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SUMMARY:December Adventures in Reading Kids Book Club & Holiday Party!
DESCRIPTION:December’s club will be reading The Christmas Pig by JK Rowling AND celebrating our last meeting of the year with holiday treats and some surprises for readers! \n\n\n\nOur book clubs are free and open to all AND the book is 10% off book club pricing. Come on out and join your fellow readers for the monthly pizza party and chat about the book! \n\n\n\nThis month: The Christmas Pig by JK Rowling.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNow in paperback with stained edges\, a heartwarming\, page-turning adventure about one child’s love for his most treasured thing\, and how far he will go to find it. A tale for the whole family to fall in love with\, from one of the world’s greatest storytellers. \n\n\n\nJack loves his childhood toy\, Dur Pig. DP has always been there for him\, through good and bad. Until one Christmas Eve something terrible happens — DP is lost. But Christmas Eve is a night for miracles and lost causes\, a night when all things can come to life… even toys.  \n\n\n\nAnd Jack’s newest toy — the Christmas Pig (DP’s replacement) — has a daring plan: Together they’ll embark on a magical journey to seek something lost\, and to save the best friend Jack has ever known…
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/december-adventures-in-reading-kids-book-club-holiday-party/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion,Celebration
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SUMMARY:An Evening of Legends: Book Signing with Signe Pike
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an unforgettable evening with Signe Pike on Thursday\, December 12th at 5:30 pm as she dives into The Shadowed Land\, her latest addition to the acclaimed Lost Queen series! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFans of historical fiction will be captivated as Signe shares insights into her meticulously researched saga\, where King Arthur and his contemporaries are vividly reimagined. The Shadowed Land takes us back to the Kingdom of Gododdin in AD 580\, where Languoreth\, Angharad\, Lailoken\, and the warrior Artúr mac Aedan face new destinies and fierce trials. With a blend of mysticism\, history\, and unforgettable characters\, this “rich\, immersive” (Kirkus Reviews) novel is one you won’t want to miss hearing about firsthand from Signe Pike herself! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMake it a night out: Show your store receipt next door at Frothy Beard Brewery for 10% off your check and enjoy a great evening of books and brews with friends. HINT: Trivia starts at Frothy Beard at 7 pm! \n\n\n\nBut first\, let Signe take you on a journey through legend\, heroism\, and the ancient lands of the Picts. Her Lost Queen series is already optioned for television and praised as “mystical\, epic\, and captivating” (Hazel Gaynor\, NYT bestselling author). Don’t miss your chance to meet Signe and dive into this incredible world of historical fiction! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBooks will be for sale and available for signing by Signe\, including the first two in the epic series\, The Lost Queen and The Forgotten Kingdom. JOIN US!
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/an-evening-of-legends-book-signing-with-signe-pike/
LOCATION:main street reads
CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Signing,Celebration,Reading
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SUMMARY:Book Signing: Parker Discovers the Blues w/Marybeth Wishart!
DESCRIPTION:Screenshot\n\n\n\nMarybeth Wishart will be signing her fantastic new Parker book\, Parker Discovers the Blues\, from 12 – 2 pm on Sunday\, just before the Summerville Christmas Parade! \n\n\n\nBoth books will be on hand for purchase and signing – perfect gifts for the littles! \n\n\n\nHINT: Come get signed and grab a seat in front of the store for a front row view of the parade coming down Main Street from 2-4 p.m. DETAILS and reserved chairs form HERE!
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/book-signing-parker-discovers-the-blues-w-marybeth-wishart/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Signing,Celebration,Reader Meet Writer
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SUMMARY:November Third Thursday: Coca-Cola Caravan!
DESCRIPTION:Come party with your neighbors in downtown Summerville on Third Thursday! Every Third Thursday our historic downtown square becomes one big block party\, with stores staying open late\, food trucks on the square\, bands under the bandshell and more! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis month\, cool off while you’re holiday shopping with the Coca-Cola caravan\, operating that day from 3 p.m. – 9 p.m. We’ll have in-store treats and specials\, too – stop by and say hi to fellow readers 🙂
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/november-third-thursday-coca-cola-caravan/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Celebration,Third Thursday
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SUMMARY:Please Nominate Your Favorite Booksellers!
DESCRIPTION:Book lovers\, James Patterson is back to celebrate indie bookstores with his amazing Holiday Bookstore Bonus Program! This year\, he’s pledging $500 to 600 lucky booksellers from ABA member stores—and we’d love for you to help nominate your favorite booksellers at Main Street Reads for a chance to be honored! \n\n\n\nIf you’ve ever enjoyed a great book recommendation\, a heartwarming chat\, or just some extra magic in your day from our team\, now’s the perfect time to show some love! You can nominate any of our wonderful booksellers (listed alphabetically): \n\n\n\n🌟 Kelley Dykes🌟 Kristy Fowler🌟 Shari Stauch🌟 Emma Wood \n\n\n\nIt only takes a quick nomination form with one easy question: “In 250 words or less\, why does this bookseller deserve a holiday bonus?” \n\n\n\n⏰ The deadline is November 8\, 2024\, so don’t miss the chance to support our crew! Thank you\, as always\, for keeping Main Street Reads a thriving community spot and for cheering us on. We’re so grateful for you!
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/please-nominate-your-favorite-booksellers/
CATEGORIES:Celebration
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SUMMARY:S'ville Spooky BOO-Tique Crawl!
DESCRIPTION:Get Ready for a Spooky BOO-TIQUE CRAWL! \n\n\n\n\nSpook-tacular deals\n\n\n\nSnacks and treats\n\n\n\nExclusive after-hours shopping—perfect for night owls!\n\n\n\n\nDon’t miss your chance to shop late\, enjoy the spooky vibes\, and grab thrilling savings! \n\n\n\nBring your friends for a hauntingly good time — if you dare!
