BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Main Street Reads - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Main Street Reads X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://mainstreetreads.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Main Street Reads REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240201T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240201T200000 DTSTAMP:20260410T104853 CREATED:20240104T195534Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240104T195604Z UID:8163-1706812200-1706817600@mainstreetreads.com SUMMARY:February Fab Fantasy Book Club: Witch King by Martha Wells DESCRIPTION:Join us for February’s first book club of the month when the Fab Fantasy club gathers to discuss Martha Wells’ Witch King! As always\, the book is 10% off book club priced at Main Street Reads. All our clubs are free and open to all – we’ll supply the treats\, you bring the chatter! \n\n\n\nAbout the Book: \n\n\n\nFrom the breakout SFF superstar author of Murderbot comes a remarkable story of power and friendship\, of trust and betrayal\, and of the families we choose. “I didn’t know you were a… demon.”“You idiot. I’m the demon.”Kai’s having a long day in Martha Wells’ WITCH KING….After being murdered\, his consciousness dormant and unaware of the passing of time while confined in an elaborate water trap\, Kai wakes to find a lesser mage attempting to harness Kai’s magic to his own advantage. That was never going to go well. But why was Kai imprisoned in the first place? What has changed in the world since his assassination? And why does the Rising World Coalition appear to be growing in influence? \n\n\n\nKai will need to pull his allies close and draw on all his pain magic if he is to answer even the least of these questions. He’s not going to like the answers. \n\n\n\nWITCH KING is Martha Wells’s first new fantasy in over a decade\, drawing together her signature ability to create characters we adore and identify with\, alongside breathtaking action and adventure\, and the wit and charm we’ve come to expect from one of the leading writers of her generation. URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/february-fab-fantasy-book-club-witch-king-by-martha-wells/ LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/February-1st-Fantasy.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240123T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240123T200000 DTSTAMP:20260410T104853 CREATED:20231210T153402Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240119T005540Z UID:8115-1706034600-1706040000@mainstreetreads.com SUMMARY:Living Large Book Club January 2024: Let Us Descend DESCRIPTION:Our first Living Large bestsellers book club selection of 2024 will by Jesmyn Ward’s hit and newest Southern Fiction award winner\, Let Us Descend. As always\, book clubs are free and open to all – you bring the chat\, we’ll supply the treats – and the book is available in-store at the 10% off book club price! \n\n\n\nAbout the Book\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK – Instant New York Times Bestseller – Shortlisted for the 2024 Carnegie Medal for Excellence \n\n\n\nFrom Jesmyn Ward–the two-time National Book Award winner\, youngest winner of the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction\, and MacArthur Fellow–comes a haunting masterpiece\, sure to be an instant classic\, about an enslaved girl in the years before the Civil War. \n\n\n\n“‘Let us descend\, ‘ the poet now began\, ‘and enter this blind world.'” —Inferno\, Dante Alighieri Let Us Descend is a reimagining of American slavery\, as beautifully rendered as it is heart-wrenching. Searching\, harrowing\, replete with transcendent love\, the novel is a journey from the rice fields of the Carolinas to the slave markets of New Orleans and into the fearsome heart of a Louisiana sugar plantation. \n\n\n\nAnnis\, sold south by the white enslaver who fathered her\, is the reader’s guide through this hellscape. As she struggles through the miles-long march\, Annis turns inward\, seeking comfort from memories of her mother and stories of her African warrior grandmother. Throughout\, she opens herself to a world beyond this world\, one teeming with spirits: of earth and water\, of myth and history; spirits who nurture and give\, and those who manipulate and take. \n\n\n\nWhile Ward leads readers through the descent\, this\, her fourth novel\, is ultimately a story of rebirth and reclamation. From one of the most singularly brilliant and beloved writers of her generation\, this miracle of a novel inscribes Black American grief and joy into the very land–the rich but unforgiving forests\, swamps\, and rivers of the American South. \n\n\n\nLet Us Descend is Jesmyn Ward’s most magnificent novel yet\, a masterwork for the ages. URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/living-large-book-club-january-2024-let-us-descend/ LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Jan-Let-Us-Descend.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240122T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240122T203000 DTSTAMP:20260410T104853 CREATED:20231210T060712Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240114T032444Z UID:8053-1705948200-1705955400@mainstreetreads.com SUMMARY:Stacy Willingham Returns for Only If You're Lucky! DESCRIPTION:Here comes the “three-peat” — Stacy Willingham celebrating her third blockbuster release with us in Summerville\, this time featuring the launch of Only If You’re Lucky\, releasing January 16\, 2024! Her Summerville launch party will take place Monday\, January 22\, with our literary partners\, the Timrod Library. This will be our biggest event yet with Stacy\, with room for up to 250 in the Fellowship Hall at Bethany United Methodist Church (just across 3rd St. from the Timrod). \n\n\n\nStacy will be in conversation with Main Street Reads’ Shari Stauch\, followed by signing and reception at the Timrod (with plenty of catered eats and treats!) \n\n\n\n\nGET YOUR TICKETS HERE!\n\n\n\n\nStacy’s newest book is INCLUDED in your ticket price as well as the signing/ reception. If you’d like to pick your book up on release day the week before\, one will be at Main Street Reads in your name. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA sharp and twisty exploration of female friendship from the New York Times bestselling author of A Flicker in the Dark and All the Dangerous Things. \n\n\n\nLucy Sharpe is larger than life. Magnetic\, addictive. Bold and dangerous. Especially for Margot\, who meets Lucy at the end of their freshman year at a liberal arts college in South Carolina. Margot is the shy one\, the careful one\, always the sidekick and never the center of attention. But when Lucy singles her out at the end of the year\, a year Margot spent studying and playing it safe\, and asks her to room together\, something in Margot can’t say no–something daring\, or starved\, or maybe even envious. \n\n\n\nAnd so Margot finds herself living in an off-campus house with three other girls\, Lucy\, the ringleader; Sloane\, the sarcastic one; and Nicole\, the nice one\, the three of them opposites but also deeply intertwined. It’s a year that finds Margot finally coming out of the shell she’s been in since the end of high school\, when her best friend Eliza died three weeks after graduation. Margot and Lucy have become the closest of friends\, but by the middle of their sophomore year\, one of the fraternity boys from the house next door has been brutally murdered… and Lucy Sharpe is missing without a trace. \n\n\n\nFrom the author of A Flicker in the Dark and All the Dangerous Things comes a tantalizing thriller about the nature of friendship and belonging\, about loyalty\, envy\, and betrayal–another gripping novel from an author quickly becoming the gold standard in psychological suspense. \n\n\n\n\nGET YOUR TICKETS HERE! (Or Order Direct at Main Street Reads)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStacy Willingham is the New York Times\, USA Today and internationally bestselling author of A Flicker in the Dark\, All the Dangerous Things and now Only If You’re Lucky.  \n\n\n\nHer debut\, A Flicker in the Dark\, was a 2022 finalist for the Book of the Month’s Book of the Year award\, Goodreads Choice Best Debut award\, Goodreads Choice Best Mystery & Thriller award\, and ITW’s Best First Novel award. Her work has been translated in more than thirty languages.  \n\n\n\nBefore turning to fiction\, she was a copywriter and brand strategist for various marketing agencies. She earned her B.A. in magazine journalism from the University of Georgia and M.F.A. in writing from the Savannah College of Art and Design.  \n\n\n\nShe currently lives in Charleston\, South Carolina\, with her husband\, Britt\, and Labradoodle\, Mako. \n\n\n\n\nGET YOUR TICKETS HERE! (Or Order Direct at Main Street Reads) URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/stacy-willingham-returns-for-only-if-youre-lucky/ LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Signing,Celebration,Reader Meet Writer ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/STACY-EVENT.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240104T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240104T200000 DTSTAMP:20260410T104853 CREATED:20231210T145540Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231210T145956Z UID:8097-1704393000-1704398400@mainstreetreads.com SUMMARY:Fab Fantasy Book Club January 2024: Bookshops & Bonedust DESCRIPTION:Join us for the first Fab Fantasy gathering of 2024 when we’ll be diving into Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree\, author of another mega-popular fantasy book at Main Street Reads\, Legends & Lattes! \n\n\n\nAs always\, you bring the chatter\, we’ll supply the treats – and our book club selections are always 10% off retail price\, so come and grab yours soon! \n\n\n\nAbout the Book: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhen an injury throws a young\, battle-hungry orc off her chosen path\, she may find that what we need isn’t always what we seek. Set in the world of New York Times bestselling Legends & Lattes\, Travis Baldree’s Bookshops & Bonedust takes us on a journey of high fantasy\, first loves\, and secondhand books. \n\n\n\nViv’s career with the notorious mercenary company Rackam’s Ravens isn’t going as planned. Wounded during the hunt for a powerful necromancer\, she’s packed off against her will to recuperate in the sleepy beach town of Murk–so far from the action that she worries she’ll never be able to return to it. What’s a thwarted soldier of fortune to do? Spending her hours at a beleaguered bookshop in the company of its foul-mouthed proprietor is the last thing Viv would have predicted\, but it may be both exactly what she needs and the seed of changes she couldn’t possibly imagine. Still\, adventure isn’t all that far away. A suspicious traveler in gray\, a gnome with a chip on her shoulder\, a summer fling\, and an improbable number of skeletons prove Murk to be more eventful than Viv could have ever expected. \n\n\n\n“Take a break from epic battles and saving the world. This is a low-stakes fantasy that delivers exactly what’s advertised: a wholesome\, cozy novel that feels like a warm hug. This is my new comfort read.”