her TEDTALK.\n\n \n\n1:00 p.m. EST Intermission\n\n \n\n1:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. EST \nKeynote Speaker/Author Michael Farris Smith of “Nick: A Novel”\n\n \n\n2:00 pm to 2:30 p.m. EST \nKeynote Speaker Johnnie Bernhard\, author of “Sisters of the Undertow: A Novel” reveals the story behind the story of her TEDTALK.\n\n \n\n2:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. EST \nKeynote Speaker/Actress Mary Deese Hampton speaks about her husband/actor\, film director James Hampton’s book “What? And Give Up on Show Business?”\n\n \n\n3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. EST \nAuthor Juliette Kobani Hagglund “Raising A Healthy Eater: Quick and Easy Recipes for Babies\, Toddlers and Kids” gives a cooking demonstration.\n\n \n\nThe Pulpwood Queen Presents Authors:\n\n \n\n 	4:00 p.m. EST Stephanie Chance of “Mamma Mia: Saints\, Sinners\, & Escapades” and her Decorate Ornate Tours\, the Official Tour Guide to Italy and Beyond of The Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Reading Nation.\n 	4:15 p.m. EST Sara Dahmen “Copper\, Iron\, and Clay: A Smith’s Journey”\n 	4:30 p.m. EST Richard Fifield “The Small Crimes of Tiffany Templeton”\n 	4:45 p.m. EST Carolyn Haines “A Visitation of Angels”\n 	5:00 p.m. EST Pamela Fagan Hutchins of “Live Wire\,” the first in a trilogy\, and also the Host of Wine\, Women\, and Writing!\n 	5:15 p.m. EST R.J. Lee “Cold Reading Murder”\n 	5:30 p.m. EST Leslie Lehr “A Boob’s Life: How America’s Obsession Shaped Me…And You”\n 	5:45 p.m EST Judithe Little “The Chanel Sisters”\n 	6:00 p.m. EST J.L. Oakley “The Quisling Factor”\n 	6:15 p.m. EST Kathleen M. Rodgers “The Flying Cutterbucks: A Novel”\n 	6:30 p.m. EST Rebecca Rosenberg “Champagne Widows: Veuve Clicquot and Napoleon”\n\n \n\n7:00 p.m. EST Intermission \n\n \n\n7:30 p.m. EST \nAward presenters include past recipients of The Doug Marlette Award Jonathan Haupt\, executive director of the Pat Conroy Literary Center and Marly Rusoff of Marly Rusoff Literary Agency; 2019 Pulpwood Queen Book of the Year Author Jesse Montgomery; and 2019 Bonus Book of the Year Author Michael Farris Smith. These distinguished literary figures conduct the Awards Presentation to the following:\n\n \n\n 	2020 Pulpwood Queen Bonus Book of the Year to Kim Michele Richardson “The Bookwoman of Troublesome Creek: A Novel”\n 	2020 Pulpwood Queen Book of the Year to Leila Meacham “Dragonfly: A Novel”\n 	Special Presentation: THE DOUG MARLETTE AWARD presented to an individual for the Lifetime Achievement of Promoting Literacy to Annie McDonnell of The Write Review!\n\n \n\n8:00 p.m. EST\nSilent Auction winners announced. The auction site can be accessed at www.charityauctionstoday.com/auctions/PQ-PCLC2021-19645 \,  Bids will be accepted between noon on Jan. 14 and end at 6:00 p.m. Jan. 16 CST. All proceeds go to The Pat Conroy Literary Center and all your winning bid item(s) will be shipped to YOU with the cost of shipping and handling added to the cost based on the item(s) you win.\n\n \n\nRemarks from KATHY L. MURPHY\, who will announce the theme for 2022 Girlfriend Weekend event and conclude the presentation of 2021 International Pulpwood Queen and Timber Guys Official Book Selections Authors! Congratulations to all of those whose work garnered the Pulpwood Queen Kathy L. Murphy’s 2021 Official Seal of Approval out of more than 600 books that were submitted.\n\n \nSUNDAY\, January 17\, 2021 \n \n\nAn Inside Look at the State of Publishing Today\n\n \n\n11.15 EST\, 10:15 a.m. CST\, 9:15 MST\, 8:15 PST. \nSenior Pastor Henry G. Brinton\, author of “City of Peace\,” of the Fairfax Presbyterian Church in Fairfax\, Virginia\, leads a worship service. His sermon entitled “Unexpected Calls\,” is based on God calling Samuel to lead in 1 Samuel 3:1-19. Here is the link to the church’s YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUObEveHAJhWXUVGYYv_WkQ\n\n \n\nFollowing the Worship Service is an Intermission for Sunday Lunch/Dinner.