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October 2020
Living Large Bookclub: October Pick – The Library of Lost and Found
To celebrate best-selling authors, local favorites and anything we all deem large for the month, we offer up our Living Large Bookclub, and next up on October 20th is The Library of Lost and Found by Phaedra Patrick. "Sweet and resonant." --People, "Best New Books" Pick "A heartwarming and tender tale of growth and redemption.... Curl up by the fire with a cup of tea and a biscuit and be entranced by this delightful story." --Library Journal, starred review Time:…
Find out more »Wednesday Stories on the Square!
Join us every WEDNESDAY morning at 9:30 a.m. for "Stories on the Square, our outdoor storytime adventures with reading by Colleen Rackleff - kids of all ages welcome! Treats served and student discounts to ALL attendees! Colleen's Story Time at Main Street Reads has become one of our featured events and we're so excited to be back, doing the events outside to ensure proper social distancing. We have lots of chairs for younger listeners and plenty of juice boxes and…
Find out more »Pulpwood Queens: Book Club: The Southern Bookclub’s Guide to Slaying Vampires!
The PQ bookclub meets on the 4th Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. On October 22nd we’re discussing The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix. Grady will join us via Zoom to talk about the book; we have signed bookplates for those who want them to make your copy a collector's edition! Join us live in the store at 6:30 OR via Zoom. ALL ARE WELCOME! Here are login details: Time: Oct 22, 2020 06:30…
Find out more »Launch Party and Booksigning: The Ocean at Night
Join us Friday evening, October 23rd when author Lorna Hollifield will be at Main Street Reads to celebrate the launch of her second novel, The Ocean at Night. Two Ways to Participate! Lorna will be at Main Street Reads from 5:30 to 7:30. She'll talk a bit about the book on Zoom and to gathered guests (social distance rules will apply), followed by book signing. Refreshments will be served. To Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83330080974?pwd=cW9VYVUxVVVHYkJpcFBtd2Vpa3NxUT09 Meeting ID: 833 3008 0974 Passcode:…
Find out more »Monday Main Street Writes
For the inner writer in all of us, our regular Monday evening writers group that’s growing every week! Come on out any/every Monday at 6:30 p.m. and bring a few pages with you to share with fellow scribes, or just listen in and learn! Anyone wanting to join in via Zoom instead, use the following credentials: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83115591753?pwd=bGwyNlJITDZvNUcxdU9kckNDSE1Zdz09 Meeting ID: 831 1559 1753 Passcode: 29483 If you’d prefer to send your pages in advance (no more than 2 single-spaced or 4…
Find out more »Wednesday Stories on the Square
Join us every WEDNESDAY morning at 9:30 a.m. for "Stories on the Square, our outdoor storytime adventures with reading by Colleen Rackleff - kids of all ages welcome! Treats served and student discounts to ALL attendees! Colleen's Story Time at Main Street Reads has become one of our featured events and we're so excited to be back, doing the events outside to ensure proper social distancing. We have lots of chairs for younger listeners and plenty of juice boxes and…
Find out more »Happy Halloween and Trick or Treat!
Wear your costume Saturday and we'll have free treats for trick or treaters... we also still have 50% off Halloween titles available, most for under $5 - a great alternative to that sugar overdose. Enjoy our spooktacular decorations, sales on Harry Potter titles and more!
Find out more »November 2020
Stories on the Square: Celebrating Differences on a Spectacular Saturday
On Saturday morning, November 7 (10:30 a.m. - Noon), we'll be hosting TWO great children's books and authors for a Spectacular Stories on the Square and Book Signing! Joining us will be Chris Singleton, inspirational speaker and author of Different and Marybeth Wishart, former teacher and author of Parker the Purple Penguin. The books will be read aloud and families can purchase copies from us, personally signed by the authors. Both books carry excellent messages of inclusivity, are beautifully and…
Find out more »Booksigning: Josie Olsvig Debuts Gullah Tears
We invite you to join us Saturday afternoon, November 7th, to celebrate the debut of a lowcountry historical novel and book signing with the author, Josie Olsvig! Gullah Tears: In the Deep South of antebellum Charleston, enslaved Gullah woman Hentie survives the day-to-day sufferings brought on by the white planter society that controls the institution of slavery. From Hentie’s abduction and confinement on a slaver ship, we follow her journey of pain and despair as she begins her new life…
Find out more »Thrill in the Ville: November Book Pick – Invisible Girl
THIS MONTH: the thriller book club is reading the hot new thriller from Lisa Jewell, Invisible Girl. The book is available at the 10% book club discount in the store through November... The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Then She Was Gone returns with an intricate thriller about a young woman's disappearance and a group of strangers whose lives intersect in its wake. Owen Pick's life is falling apart. In his thirties and living in his aunt's spare…
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