–Genevieve Gornichec\, author of The Witch’s Heart\, on Legends & Lattes URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/fab-fantasy-book-club-january-2024-bookshops-bonedust/ LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/January-4th-Fab-Fantasy.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231209T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231209T130000 DTSTAMP:20260410T104853 CREATED:20231128T213315Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231203T044951Z UID:8041-1702119600-1702126800@mainstreetreads.com SUMMARY:Meet the Author! Angie Mizzell Signing "Girl in the Spotlight" DESCRIPTION:We’re hosting a special book signing on December 9th when TV journalist Angie Mizzell will be at Main Street Reads to sign her fascinating new memoir\, Girl in the Spotlight. Especially excited about this one\, readers\, since Angie and I had the privilege of serving on Charleston’s Center for Women board together – and she’s fantastic! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBy age 25\, Angie Mizzell was a morning news anchor at a top-rated television station. She had married her college sweetheart\, and scenes from their wedding day ran on the evening news. She’d achieved everything her mom had wanted for her and what she thought she wanted for herself. \n\n\n\nBut after signing with an agent who promised to take her career to the next level\, Angie began to realize that a future in the spotlight would not dim a past filled with childhood trauma and loss. As a television journalist\, she’d made a living by exploring and reporting other people’s stories; it was time to examine her own. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn her coming-of-age memoir\, “Girl in the Spotlight\,” Angie shares a heartfelt and hopeful story of arriving at a crossroads\, getting lost in the darkness\, learning to let go\, and finding her way back home. \n\n\n\nAngie Mizzell is a writer\, a mom and a former local TV news anchor. She’s the author of “Hello Friday\,” a weekly newsletter on Substack where she explores ways to feel at home where we live\, in our relationships\, in our work and within. She lives in West Ashley with her husband and their three children. URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/meet-the-author-angie-mizzell-signing-girl-in-the-spotlight/ LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Signing,Celebration ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Angie-Girl-event.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231207T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231207T170000 DTSTAMP:20260410T104853 CREATED:20231114T230858Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231114T230859Z UID:7922-1701936000-1701968400@mainstreetreads.com SUMMARY:Fab Fantasy Bookclub: Iron Flame! DESCRIPTION:Ahhh…Iron Flame\, the much-anticipated sequel to Fourth Wing is here and it’s the December book club pick! As always\, book club is free and open to all – we bring the treats\, you bring the lively discussion! \n\n\n\n“The first year is when some of us lose our lives. The second year is when the rest of us lose our humanity.” –Xaden Riorson Everyone expected Violet Sorrengail to die during her first year at Basgiath War College–Violet included. But Threshing was only the first impossible test meant to weed out the weak-willed\, the unworthy\, and the unlucky. Now the real training begins\, and Violet’s already wondering how she’ll get through. It’s not just that it’s grueling and maliciously brutal\, or even that it’s designed to stretch the riders’ capacity for pain beyond endurance. \n\n\n\nIt’s the new vice commandant\, who’s made it his personal mission to teach Violet exactly how powerless she is-unless she betrays the man she loves. Although Violet’s body might be weaker and frailer than everyone else’s\, she still has her wits–and a will of iron. And leadership is forgetting the most important lesson Basgiath has taught her: Dragon riders make their own rules. But a determination to survive won’t be enough this year. Because Violet knows the real secret hidden for centuries at Basgiath War College–and nothing\, not even dragon fire\, may be enough to save them in the end. \n\n\n\nThe Empyrean series is best enjoyed in order.Reading Order:Book #1 Fourth WingBook #2 Iron Flame URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/fab-fantasy-bookclub-iron-flame/ CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Screenshot-2023-11-14-at-5.59.47 PM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231129T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231129T200000 DTSTAMP:20260410T104853 CREATED:20231029T045249Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231029T045250Z UID:7867-1701282600-1701288000@mainstreetreads.com SUMMARY:Bestsellers Book Club: The Invisible Hour by Alice Hoffman - WED This Month! DESCRIPTION:This month\, because of Tuesday’s tree lighting and festivities in the square\, the Living Large Bookclub has decided to meet on Wednesday\, one day later\, November 29th. \n\n\n\nWe’ll be chatting about the newest hit by Alice Hoffman\, The Invisible Hour. As always\, book clubs are free and open to all\, and the book is eligible for the 10% book club discount. Refreshments will be served\, come join the fun! \n\n\n\nFrom the beloved New York Times bestselling author of The Marriage of Opposites and the Practical Magic series comes an enchanting novel about love\, heartbreak\, self-discovery\, and the enduring magic of books. \n\n\n\nOne brilliant June day when Mia Jacob can no longer see a way to survive\, the power of words saves her. The Scarlet Letter was written almost two hundred years earlier\, but it seems to tell the story of Mia’s mother\, Ivy\, and their life inside the Community–an oppressive cult in western Massachusetts where contact with the outside world is forbidden\, and books are considered evil. But how could this be? How could Nathaniel Hawthorne have so perfectly captured the pain and loss that Mia carries inside her? \n\n\n\nThrough a journey of heartbreak\, love\, and time\, Mia must abandon the rules she was raised with at the Community. As she does\, she realizes that reading can transport you to other worlds or bring them to you\, and that readers and writers affect one another in mysterious ways. She learns that time is more fluid than she can imagine\, and that love is stronger than any chains that bind you. As a girl Mia fell in love with a book. Now as a young woman she falls in love with a brilliant writer as she makes her way back in time. \n\n\n\nBut what if Nathaniel Hawthorne never wrote The Scarlet Letter? And what if Mia Jacob never found it on the day she planned to die? Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote: “A single dream is more powerful than a thousand realities.” This is the story of one woman’s dream. For a little while it came true… URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/bestsellers-book-club-the-invisible-hour-by-alice-hoffman-wed-this-month/ LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Nov-Living-Large.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231119T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231119T150000 DTSTAMP:20260410T104853 CREATED:20231105T032006Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231112T042109Z UID:7903-1700398800-1700406000@mainstreetreads.com SUMMARY:Book Signing: Reading Jane with Susannah Kennedy! DESCRIPTION:We’re thrilled to be a part of this eastern leg of Susannah’s tour – come join in the fun and enjoy refreshments and some stimulating conversation. The book will be available to be signed by the author that day! \n\n\n\nReading Jane: A Daughter’s Memoir and the book tour “Surviving the Narcissistic Mother” \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAs the estimation of narcissism and its impact on children grows\, more people are identifying as the children of such an upbringing. They have been raised by a parent whose sense of self-importance overshadowed the child\, the child existing rather as an extension of a parental self that lacks empathy and often exploits their child. It’s estimated that nearly 60 million people are damaged by such relational patterns. Children of such parents are vulnerable to poor self-esteem\, lack of boundaries\, and co-dependence. \n\n\n\nHaving emerged on the other side of this phenomenon\, Susannah Kennedy\, author of Reading Jane: A Daughter’s Memoir has launched her book tour along the East Coast. The tour includes a stop at Main Street Reads in Summerville!\, where she’ll sign copies as well as address her path to healing. It wasn’t an easy one\, and might not have been achieved at all had Susannah’s mother not inexplicably taken her own life at age 75. When Susannah discovered 45 years of Jane’s diaries\, she had a portal into the narrative her mother created and lived. \n\n\n\nSusannah avoided plunging in for three years\, until she was driven to do so\, to understand finally the mystery her mother presented. What emerges is Susannah’s own story in contrast to her mother’s\, and ultimately leads her to finally shake off the constraints set by Jane’s need to control both the narrative and her daughter. \n\n\n\nPrevious events on the West Coast leg of the tour have demonstrated that Susannah is not alone. Nearly 5 percent or 1 in 200 people suffer from Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) and the sons and daughters are showing up at book events — to take from Susannah’s story of healing the hope they might finally understand and heal their own. \n\n\n\nThe Reading Jane: Surviving the Narcissistic Mother Eastern Seaboard Tour will encompass 12 cities in October and November 2023: Boston and Gloucester\, Massachusetts; Newport\, Rhode Island; Owego and Woodstock\, New York; Washington D.C.; Montrose and Philadelphia\, Pennsylvania; Charlotte\, North Carolina; Hilton Head Island and Summerville\, South Carolina; and Savannah\, Georgia. For details on dates\, times\, and locations\, please visit www.sibyllinepress.com or www.susannahkennedy.com. Main Street Reads at 115 S. Main Street in Summerville will host Susannah on November 19th from 1-3 p.m. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the author: Berkeley and Oxford-educated anthropologist Susannah Kennedy was born in India and raised in the United States. Later\, she traveled extensively on her own\, first in Italy\, and then through the Middle East and India\, settling for two years in Egypt before becoming a reporter in Dallas\, Texas. At Oxford University\, she specialized in Arab culture and politics\, receiving her DPhil in social anthropology. She and her psychoanalyst husband lived and worked in Germany\, raising three children in a thatched-roof farmhouse in the countryside outside Hamburg. Her mother’s suicide and its aftermath brought them back to California in 2017. They now reside in Marin County. URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/book-signing-reading-jane-with-susannah-kennedy/ LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Signing,Celebration,Reading ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Susannah-Book-Signing.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231118T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231118T150000 DTSTAMP:20260410T104853 CREATED:20231031T053504Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231031T054324Z UID:7880-1700312400-1700319600@mainstreetreads.com SUMMARY:Meet the Author! Steve Lazarus Signing Call Me Sonny DESCRIPTION:Join us for a special thriller book signing with Steve Lazarus\, debut of the new thriller\, Call Me Sonny. \n\n\n\nAbout the Book\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nShortly after a corrupt attorney pays a visit to an inmate in a maximum security federal prison\, people from the inmate’s past start dying.  Bryce Chandler\, a retired FBI agent eking out a living as a private investigator in the Florida Keys\, ties the string of killings to a shadowy murder-for-hire ring operating on the Dark Web.  As Bryce digs further into the murders\, he discovers the final name on the hit list is his own. \n\n\n\nMeanwhile\, a simple divorce case turns out to be much more than meets the eye\, as Bryce’s investigation of the defendant leads him down a path of international drug smuggling\, money laundering\, and violent henchmen bent on keeping him silent.  The two storylines run parallel to one another until they eventually converge in a final\, bloody outcome.  \n\n\n\n\n“Bryce Chandler is a compelling addition to the pantheon of hard-boiled fictional detectives. Lazarus puts his experience as an FBI agent to good use in Call Me Sonny\, and the book feels more realistic than most detective novels. Impossible to put down!” \n—Joe Weisberg\, Emmy Award-winning writer and creator of The Americans\n\n\n\nSteve’s debut novel was inspired by one of his real-life cases. After arresting a subject who threatened to unleash a bioterror attack on the Atlanta subway system\, Steve and his partner found themselves on the receiving end of a death threat from the soon-to-be convicted felon. And though that subject would spend the next 25 years in prison\, Steve couldn’t help but wonder…what if he could make good on his threat\, even from behind bars? The most logical solution would be if he hired a hit man\, and…voila! A novel was born. Written over the course of a year in Abu Dhabi\, the Florida Keys\, and Texas hill country\, “Call Me Sonny” was a labor of love incorporating the personalities\, anecdotes\, and experiences of Steve’s multi-faceted FBI career\, and if things work out as planned\, it will be the first in a series of Bryce Chandler crime thrillers. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Author\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSteve Lazarus is a first-time author\, retired FBI Special Agent\, and United States Air Force veteran.  He served twenty-two years in the FBI\, spending the first half of his career investigating drug trafficking organizations and violent street gangs.  Later\, he became a full-time bomb technician\, an assignment which led him to Iraq\, Kuwait and Afghanistan as part of the Global War on Terror.  After retiring from the Bureau\, he spent several years as a national security contractor in Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates. Steve lives on the South Carolina coast with his wife Susan and their amazing wonder dog\, Aspen. URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/meet-the-author-steve-lazarus-signing-call-me-sonny/ LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Signing ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/steve-lazarus-signing.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231114T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231114T200000 DTSTAMP:20260410T104853 CREATED:20231021T145859Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231021T145900Z UID:7836-1699986600-1699992000@mainstreetreads.com SUMMARY:Thriller Book Club: Bright Young Women DESCRIPTION:Our Thrill in the ‘Ville Summerville thriller book club is back with a real spine-tingler this month\, Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll! \n\n\n\nAs always\, our book clubs are free and open to all. The book is available for 10% off (book club discount) and we’ll provide treats and wine… you bring the conversation! \n\n\n\nTwo women from opposite sides of the country are brought together by violent acts of the same man\, and become allies and sisters in arms as they pursue the justice that would otherwise elude them in one of the most acclaimed\, highly-anticipated thrillers of the year. Masterfully blending elements of psychological suspense and true crime\, Jessica Knoll–author of the bestselling novel Luckiest Girl Alive and the writer behind the Netflix adaption starring Mila Kunis–delivers a new and exhilarating thriller in Bright Young Women. \n\n\n\nThe book opens on a Saturday night in 1978\, hours before a soon-to-be-infamous murderer descends upon a Florida sorority house with deadly results. The lives of those who survive\, including sorority president and key witness\, Pamela Schumacher\, are forever changed. Across the country\, Tina Cannon is convinced her missing friend was targeted by the man papers refer to as the All-American Sex Killer–and that he’s struck again. Determined to find justice\, the two join forces as their search for answers leads to a final\, shocking confrontation. \n\n\n\n\nBlisteringly paced\, Bright Young Women is “Jessica Knoll at her best–an unflinching and evocative novel about the tabloid fascination with evil and the dynamic and brilliant women who have the real stories to tell” \n(Laura Dave\, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Thing He Told Me)\n\n\n\n\n“a compelling\, almost hypnotic read and I loved it with a passion” \n(Lisa Jewell\, New York Times bestselling author of None of This Is True). URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/thriller-book-club-bright-young-women/ LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Nov-Thriller.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231111T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231111T140000 DTSTAMP:20260410T104853 CREATED:20230829T200611Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230829T200613Z UID:7709-1699700400-1699711200@mainstreetreads.com SUMMARY:Honoring Veteran's Day: Book Signing with Award-Winning Military Historian James M. Scott DESCRIPTION:As we honor our military heroes on Veteran’s Day\, we’re sharing a special signing with you (and perfect gift options before the holidays!) Brilliant author James M. Scott will be at Main Street Reads from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.\, signing his most recent (and many say best) book\, Black Snow: \n\n\n\nSeven minutes past midnight on March 10\, 1945\, nearly 300 American B-29s thundered into the skies over Tokyo. Their payloads of incendiaries ignited a firestorm that reached up to 2\,800 degrees\, liquefying asphalt and vaporizing thousands; sixteen square miles of the city were flattened and more than 100\,000 men\, women\, and children were killed. \n\n\n\nBlack Snow is the story of this devastating operation\, orchestrated by Major General Curtis LeMay\, who famously remarked: “If we lose the war\, we’ll be tried as war criminals.” James M. Scott reconstructs in granular detail that horrific night\, and describes the development of the B-29\, the capture of the Marianas for use as airfields\, and the change in strategy from high-altitude daylight “precision” bombing to low-altitude nighttime incendiary bombing. Most importantly\, the raid represented a significant moral shift for America\, marking the first time commanders deliberately targeted civilians which helped pave the way for the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki five months later. \n\n\n\nDrawing on first-person interviews with American pilots and bombardiers and Japanese survivors\, air force archives\, and oral histories never before published in English\, Scott delivers a harrowing and gripping account\, and his most important and compelling work to date. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA former Nieman Fellow at Harvard\, James M. Scott is the author of Rampage\, which was named one of the Best Books of 2018 by the editors at Kirkus and Military Times and was chosen as a finalist for the prestigious Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History by the New York Historical Society. \n\n\n\nHis other works include Target Tokyo\, a 2016 Pulitzer Prize finalist; The War Below\, and The Attack on the Liberty\, which won the Rear Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison Award. Scott lives with his wife and two children in Mt. Pleasant\, SC. URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/honoring-veterans-day-book-signing-with-award-winning-military-historian-james-m-scott/ LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Signing ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/veterans-days-signing-james-scott.