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/sville-spooky-boo-tique-crawl/
CATEGORIES:Celebration,Special Sale
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SUMMARY:Third Thursday Book Signing! Girl From the Red Rose Motel
DESCRIPTION:Screenshot\n\n\n\nCome party with your neighbors in downtown Summerville on Third Thursday\, and stop by Main Street Reads to get a personally signed copy of the award-winning Girl From the Red Rose Motel by Susan Beckham Zurenda! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSusan will be on hand that evening to meet fans and sign books and tell you more about her great work – don’t miss the fun! \n\n\n\nImpoverished high school junior Hazel Smalls and privileged senior Sterling Lovell would never ordinarily meet. But when both are punished with in-school suspension\, Sterling finds himself drawn to the gorgeous\, studious girl seated nearby\, and an unlikely relationship begins.  \n\n\n\nSet in 2012 South Carolina\, the novel interlaces the stories of Hazel\, living with her homeless family in the rundown Red Rose Motel; Sterling\, yearning to break free from his wealthy parents’ expectations; and recently widowed Angela Wilmore\, their stern but compassionate English teacher. Hazel hides her homelessness from Sterling until he discovers her cleaning the motel’s office when he goes with his slumlord father to unfreeze the motel’s pipes one morning. With her secret revealed\, their relationship deepens.  \n\n\n\nAngela-who has her own struggles in a budding romance with the divorced principal-offers Hazel the support her family can’t provide. Navigating between privilege and poverty\, vulnerability and strength\, all three must confront what they need from themselves and each other as Hazel gains the courage to oppose boundaries and make a bold\, life-changing decision at novel’s end.  \n\n\n\nGripping and richly drawn\, The Girl from the Red Rose Motel explores the complex bonds between adults and teenagers and the power of the families we both inherit and create. Inspired by the author’s experiences teaching in a South Carolina high school\, the novel is also an unflinching\, authentic look at the challenges faced by America’s public school teachers and the struggles of the thousands of homeless children in motels who live\, precariously and almost invisibly\, amid the nation’s most affluent communities.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/third-thursday-book-signing-girl-from-the-red-rose-motel/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Signing,Celebration
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240929T130000
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SUMMARY:Book Signing: Lowcountry Lost by T.I. Lowe!
DESCRIPTION:We’re delighted to host author T.I. Lowe at Main Street Reads September 29th\, to celebrate the launch of her newest hit\, Lowcountry Lost. Treats will be on hand and you’ll have the chance to meet this popular author of two bestselling novels\, Indigo Isle and Under the Magnolias. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“T.I. Lowe delivers a soul-stirring\, unforgettable romance\, pairing a couple’s redemption story with the restoration of a deserted town.” BookPage\, starred review \n\n\n\n“…[A] heartfelt tale of loss\, healing\, and second chances . . . this story will also attract the HGTV crowd\, particularly fans of shows like Fixer Upper and Home Town.”Booklist \n\n\n\nSometimes what haunts you most is wondering what could have been. \n\n\n\nAvalee Elvis prides herself with being able to fix just about anything. . . except her past. Unable to put the puzzle of her life together\, she pours heart and soul into making neglected places whole again. As the owner of Lowcountry Lost\, Avalee spends her days in hot-pink Carhartt overalls and a tool belt reclaiming Lowcountry properties. Making them beautiful again releases the deep sigh that soothes the hurt she holds. \n\n\n\nAvalee’s latest project takes her to tiny Somewhere\, South Carolina\, a long-abandoned town. She ignores its ghostly folklore but can’t miss the shock of hearing the familiar Irish brogue that materializes on the job site—the voice of the man she never wanted to see again. \n\n\n\nRowan Murray is a structural engineer hired by investors to oversee the redevelopment of the quaint downtown Avalee is bringing back to life. Once upon a time\, he was also the man who knew Avalee better than anyone else—or so he thought. Six years ago\, neither of them was prepared for the tragedy they would face together or what would happen in its wake. But as they work together to complete the rehabbing of Somewhere\, their broken pieces and the pain that nearly consumed them begin to lose its grip\, and both begin to wonder if it’s not too late for a restoration of their own. \n\n\n\nFrom the author of the breakout Southern fiction bestseller Under the Magnolias comes a story of loss and abandonment\, forgiveness\, and the beauty of undying love. \n\n\n\n\nContemporary Southern romance with a second chance romance trope\n\n\n\nSpecial features include: discussion questions for book clubs\, recipes\, and a playlist inspired by Avalee and Rowan’s love story\n\n\n\nContains themes of loss and restoration\n\n\n\nFor fans of HGTV shows like Fixer Upper\, Home Town\, and Good Bones\n\n\n\n\nT. I. Lowe is an ordinary country girl who loves to tell extraordinary stories.She is the author of twenty novels\, including the bestselling Indigo Isle; the 1 international bestseller and critically acclaimed Under the Magnolias; and her debut breakout\, Lulu’s Café. She lives with her husband and family incoastal South Carolina. Find her at tilowe.com or on Facebook (T.I.Lowe)\,Instagram (tilowe)\, and Twitter (@TiLowe).
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/book-signing-lowcountry-lost-by-t-i-lowe/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Signing,Celebration
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SUMMARY:Sweet Tea Festival!
DESCRIPTION:Sweet Tea Saturday\nThe Sweet Tea Festival is a celebration of the birthplace of sweet tea\, right here in Summerville SC.  Our Historic Downtown is transformed into a massive open house / street fair with different food trucks\, artisanal vendors and entertainment. Of course\, there is plenty of sweet tea and you can help select the Tea of the Year by sampling and voting for your favorite!    \nEnjoy the Fest and Stay for the Downtown \nHistoric Downtown Summerville is everything you imagine a small town to be.  It’s filled with quaint shops\, historic buildings\, creative boutiques and world class restaurants.  Our local business owners and staff represent true southern hospitality with remarkable customer service and genuine care for all who visit.  Everyone feels as if they have been transported to a special place and time.   \nCome find out why … “it’s sweeter here!” 
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/sweet-tea-festival/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Celebration,Special Sale
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240919T173000
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SUMMARY:Sweetest Third Thursday
DESCRIPTION:On the third Thursday of each month Historic Downtown Summerville transforms into a special marketplace featuring local entertainment\, craft vendors and artisans\, to complement the extended hours of our town’s eclectic shops\, boutiques and restaurants. \n\n\n\nThis month\, with the Sweet Tea festival happening just two days later\, the theme is the SWEETEST Third Thursday\, so get your party clothes on and stop by for a sweet treat and some sweet sales!
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/third-thursday-sweet-tea-party-begins/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Celebration,Third Thursday
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SUMMARY:Not What She Seems: Book Launch Signing & Reception with Yasmin Angoe!