\n\n \n\n2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. EST\nKathy L. Murphy in conversation with Special Guest Robert Gray\, editor of Shelf Awareness\, the online publisher insider daily blog on the book publishing world.\n\n \n\n2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. EST\nCarol Fitzgerald of The Book Reporter interviews bestselling author Cassandra King Conroy “Tell Me A Story: My Life with Pat Conroy”\n\n \n\n3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. EST \nMarly Rusoff of Marly Rusoff Literary Agency gives a talk on the landscape of publishing today from a top New York literary agent’s perspective.\n\n \n\n4:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. EST \nAnnie McDonnell of The Write Review speaks on the importance of book reviews and how to secure them.\n\n \n\n5:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. EST \nAuthor Douglas Thompson of “Knock! Knock!: Lessons Learned and Stories Shared – A Ride Along with a Sales Superstar Douglas Thompson” gives authors advice on how to craft the perfect elevator pitch for their books.\n\n \n\n5:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. EST \nPulpwood Queen Kathy L. Murphy discusses her new partnership with Kristine “Hall” Ways of Lone Star Literary Life and their shared mission of getting great books in the hands of great readers.\n\n \n\n5:30 p.m. EST \nPublisher Echo Montgomery Garrett gives a presentation on the story behind her writer-centric\, bespoke Lucid House Publishing along with Director of Acquisitions Kathy L. Murphy; Co-Publisher/ Co-Founder Connor Judson Garrett; Director of Design and Technology Jawad Mazhir; YouTube Hostess and Translator Kristel al Issa; and Emmy-nominated screenwriter Jeanette Collins\, who wrote the screenplay for “Spellbound Under the Spanish Moss.”\n\n \n\nOur official hashtag is #PQGirlfriendWeekend for social media posts.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/pulpwood-queens-girlfriend-weekend-zoomathon-and-book-fair/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion,Celebration,Virtual Author Event
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SUMMARY:Children's Book Signing: Rebecca Dwight Bruff's Stars of Wonder
DESCRIPTION:Join us Wednesday morning\, 9:30 – 11:30 a.m. when Rebecca Dwight Bruff joins us for story time and a booksigning following for her new highly praised children’s book: Stars of Wonder. Storyteller Colleen Rackleff will read the book for story time and Rebecca will be on hand for Q&A and signing afterwards (hint: makes the perfect Christmas gift!) \n\nIn Stars of Wonder\, five brave and curious children follow a star\, and discover more than they ever imagined: strength\, trust\, love\, boldness\, courage\, and wonder… all the things kids need to know they possess in order to be resilient in this ever-changing world. \nBeautifully illustrated\, STARS OF WONDER will delight children and adults alike in this story of whimsy and wonder\, curiosity and courage\, and great love. \nRebecca Bruff heard the story of Robert Smalls on her first visit to South Carolina. She was so captivated that she left her job and moved across the country to research and write this novel. Bruff earned her Bachelors degree in education (Texas A&M) and Master and Doctorate degrees in theology (Southern Methodist University). In 2017\, she was a scholarship recipient for the prestigious Key West Literary Seminar. She volunteers at the Pat Conroy Literary Center in Beaufort\, South Carolina. She’s published non-fiction\, plays a little tennis\, travels when she can\, and loves life in the lowcountry with her husband and an exuberant golden retriever. Learn more at rebeccabruff.com
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/childrens-book-signing-rebecca-dwight-bruffs-stars-of-wonder/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion,Book Signing,Celebration,Story Time
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