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231102T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231102T200000 DTSTAMP:20260410T104853 CREATED:20231008T161845Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231008T162014Z UID:7800-1698949800-1698955200@mainstreetreads.com SUMMARY:Fab Fantasy Club: VE Schwab's Fragile Threads of Power! DESCRIPTION:YES\, we still have some signed copies available – come grab yours and then join us on book club night for fun discussion and free treats – open to all! \n\n\n\nV. E. Schwab\, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue\, opens another door to a new fantasy series set in the dazzling world of Shades of Magic. Prepare for tangled schemes and perilous adventures with friends old and new in The Fragile Threads of Power. \n\n\n\nOnce\, there were four worlds\, nestled like pages in a book\, each pulsing with fantastical power and connected by a single city: London. Until the magic grew too fast and forced the worlds to seal the doors between them in a desperate gamble to protect their own. The few magicians who could still open the doors grew more rare as time passed and now\, only three Antari are known in recent memory–Kell Maresh of Red London\, Delilah Bard of Grey London\, and Holland Vosijk\, of White London. \n\n\n\nBut barely a glimpse of them have been seen in the last seven years–and a new Antari named Kosika has appeared in White London\, taking the throne in Holland’s absence. The young queen is willing to feed her city with blood\, including her own–but her growing religious fervor has the potential to drown it instead. And back in Red London\, King Rhy Maresh is threatened by a rising rebellion\, one determined to correct the balance of power by razing the throne entirely. \n\n\n\nThese two royals from very different empires now face very similar struggles: how to keep their crowns–and their own heads. Amidst this tapestry of old friends and new enemies\, a girl with an unusual magical ability comes into possession of a device that could change the fate of all four worlds. Her name is Tes\, and she’s the only one who can bring them together–or unravel it all. URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/fab-fantasy-book-club-ve-schwabs-fragile-threads-of-power/ LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Nov-Fantasy-Club-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231029T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231029T150000 DTSTAMP:20260410T104853 CREATED:20231020T050224Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231020T050226Z UID:7830-1698584400-1698591600@mainstreetreads.com SUMMARY:Spooktacular Book Launch! Mr. Albert: The Story of an Ex-Person by AF Winter DESCRIPTION:We’re THRILLED to host the book launch party for A.F. Winter’s latest release\, Mr. Albert: The Story of an Ex-Person. \n\n\n\nAND\, if you grab your book that day\, you’ll get 10% off your tab next door at Frothy Beard!!! \n\n\n\nHINT: We’ll have a few food samples on hand at Main Street Reads from our Frothy Beard pals to whet your whistles… \n\n\n\nMr. Albert\, who happens to be dead although his body for some reason has not gotten the memo\, enjoys nothing more than getting plastered in seedy bars on the Jersey shore. In a moment of weakness\, he saves Santo Murphy from committing suicide\, as he’s about to hurl himself into the frigid Atlantic Ocean. \n\n\n\nWhen he discovers Mr. Albert’s secret\, Santo believes his savior must have a higher purpose than intoxication. Santo’s purpose becomes to find Mr. Albert’s purpose and he will not leave Albert’s side until he discovers it… \n\n\n\nMeet the Author\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nMr. Winter has won the South Carolina Playwright’s Festival for his play\, The Colliers. He has three novels in print including the wildly popular Man in the Pandemic\, and four that are yet to be published. His work has appeared in print and online magazines. \n\n\n\nHis poems have been published in several anthologies and he performs as a featured poet and author in the South Carolina low country. He lives near Charleston\, SC with his dog\, Millie\, and is overjoyed when one of his three exceptional daughters comes to visit. URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/spooktacular-book-launch-mr-albert-the-story-of-an-ex-person-by-af-winter/ LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Signing,Celebration,Reading ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/AF-Winter-Mr-Albert-Book-Launch-Party.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231024T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231024T200000 DTSTAMP:20260410T104853 CREATED:20230917T192127Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230917T192129Z UID:7761-1698172200-1698177600@mainstreetreads.com SUMMARY:Bestsellers Book Club: Other Birds by Sarah Addison Allen DESCRIPTION:Join us for an engaging evening discussing our latest book club pick\, Other Birds by Sarah Addison Allen. We’ll supply the evening’s treats and the book is eligible for our 10% book club discount. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHere’s more info – grab a copy\, get reading\, and join us! \n\n\n\nFrom the acclaimed author of Garden Spells comes an enchanting tale of lost souls\, lonely strangers\, secrets that shape us\, and how the right flock can guide you home. Down a narrow alley in the small coastal town of Mallow Island\, South Carolina\, lies a stunning cobblestone building comprised of five apartments. It’s called The Dellawisp and it is named after the tiny turquoise birds who\, alongside its human tenants\, inhabit an air of magical secrecy. \n\n\n\nWhen Zoey Hennessey comes to claim her deceased mother’s apartment at The Dellawisp\, she meets her quirky\, enigmatic neighbors including a girl on the run\, a grieving chef whose comfort food does not comfort him\, two estranged middle-aged sisters\, and three ghosts. Each with their own story. Each with their own longings. Each whose ending isn’t yet written. \n\n\n\nWhen one of her new neighbors dies under odd circumstances the night Zoey arrives\, she is thrust into the mystery of The Dellawisp\, which involves missing pages from a legendary writer whose work might be hidden there. She soon discovers that many unfinished stories permeate the place\, and the people around her are in as much need of healing from wrongs of the past as she is. \n\n\n\nTo find their way they have to learn how to trust each other\, confront their deepest fears\, and let go of what haunts them. Delightful and atmospheric\, Other Birds is filled with magical realism and moments of pure love that won’t let you go. Sarah Addison Allen shows us that between the real and the imaginary\, there are stories that take flight in the most extraordinary ways. URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/bestsellers-book-club-other-birds-by-sarah-addison-allen/ LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/living-large-october.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231010T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231010T200000 DTSTAMP:20260410T104853 CREATED:20230910T143845Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230910T143847Z UID:7736-1696962600-1696968000@mainstreetreads.com SUMMARY:Thriller Book Club: The Block Party by Jamie Day! DESCRIPTION:Raves for the hottest thriller of 2023! “This is wicked fun.” –Publishers Weekly \n\n\n\n“Absolutely amazing. Readers are going to flip!” —Lisa Gardner\, New York Times bestselling author of ONE STEP TOO FAR \n\n\n\nYep\, readers are raving about The Block Party by Jamie Day – and we’ll be talking about why! As always\, our book clubs are free and open to all – you bring your thoughts\, we’ll bring the treats! \n\n\n\nThis summer\, meet your neighbors. The residents of the exclusive cul-de-sac on Alton Road are entangled in a web of secrets and scandal utterly unknown to the outside world\, and even to each other. On the night of the annual Summer block party\, there has been a murder. But\, who did it and why takes readers back one year earlier\, as rivalries and betrayals unfold–discovering that the real danger lies within their own block and nothing–and no one–is ever as it seems… URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/thriller-book-club-the-block-party-by-jamie-day/ LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Thriller-club-October-2023.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231005T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231005T200000 DTSTAMP:20260410T104853 CREATED:20230917T164620Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230917T164622Z UID:7757-1696530600-1696536000@mainstreetreads.com SUMMARY:Fantasy Book Club: Godkiller DESCRIPTION:Join in the lively discussion of this month’s Fab Fantasy pick\, Godkiller by Hannah Kaner! As always\, our book club selections are 10% off\, and we’ll provide treats on the big night. Here’s more about this month’s pick: \n\n\n\n“Godkiller will have you in its grasp from the first pages. . . An extraordinary journey.” — Samantha Shannon\, New York Times bestselling author of The Priory of the Orange Tree \n\n\n\n“Beautifully imagined and intensely felt . . . Godkiller is a bone-rattling fantasy thriller that flies by in a breathtaking rush.” — Joe Hill\, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Locke & Key \n\n\n\nEnter a land of gods and monsters\, soldiers and mercenaries\, secrets and wishes–the explosive #1 internationally bestselling fantasy debut in a new trilogy for fans of The Witcher and Gideon the Ninth \n\n\n\nGods are forbidden in the kingdom of Middren. Formed by human desires and fed by their worship\, there are countless gods in the world–but after a great war\, the new king outlawed them and now pays “godkillers” to destroy any who try to rise from the shadows. \n\n\n\nAs a child\, Kissen saw her family murdered by a fire god. Now\, she makes a living killing them and enjoys it. But all this changes when Kissen is tasked with helping a young noble girl with a god problem. The child’s soul is bonded to a tiny god of white lies\, and Kissen can’t kill it without ending the girl’s life too. \n\n\n\nJoined by a disillusioned knight on a secret quest\, the unlikely group must travel to the ruined city of Blenraden\, where the last of the wild gods reside\, to each beg a favor. Pursued by assassins and demons\, and in the midst of burgeoning civil war\, they will all face a reckoning. Something is rotting at the heart of their world\, and they are the only ones who can stop it. \n\n\n\n“Epic and intimate\, tender and sharp\, Godkiller is a triumph of storytelling.” — Hannah Whitten\, New York Times bestselling author of For the Wolf URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/fantasy-book-club-godkiller/ LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Fantasy-Godkiller-October.