DESCRIPTION:On Sunday\, August 25th\, we have a very special signing and reception when the incomparable Yasmin Angoe returns to Main Street Reads with her fourth novel\, Not What She Seems. This is a departure from her popular “Knight” series\, a twisty\, standalone suspense novel that takes place right in South Carolina. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe’re giving you a heads-up on this event because tickets ARE ON SALE NOW. Your ticket includeS the hardcover book ($27.95 so LESS than the book cover price)\, the signing and a meet-and-greet reception with Yasmin! \n\n\n\nHer Knight series books will also be on sale that day for registered guests.  \n\n\n\nORDER NOW!
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/yasmin-angoe/
CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Signing,Celebration
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240817T140000
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SUMMARY:Bookstore Romance Day: Meet Laurie Devore and Marissa Eller!
DESCRIPTION:August 17th is National Bookstore Romance Day and we have TWO very special authors with brand new books joining us from 2-5 p.m.  \n\n\n\nPLUS – grab one or both these books and get a “Blind Date with a Book” FREE! We’ll also have treats all day long and some special romance sales. \n\n\n\nScreenshot\n\n\n\nHere’s more info on these wonderful reads – we’ll see you on Main Street! \n\n\n\nLaurie Devore’s The Villain Edit\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Villain Edit is a bit of everyone’s favorite Emily Henry (Happy Place) meets The Bachelor! This sexy dramedy has all the fun and feels\, beginning with a cynical romance novelist\, Jacqueline Matthis. Her career has tanked and she’s ditched the bright lights of New York City for her more affordable South Carolina hometown. \n\n\n\nDesperate\, Jac dreams up a comeback plan: to be a contestant on the 1\, the most watched reality dating show in the world. Jac is a romance writer after all. She knows how to pull off a meet-cute and create a spicy plotline better than most of us. \n\n\n\nBut Jac soon discovers that while she may have just met the love of her life\, the producers are turning her into the show’s villain. \n\n\n\nGood villains make good TV\, right? On set\, Jac quickly establishes herself as a front-runner for bachelor Marcus’s heart\, but she’s shocked to discover who’s actually pulling the strings. How was she to know that Henry Foster\, her last one-night stand before the show\, was actually a longtime producer on the 1? Henry is just as horrified…but they can’t seem to keep their hands off each other. \n\n\n\nLaurie Devore\n\n\n\nJac knows that she’s getting the villain edit. And they say there’s no such thing as bad publicity\, but as Jac’s secret plan begins crumbling around her\, she’s not so sure. What happens if Marcus chooses her? Worse\, what happens if her affair with Henry comes to light? What if\, in trying to save her career\, she instead will further wreck her mess of a life?  \n\n\n\nSmart\, funny\, and sexy\, with a lowcountry twist\, anyone who has ever secretly rooted for the villain (or has been one) will love it. Grab now for a perfect beach read; get it personalized by Laurie in August! \n\n\n\nMarissa Eller’s Joined at the Joints\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMarissa’s book is Joined at the Joints and it’s a delightful read for young readers as well as those of us with a few more books under our belts. When baking-obsessed Ivy meets a boy who shares her rare diagnosis\, sparks fly outside of the kitchen for the first time in her life. \n\n\n\nChronically ill seventeen-year-old Ivy has stayed inside baking all summer. Pies are better than people\, and they don’t trigger her social anxiety. So when her mom and sister\, who also suffer from chronic illness\, cook up their plan to get Ivy out of the house and into a support group\, Ivy doesn’t expect to participate much. \n\n\n\nAnd she doesn’t expect Grant. Grant is class-clown cute\, perfectly-messy-hair cute\, will-always-text-you-back cute. There’s an instant connection between them. And he has the same chronic illness as her\, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. He can empathize with Ivy’s world. \n\n\n\nMarissa Eller\n\n\n\nBut understanding her pain isn’t the same as taking it away\, as much as she wishes he could because it’s getting worse. Ivy has always tried her best to seem “normal\,” but between symptom management\, new treatment plans\, and struggling with medical self-advocacy\, being sick feels more and more difficult. Even her bestie starts drifting away and Ivy begins to wonder\, what if Grant does\, too?  \n\n\n\nMarissa Eller serves up a sweet\, satisfying romcom that tackles the reality of chronic illness–and coming-of-age milestones from friend breakups to first kisses—with humor and heart. Readers will fall for Eller’s voice in this sweet debut that offers all the right ingredients. It’s a recipe for a delicious read!
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/bookstore-romance-day-meet-laurie-devore-and-marissa-eller/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Signing,Celebration
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SUMMARY:Third Thursday: Back to School!
DESCRIPTION:Every Third Thursday of the month downtown Summerville becomes one big block party.  \n\n\n\nAugust Third Thursday: Come celebrate the kids going back to school with live music\, local artisans\, shopping and dining! \n\n\n\nStudents\, teachers and families – celebrate with school colors and enjoy teacher and student discounts at Main Street Reads. TEN PERCENT off for all teachers and students ALL DAY!
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/third-thursday-back-to-school/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Celebration,Third Thursday
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240622T100000
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SUMMARY:Shipwrecked: Signing on the Square!
DESCRIPTION:PRE-ORDER NOW FOR SIGNED PICKUP AT THE STORE AND SAVE!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe’re thrilled to collaborate with the Timrod Library once again for the exciting launch of the third book in the Islanders trilogy by NYT bestselling authors Angela May and Mary Alice Monroe! \n\n\n\nThe signing will take place Saturday\, June 22 at 10 a.m. on Hutchinson Square\, right across from Main Street Reads\, with a portion of proceeds benefitting our local Timrod Literary and Library Association! \n\n\n\nAuthor Angela May will be on hand to talk about the book and answer reader questions\, and we’ll have books pre-signed by both authors (Miss Angela will be happy to personalize any for you as well!).  \n\n\n\nAngela May\n\n\n\nAngela is the founder of May Media and PR and a former award-winning television news journalist who helps promote great books and share important community stories as a media specialist. She has been working with famed author Mary Alice Monroe for more than a decade. The Islanders series is their first collaborative writing venture! Angela’s husband is a middle school assistant principal. They have two children and live in Mount Pleasant\, South Carolina. Connect with her at AngelaMayBooks.com. \n\n\n\nIntroducing…Shipwrecked!\n\n\n\nJake\, Macon\, and Lovie fight to survive at sea in this third high-stakes adventure in the middle grade\, New York Times bestselling The Islanders series by Angela May and Mary Alice Monroe! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJake Potter’s biggest dream finally comes true: he gets his very own boat! And it’s just in time for another summer of fun on Dewees Island with his best friends\, Macon and Lovie. \n\n\n\nBut on their very first fishing trip\, the engine dies\, and the three friends find themselves adrift at sea. When a storm carries them to a small\, uninhabited island far from Dewees\, the kids must use every ounce of their strength\, courage\, and knowledge to survive as they wait for rescue. \n\n\n\nWill their friendship survive the ultimate test? \n\n\n\nFeatured in Book Club!\n\n\n\nOn Monday\, July 15th\, we’ll discuss Shipwrecked in our Young Readers Book Club. ALL are welcome and admission is free. We’ll provide the treats! If you want to reserve a spot in advance\, email us at mainstreetreads@gmail.com and we’ll put your name on the list. (Reserving in advance helps us know how much food to order in). You can visit our Upcoming Events page for more on the next club selections!