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230923T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230923T150000 DTSTAMP:20260410T104853 CREATED:20230820T051441Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230820T051443Z UID:7688-1695470400-1695481200@mainstreetreads.com SUMMARY:Meet the Author: Bob Spearman DESCRIPTION:Come on out Saturday\, September 23 to meet Bob Spearman and grab signed copies of his latest two books\, or the whole collection! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWriting on the beaches of South Carolina has proven a productive environmentfor this author\, and on a breezy\, warm afternoon\, you may find him sitting on the sand under an umbrella. His favorite Carolina haunts are Edisto Beach\, the Isle of Palms shoreline\, or on an isolated stretch of Pawleys Island. The relative solitude\, the breath of salt air\, and the rhythm of the sea provide inspiration for plot lines often based in the Carolina Lowcountry. \n\n\n\nBob Spearman grew up in rural South Carolina and now lives with his wife\,Barbara\, at Edisto Beach. Although a son of this area\, he has lived in Georgia\,Texas\, Florida\, and Utah while working as an engineer. After moving back toCharleston\, he started writing fiction as a hobby. He works with several localwriter groups\, and has published five novels\, and a collection of short stories. He is currently working on his sixth novel. Bob is a graduate of The Citadel and holds a master’s degree from the University of Texas. URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/meet-the-author-bob-spearman/ LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Signing ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/spear-signing.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230912T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230912T200000 DTSTAMP:20260410T104853 CREATED:20230820T044209Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230820T044210Z UID:7684-1694543400-1694548800@mainstreetreads.com SUMMARY:Thriller Book Club: DESCRIPTION:Join us for a lively discussion this month about Taylor Adam’s The Last Word! All our book clubs are free and open to all; you bring the chat\, we’ll bring the treats! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAfter posting a negative review of a horror novel\, a woman staying at an isolated beach house begins to wonder if the author is a little touchy–or very\, very dangerous–in this pulse-pounding novel of psychological suspense and terror from the critically acclaimed author of No Exit and Hairpin Bridge. \n\n\n\nEmma Carpenter lives in isolation with her golden retriever Laika\, house-sitting an old beachfront home on the rainy Washington coast. Her only human contact is her enigmatic old neighbor\, Deek\, and (via text) the house’s owner\, Jules. \n\n\n\nOne day\, she reads a poorly written–but gruesome–horror novel by the author H. G. Kane\, and posts a one-star review that drags her into an online argument with none other than the author himself. Soon after\, disturbing incidents start to occur at night. To Emma\, this can’t just be a coincidence. It was strange enough for this author to bicker with her online about a lousy review; could he be stalking her\, too? \n\n\n\nAs Emma digs into Kane’s life and work\, she learns he has published sixteen other novels\, all similarly sadistic tales of stalking and murder. But who is he? How did he find her? And what else is he capable of? \n\n\n\nDisplaying his trademark command of rapid-fire pacing\, unnerving atmosphere\, and razor-sharp characterization\, Taylor Adams once again delivers a diabolically disturbing–and deadly–game of cat and mouse. URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/thriller-book-club/ LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Thriller-Sep-12.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230909T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230909T140000 DTSTAMP:20260410T104853 CREATED:20230805T153931Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230818T033445Z UID:7611-1694260800-1694268000@mainstreetreads.com SUMMARY:Book Signing: Kristen Ness with At Loggerheads! DESCRIPTION:Join us for a special September book signing with Kristen Ness\, author of the much-anticipated debut novel\, At Loggerheads from Evening Post Books. \n\n\n\nMeet At Loggerheads:\n\n\n\n“Kristen Ness’s At Loggerheads is a thrilling debut novel intertwined with mystery\, nature\, romance\, and betrayal. Set on a lush barrier island\, Ness offers the reader a rich sense of place in a whodunit that reflects on the meaning of home. A must read—especially if you love sea turtles!” —MARY ALICE MONROE\, New York Times bestselling author of 27 books\, including The Beach House series \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMurder on a South Carolina barrier island brings together a sea turtle biologist and a local detective to unravel a mystery that might impact the race for the White House.  \n\n\n\nIn late May\, loggerhead sea turtles should be nesting on Anders Isle and scientist Brooke Edens should feel more at home on the island where she grew up. But something is amiss. When a dead body surfaces along with other big crimes\, Brooke finds herself entangled in a homicide investigation with detective Drew Young\, her closest friend (and sometimes love interest). \n\n\n\nAt the same time\, a favorite candidate is emerging for the upcoming US presidential election\, and he happens to be the father of Brooke’s ex-fiancé\, who just complicates matters with each visit to the island. While Brooke’s knowledge of sea turtles helps Drew discover and decipher evidence\, the many revelations\, betrayals\, and secrets threaten not only the investigation but also Brooke’s closest relationships and her beloved turtles.  \n\n\n\nWill they be able to untangle the web of crimes and catch the killer before it’s too late? \n\n\n\nCaptivating\, clever\, and timely\, At Loggerheads is a love letter to the barrier islands and coastal towns of the South Carolina Lowcountry\, where the often-opposing forces of Mother Nature and human nature influence what people will do for money\, for power\, and for love.  \n\n\n\nMeet Kristen\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n I’m tall. I write. I stay up late. \n\n\n\nI grew up mostly in South Carolina\, spending countless days with nature and falling in love with the ocean and its creatures on Isle of Palms\, where\, for the past ten years\, I’ve walked the beach at sunrise each summer in search of sea turtle nests as a volunteer for the Island Turtle Team. \n\n\n\nWhile practicing immigration law for twenty years\, I’ve been moonlighting in pursuit of my lifelong passion for writing and my obsession with marine biology. Writing\, real estate\, politics\, and even publishing run in my blood as the daughter of an English teacher and a land developer\, and the great-granddaughter of the 14th Governor of North Dakota whose family owned and published The Bismarck Tribune. \n\n\n\nI have a BA in English from Duke University\, a JD from the University of South Carolina School of Law\, and I serve as an appointed member of the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s Coral Advisory Panel. I live in Charleston\, SC\, with my husband\, our two children\, and a cat. \n\n\n\nAt Loggerheads is Kristen’s first novel. URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/book-signing-kristen-ness-at-loggerheads/ LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Signing ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/At-Loggerheads-with-Kristen-Ness.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230907T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230907T200000 DTSTAMP:20260410T104853 CREATED:20230820T043100Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230820T043101Z UID:7680-1694111400-1694116800@mainstreetreads.com SUMMARY:Fab Fantasy Book Club: Immortal Longings DESCRIPTION:Join us for a lively discussion about this month’s Fab Fantasy pick: Immortal Longings by Chloe Gong! \n\n\n\n#1 New York Times bestselling author Chloe Gong’s adult epic fantasy debut. Inspired by Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra\, Immortal Longings is a fiery collision of power plays\, spilled blood\, and romance amidst a set of deadly games. \n\n\n\nEvery year\, thousands in the kingdom of Talin will flock to its capital twin cities\, San-Er\, where the palace hosts a set of games. For those confident enough in their ability to jump between bodies\, competitors across San-Er fight to the death to win unimaginable riches. Princess Calla Tuoleimi lurks in hiding. Five years ago\, a massacre killed her parents and left the palace of Er empty…and she was the one who did it. Before King Kasa’s forces in San can catch her\, she plans to finish the job and bring down the monarchy. Her reclusive uncle always greets the victor of the games\, so if she wins\, she gets her opportunity at last to kill him. \n\n\n\nEnter Anton Makusa\, an exiled aristocrat. His childhood love has lain in a coma since they were both ousted from the palace\, and he’s deep in debt trying to keep her alive. Thankfully\, he’s one of the best jumpers in the kingdom\, flitting from body to body at will. His last chance at saving her is entering the games and winning. Calla finds both an unexpected alliance with Anton and help from King Kasa’s adopted son\, August\, who wants to mend Talin’s ills. But the three of them have very different goals\, even as Calla and Anton’s partnership spirals into something all-consuming. \n\n\n\nBefore the games close\, Calla must decide what she’s playing for–her lover or her kingdom. URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/fab-fantasy-book-club-immortal-longings/ LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Fab-Fantasy-Sep-7.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230829T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230829T200000 DTSTAMP:20260410T104853 CREATED:20230723T073740Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230723T073742Z UID:7571-1693333800-1693339200@mainstreetreads.com SUMMARY:Living Large Bookclub: The Summer of Songbirds DESCRIPTION:Join us for a lively discussion of the new hit from Kristy Woodson Harvey\, The Summer of Songbirds. As always\, treats are on us and all are welcome. The book is available at Main Street Reads for 10% off book club pricing! \n\n\n\nFour women come together to save the summer camp that changed their lives and rediscover themselves in the process in this moving new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Wedding Veil and the Peachtree Bluff series. Nearly thirty years ago\, in the wake of a personal tragedy\, June Moore bought Camp Holly Springs and turned it into a thriving summer haven for girls. But now\, June is in danger of losing the place she has sacrificed everything for\, and begins to realize how much she has used the camp to avoid facing difficulties in her life. June’s niece\, Daphne\, met her two best friends\, Lanier and Mary Stuart\, during a fateful summer at camp. They’ve all helped each other through hard things\, from heartbreak and loss to substance abuse and unplanned pregnancy\, and the three are inseparable even in their thirties. \n\n\n\nBut when attorney Daphne is confronted with a relationship from her past–and a confidential issue at work becomes personal–she is faced with an impossible choice. Lanier\, meanwhile\, is struggling with tough decisions of her own. After a run-in with an old flame\, she is torn between the commitment she made to her fiancé and the one she made to her first love. And when a big secret comes to light\, she finds herself at odds with her best friend…and risks losing the person she loves most. But in spite of their personal problems\, nothing is more important to these songbirds than Camp Holly Springs. When the women learn their childhood oasis is in danger of closing\, they band together to save it\, sending them on a journey that promises to open the next chapters in their lives. \n\n\n\nFrom an author whose “writing coats your soul with heart” (E! Online)\, The Summer of Songbirds is a lyrical and unforgettable celebration of female friendship\, summertime freedom\, and enduring sisterhood–and a love letter to the places and people that make us who we are. URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/living-large-bookclub-the-summer-of-songbirds/ LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/living-large-august-2023.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230826T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230826T140000 DTSTAMP:20260410T104853 CREATED:20230813T060535Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230813T061123Z UID:7643-1693047600-1693058400@mainstreetreads.com SUMMARY:Book Signing: The Aliens Will Come to Georgia First DESCRIPTION:Join us for a special book signing with Stephen Hundley\, author of the debut fiction collection\, The Aliens Will Come to Georgia First\, releasing from North Georgia Press this Tuesday. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Aliens Will Come to Georgia First showcases sixteen bizarre\, hard-loving stories set in the foothills\, pinelands\, low country\, and barrier islands of Georgia\, and a few other places\, too. In its pages\, a boy and girl find a body on the marsh\, a delusional nude model takes on the fight of his life\, and a diver visits a sleeping nuclear bomb just a mile from the beach. Tourists eat shrimp and cheer for dolphins while a man falls in love with his television and a handy-woman sees jellyfish-like travelers from outer space. \n\n\n\nHundley’s men and women grapple with death\, distant lovers\, and damaged families as well as sharks\, stray dogs\, and man-eating tigers. This debut collection offers an intimate glimpse into a working class\, American South populated by people who have made themselves acolytes of existential powers-weapons of mass destruction and alien invasions\, the wide ocean and desperate love. This is a book for dreamers and space cadets\, fighters and providers\, and anyone who believes in a connection between the places we come from and the people we become.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStephen Hundley is the author of The Aliens Will Come to Georgia First (University of North Georgia Press\, 2023) and Bomb Island (Hub City Press\, 2024). He is a fiction editor for Driftwood Press\, book review editor for Southeast Review\, and his stories and poems have appeared in Prairie Schooner\, South Carolina Review\, The Greensboro Review\, and elsewhere. Stephen holds an MA from Clemson\, an MFA from the University of Mississippi\, and is currently completing a PhD in English at Florida State University\, where he is writing a book about the feral horses of Cumberland Island.  URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/book-signing-the-aliens-will-come-to-georgia-first/ CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Signing ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/aliens-stephen-hundley-book-signing.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230815T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230815T200000 DTSTAMP:20260410T104853 CREATED:20230723T132721Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230723T132723Z UID:7580-1692124200-1692129600@mainstreetreads.com SUMMARY:Thriller Book Club: Bad Summer People DESCRIPTION:This month’s Thrill in the ‘Ville will take place on August 15th – and we’ll be chatting about Bad Summer People (the book\, not the neighbors!) Everyone is welcome and we’ll supply the treats! \n\n\n\nEmma Rosenblum’s Bad Summer People is a whip-smart\, propulsive debut about infidelity\, backstabbing\, and murderous intrigue\, set against an exclusive summer haven on Fire Island.“This roiling beach community satire serves up wicked\, clever fun that is White Lotus sharp.” –Kevin Kwan\, New York Times bestselling author of Crazy Rich Asians and Sex and VanityNone of them would claim to be a particularly good person. But who among them is actually capable of murder? Jen Weinstein and Lauren Parker rule the town of Salcombe\, Fire Island every summer. They hold sway on the beach and the tennis court\, and are adept at manipulating people to get what they want. Their husbands\, Sam and Jason\, have summered together on the island since childhood\, despite lifelong grudges and numerous secrets. Their one single friend\, Rachel Woolf\, is looking to meet her match\, whether he’s the tennis pro–or someone else’s husband. \n\n\n\nBut even with plenty to gossip about\, this season starts out as quietly as any other. Until a body is discovered\, face down\, off the side of the boardwalk. Stylish\, subversive\, and darkly comedic\, this is a story of what’s lurking under the surface of picture-perfect lives in a place where everyone has something to hide. URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/thriller-book-club-bad-summer-people/ LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/thriller-august-2023.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230805T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230805T150000 DTSTAMP:20260410T104853 CREATED:20230723T072022Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230727T130528Z UID:7565-1691238600-1691247600@mainstreetreads.com SUMMARY:Book Signing - Indigo Isle! DESCRIPTION:Join us on August 5th for a special “Meet the Author” with TI Lowe and grab a signed copy of her new release\, Indigo Isle. A story of hanging on and letting go\, of redemption and reconciliation\, and of a love that heals the deepest wounds\, from the author of the breakout Southern fiction bestseller Under the Magnolias. BOTH books will be available for sale and signing\, and treats are on us! \n\n\n\nAbout the Book\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Storms show up and there ain’t a thing we can do to stop them.” \n\n\n\nSonny Bates left South Carolina fifteen years ago and never looked back. Now she’s a successful Hollywood location scout who travels the world\, finding perfect places for movie shoots. Home is wherever she lands\, and between her busy schedule and dealing with her boss’s demands\, she has little time to think about the past… until her latest gig lands her a stone’s throw from everything she left behind. \n\n\n\nSearching off the coast of Charleston for a secluded site to film a key scene\, Sonny wanders onto a private barrier island and encounters its reclusive owner\, known by locals as the Monster of Indigo Isle. What she finds is a man much more complex than the myth. \n\n\n\nOnce a successful New York attorney\, Hudson Renfrow’s grief has exiled him to his island for years. He spends his days alone\, tending his fields of indigo\, and he has no interest in serving the intrusive needs of a film company or yielding to Sonny’s determined curiosity. But when a hurricane makes landfall on the Carolina coast\, stranding them together\, an unlikely friendship forms between the two damaged souls. URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/book-signing-indigo-isle/ LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Signing,Celebration ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/TI-Lowe-Indigo-Isle-Signing.