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/shipwrecked-signing-on-the-square/
CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Signing,Celebration
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SUMMARY:Third Thursday Signing: Mindy Friddle with Her Best Self
DESCRIPTION:We’re excited to announce that author Mindy Friddle will be joining us on Third Thursday in June with the launch of her new southern fiction work\, Her Best Self. Get ready for a fun night\, filled with treats and meeting this award-winning author live at Main Street Reads! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHer Best Self: Janelle Wolf longs to be the woman she once was—an adored wife\, a loving mother\, a career woman\, a force in her community—before a mysterious car accident stole her memories\, ruined her reputation\, and upended her life. \n\n\n\nThese days\, her troubled family needs that capable woman from the past\, the one she calls “Janelle Before.” Enter Lana\, an alluring and magnetic psychic healer who meets secretly with Janelle. Lana coaxes Janelle to remember the circumstances of her accident in order to recover Janelle’s “best self.” Instead\, Janelle uncovers the ugly truth behind that night. The revelations unravel Janelle’s marriage\, disrupt her family\, and turn her small southern town upside down. Written with wry humor\, this diabolically entertaining tale of deception\, temptation\, and love is filled with dark twists\, exploring what happens when the transgressions of the past come back with a vengeance. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMindy Friddle is the author of the novel Her Best Self as well as Secret Keepers (winner of the Willie Morris Award for Southern Fiction). The Garden Angel\, her first novel and SIBA bestseller\, was selected for Barnes & Noble’s Discover Great New Writers. The South Carolina Arts Commission awarded Friddle a prose fellowship\, and she has twice won the state’s Fiction Prize. Her stories and essays have appeared in numerous journals. She holds an MFA from Warren Wilson and lives on Edisto Island\, South Carolina.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/third-thursday-signing-mindy-friddle-with-her-best-self/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Signing,Celebration
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SUMMARY:Book Signing: Jewel Sweeney
DESCRIPTION:Join us Mother’s Day weekend for a special signing with local favorite author Jewel Sweeney\, debuting another star in her lineup\, Beach Days! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCasey has lived her life for her family. She is the ideal wife and mother\, working and taking care of everyone. Her husband was just not willing to make the same sacrifices.  \n\n\n\nIn an instant\, Casey’s world is turned upside down. Will she ever be able to find the woman she once was? \n\n\n\nOther books in Jewel’s lineup will be available for purchase/signing as well. AND\, our Mother’s Day weekend festivities include a Blind Date with a Book promotion\, so when you buy a book – you get a blind date FREE! \n\n\n\nCome join the fun and we’ll see you on Main Street…
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/book-signing-jewel-sweeney/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Signing,Celebration
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SUMMARY:Launch Party: When Cicadas Cry with Caroline Cleveland
DESCRIPTION:We’re hosting a very special launch party for When Cicadas Cry by Caroline Cleveland\, and you’re invited! Your ticket includes the book\, in-store treats during our author Meet & Greet\, AND 10% off your check at Frothy Beard next door that evening. Make a night of it\, bring your friends and enjoy some books and brew! (Store receipt required for the 10% off at Frothy Beard.) \n\n\n\n\nGET YOUR TICKETS HERE – SAME AS BOOK PRICE – JUST $18.99\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn this stunning debut by a South Carolina attorney\, Zach Stander\, a lawyer with a past\, and Addie Stone\, his indomitable detective and lover\, find themselves entangled in secrets\, lies\, and murder in a small Southern town. \n\n\n\nA high-profile murder case–A white woman has been bludgeoned to death with an altar cross in a rural church on Cicada Road in Walterboro\, South Carolina. Sam Jenkins\, a Black man\, is found covered in blood\, kneeling over the body. In a state already roiling with racial tension\, this is not only a murder case\, but a powder keg. A haunting cold case–Two young women are murdered on quiet Edisto Beach\, an hour southeast of Walterboro\, and the killer disappears without a trace. Thirty-four years later the mystery remains unsolved. Could there be a connection to Stander’s case? A killer who’s watching–Stander takes on Jenkins’s defense\, but he’s up against a formidable solicitor with powerful allies. Worse\, his client is hiding a bombshell secret. When Addie Stone reopens the cold case\, she discovers more long-buried secrets in this small town. Would someone kill again to keep them?  \n\n\n\nIdeal for fans of mystery\, suspense\, and thrillers in the vein of Karin Slaughter’s Pretty Girls and Stacy Willingham’s A Flicker in the Dark\, as well as for readers who followed the high-profile Murdaugh murder trial\, held in the same small town as in When Cicadas Cry. \n\n\n\nGET YOUR TIX HERE – JUST $18.99 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCaroline Cleveland credits growing up in the rural South and its quieter way of life for her lifelong passion for books and storytelling. As an adolescent\, she devoured classics like Old Yeller and The Yearling\, discovered Agatha Christie and Steven King in her teenage years\, and\, later\, was mesmerized reading thrillers by authors including John Grisham\, Michael Connelly\, Karin Slaughter and Mary Kubica. \n\n\n\nHer dedication to the written word led her to law school at the University of South Carolina\, where she earned her degree in 1991. She is certified by the South Carolina Supreme Court as a specialist in labor and employment law and is the founding partner of Cleveland & Conley\, LLC.  \n\n\n\nCaroline draws on her rich and varied life experience working in the law for her writing. She elaborates\, “Law school students are warned the first day that the law is a jealous mistress\, and there is a reason for that. But I have always made time to read for pleasure. Eventually\, it dawned on me that I\, too\, have entertaining and powerful stories to tell. As a writer\, I gravitate toward mystery and suspense\, as I cannot resist a character who has a dark secret or is wrestling with inner demons. I have lived in the South all my life\, so my stories inevitably come from a Southern perspective\, featuring deceptively peaceful small towns and strong\, complex characters who rely on their Southern sense of values.”
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/launch-party-when-cicadas-cry-with-caroline-cleveland/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Signing,Celebration
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SUMMARY:2024 Indie Bookstore Day!
DESCRIPTION:The highlight of indie bookstores from coast to coast each year – a day celebrating indie stores and our incredible readers! As always\, we’ll have exclusive products on the big day\, author appearances\, and more\, beginning with Storytime for our young readers at 9 a.m. and continuing right on through the day with treats\, specials\, appearances by favorite local authors and more! \n\n\n\nAUTHOR LINEUP!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAt 9:00 a.m.\, local children’s book authors Jewel Sweeney (at left) and Marybeth Wishart (right) will be reading Bugaboo Adventures (Jewel) and Parker the Purple Penguin (Marybeth) out loud to young fans. Like our usual storytime adventures\, complimentary juice boxes and fruit snacks will be available. Jewel and Marybeth will also be signing copies of their books. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAt 11 a.m.\, we’re treating readers to two wonderful local authors\, Angie Mizzell (left) and Marissa Hale (right). Angie will be signing copies of her recent and wonderfully insightful memoir release\, Girl in the Spotlight. Marissa will be signing American Wild\, the historical novel that has been steadily growing a historical fiction fan base! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAt noon\, we’re delighted to have Regina Williams (at left) join us with her popular short story collection\, Promise. And at 1:00 p.m.\, southern fiction prize winner Bren McClain (at right) will join us to sign copies of the stunning One Good Mama Bone! \n\n\n\nThen\, at 2 p.m.\, Jewel Sweeney will be back to sign copies of her young adult and adult titles! \n\n\n\nGIFTS AND GOODIES:\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nWhen you visit Main Street Reads on April 27th\, Everyone Gets: \n\n\n\n\nAn Independent Bookstore Day Bookmark\n\n\n\nAn “I Visited An Independent Bookstore” Sticker\n\n\n\nA Free Book Buck To Use On Any In-Store Purchase\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPLUS – we’ll be sending you to favorite local eateries to try their literary-themed item for the big day. (HINT: Coastal Coffee will once again regail readers with its famed Hemingway blend\, crafted specifically for the day. Frothy Beard next door has promised something delightful\, as has Eva’s on Main… watch our socials for these! \n\n\n\nAnd NOW… drum roll please! Here’s a look at items you won’t find before Indie Bookstore Day – and quantities are limited\, so once they’re gone\, they’re gone! Free items shown below will be offered as gifts w/purchase on a first-come/first-served basis. Meaning\, you can take your pick of one of the freebies when you check out… earlier you get there\, the better chance you’ll get your choice! \n\n\n\nSee you on Main Street\, April 27th… \n\n\n\nIndie Bookstore Day Exclusive Items:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBLACKWING PENCILS: Six Sets Available Blackwing & Independent Bookstore Day have teamed up for the third consecutive year to create a new setof pencils exclusively for independent bookstores. Each year the interest and popularity of these limited edition pencils continues to grow. The pencils feature a design inspired by independent bookstores and the printed word. $30.00 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEAT SLEEP READ LOCAL MAGNET: Five Available Inspired by the popular IndieBound posters (you’ve seen one in our store)\, readers can show their support for independent bookstores in their community on their refrigerator\, shelf\, or other magnetic surfaces. $3.99 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“READ TO ME” ONESIE: Five Available This adorable striped baby bodysuit is the perfect gift for any book-loving parent. It fits most 6–12-month-olds and was designed exclusively for Indie Bookstore Day by Out of Print. $24.00 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“BANS OFF OUR BOOKS!” POUCH: Six Available Take a stand against censorship with this gorgeous\, retro zippered pouch designed by Ash + Chess for Out of Print. Keep your pencils and post-its handy\, or use it as a cosmetic bag or catch-all bag in your book tote. $16.00 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n “THE FUTURE IS INDIE” MUG: Eight Available Sip from this “The Future is Indie” mug as a reminder of championing individuality and celebrating the boundless possibilities of independent creativity with every brew. This glossy exterior mug with glossy white interior\, black rim\, and speckles is microwave-safe. $15.99 \n\n\n\nIndie Bookstore Day Exclusive BOOKS:\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPAPERBACK EDITION OF A STROKE OF THE PEN: Eight Available A delightfully funny\, fantastically inventive collection of twenty newly unearthed short stories by Sir Terry Pratchett\, the award-winning and bestselling author of the phenomenally successful Discworld fantasy series. This special trove — featuring charming woodcut illustrations and a new cover — is a must-have for Pratchett fans of all ages and includes a foreword by Neil Gaiman. These rediscovered tales were written by Terry Pratchett under a pseudonym for British newspapers during the 1970s and 1980s. The stories have never been attributed to him until now\, and might never have been found — were it not for the efforts of a few dedicated fans. $18.99 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBECOMING WHO WE ARE GRAPHIC NOVEL: Three AvailableReal Stories About Growing Up Trans. Nine members of the trans community share their real-life childhood experiences\, which include much more than just their gender journeys. Their courageous yet relatable stories will inspire readers as they see these musicians\, teachers\, scientists and activists overcome the various challenges of growing up to discover who they truly are. This Independent Bookstore Day exclusive edition comes with a foil logo and a fold in poster of the cover art. Lilah Sturges is the writer of numerous comics\, including the PRISM Award-winning Lumberjanes: The Infernal Compass and The Magicians and Legendary Comics’ upcoming The Science of Ghosts\, as well as many other titles from DC\, Marvel\, IDW\, and others. $16.99 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSIGNED 5-YEAR ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF THE FIELD GUIDE TO DUMB BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA: Ten AvailableThis exclusive signed edition also includes a dumb birds sticker sheet and a letter from the author\, Matt Kracht\, to the readers that made this book a bestseller for the past five years. Matt Kracht is the author of the bestselling The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America and its sequel\, The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of the Whole Stupid World. Based in Seattle\, he enjoys gazing out the window at the beautiful waters of Puget Sound and making fun of birds. He also likes bees. Like\, a lot. $15.95 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSIGNED COPY OF BUBBLY BEAUTIFUL KITTY-CORN: Three AvailableFrom bestselling Itty-Bitty Kitty-Corn creators Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham comes another heartwarming and hilarious Kitty and Unicorn story about big dreams\, self-esteem\, the enduring magic of true friendship…and mermaids! Each book will come with a signed bookplate affixed to the title page and a tattoo sheet. LeUyen Pham and Shannon Hale are the team behind the bestselling picture books Itty-Bitty Kitty-Corn and Pretty Perfect Kitty-Corn\, the bestselling graphic novels Real Friends\, Best Friends\, and Friends Forever\, and\, with Dean Hale\, the early chapter book series\, The Princess in Black. $19.99 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAN EXCELLENT HOST SIGNED PAPERBACK: Six AvailableIn An Excellent Host\, modern dating goes wildly awry (at least when Chelsea G. Summers is in charge of the Airbnb booking). Somewhere in Brooklyn\, a feast awaits its guests\, a man cannot believe his great good luck\, and ancient gods get ready to receive their due in this horror-fantasy updating of Greek myths. Chelsea G. Summers is a writer whose work focuses on sex\, politics\, tech\, fashion and culture. She is a former academic and professor with Ph.D. training in eighteenth-century British literature\, a discipline that has proven to be shockingly useful when writing about contemporary culture. $14.95 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2024 INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORE DAY TOTE BAG: 20 AvailableThe 2024 Independent Bookstore Day tote bag has a gusseted bottom. The tote bags are made available to Independent Bookstore Day stores and sold individually. 10 oz natural-color cotton canvas 18 in. x 14.5 in. flat-cut bag with 9 in. natural handles. $14.99 or FREE w/purchase of $75 or more. \n\n\n\nIndie Bookstore Day Exclusive FREEBIES:\n\n\n\nPick one of these with your purchases\, ’til they run out! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nREBEL GIRLS EXCLUSIVE STICKER SHEET – Three AvailableAn exclusive sticker sheet with over 15 stickers\, featuring fun illustrations and empowering sayings in the signature Rebel Girls style. Rebel Girls is a global empowerment brand dedicated to raising the most inspired and confident generation of girls. We believe in empowering girls to dream big\, that amplifying stories of real-life women can lead to a more equal world\, and that girls can and should do everything! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTHE FIRST CAT IN SPACE MOON COMIX: One AvailableExclusively for Independent Bookstore Day 2024\, an 8-page\, full-color comic by award winning creators Mac Barnett and Shawn Harris\, based on their massively popular\, action-packed and hysterical graphic novel series\, The First Cat in Space! Mac Barnett is a New York Times bestselling author whose books have been translated into more than thirty languages. His picture books include two Caldecott Honor-winning collaborations with Jon Klassen: Sam & Dave Dig a Hole and Extra Yarn.  Shawn Harris’ first illustrated book\, Her Right Foot by Dave Eggers\, received seven starred reviews\, was an Orbis Pictus Award Honor Book\, an ALA Notable\, and a PW Best Book of the Year. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHILDREN OF BLOOD & BONE INDIE METAL BOOKMARK: Six AvailableAn exclusive designed and etched metal bookmark inspired by bestselling author Tomi Adeyemi’s upcoming novel\, Children of Anguish and Anarchy\, publishing on June 25\, 2024. The earth-shaking conclusion to the New York Times bestselling Children of Orisha Series (Children of Blood and Bone\, Children of Virtue and Vengeance) is the final installment of the thrilling YA fantasy series that became a global phenomenon. The bookmark incorporates design elements from the book’s cover. Named one of TIME magazine’s 100 most influential people\, Tomi Adeyemi is a Hugo and Nebula Awardwinning Nigerian-American writer and storyteller based in Los Angeles\, California. In 2020\, she was named one of Forbes 30 Under 30 in Media. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTHAT’S NOT MY® COLORING BOOKLET: Four Available2024 marks 25 years of Usborne’s globally bestselling touchy-feely series\, THAT’S NOT MY®. To celebrate the occasion\, a limited edition 8-page THAT’S NOT MY® coloring book\, made up of popular characters from the series. Fiona Watt is an Editorial Director and writer at Usborne Publishing.  She is the sixth biggest-selling UK children’s author\, with over 10 million of her books sold in the UK since records began. Rachel Wells is a successful illustrator and author\, best known for illustrating all of the THAT’S NOT MY® books. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHAND-SIGNED PRINT FROM MILK AND HONEY: Ten AvailableIn celebration of the 10th anniversary of the publication of the New York Times bestselling milk and honey by Rupi Kaur: an exclusive signed print of a poem from the book\, packaged in a protective envelope. Rupi Kaur is a poet\, artist\, and performer. As a 21-year-old university student\, Rupi wrote\, illustrated\, and self-published her first poetry collection\, milk and honey. Next came its artistic siblings\, the sun and her flowers and home body. These collections have sold over 11 million copies and have been translated into over 43 languages. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWE LOVE INDIES COLORING BOOK: Five AvailableWe asked our favorite Quarto authors and artists to submit coloring pages of their favorite local\, independent bookstores\, and they delivered! Includes a short quote from the author on what they LOVE best about their favorite Indie bookstore and a coloring page inspired by each store. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSET OF 3 GREETING CARDS FROM BE YOU!: Fifty AvailableA set of three greeting cards with envelopes\, designed to be an inspiring message to new graduates! Using art and messaging from the picture book Be You! By Peter H. Reynolds. One pack is 3 cards with envelopes\, belly banded together. Peter H. Reynolds is a New York Times bestselling author and illustrator of many books for children\, including Happy Dreamer\, The Word Collector\, Say Something!\, Be You!\, and Our Table. He is also the illustrator of When Things Aren’t Going Right\, Go Left by Marc Colagiovanni. His books have been translated into over 25 languages around the globe and are celebrated worldwide. In 1996\, he founded FableVision with his brother\, Paul\, as a social change agency to help create “stories that matter\, stories that move.”
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/2024-indie-bookstore-day/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Signing,Celebration,Special Sale
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SUMMARY:Third Thursday: Flower the Town!
DESCRIPTION:This month’s Third Thursday theme is “Flower the Town” to celebrate all the new flowers you’ve seen being installed around town\, including on the post just outside Main Street Reads! \n\n\n\nTimely\, since next Monday is Earth Day\, so we’ll begin our Earth Day celebrations early with 10% off gardening\, conservation and climate change books\, PLUS we’ll be giving out free Hawaiian flower leis to customers this evening – COME JOIN THE FUN! \n\n\n\nIf you haven’t been to Third Thursday\, you’re missing our town’s awesome monthly block party – live bands\, food trucks\, booths\, and late hours for downtown businesses – this night is our town’s monthly block party\, just for YOU! \n\n\n\nSee you on Main Street…
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/third-thursday-flower-the-town/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Celebration,Special Sale,Third Thursday
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SUMMARY:Easter Egg "Not-A-Hunt"
DESCRIPTION:Here’s an egg-cellent chance to win egg-citing prizes during our egg-straordinary “Not a Hunt” — We’re putting all our eggs in one basket (should we stop now?) and each in-store purchase wins you an egg! \n\n\n\nBesides a couple of surprise sweet treats inside each egg\, there’ll be a prize for a free giveaway item from the store – it may be a print\, a candle\, a book\, a book buck or a gift certificate…you won’t know ’til you crack open your egg! \n\n\n\nPrizes all day long Friday and Saturday (or ’til we run out of eggs!) \n\n\n\nCome join the fun and celebrate spring with us at Main Street Reads!
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/easter-egg-not-a-hunt/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Celebration,Special Sale
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SUMMARY:Shamrockin' on the Square!
DESCRIPTION:Shamrockin’ on the Square happens on March 16th from 10 am-3 pm. Get your “Luck of the Irish” on and search for clovers at participating businesses in historic downtown. Hint: There will be a map! When you find a clover\, return it to the DREAM tent on the square and pull a gift card from the pot! \n\n\n\nIn addition to the shamrock hunt\, several special activities will be taking place\, including live music on Hutchinson Square stage\, Irish Dancers\, and expanded entertainment on Short Central. There’ll be green treats at Main Street Reads\, so come on out and enjoy the fun!
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/shamrockin-on-the-square/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Celebration,Special Sale
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SUMMARY:Meet NYT Bestselling Author Brad Taylor!
DESCRIPTION:YES! The Timrod Library and Main Street Reads are THRILLED to bring another New York Times bestselling author to Summerville! This is both the 25th anniverary year of Timrod’s popular author series\, plus March is when we’re celebrating our FIFTH birthday. What better way to celebrate with y’all then to bring another literary rock star to town\, with the launch of his newest book! \n\n\n\nYou can grab your tickets at Main Street Reads (for the same price as the featured book) or at our Eventbrite site. Your ticket includes the book\, the author talk\, and the post-talk reception (with wonderful food and wine). Books will be available for pickup with your ticket OR at the event. The reception is also where you can have your copy of Dead Man’s Hand personalized by Brad Taylor\, and purchase more of his best-selling books to add to your collection (or pick out an early Easter or Father’s Day gift). \n\n\n\n\nGET YOUR TICKETS HERE!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrad Taylor\, author of multiple New York Times bestselling books\, will introduce Dead Man’s Hand\, a topical edge-of-your-seat thriller featuring Pike Logan going head-to-head with Vladimir Putin’s henchmen. Taylor is a twenty-one-year veteran of the U.S. Army Infantry and Special Forces\, includ­ing eight years with Delta Force. He has written seventeen New York Times bestsellers and lives in Charleston\, South Carolina\, with his wife and two daughters. \n\n\n\nThe event begins with a presentation by the author at 2 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall of Bethany United Methodist Church\, 118 W. Third St.\, followed by a reception and book signing at the Timrod Library. Main Street Reads will have additional copies on sale there for friends and family\, as well as other titles by Taylor. \n\n\n\n\nGET YOUR TICKETS HERE!\n\n\n\n\nFor Timrod Library Members\, discounted tix are available at the Timrod Library. Call 843-871-4600\, visit the Timrod Library at 217 Central Ave.\, or purchase online HERE. \n\n\n\nDead Man’s Hand:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTo finally end the war between their nations\, a rogue band of Ukranian partisans known as the Wolves teams up with members of Russia’s military intelligence to assassinate Vladimir Putin. \n\n\n\nBut Putin is aware of the traitors in his midst and assigns the loyal commander of the Russian National Guard to root them out. It’s a mission Victor Petrov is expected to undertake after he prevents Sweden from joining NATO–by assassinating a deputy minister of foreign affairs. \n\n\n\nAfter receiving intelligence about the threat in Sweden\, the United States sends Pike Logan to identify Petrov’s target–only for him to get caught in the crossfire between Putin’s agents and the Wolves. When the smoke clears\, Pike makes no effort to stop the Wolves on their ultimate mission\, believing it just\, until he discovers that their operation has unimaginable consequences. \n\n\n\nFor Putin is preparing a devastating endgame: activating the Dead Man’s Hand nuclear response that will launch Russia’s missiles in the event of his death. Read a free excerpt HERE. \n\n\n\n\nGET YOUR TICKETS HERE!
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/meet-nyt-bestselling-author-brad-taylor/
CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Signing,Celebration
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SUMMARY:Third Thursday Book Signing: American Wild by Marissa Hale
DESCRIPTION:On Third Thursday\, we’ll be celebrating one of our own! A few years back\, Marissa Hale was workshopping this beautiful piece of historical fiction with us. Now American Wild has been birthed and is ready to meet the world! Based on true events\, this is the inspiring story of a French widow thrust alone into the New World after her husband’s murder… \n\n\n\nAmerica. L’Amérique. A foreign land threatens to take French-born Vittorie LeClerc’s love during a revolution and ultimately succeeds during questionable peace. She watches his last breath evaporate into nothing\, leaving her to survive with only her will\, a knife and a few gold buttons. \n\n\n\nWith the help of a mysterious man of the woods and other pioneers\, Vittorie navigates uncharted territory\, language barriers\, fractious warring nations\, suspicious settlers\, underground slave kings\, and a burgeoning new government. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBased on true events and historical figures during and after the Revolutionary War\, American Wild is the unforgettable story of a woman’s odyssey into significance\, a searchlight into heart\, mind\, history\, and spirit. \n\n\n\nMeet Marissa\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEnamored of the natural world and the human experience in it\, Marissa Hale has traveled to eleven countries on three continents and visited thirty-eight of the fifty United States. She learned French at a young age\, studied in Paris\, France at the American University there\, and graduated from Wheaton College with a degree in Communications. \n\n\n\nMarissa began researching the story of Frenchman’s Knob shortly after her own move to Hart County\, Kentucky in December 2007. Fresh off the road from touring with her sisters in her band and feeling for the first time like she was terrible at everything she tried to do in her new life\, she felt lost\, ill-equipped\, and alone. The band had broken up\, her dyed-red hair seemed misplaced among her sweet Amish neighbors\, and she was practically the only woman within a 50-mile radius who wasn’t married with children or a fabulous cook. \n\n\n\nWhen a neighbor delivered Florence Edwards Gardiner’s little green book of her father’s (Cyrus Edwards) stories about the landscape and its people and casually said\, “I’ve always thought someone should make a movie out of the second story\, the one about Frenchman’s Knob…” Marissa was hooked. Because of her previous experience in France and knowledge of the language\, the highest peak in Kentucky being named “Frenchman’s Knob” and the accompanying story captured her attention. \n\n\n\nMarissa knew storytelling. She could research. And she did. \n\n\n\nBefore becoming a historical fiction author with American Wild\, Marissa wrote songs and screenplays\, performed for crowds of thousands\, and taught elementary school art. In addition to writing\, she now owns a general contracting company and makes her home in South Carolina with her husband\, children\, and grandchildren.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/third-thursday-book-signing-american-wild-by-marissa-hale/
CATEGORIES:Book Signing,Celebration,Third Thursday
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SUMMARY:Spann Elementary School Spirit Week at Main Street Reads
DESCRIPTION:We’re super excited to host another school spirit week fundraiser for Spann Elementary School at Main Street Reads. Spann is located less than a mile from us on John McKissick Way\, and we love partnering with them to encourage reading and raise money for their literacy initiatives. \n\n\n\nHere’s how it works: Shop us ALL WEEK LONG February 12-16th and 10% of ALL BOOK SALES at the store will be gifted to Spann Elementary School! BE SURE TO MENTION you’re supporting Spann’s School Spirit week so we can let the school know how many students\, parents and fans they had come to visit.  \n\n\n\nAfter the week is up we’ll tell you how great you did and how much we all raised for Spann Elementary and then we’ll present them with the gift. And as always\, we ALSO give discounts to STUDENTS and TEACHERS – let us know if you need help finding the perfect read… \n\n\n\nWe’re so honored and proud to partner with local schools and organizations on reading initiatives\, and we thank you all for helping us make that possible. \n\n\n\nToday’s Readers = Tomorrow’s Leaders!
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/spann-reads-spirit-week-at-main-street-reads/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Celebration,School Spirit Week
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240209T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240209T200000
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SUMMARY:Sweetheart Dessert Stroll in Historic Downtown Summerville!
DESCRIPTION:Enjoy a sweet snack while you shop and dine in historic downtown Summerville’s amazing small businesses!! Participating shops will have extended hours (til 8 pm) February 9th. \n\n\n\nRight – we don’t make desserts here — but we’ll have ’em anyway\, provided by (it’s a surprise) so stop on by for a free treat! \n\n\n\nWe’re not the only ones – there’ll be sweet treats all around town – stay tuned below…
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/sweetheart-dessert-stroll-in-historic-downtown-summerville/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Celebration
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240122T183000
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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
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SUMMARY:Third Thursday: 2024 Winter Inspiration
DESCRIPTION:What better way to get inspired than joining your community at Summerville’s fantastic monthly block party! Every Third Thursday features fun on the square\, including food trucks\, special events\, live music\, and late opening hours for shops around town. \n\n\n\nHere at Main Street Reads you can visit our 2024 Inspiration Station – full of great ideas to motivate you throughout the new year. We’ll see you here!
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/third-thursday-2024-winter-inspiration/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Celebration,Third Thursday
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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
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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
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SUMMARY:Spirit Week for Our Four-Legged Friends In Need
DESCRIPTION:Perhaps one of the most valuable\, yet undervalued members of our community is Dorchester Paws. This is Summerville’s non-profit animal welfare organization dedicated to providing shelter\, care\, and support for homeless animals in Dorchester County. As owners of many rescue animals ourselves\, we can tell you they’re doing an incredible job with the very limited resources at their disposal. \n\n\n\nBut now they need OUR help. Due to constant flooding\, evacuations (see right)\, and too many animals in crisis\, Dorchester Paws requires a larger\, higher-ground facility. The organization is now raising funds\, assisted by a $1.5 million state grant\, to construct a state-of-the-art shelter\, furthering the organization’s mission to provide the highest level of care and support for homeless animals and the community. \n\n\n\nThe grant\, provided by the State of South Carolina\, represents a significant investment in the welfare of animals and the community as a whole. It’s a crucial start\, but more is needed. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe new animal shelter\, (plan shown above) which will be a cornerstone of Dorchester Paws’ operations\, will not only benefit the animals under their care but also offer various services and resources to the residents of Dorchester County. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe grant will support private funding efforts and that’s where WE all come in. Lots of small donations will make up the bulk of the funding needed\, so we’re jumping in for a Spirit Week in honor of our four-legged friends. A percentage of ALL our sales\, from Sunday\, November 19th\, through Small Business Saturday\, November 25th\, will go directly to Dorchester Paws. \n\n\n\nIn addition\, we’ll have a donation box in the store that will be up until the end of the month\, when we’ll present a grand total to Dorchester Paws. We encourage you to give of yourselves\, and in honor of loved people and pets\, to help this very worthy cause. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFYI: The new animal shelter will be equipped with modern facilities to provide comfort\, care\, and support to the animals awaiting adoption. It will feature expanded kennel space\, a public spay & neuter clinic\, a dedicated adoption center\, and educational resources to raise awareness about responsible pet ownership. \n\n\n\nDorchester Paws will be working closely with the State of South Carolina and our local community to ensure that the new shelter meets the highest standards of animal care and welfare. The organization is excited about the positive impact this new facility will have on the lives of animals and the Dorchester County community. \n\n\n\nThanks on behalf of Dorchester Paws for your support – let’s show ’em readers DO MAKE A DIFFERENCE!
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/spirit-week-for-our-four-legged-friends-in-need/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Celebration,School Spirit Week
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