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230803T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230803T200000 DTSTAMP:20260410T104853 CREATED:20230723T074720Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230723T074722Z UID:7575-1691087400-1691092800@mainstreetreads.com SUMMARY:Fab Fantasy Book Club: Ink\, Blood\, Sister\, Scribe DESCRIPTION:Join your fellow readers for fun discussion\, 10% off book club pricing and free treats on book club night! This month\, Ink\, Blood\, Sister\, Scribe is up for discussion – we’ll see you there! \n\n\n\nA GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK! \n\n\n\n“Astonishing and pristine\, the kind of debut I love to be devastated by\, already so assured and sophisticated that it’s difficult to imagine where the author can go from here. . . . It’s simply a delight from start to finish.” – AMAL EL-MOHTAR\, New York Times Book Review \n\n\n\n“Follow where this novel leads and you will be lost in a bewitching spell\, a book of magic about books of magic . . . extraordinary.” – MARLON JAMES \n\n\n\nIn this spellbinding debut novel\, two estranged half-sisters tasked with guarding their family’s library of magical books must work together to unravel a deadly secret at the heart of their collection–a tale of familial loyalty and betrayal\, and the pursuit of magic and power. \n\n\n\nFor generations\, the Kalotay family has guarded a collection of ancient and rare books. Books that let a person walk through walls or manipulate the elements–books of magic that half-sisters Joanna and Esther have been raised to revere and protect. \n\n\n\nAll magic comes with a price\, though\, and for years the sisters have been separated. Esther has fled to a remote base in Antarctica to escape the fate that killed her own mother\, and Joanna’s isolated herself in their family home in Vermont\, devoting her life to the study of these cherished volumes. But after their father dies suddenly while reading a book Joanna has never seen before\, the sisters must reunite to preserve their family legacy. In the process\, they’ll uncover a world of magic far bigger and more dangerous than they ever imagined\, and all the secrets their parents kept hidden; secrets that span centuries\, continents\, and even other libraries . . . \n\n\n\nIn the great tradition of Ninth House\, The Magicians\, and Practical Magic\, this is a suspenseful and richly atmospheric novel that draws readers into a vast world filled with mystery and magic\, romance\, and intrigue–and marks the debut of an extraordinary new voice in speculative fiction. \n\n\n\n“Ink Blood Sister Scribe is so many things at once: an adventure\, a puzzle\, a twisty thriller\, and a tender romance. . . . I adored it.” – ALIX E. HARROW \n\n\n\n“If\, like me\, you’re a fan of Holly Black and Leigh Bardugo\, pick up this book at once.” — KELLY LINK URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/fab-fantasy-book-club-ink-blood-sister-scribe/ LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/fantasy-august-2023.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230725T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230725T200000 DTSTAMP:20260410T104853 CREATED:20230702T044041Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230702T044044Z UID:7530-1690309800-1690315200@mainstreetreads.com SUMMARY:Living Large - Bestsellers Book Club This Month: The Paris Daughter by Kristin Harmel! DESCRIPTION:Join us Tuesday\, July 25th for an exhilarating discussion around Kristin Harmel’s latest hit\, The Paris Daughter. As always\, our clubs are free and open to all. Treats will be served and Kristin’s book is available at Main Street Reads at the 10% off book club discount – see you on Main Street! \n\n\n\nAbout the Book\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFrom the bestselling author of the “heart-stopping tale of survival and heroism” (People) The Book of Lost Names comes a gripping historical novel about two mothers who must make unthinkable choices in the face of the Nazi occupation. \n\n\n\nParis\, 1939: Young mothers Elise and Juliette become fast friends the day they meet in the beautiful Bois de Boulogne. Though there is a shadow of war creeping across Europe\, neither woman suspects that their lives are about to irrevocably change. \n\n\n\nWhen Elise becomes a target of the German occupation\, she entrusts Juliette with the most precious thing in her life–her young daughter\, playmate to Juliette’s own little girl. But nowhere is safe in war\, not even a quiet little bookshop like Juliette’s Librairie des Rêves. \n\n\n\nWhen a bomb falls on their neighborhood\, Juliette’s world is destroyed along with it. More than a year later\, with the war finally ending\, Elise returns to reunite with her daughter\, only to find her friend’s bookstore reduced to rubble–and Juliette nowhere to be found. What happened to her daughter in those last\, terrible moments? Juliette has seemingly vanished without a trace\, taking all the answers with her. Elise’s desperate search leads her to New York–and to Juliette–one final\, fateful time. An “exquisite and gut-wrenching novel” (Lisa Barr\, New York Times bestselling author) you won’t soon forget\, The Paris Daughter is also a sweeping celebration of resilience\, motherhood\, and love. URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/living-large-bestsellers-book-club-this-month-the-paris-daughter-by-kristin-harmel/ LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Living-Large-July-2023-Paris-Daughter.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230719T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230719T103000 DTSTAMP:20260410T104853 CREATED:20230528T170809Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230716T134310Z UID:7468-1689759000-1689762600@mainstreetreads.com SUMMARY:A VERY Special Stories on the Square with Martha Jaworowski: Trucks at First Sight DESCRIPTION:We have a visiting author for this Wednesday’s storytime\, and a chance to grab a SIGNED copy of her incredible book at a discounted price. \nMartha will be featured at Stories on the Square and you’re going to LOVE\, LOVE\, LOVE this book. It’s kid-smart in all the right ways – colorful\, insightful\, interesting\, teaching counting\, shapes\, patterns along the way\, and it’s FUN! \nTRUCKS AT FIRST SIGHT is a children’s counting book filled with brilliant illustrations which combine art and trucks to fuel a child’s passion for numbers and learning. The dazzling illustrations leave young readers (and their caretakers) yearning to turn the pages as they search the patterned drawings for the next set of trucks. TRUCKS AT FIRST SIGHT features a variety of childrens’ favorite vehicles: scooping excavators\, churning mixers\, puttering tractors\, and many more.\n\nCome meet Martha (she’s a mom\, too!) and learn more about her work\, her writing\, her art\, and her passion for young readers 🙂 URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/a-very-special-storytime-with-martha-jaworowski-trucks-at-first-sight/ LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Signing,Reading,Story Time ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/trucks-at-first-sight-event.png ORGANIZER;CN="Main Street Reads":MAILTO:shari@writerswin.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230711T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230711T200000 DTSTAMP:20260410T104853 CREATED:20230618T035558Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230618T035600Z UID:7499-1689100200-1689105600@mainstreetreads.com SUMMARY:July Thriller Club: You Shouldn't Have Come Here DESCRIPTION:Join us to chat about the new sensation from Jeneva Rose\, You Shouldn’t Have Come Here. As always\, our Thrill in the ‘Ville Thriller Book Club is free and open to all – and we’ll bring the treats! \n\n\n\nSee you on Main Street… \n\n\n\nAbout the Book\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Everything I want in a thriller. Sexy\, shocking\, and tense with an ending I never saw coming. Jeneva Rose is the queen of twists.”–Colleen Hoover\, #1 New York Times bestselling author \n\n\n\nThe highly anticipated new thriller from the USA Today and #1 bestselling author of The Perfect Marriage and One of Us Is Dead \n\n\n\nYou’ve opened up your house and your heart to a total stranger … What could possibly go wrong? \n\n\n\nGrace Evans\, an overworked New Yorker looking for a total escape from her busy life\, books an Airbnb on a ranch in the middle of Wyoming. When she arrives at the idyllic getaway\, she’s pleased to find that the owner is a handsome man by the name of Calvin Wells–and he’s eager to introduce her to his easygoing way of life. But there are things Grace discovers that she’s not too pleased about: A lack of cell phone service. A missing woman. And a feeling that something isn’t right with the ranch. \n\n\n\nDespite her uneasiness\, the two bond and start to fall for one another. However\, as her departure date nears\, things change for the worse. What began as a playful romance soon turns into a complicated web of lies. Grace grows wary of Calvin as his infatuation for her seems to have morphed to obsession. Calvin fears that Grace is hiding something from him–including her reason for staying at his ranch to begin with. Vacation flings typically end in heartbreak\, but for Grace and Calvin\, it’ll be far more destructive. \n\n\n\nAbout the Author\n\n\n\nJeneva Rose is the internationally bestselling author of The Perfect Marriage and One of Us Is Dead. Her work has been translated into more than a dozen languages and optioned for film and television. Originally from Wisconsin\, she currently lives in Chicago with her husband\, Drew\, and her English bulldog\, Winston. URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/july-thriller-club-you-shouldnt-have-come-here/ LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/THRILLER-CLUB-JULY-2023.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230706T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230706T170000 DTSTAMP:20260410T104853 CREATED:20230528T145521Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230702T035131Z UID:7463-1688630400-1688662800@mainstreetreads.com SUMMARY:NEW Fab Fantasy Book Club! July's Pick: Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson DESCRIPTION:We’re dubbing our newest club “Fab Fantasy” and it will take place on the first THURSDAY of each month. \n\n\n\nIn order to give you time to grab and read the first selection\, this club kicks off in July\, July 6th to be exact. We’ll be reading Tress of the Emerald Sea by none other than #1 New York Times Bestselling author Brandon Sanderson.\n\nFan of The Princess Bride? (Um\, who isn’t?!) Then you’ll love this one…\n\n1 New York Times Bestselling author Brandon Sanderson brings us deeper into the Cosmere universe with a rollicking\, riveting tale that will appeal to fans of The Princess Bride.\n\nThe only life Tress has known on her island home in an emerald-green ocean has been a simple one\, with the simple pleasures of collecting cups brought by sailors from faraway lands and listening to stories told by her friend Charlie. But when his father takes him on a voyage to find a bride and disaster strikes\,\n\nTress must stow away on a ship and seek the Sorceress of the deadly Midnight Sea. Amid the spore oceans where pirates abound\, can Tress leave her simple life behind and make her own place sailing a sea where a single drop of water can mean instant death?\n\n \n\n  URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/new-fab-fantasy-book-club-julys-pick-tress-of-the-emerald-sea-by-brandon-sanderson/ LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion,Celebration ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/First-Thursday-Fab-Fantasy.png ORGANIZER;CN="Main Street Reads":MAILTO:shari@writerswin.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230613T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230613T200000 DTSTAMP:20260410T104853 CREATED:20230527T165154Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230527T231552Z UID:7449-1686681000-1686686400@mainstreetreads.com SUMMARY:June Thriller Book Club: The Only Survivors DESCRIPTION:This month’s “Thrill in the ‘Ville” club will meet on the 2nd Tuesday to chat about the new thriller The Only Survivors by Megan Miranda. The book is in stock at Main Street Reads\, available at the book club 10% off discount. \nAs always\, this event is free and open to all; you bring yourselves and we’ll bring the treats! \nAbout the Book: \nFrom the New York Times bestselling author of All the Missing Girls and “master of suspense\, Megan Miranda” (Mary Kubica\, New York Times bestselling author of The Good Girl)\, a thrilling mystery about a group of former classmates who reunite to mark the tenth anniversary of a tragic accident–only to have one of the survivors disappear\, casting fear and suspicion on the original tragedy. \nSeven hours in the past. Seven days in the present. Seven survivors remaining. Who would you save? \nA decade ago\, two vans filled with high school seniors on a school service trip crashed into a Tennessee ravine–a tragedy that claimed the lives of multiple classmates and teachers. The nine students who managed to escape the river that night were irrevocably changed. A year later\, after one of the survivors dies by suicide on the anniversary of the crash\, the rest of them make a pact: to come together each year to commemorate that terrible night. \nTo keep one another safe.\nTo hold one another accountable.\nOr both. \nTheir annual meeting place\, a house on the Outer Banks\, has long been a refuge. But by the tenth anniversary\, Cassidy Bent has worked to distance herself from the tragedy\, and from the other survivors. She’s changed her mobile number. She’s blocked the others’ email addresses. This year\, she is determined to finally break ties once and for all. But on the day of the reunion\, she receives a text with an obituary attached: another survivor is gone. Now they are seven–and Cassidy finds herself hurling back toward the group\, wild with grief–and suspicion. \nAlmost immediately\, something feels off this year. Cassidy is the first to notice when Amaya\, annual organizer\, slips away\, overwhelmed. This wouldn’t raise alarm except for the impending storm. Suddenly\, they’re facing the threat of closed roads and surging waters…again. Then Amaya stops responding to her phone. After all they’ve been through\, she wouldn’t willfully make them worry. Would she? \nAnd–as they promised long ago–each survivor will do whatever he or she can do to save one another. Won’t they? \nA propulsive and chilling locked-box mystery filled with the dazzling hairpin twists that are the author’s signature\, The Only Survivors is New York Times bestselling author Megan Miranda’s best novel yet. \nBook Club Questions to Contemplate! (Includes Spoilers)\n\nThrillers often challenge readers to exercise their reasoning skills and guess twists and mysteries alongside the characters. Did you successfully anticipate any parts of the plot in The Only Survivors? Which parts caught you off guard and surprised you the most? How do you feel about trying to guess twists in a thriller – does it enhance or detract from your reading experience?\nThroughout the book\, references to luck and fate recur. Cassidy mentions that the survivor’s reunion house came down to luck\, Amaya’s dad believed in making their own fate\, and Russ asks Clara about her beliefs in fate. Do you think there is a difference between luck and fate? Which do you believe has a greater influence on the lives of the characters in this story – luck or fate? How do these concepts play out in the events of the book?\nCassidy is initially reluctant to reunite with the survivors for the 10th year\, as she feels it’s hindering her ability to move on. If you were in a similar situation\, would you choose to reunite with your fellow survivors annually? Do you think it would aid in your healing process or potentially set you back\, forcing you to confront emotions you’re trying to move past?\nLies seem to beget more lies in The Only Survivors. Let’s trace the instances where characters withheld the truth or told significant lies. Which lie do you think had the most significant impact on the course of the story? If Cassidy had initially confessed to the group that she was standing in front of the bus during the accident\, how do you think it would have altered the events of the story? Discuss the lies that had the greatest snowball effect.\nGuilt is a pervasive theme in the story\, with Amaya feeling burdened by the guilt of the trip being her idea and Cassidy struggling with the weight of inadvertently causing the accident. How do you think these characters can navigate their guilt and find redemption? Can you relate to their feelings of guilt in any way?\nThe characters in the story seem to grapple with tragedies on their own without seeking outside help. If the characters had involved the police or sought professional assistance\, how do you think the story would have unfolded differently? Do you believe any of the characters deserve to face legal consequences for their actions\, and if so\, who and why?\nRuss\, though not directly involved in the accident\, experienced his own tragedy with the loss of his sister and the subsequent neglect from authorities. How do you feel about Russ and his actions in response to his circumstances? To what extent do you sympathize with him\, and do you believe his actions were justified or not?\nCoping with trauma and loss can manifest in various ways for different individuals in the story. What do you think are some of the healthier ways the characters could have coped with the aftermath of the accident? If you could offer personalized advice to the remaining survivors\, considering all that they have been through in the past 10 years\, what would it be?\nAt the end of the book\, Cassidy promises to “leave the past to the past and never look back.” Do you think this is a wise decision? Should the group benefit from another reunion to confront the new truth they’ve uncovered\, or should they bury it and never speak of it again? Share your opinions on whether leaving the past behind is the best approach for the characters.\nThe premise of The Only Survivors revolves around a pact made by the survivors of a tragic accident. What do you think about the concept of survivor guilt and the ways in which the characters in the book cope with it? How do their actions and decisions regarding the annual reunion reflect their individual approaches to dealing with trauma?\nCassidy\, the protagonist\, is determined to break ties with the other survivors after a decade of commemorating the anniversary of the accident. Why do you think Cassidy wants to distance herself from the group?\nThe setting of the Outer Banks\, with its looming storm and closed roads\, adds to the sense of tension and urgency in the story. How does the setting contribute to the overall mood and atmosphere of the book? How does it impact the characters’ actions?\nAmaya\, the annual organizer of the reunion\, goes missing during the impending storm\, and the other survivors become increasingly worried. How does the disappearance of Amaya affect the dynamics among the remaining characters?\nMegan Miranda is known for her hairpin twists and suspenseful storytelling. Were you able to predict the outcome of the story\, or were you taken by surprise by the revelations and plot twists? How do you think the author crafted the mystery elements in the book to keep readers engaged and intrigued?\nThroughout the book\, the characters grapple with the concept of saving one another\, as they promised to do in their pact. What do you think this idea of saving each other means to the characters? How does it evolve and change as the story progresses?\nLet’s discuss the structure of The Only Survivors. How do the shifting time frames and points of view impact the story? Did you find Cassidy to be a reliable narrator while reading? Were there any other points of view that you distrusted or found unreliable? Explore the narrative structure and its effect on your reading experience.\nThe accident occurred during a pivotal time in the characters’ lives\, as they were high school seniors preparing to enter the “real world.” Do you think the accident severely altered the course of Cassidy’s life? Where do you imagine she would be if she hadn’t gone on that trip? Can you envision vastly different lives for any of the other characters? Share your thoughts on how the accident shaped their futures.\nThe Only Survivors delves into the complexities of relationships among the survivors\, as well as their relationships with the victim who died by suicide. How do the characters’ past and present relationships with one another shape their actions and decisions during the reunion? How do their dynamics evolve and change as the story progresses\, and what do you think this says about the nature of trauma and grief in relationships?\nThe book raises questions about the concept of accountability among the survivors\, as well as the choices they make in the aftermath of the accident. Do you think the characters take responsibility for their actions\, or do they avoid accountability? How do their actions and decisions impact the outcome of the story\, and do you think they find redemption or closure by the end of the book? URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/june-thriller-book-club-the-only-survivors/ LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://mainstreetreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/thriller-june-2023.png ORGANIZER;CN="Main Street Reads":MAILTO:shari@writerswin.com END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR