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SUMMARY:Thrill in the 'Ville October Bookclub: A Slow Fire Burning by Paula Hawkins
DESCRIPTION:A Slow Fire Burning by Paula Hawkins (Girl on the Train) will be the focus of our Thriller club in October\, meeting the 14th. We’ve been super excited about this book and from as fast as we’re running out\, so are you! \nAs always\, treats will be served and we’ll simulcast via Zoom for those who can’t join us live! The Zoom link info is below\, enjoy this big book and we’ll see you soon! Prefer to grab A Slow Fire Burning at our online shop? CLICK HERE \nABOUT THE BOOK \nThe scorching new thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Girl on the Train. \n“A Slow Fire Burning twists and turns like a great thriller should\, but it’s also deep\, intelligent and intensely human.” – Lee Child\n \n“Only a clairvoyant could anticipate the book’s ending” – New York Times \nWith the same propulsion that captivated millions of readers worldwide in The Girl on the Train and Into the Water\, Paula Hawkins unfurls a gripping\, twisting story of deceit\, murder\, and revenge. \nWhen a young man is found gruesomely murdered in a London houseboat\, it triggers questions about three women who knew him. Laura is the troubled one-night-stand last seen in the victim’s home. Carla is his grief-stricken aunt\, already mourning the recent death of yet another family member. And Miriam is the nosy neighbor clearly keeping secrets from the police. \nThree women with separate connections to the victim. Three women who are – for different reasons – simmering with resentment. Who are\, whether they know it or not\, burning to right the wrongs done to them. When it comes to revenge\, even good people might be capable of terrible deeds. How far might any one of them go to find peace? How long can secrets smolder before they explode into flame? \nLook what you started…\nZOOM LINK for those wanting to join us remotely:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/82977512206?pwd=Z2ZWaHdzMlpkNTNxMFVabTZlRHZmUT09\nMeeting ID: 829 7751 2206 Passcode: 667065 \n  \n 
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/thrill-in-the-ville-october-bookclub-a-slow-fire-burning-by-paula-hawkins/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion
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SUMMARY:Booksigning: Hilary Rose Bodiford's Under the Influence
DESCRIPTION:Join us Saturday\, October 9th between 4 and 6 pm (yes\, during Flowertown Festival!) for a book-signing with Hilary Rose Bodiford\, celebrating her stunning debut\, Under the Influence. \nThree female influencers are caught in a net built by the dopamine rush that comes with every alert and ding. That is until one of them ends up dead. \nInspired by the author’s real-life experiences in the social media blogging world as @byhilaryrose\, Hilary Bodiford’s first novel explores the dark side of this enigmatic industry in which so many women are mysterious CEOs. \nIngenious mean girls\, emphasis on appearances and wealth\, and the constant need to display a picture-perfect life are realities many bloggers have faced. Under the Influence exposes how these pressures can affect mentally\, not only the content creator\, but those who are watching. \nAnd they are always watching… \nHilary Rose Bodiford is a writer and social media influencer based in Mount Pleasant\, SC. Beginning her blogging life as a southern girl with a love for etiquette and classic style\, she has since expanded her brand to include her true passion; storytelling. Combining her love of mystery with her inside knowledge of the illusive influencer industry\, she creates a world that has merged the two to develop a story so riveting no one will be able to put it down. When Hilary isn’t writing\, she enjoys life with her husband Brent\, two black labs\, and soon-to-be son! \n 
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/booksigning-hilary-rose-bodifords-under-the-influence/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Signing,Celebration
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SUMMARY:Booksigning: Grady Hendrix - The Final Girl Support Group!
DESCRIPTION:Don’t miss this chance to meet the master live and in person! Grady Hendrix\, author of Horrorstor and The Southern Bookclub’s Guide to Slaying Vampires is back on top of the review lists with his latest release\, The Final Girl Support Group. \nRESERVE YOUR SPOT/BOOK NOW BY EMAILING US – It’s free to attend but we need to know how many awesome books to have on hand – We expect this to be a sell-out and want to make sure we have enough books for all!!! \nTHE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER; A Good Morning America Buzz Pick \n“The horror master…puts his unique spin on slasher movie tropes.”-USA Today\n \nA can’t-miss summer read\, selected by The New York Times\, Oprah Daily\, Time\, USA Today\, The Philadelphia Inquirer\, CNN\, LitHub\, BookRiot\, Bustle\, Popsugar and the New York Public Library \nIn horror movies\, the final girls are the ones left standing when the credits roll. They made it through the worst night of their lives…but what happens after? \nLike his bestselling-novel The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires\, Grady Hendrix’s latest is a fast-paced\, frightening\, and wickedly humorous thriller. From chain saws to summer camp slayers\, The Final Girl Support Group pays tribute to and slyly subverts our most popular horror films—movies like The Texas Chainsaw Massacre\, A Nightmare on Elm Street\, and Scream. \nLynnette Tarkington is a real-life final girl who survived a massacre. For more than a decade\, she’s been meeting with five other final girls and their therapist in a support group for those who survived the unthinkable\, working to put their lives back together. Then one woman misses a meeting\, and their worst fears are realized—someone knows about the group and is determined to rip their lives apart again\, piece by piece. \nBut the thing about final girls is that no matter how bad the odds\, how dark the night\, how sharp the knife\, they will never\, ever give up. Learn more about Grady at http://www.gradyhendrix.com \nSee more of Grady’s titles HERE!
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/grady-hendrix-at-main-street-reads/
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:20210926T110000
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SUMMARY:Summerville Italian FEAST! All Cookbooks On Sale
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate Italian heritage at the Summerville Italian Feast from 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. — ’til the last grape is stomped! Here at Main Street Reads we’re celebrating with 10% off ANY cookbook in the store!!! Learn more details at http://www.summervilleitalianfeast.com/
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/summerville-italian-feast-all-cookbooks-on-sale/
CATEGORIES:Celebration
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SUMMARY:Banned Books Week: September 27-October 2 Join the Conversation!
DESCRIPTION:Banned Books Week (September 26 – October 2\, 2021 this year) is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read. Typically held during the last week of September\, it spotlights current and historical attempts to censor books in libraries and schools. It brings together the entire book community — librarians\, booksellers\, publishers\, journalists\, teachers\, and readers of all types — in shared support of the freedom to seek and to express ideas\, even those some consider unorthodox or unpopular. \nThe books featured during Banned Books Week have all been targeted for removal or restriction in libraries and schools. By focusing on efforts across the country to remove or restrict access to books\, Banned Books Week draws national attention to the harms of censorship. \nWe’ll have a special display with over TWO HUNDRED banned books\, with incentives for banned book purchases\, so stop on by!
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/banned-books-week-september-27-october-3-join-the-conversation/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Discussion
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SUMMARY:Booksigning: Roger Newman is Back with the Launch of Will O’ the Wisp: Madness\, War\, and Recompense
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a special booksigning with Charleston’s own Roger B. Newman\, with his newly released\, Will O’ the Wisp: Madness\, War\, and Recompense. \nPolarizing\, fire-eating discourse\, propaganda\, and aversion to reason bred secession madness in Charleston\, S.C.\, and sold rebellion to a population with virtually nothing to gain and everything to lose. \nMen who should have known better and had become inured to the abomination of human bondage failed to step up. \nAs Southern nationalists raced into Civil War\, blockade runner Jack Holmes and wealthy Charleston shipping magnate\, George A. Trenholm\, do what they can to sustain their city and the Confederacy. Their actions and experiences result in a sweeping adventure story played out on both the land and sea. With the outcome of the war obvious\, Jack Holmes and George Trenholm conspire to steal the Confederate gold as Jefferson Davis flees a burning Richmond. \nThe two men accept their responsibility for what proved to be a misguided and tragic rebellion and seek to adapt and redeem themselves in a post-slavery South. \nRoger Newman\, M.D. is a novelist\, academic Maternal-Fetal Medicine specialist\, and member of the faculty at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC). Dr. Newman is a tenured Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Maas Endowed Chair for Reproductive Sciences. Dr. Newman grew up in Columbia\, S.C. and attended Seton Hall University in South Orange\,  New Jersey. He returned to South Carolina to attend MUSC and stayed in Charleston for his residency training in Ob-Gyn. He followed his residency with a two-year post-doctoral fellowship in Maternal-Fetal Medicine at the University of California\, San Francisco and the Cardiovascular Research Institute. Dr. Newman then returned to the academic faculty at MUSC where he continues to practice. \nRoger is married and has three exceptional children. He and his wife Diane live on East Bay Street in Charleston\, South Carolina. Besides medicine and writing\, his other passion is sports and his other “job” is coaching the women’s varsity basketball team (Raptors) at the Academic Magnet High School.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/booksigning-roger-newman-is-back-with-the-launch-of-will-o-the-wisp-madness-war-and-recompense/
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:20210923T183000
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SUMMARY:Pulpwood Queens Bookclub September: Bookish Broads!
DESCRIPTION:Open to all\, this month’s Pulpwood Queens book club will host a special book-signing\, followed by an engaging discussion with talented author Lauren Marino about Bookish Broads: Women Who Wrote Themselves Into History The book is eligible for our 10% off bookclub pricing and we’re excited to talk about these amazing literary women (and pick a few books from the suggestions to discuss in the future! \nTreats (and wine!) will be served at the live discussion and those wishing to join virtually can do so via the link below – see you on Main Street! \nTo Join via Zoom:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/87545935928?pwd=dHZzQTk0MThPY0NuRjdjVUk5YVdZUT09\nMeeting ID: 875 4593 5928 Passcode: 060135 \nLauren Marino is the author of What Would Dolly Do? and Jackie and Cassini. The founding editor of Gotham Books\, she has published multiple bestsellers and award-winning books. Alexandra Kilburn is a painter\, muralist\, illustrator\, and stylist who lives and works in New Orleans.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/pulpwood-queens-bookclub-september-bookish-broads/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210923T173000
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SUMMARY:Book Signing: Bookish Broads by Lauren Marino!
DESCRIPTION:Open to all\, this month’s Pulpwood Queens book club will FIRST host a special book signing\, followed by an engaging discussion with talented author Lauren Marino about Bookish Broads: Women Who Wrote Themselves Into History  \nBe sure to grab a copy at the store and take advantage of 10% off bookclub pricing plus get your copy personalized by this in-demand author! \nWe’re eager to talk about these amazing literary women and pick Lauren’s brain about great literature\, and we have an AWESOME reader’s guide from Lauren here\, too: \n \nTreats (and wine!) will be served at the live discussion and those wishing to join virtually can do so via the link below – you can arrange with us to have your book signed by Lauren if you’re unable to attend (books must be purchased in advance). \nTo Join the discussion via Zoom:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/87545935928?pwd=dHZzQTk0MThPY0NuRjdjVUk5YVdZUT09\nMeeting ID: 875 4593 5928 Passcode: 060135 \nLauren Marino is the author of the popular Main Street Reads selection\, What Would Dolly Do? and Jackie and Cassini. The founding editor of Gotham Books\, Lauren has published multiple bestsellers and award-winning books and has been a frequent featured editor at events including the Faulkner Festival. \n“I have loved books since before I learned to read and as a lifelong bookworm I’ve had the great privilege of spending my career close to what I love – words strung together and bound together into things of beauty. They have allowed me to explore people\, places and ideas I wouldn’t be able to experience without them. \n  \n \n“As a professional book editor and publishing executive I get to work with writers and words and ideas all day. As a writer I love to research and write about groundbreaking\, strong women – women who broke the rules and pursued their dreams without apology.” We look forward to you joining us at this special event!
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/book-signing-bookish-broads-by-lauren-marino/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Signing
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SUMMARY:Summerville Sweet Tea Festival
DESCRIPTION:The 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!    \n\n\n\nEnjoy the Fest and Stay for the Downtown  \n\n\n\nHistoric Downtown Summer is everything you imagine a small town to be.  It’s filled with quaint shops\, historic buildings\, creative boutiques and world-class restaurants.  Our business owners and their staff represent true southern hospitality with remarkable customer service and genuine care for all that visit.  Everyone feels as if they have been transported to a special place and time.  Come find out why … “it’s sweeter here”  \n\n\n\nThis event is part of historic Summerville’s annual “Sweetest Week Ever.” The Sweetest Week EVER provides a wonderful opportunity to celebrate Summerville and our history with sweet tea with events all week long. For more info visit https://summervilledream.org/sweet-tea-festival/
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/summerville-sweet-tea-festival/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art Show,Book Discussion,Book Signing,Celebration
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210918T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210918T123000
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SUMMARY:Booksigning: Herbie Goes to School by Sherrika Myers
DESCRIPTION:It’s the culmination of the Sweetest Week Ever in Summerville and before the festival begins Saturday afternoon\, we have a sweet signing for families: Children’s book author Sherrika Myers will be joining us to sign copies of the newly released Herbie Goes to School! \nHerbie’s family has moved to another state\, and bought a new home\, and now Lil Herbie must go to a new school. He’s afraid to make new friends and doesn’t want to go. He fears all the kids will laugh at him because he stutters\, but he finally goes to school\, and soon he realizes it is not as bad as he thought. \nThe thing that you often fear the most turns out to be just in your own mind. Whatever kids are dealing with\, whether it be stuttering\, low self-esteem\, or anything else\, each child’s voice matters\, and they should always know they are special too. Herbies Goes to School is book two in the Lil Herbie Series\, aimed at children ages 4-10. \nSherrika Myers is the founder of Every 1 Voice Matters\, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit designed to help children break down communicative and social barriers\, such as stuttering\, bullying\, and low self-esteem\, to improve their quality of life. As a national speaker and certified life coach\, Myers travels the country spreading her message of hope. www.every1voicematters.org www.lilherbie.com
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/5173/
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:20210916T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210916T200000
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SUMMARY:Sweetest Third Thursday Ever
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 shops and restaurants. \n\n\n\nHere at Main Street Reads we’re offering you up not one but TWO amazing authors that night – Syril Kline (author of the award-winning Shakespeare’s Changeling) and A.F. Winter\, author of the soon-to-be-released Man in the Pandemic. \n\n\n\n1st place winner of the Chaucer Award for Historical Fiction\, Shakespeare’s Changeling is a controversial historical novel: Charged in 1616 by the Earls of Pembroke and Montgomery to edit a folio of Shakespeare plays\, writer Ben Jonson races against time to uncover the missing manuscripts by seeking out his former nemesis\, the bedridden William Shaxper. But far more worrisome is that the Earl of Oxford’s daughter\, the Countess of Montgomery\, wants the folio published as a tribute to her father. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWitty\, intriguing and suspenseful\, Syril Levin Kline’s controversial novel calls into question everything you ever thought you knew about the Bard by exploring the irony of a creative genius forced to hide behind the identity of another. Kline proudly joins Mark Twain\, Walt Whitman\, Samuel Taylor Coleridge\, James Joyce\, Charles Dickens and others in their skepticism about the Shakespeare authorship. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMan in the Pandemic offers an intimate snapshot into a recent history we all know too well: Sent to work from home and in isolation from the onset of the pandemic\, Frank Smith is losing control over his carefully constructed environment. \n\n\n\nSoon forced into unemployment\, his hyper-focus turns towards what he can control: walking endless circles in his home\, conserving toilet paper and battling pests as he struggles to hold onto his sanity. Smith tries to make sense of social unrest and systemic racism\, natural disasters and climate change as he faces personal demons of loneliness\, fear and a lifetime of regrets. Simply told yet deceptively complex\, this dark comedy will resonate with anyone questioning their place in the universe as we navigate a world gone mad…
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/sweetest-third-thursday-ever/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Signing,Celebration,Third Thursday
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SUMMARY:Thriller Book Club September: My Heart is a Chainsaw
DESCRIPTION:We’re raving\, critics are raving and readers are raving about My Heart is a Chainsaw.by best-selling author Stephen Graham Jones. It’s classified as both horror and thriller but with the elevated writing and substantive themes this is a book we can’t wait to talk about! \nWe’ll meet live at the bookstore but for those who want to join us virtually\, we’ll have that option available as well using this link: \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/89159095977?pwd=cFdrSzllWUIxTzFlaHF1d1I1dnVsQT09\nMeeting ID: 891 5909 5977 Passcode: 472746 \nIn her quickly gentrifying rural lake town Jade sees recent events only her encyclopedic knowledge of horror films could have prepared her for in this latest novel from the Jordan Peele of horror literature\, New York Times bestselling author Stephen Graham Jones. \n“Some girls just don’t know how to die…” \nShirley Jackson meets Friday the 13th in My Heart Is a Chainsaw\, written by the author of The Only Good Indians Stephen Graham Jones\, called “a literary master” by National Book Award winner Tananarive Due and “one of our most talented living writers” by Tommy Orange. \nAlma Katsu calls My Heart Is a Chainsaw “a homage to slasher films that also manages to defy and transcend genre.” On the surface is a story of murder in small-town America. But beneath is its beating heart: a biting critique of American colonialism\, Indigenous displacement\, and gentrification\, and a heartbreaking portrait of a broken young girl who uses horror movies to cope with the horror of her own life. \nJade Daniels is an angry\, half-Indian outcast with an abusive father\, an absent mother\, and an entire town that wants nothing to do with her. She lives in her own world\, a world in which protection comes from an unusual source: horror movies…especially the ones where a masked killer seeks revenge on a world that wronged them. And Jade narrates the quirky history of Proofrock as if it is one of those movies. But when blood actually starts to spill into the waters of Indian Lake\, she pulls us into her dizzying\, encyclopedic mind of blood and masked murderers\, and predicts exactly how the plot will unfold. \nYet\, even as Jade drags us into her dark fever dream\, a surprising and intimate portrait emerges…a portrait of the scared and traumatized little girl beneath the Jason Voorhees mask: angry\, yes\, but also a girl who easily cries\, fiercely loves\, and desperately wants a home. A girl whose feelings are too big for her body. My Heart Is a Chainsaw is her story\, her homage to horror and revenge and triumph. \n\nAbout the Author\n\nStephen Graham Jones is the New York Times bestselling author of The Only Good Indians. He has been an NEA fellowship recipient\, has won the Jesse Jones Award for Best Work of Fiction from the Texas Institute of Letters\, the Independent Publishers Award for Multicultural Fiction\, a Bram Stoker Award\, four This is Horror Awards; and has been a finalist for the Shirley Jackson Award and the World Fantasy Award. He is the Ivena Baldwin Professor of English at the University of Colorado Boulder.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/thriller-book-club-september-my-heart-is-a-chainsaw/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion
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ORGANIZER;CN="Main Street Reads":MAILTO:shari@writerswin.com
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210831T173000
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SUMMARY:Memoir & Mimosas: Celebrating National Memoir Day
DESCRIPTION:Did you know that Tuesday\, August 31st\, is National Memoir Day? (Okay\, neither did we\, but it is\, and yeah\, that’s a thing!) \nTo celebrate\, we’re doing our very own Happy Hour – free mimosas and treats and the chance to meet local award-winning authors Kathryn Taylor\, who penned “Two Minus One” and Pattie Welek Hall\, author of “A Mother’s Dance.” \nCome on out and join us for some chit-chat and a memoir or two (all memoirs will be 10% off that day!)
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/memoir-mimosas-celebrating-national-memoir-day/
CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Signing,Celebration
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210826T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210826T200000
DTSTAMP:20260411T160848
CREATED:20210715T061459Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210819T230037Z
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SUMMARY:Pulpwood Queens Book Club August Pick: What's Not Said
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an engaging discussion WITH the author\, Valerie Taylor\, of What’s Not Said\, AND get the first look at the next in her lineup – What’s Not True\, releasing just before the club meets! Treats will be served and all are welcome! The book is available at the book club 10% discount and signed bookplates are here at the store – PLUS every new attendee gets a FREE book club journal! \nPrefer to join in via Zoom? Here are the Zoom details (some will join in via Zoom\, some live at the store – your choice!): \nTopic: Pulpwood Queens: What’s Not Said with Valerie Taylor Time: Aug 26\, 2021 06:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/87043665355?pwd=MW1WV08wMExsSTF6dWtLbDFmeURvQT09\nMeeting ID: 870 4366 5355 Passcode: 715842 \n“Taylor’s dialogue is snappy and contemporary . . . A witty and often amusing family drama.”–Kirkus Reviews \nKassie O’Callaghan’s meticulous plans to divorce her emotionally abusive husband\, Mike\, and move in with Chris\, a younger man she met five years ago on a solo vacation in Venice\, are disrupted when she finds out Mike has chronic kidney disease–something he’s concealed from her for years. Once again\, she postpones her path to freedom–at least\, until she pokes around his pajama drawer and discovers his illness is the least of his deceits. \nBut Kassie is no angel\, either. As she struggles to justify her own indiscretions\, the secret lives she and Mike have led collide head-on\, revealing a tangled web of sex\, lies\, and DNA. Still\, mindful of her vows\, Kassie commits to helping her husband find an organ donor. In the process\, she uncovers a life-changing secret. Problem is\, if she reveals it\, her own immorality will be exposed\, which means she has an impossible decision to make: Whose life will she save–her husband’s or her own? \nMeet The Author\nValerie Taylor was born and raised in Stamford\, Connecticut. She graduated twice from Sacred Heart University in CT with a B.S. Business Administration and an MBA. She climbed the proverbial ladder in her early years at Xerox and then helped launch Executive Development Associates\, a start-up executive education and coaching firm. There she dabbled in writing business communications and newsletters. \nHer writing career took off when she joined Optima Group\, and then later Clarion Brand Communications\, where she focused on branding and crafting dozens of retirement planning programs for banks\, mutual fund companies\, and insurance companies. Because of her reputation in this niche\, Russell Investments recruited her to join the firm in Washington State. During her ten-year tenure there\, Valerie led the firm’s defined contribution marketing efforts for both pre- and post-retirement investment programs. \nAfter a Rick Steves’ tour to Venice\, Florence\, and Rome\, Valerie retired and returned home to CT in 2016 where her children have grown up and settled. When she’s not writing\, reading\, practicing tai chi or cheering for the Boston Red Sox or the New England Patriots\, she’s sharing her wisdom and values with her granddaughter\, who’s growing up way too fast. \nHer debut novel\, What’s Not Said\, launched in September 2020. The sequel\, What’s Not True\, will be published on August 24\, 2021. \n 
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/pulpwood-queens-book-club-august-pick-whats-not-said/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion
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ORGANIZER;CN="Main Street Reads":MAILTO:shari@writerswin.com
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210822T163000
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SUMMARY:Once Upon a Time I Lived on Mars: Virtual Event
DESCRIPTION:Join in for this cool virtual Bookclub + Author Event for Once Upon a Time I Lived on Mars: Space\, Exploration\, and Life on Earth by Kate Greene\, produced by #ReadingWomenLeaders! \n#ReadingWomenLeaders is a bookclub series\, showcasing women leaders in every aspect of life. Prioritizing autobiographies to center the voices of the women themselves\, the club reads and learns about women in the areas of the arts\, politics\, nature\, sciences\, and sports\, among others. \nIndependent bookstores and readers from around the world are welcome to participate in this free series. Learn more HERE. \nRegister to Attend HERE\n\n\n\n\n\nKate Greene was the crew writer and second-in-command on the first simulated Mars mission for the NASA-funded HI-SEAS project. A poet\, essayist\, and former laser physicist\, her work has appeared in multiple publications and radio shows. She’s taught writing at Columbia University\, San Francisco State University\, and the Tennessee Prison for Women. She lives in New York City. \nKate will be joining the Reading Women Leaders Bookclub on August 22\, 2021 and you’re invited to meet the author! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout ONCE UPON A TIME I LIVED ON MARS\n\n\nWhen it comes to Mars\, the focus is often on how to get there: the rockets\, the engines\, the fuel. But upon arrival\, what will it actually be like? \nIn 2013\, Kate Greene moved to Mars. That is\, along with five fellow crew members\, she embarked on NASA’s first HI-SEAS mission\, a simulated Martian environment located on the slopes of Mauna Loa in Hawai’i. For four months she lived\, worked\, and slept in an isolated geodesic dome\, conducting a sleep study on her crew mates and gaining incredible insight into human behavior in tight quarters\, as well as the nature of boredom\, dreams\, and isolation that arise amidst the promise of scientific progress and glory. \nIn Once Upon a Time I Lived on Mars\, Greene draws on her experience to contemplate humanity’s broader impulse to explore. The result is a twined story of space and life\, of the standard\, able-bodied astronaut and Greene’s brother’s disability\, of the lag time of interplanetary correspondences and the challenges of a long-distance marriage\, of freeze-dried egg powder and fresh pineapple\, of departure and return. \nBy asking what kind of wisdom humanity might take to Mars and elsewhere in the Universe\, Greene has written a remarkable\, wide-ranging examination of our time in space right now\, as a pre-Mars species\, poised on the edge\, readying for launch.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/once-upon-a-time-i-lived-on-mars-virtual-event/
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion,Virtual Author Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210821T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210821T180000
DTSTAMP:20260411T160848
CREATED:20210725T035525Z
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SUMMARY:Bookstore Romance Day
DESCRIPTION:August 21st is the third annual Bookstore Romance Day and we’ll be celebrating here with some spicy treats and hot romance authors! \nHeadlining the event at Main Street Reads will be Dorothy McFalls with two stellar romance novels: The Marriage List and The Nude – don’t miss this special signing from 2-4 pm Saturday! \n   \nOfficial Bookstore Romance Day Ambassador(s):\nKit Rocha: Deal with the Devil
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/bookstore-romance-day-2/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Signing,Celebration
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ORGANIZER;CN="Main Street Reads":MAILTO:shari@writerswin.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210819T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210819T200000
DTSTAMP:20260411T160848
CREATED:20201115T065529Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220305T165157Z
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SUMMARY:Third Thursday: Music and Fun for All!
DESCRIPTION:THIS MONTH: “SUMMER in SUMMERVILLE” is the theme… We’ll offer up some cooling treats for visiting readers! \nOn 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 eclectic shops\, boutiques and restaurants. \nEnjoy partying out on the square\, sales and treats at Main Street Reads\, and singer/ songwriter/guitarist Mike Kaltofen keeping the vibe cool and festive as we enjoy our downtown community and plenty of book love. \nSee you on Main Street!
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/third-thursday-music-and-fun-for-all/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Celebration,Third Thursday
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ORGANIZER;CN="Main Street Reads":MAILTO:shari@writerswin.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210817T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210817T200000
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SUMMARY:Living Large Book Club August Pick: All the Little Hopes
DESCRIPTION:Our big book for August will be All the Little Hopes\, releasing July 27th from SourceBooks\, penned by Leah Weiss\, author of the fabulous If The Creek Don’t Rise! Leah will join us via Zoom for the live book discussion at Main Street Reads and we’ll make BOTH her great books available at the 10% off book club discount at the store. Refreshments will be served. Join us for this wonderful evening – all are welcome!! \nPrefer to join by Zoom? The link is https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89525681604?pwd=MWp4bTBveHZZNFhTRkw5QUprZnRpdz09\nMeeting ID: 895 2568 1604 Passcode: 494161 \nA Southern story of friendship forged by books and bees\, when the timeless troubles of growing up meet the murky shadows of World War II. \nDeep in the tobacco land of North Carolina\, nothing’s been the same since the boys shipped off to war and worry took their place. Thirteen-year-old Lucy Brown is precocious and itching for adventure. Then Allie Bert Tucker wanders into town\, an outcast with a puzzling past\, and Lucy figures the two of them can solve any curious crime they find–just like her hero\, Nancy Drew. \nTheir chance comes when a man goes missing\, a woman stops speaking\, and an eccentric gives the girls a mystery to solve that takes them beyond the ordinary. Their quiet town\, seasoned with honeybees and sweet tea\, becomes home to a Nazi prisoner-of-war camp. More men go missing. And together\, the girls embark on a journey to discover if we ever really know who the enemy is. \nLush with Southern atmosphere\, All The Little Hopes is the story of two girls growing up as war creeps closer\, blurring the difference between what’s right\, what’s wrong\, and what we know to be true. \nLEAH WEISS is a Southern writer born in North Carolina and raised in the foothills of Virginia. Her debut novel If the Creek Don’t Rise was released in August of 2017. Her short stories have been published in The Simple Life magazine\, Every Day Fiction and Deep South Magazine. You can contact her on her website leahweiss.com.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/living-large-book-club-august-pick-all-the-little-hopes/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210812T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210812T200000
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SUMMARY:Thriller Book Club August Pick: Eight Perfect Murders!
DESCRIPTION:Reader votes are in and our Thrill in the ‘Ville club is reading Eight Perfect Murders for August\, a thriller by Peter Swanson. \nWe’ll be serving refreshments and will have a unique gift for new club members! \nA Kirkus Best Fiction Book of the year \n“Swanson rips us from one startling plot twist to the next… A true tour de force.” –Lisa Gardner\n \nFiendish good fun. –Anthony Horowitz \nFrom the hugely talented author of Before She Knew Him comes a chilling tale of psychological suspense and an homage to the thriller genre tailor-made for fans: the story of a bookseller who finds himself at the center of an FBI investigation because a very clever killer has started using his list of fiction’s most ingenious murders. \nYears ago\, bookseller and mystery aficionado Malcolm Kershaw compiled a list of the genre’s most unsolvable murders\, those that are almost impossible to crack–which he titled “Eight Perfect Murders”–chosen from among the best of the best including Agatha Christie’s A. B. C. Murders\, Patricia Highsmith’s Strangers on a Train\, Ira Levin’s Deathtrap\, A. A. Milne’s The Red House Mystery\, Anthony Berkeley Cox’s Malice Aforethought\, James M. Cain’s Double Indemnity\, John D. MacDonald’s The Drowner\, and Donna Tartt’s The Secret History. \nBut no one is more surprised than Mal\, now the owner of the Old Devils Bookstore in Boston\, when an FBI agent comes knocking on his door one snowy day in February. She’s looking for information about a series of unsolved murders that look eerily similar to the killings on Mal’s old list. And the FBI agent isn’t the only one interested in this bookseller who spends almost every night at home reading. The killer is out there\, watching his every move–a diabolical threat who knows way too much about Mal’s personal history\, especially the secrets he’s never told anyone\, even his recently deceased wife. \nTo protect himself\, Mal begins looking into possible suspects . . . and sees a killer in everyone around him. But Mal doesn’t count on the investigation leaving a trail of death in its wake. Suddenly\, a series of shocking twists leaves more victims dead–and the noose around Mal’s neck grows so tight he might never escape. \n 
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/thriller-book-club-august-pick-eight-perfect-murders/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210801T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210801T160000
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SUMMARY:Mystery and Mimosas Anyone?
DESCRIPTION:How ’bout sparking up the start of August with some cozy mysteries and a mimosa? (Or just the OJ or just the bubbly if you prefer!) Mystery authors Linda Lovely and Dorothy St. James will BOTH be with us on Sunday\, August 1st at 2 pm to debut their newest books and bring on the dog days of Summerville summer: \nMANAGING AN HOA CAN BE MURDER: Murder victims in separate Lowcountry homeowner associations appear to have had only two things in common—they antagonized neighbors and their dead bodies were posed to shock. Are HOA feuds provoking these murders? Kylee Kane\, a retired Coast Guard investigator\, agrees to help her friend’s HOA management company find the answer. After uncovering decades-old links between the murder victims\, Kylee IDs the killer’s next target. Can she foil the third act in the killer’s death-as-theater game or will she be the next corpse on display? \nLinda Lovely has spent most of her career working in PR and advertising—an early introduction to penning fiction. With Neighbors Like These is Lovely’s ninth mystery/suspense novel. Whether she’s writing cozy mysteries\, historical suspense or contemporary thrillers\, her novels share one common element—smart\, independent heroines. Humor and romance also sneak into every manuscript. Her work has earned nominations for a number of prestigious awards\, ranging from RWA’s Golden Heart for Romantic Suspense to Killer Nashville’s Silver Falchion for Best Cozy Mystery. \nLinda lives on a lake in Upstate South Carolina with her husband\, and enjoys swimming\, tennis\, gardening\, long walks\, and\, of course\, reading To learn more\, visit www.lindalovely.com \nAnd of course many of you know Dorothy St. James\, who’s had not one but TWO wonderful signings at Main Street Reads in the past\, including headlining the town’s Friday night Dessert Walk in 2019! Her newest entry (love this cover!) is The Broken Spine: When small-town assistant librarian Tru Beckett sets up a secret book room in her newly modernized library\, she discovers that protecting the printed word is harder than she’d ever imagined. In fact\, it’s murder. \nWe’ll have plenty of copies of her popular Chocolate Shop mysteries on hand as well! \nDorothy St. James is the alter-ego of award-winning multi-published author\, Dorothy McFalls. She enjoys writing in several different genres. Her works have been nominated for many awards including: Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice Award\, Reviewers International Organization Award\, National Reader’s Choice Award\, CataRomance Reviewers’ Choice Award\, and The Romance Reviews Today Perfect 10! Award. Reviewers have called her work: “amazing”\, “perfect”\, “filled with emotion”\, and “lined with danger.”
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/mystery-and-mimosas-anyone/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Signing,Celebration
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ORGANIZER;CN="Main Street Reads":MAILTO:shari@writerswin.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210722T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210722T200000
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SUMMARY:Pulpwood Queens Bookclub: The Gumbeaux Sistahs
DESCRIPTION:Come join us for some libations and a lively discussion about The Gumbeaux Sistahs by Jax Frey! As always\, the book is available from Main Street Reads at the 10% off book club price (and it’s in paperback!) \nYou can join in live or via Zoom via this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85949571566?pwd=d0hKN1ppK2FpVE9lR0xlQ0dYVUhBdz09 \nMeeting ID: 859 4957 1566 Passcode: 994085 \n“A bowl of my Mama’s gumbo and a little wine will solve any problem you’ve got\,” said every single Gumbeaux Sistah ever. \nFive Southern women wage a hilarious war against the ageism problems of one of their deep-in-trouble sisters using their improbable friendships\, evil-genius schemes\, oh-so-numerous cocktails\, and a shared passion for good gumbo. \nWhen southern artist\, Judith Lafferty\, loses her long-time\, prestigious museum job to a much younger man\, she finds herself devastated\, alone in her sixties\, and on the brink of financial disaster. Enter the incomparable Gumbeaux Sistahs\, who deliver day-old coffee to her front door as a ploy\, then go on to kidnap her\, feed her excellent gumbo\, and come up with outrageous solutions to her problems. \nTheir motives are just good excuses to drink wine\, have a great time\, argue over whose mother makes the best gumbo\, and\, most of all\, help a sister out. Ageism\, dangerous boyfriends\, deep loneliness\, and any other challenges that can face the over fifty crowd don’t stand a chance against these five resourceful ladies. \nThe Gumbeaux Sistahs is a heart-warming\, smart story of friendship and unexpected shenanigans that you do not want to miss.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/pulpwood-queens-bookclub-the-gumbeaux-sistahs/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210720T200000
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SUMMARY:Living Large Bookclub: Trouble the Water by Rebecca Dwight Bruff
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an engaging discussion surrounding the American Fiction award-winning Trouble the Water. \nNOTE: The author WILL join us via Zoom – participants can join in LIVE at the store or via the Zoom link here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87099370876?pwd=M1NCUmlsbUY0a0xqL3RaOUZGTTEwUT09 Meeting ID: 870 9937 0876 Passcode: 856794 \n\nDeeply moving and illuminating\, TROUBLE THE WATER reveals the little-known real-life story of Robert Smalls. Born enslaved before the Civil War\, Smalls witnesses great privilege and immense suffering alongside his owner’s daughter and the dangerous son of a firebrand secessionist. \nAt the age of twelve\, he’s sent to work in Charleston\, where he loads ships and learns to pilot a cotton steamer. When the war erupts and his cotton steamer becomes a confederate warship\, Robert attempts a harrowing escape to freedom for himself and the people he loves. \n\n\n“With this stunning debut novel\, Rebecca Bruff establishes herself as an exciting new voice in historical fiction.” – Cassandra King Conroy \n\nRebecca Bruff heard the story of Robert Smalls on her first visit to South Carolina. She was so captivated that she left her job and moved across the country to research and write this novel. Bruff earned her Bachelors degree in education (Texas A&M) and Master and Doctorate degrees in theology (Southern Methodist University). In 2017\, she was a scholarship recipient for the prestigious Key West Literary Seminar. She volunteers at the Pat Conroy Literary Center in Beaufort\, South Carolina. She’s published non-fiction\, plays a little tennis\, travels when she can\, and loves life in the lowcountry with her husband and an exuberant golden retriever. Learn more at rebeccabruff.com
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/living-large-bookclub-trouble-the-water-by-rebecca-dwight-bruff/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion
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SUMMARY:Children's Booksigning with PK Potts!
DESCRIPTION:Join us Saturday morning\, July 17th\, for a special book-signing with South Carolina author PK Potts\, visiting us from Walterboro with three young reader selections: Army the Armadillo\, If the Tree Could Talk\, and A Little Girl Named Sad. \nArmy the Armadillo\nArmy the Armadillo is an enchanting tale of unexpected friendships and overcoming obstacles in unusual habitats. When a veteran and his family travel from Ft. Hood\, Texas to live on the spectacular Pacific coast in Coos Bay\, Oregon they are startled by a strange stowaway! Encounters in a forest of furry bullies create memorable friendships between a little girl\, a prickly partner and the little armored one. \nIf the Tree Could Talk\nSit under the shade of the Half-Way Oak\, one of the Famous Trees of Texas. Listen with the little Cherokee girl as the tree weaves a tale. From acorn to oak\, the spirit of the tree comes alive with stories of the Cherokee Nation and famous marshals and outlaws traveling the old Ft. Griffin stagecoach pass. The tree talks with the wind and his favorite little person\, bringing him from tears to triumph recalling 200 years of history. \nA Little Girl Named Sad\nThis young adult novel\, based on a true story\, is about a girl’s difficult trials encountered while growing up with teenage alcoholic parents. Sometimes brutal\, often funny\, it is a frank and startling account of the damaging imprints left behind on children raised by parents with addictive behavior. This journey will take readers from the bluebonnets of Texas\, snow banks in Illinois\, and into the beautiful forests of Oregon. \nA candid chronicle of a child growing into womanhood that will encourage others who have trod this rocky path and help them to discover their own unique ways to face the obstacles from their past and the scars left behind. \npk potts is a graduate of The Institute of Children’s Literature. She is the author of the children’s book “Army the Armadillo” and “If the Tree Could Talk”\, and a featured poet in “The Poet’s Word\,” an anthology published by Steady Moon Press. A freelance poet\, writer and photographer whose work has appeared in Germany\, Texas\, Oregon and The Carolinas.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/childrens-booksigning-with-pk-potts/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Signing,Reading
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SUMMARY:Third Thursday: Christmas in July!
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a special Third Thursday this month with a “Christmas in July” theme – we’ll have a very special local author joining us that evening\, Cindy Barrineau Curtis\, author of the recently released Living the Heart of God. \nAbout the Book: When you feel like your life is lacking something vital\, pick up this book. When you can’t see a clear direction\, let this book be your guide. When the guilt and shame of your mistakes seem to follow you wherever you go\, read this book for a better perspective. When your hope has diminished and you feel as if you are accepting that your life is as good as gets\, give this book a chance to change your mind. How do you talk to God? How do you know that our prayers are heard? How do you live your life abundantly? In Living the Heart of God\, you will explore the beauty of prayer with fresh eyes. You will be provided with what you need for self-reflection. You are offered ways to practice how to increase your quality of life through spending time with God. \nCindy Barrineau Curtis is the author of three Heart of God books includling Touching the Heart of God is a collection of poems\, scripture references\, and prayers for times of joy and sorrow and everything in between. This devotional book includes material that can be used as a small group study. \nAs always\, local guitarist\, singer and songwriter Michael Kaltofen will be playing live at Main Street Reads to set the mood for our festive evening… See you there!
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/third-thursday-christmas-in-july/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Signing,Celebration,Third Thursday
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210710T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210710T120000
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SUMMARY:Booksigning: Janet Lee Berg
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an entertaining chat and book signing with Janet Lee Berg\, author of the new release Restitution. Janet’s work has been featured in numerous newspapers and magazines on Long Island\, NY\, and the Post & Courier in Charleston. Her debut novel\, Rembrandt’s Shadow\, received a glowing critique in Historical Novels Review magazine\, and she published a children’s picture book called Kitti\, the Cargo Ship to inspire empathy and kindness. \n“Illuminating . . . ” -Lynn H. Nicholas\, world’s leading researcher on Art pilfered during WWII and author of The Rape Of Europa  \nSylvie Rosenberg was once the aristocratic daughter of a prominent Dutch art dealer until the Nazi invasion of Holland changed everything. Forced to part with his astonishing collection of masterpieces\, her father managed to trade a Rembrandt for the lives of twenty-five family members\, including Sylvie. \nMany years later\, in America\, Sylvie is on a path of self-destruction\, still equating love with all the “things” that were taken away from her. Pocketing small items at first\, eventually her hopelessness leads to a monumental betrayal\, dismantling the lives of her son\, Michael\, a writer and Vietnam vet still struggling with the consequences of war\, and his schoolteacher wife\, Angela\, as they struggle to fill their own void after failed attempts to conceive a child. \nDesperate to win back their love\, Sylvie returns to her homeland to face old ghosts and the Dutch judicial system\, seeking the restitution of her family’s masterpieces. But the battle proves far more difficult than she imagined… \n 
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/booksigning-janet-lee-berg/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Signing
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210708T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210708T200000
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SUMMARY:Thriller Book Club: Survive the Night
DESCRIPTION:Our Thrill in the ‘Ville thriller book club is BACK! Join us for a thrilling discussion of this brilliant new release\, Survive the Night – releasing this Tuesday from NYT bestselling author Riley Sager! The book is available at the 10% off book club price at Main Street Reads! \nOne of New York Times Book Review‘s summer reads guaranteed to make your heart thump and your skin crawl; An Amazon Best of the Month Pick; Named a must-read summer book by The Washington Post\, Vulture\, BuzzFeed\, Forbes\, Entertainment Weekly\, CNN\, New York Post\, Good Housekeeping\, E!\, PopSugar\, CrimeReads\, Thrillist\, and BookRiot.  \nIt’s November 1991. Nirvana’s in the tape deck\, George H. W. Bush is in the White House\, and movie-obsessed college student Charlie Jordan is in a car with a man who might be a serial killer. \nJosh Baxter\, the man behind the wheel\, is a virtual stranger to Charlie. They met at the campus ride board\, each looking to share the long drive home to Ohio. Both have good reasons for wanting to get away. For Charlie\, it’s guilt and grief over the shocking murder of her best friend\, who became the third victim of the man known as the Campus Killer. For Josh\, it’s to help care for his sick father–or so he says. \nThe longer she sits in the passenger seat\, the more Charlie notices there’s something suspicious about Josh\, from the holes in his story about his father to how he doesn’t want her to see inside the trunk. As they travel an empty\, twisty highway in the dead of night\, an increasingly anxious Charlie begins to think she’s sharing a car with the Campus Killer. Is Josh truly dangerous? Or is Charlie’s jittery mistrust merely a figment of her movie-fueled imagination? \nOne thing is certain–Charlie has nowhere to run and no way to call for help. Trapped in a terrifying game of cat and mouse played out on pitch-black roads and in neon-lit parking lots\, Charlie knows the only way to win is to survive the night.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/thriller-book-club-survive-the-night/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210629T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210629T200000
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SUMMARY:Reader Meet Writer: Nowhere Girl with Cheryl Diamond (Virtual)
DESCRIPTION:Excited to participate in this stellar Reader Meet Writer event about a book we’re all loving: NOWHERE GIRL. CONTACT US for information on how to join in that night – you won’t want to miss it!\n \nAn absolutely breathless read. Nowhere Girl is a courageous\, heart-breaking\, and beautifully written story of a girl doing everything in her power to protect the ones she loves.”\n—Paul Haggis\, Academy Award-winning writer/director of Crash\, Million Dollar Baby\, and Casino Royale \n“By the age of nine\, I will have lived in more than a dozen countries\, on five continents\, under six assumed identities. I’ll know how a document is forged\, how to withstand an interrogation\, and most important\, how to disappear…” \nWild\, heart-wrenching\, and unexpectedly funny\, Nowhere Girl is an inspiring coming-of-age memoir about running for freedom against the odds. \nTo the young Cheryl Diamond\, life felt like one big adventure\, whether she was hurtling down the Himalayas in a rickety car or mingling with underworld fixers. Her family appeared to be an unbreakable gang of five. One day they were in Australia\, the next South Africa\, the pattern repeating as they crossed continents\, changed identities\, and erased their pasts. What Diamond didn’t yet know was that she was born into a family of outlaws fleeing from the highest international law enforcement agencies\, a family with secrets that would eventually catch up to all of them. \nBy the time she was in her teens\, Diamond had lived dozens of lives and lies\, but as she grew\, love and trust turned to fear and violence\, and her family—the only people she had in the world—began to unravel. She started to realize that her life itself might be a big con\, and the people she loved\, the most dangerous of all. With no way out and her identity burned so often that she had no proof she even existed\, all that was left was a girl from nowhere. \nSurviving would require her to escape\, and to do so Diamond would have to unlearn all the rules she grew up with. Like The Glass Castle meets Catch Me If You Can\, Nowhere Girl is an impossible-to-believe true story of self-discovery and triumph. \nCONTACT US for information on how to join the event or head here to register! \nCheryl Diamond is now a citizen of Luxembourg and lives between there and Rome. Her behind-the-scenes account of life as a teenage model\, Model: A Memoir\, was published in 2008. Diamond´s second book\, Naked Rome\, reveals the Eternal City through the eyes of its most fascinating people.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/reader-meet-writer-nowhere-girl-with-cheryl-diamond-virtual/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Reader Meet Writer,Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210626T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210626T123000
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SUMMARY:Mary Alice Monroe and Angela May: Summer Reading Spectacular!
DESCRIPTION:Join us Saturday\, June 26th for an amazing event featuring authors Mary Alice Monroe and Angela May\, debuting their middle-grade novel\, The Islanders\, available for pre-order now at Main Street Reads! \nTeachers\, students\, librarians and reading groups can also access a curriculum guide HERE. \nThe morning will feature an intro to these wonderful authors as well as free treats\, AND an open mic for middle graders to share their own writing! If you’re a middle school student who wants on stage that day\, drop us an email at mainstreetreads@gmail.com to get on the list\, or have your teacher put you on the list! Open mic readers will be given up to five minutes to read their essay\, poem or short story\, staying on key themes from The Islander: friendship\, inclusion and conservation. Students selected to read will also receive a gift from the authors! \nCo-written with first-time author and friend Angela May\, The Islanders introduces Monroe’s trademark passion for the environment to a new generation of readers as they follow eleven-year-old Jake and the summer he’s forced to spend on tiny Dewees Island with his grandmother. \nEverything in his life is turned upside down: Jake does not know anyone\, the island is a nature sanctuary with no cars or paved roads\, no stores or restaurants\, and to make matters worse\, Jake’s grandmother doesn’t believe in cable or the internet. When Jake meets new friends Macon and Lovie\, the three embark on island adventures until one mistake changes everything. Ultimately\, Jake discovers a deep love for the island and the healing power of nature. \nMary Alice Monroe has always been captivated by the beauty and fragility of the wild habitat around her. In particular\, the coastal southern landscape became a strong and important focus in many of her novels. She is the New York Times bestselling author of 27 books\, including the Beach House series: The Beach House\, Beach House Memories\, Swimming Lessons\, Beach House for Rent\, and Beach House Reunion\, On Ocean Boulevard\, and her latest book in the series The Summer of Lost and Found which will also be available for purchase/signing that day. Monroe’s debut middle-grade fiction series\, The Islanders\, releases June 15\, 2021. \nHer bestselling novel The Beach House is also a Hallmark Hall of Fame movie\, starring Andie McDowell\, Minka Kelly\, and Chad Michael Murray. \nMonroe is also an active conservationist and supports numerous conservation-focused organizations. Her work includes serving as a board member emeritus for the South Carolina Aquarium and a state-certified member of the Island Turtle Team. She lives on in Isle of Palms\, South Carolina\, which is a source of inspiration for many of her books. \nAngela May 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 Mary Alice Monroe for more than a decade. The Islanders is their first book together! Angela’s husband is a middle school assistant principal. They have two children and live in Mount Pleasant\, South Carolina. \nAlso Appearing: Local Favorite Jewel Sweeney!\nSummerville’s own Jewel Sweeney will be on hand\, launching her two newest middle-grade books\, Blueberry Ballerina and More Than a Jock. Jewel will join the festivities at 11 a.m. after her appearance at the Summerville Farmers Market.\n \nFrom the More Than Surface Level series: More Than a Jock features Alex Findman\, the self-proclaimed “King of the Nerds” at Eastside High School. He is ready to take on the eleventh grade and reign as the top student in the entire school\, if he can handle AP Chemistry. Alex finds out that his chemistry class won’t just be difficult because of the material\, but also because the teacher has chosen their lab partners for them. Alex has been paired with a senior and varsity quarterback\, Brad. Alex fears having to do work for both of them and maintaining his soaring GPA. In just a few short weeks\, Alex begins to see that not all athletes are dumb meatheads like he thought. And Brad proves to him that he is more than just some jock. \nIn Blueberry Ballerina\, Lacey Hudson is a bright and beautiful high school dancer in the upstate. Her parents own a small farm with fruit and horses. Lacey loves her farm almost as much as she loves dancing. Lacey’s skills earn her a spot with a summer program in Kansas City to dance with a professional company. She soars above and beyond what anyone would ever expect of a small-town farm girl to overcome the jealousy of others. Lacey’s hard work and positive attitude bring her face to face with the best ballerinas with the worst attitudes. \nWe look forward to seeing you on this special Summer Reading day to get signed books from these amazing authors and enjoy treats\, aspiring young writers and community on Hutchinson Square… \nEnjoy more Mary Alice Monroe selections HERE
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/mary-alice-monroe-and-angela-may-summer-reading-spectacular/
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:Pulpwood Queens Bookclub: Outbound Train by Renea Winchester
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a thoughtful discussion of Outbound Train by Renea Winchester\, who’ll be joining us for the talk! (in-store purchases are eligible for the 10% bookclub discount).AND\, you can join the discussion LIVE at Main Street Reads OR via Zoom – Author Renea Winchester will join us that evening via Zoom so you can ask questions of the author! \nTopic: Pulpwood Queens June\nTime: Jun 24\, 2021 06:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/85688828708?pwd=eWNWaGYyWFlaVDFRWmpSenlxdmFZZz09\nMeeting ID: 856 8882 8708 Passcode: 281677 \nIn 1976\, memories from a night near the railroad tracks sixteen years earlier haunt Barbara Parker. She wrestles with past demons every night\, then wakes to the train’s five-thirty whistle. Exhausted and dreading the day\, she keeps her hands busy working in Bryson City’s textile plant\, known as the “blue jean plant\,” all the while worrying about her teenage daughter\, Carole Anne. The whistle of the train\, the hum of those machines\, and the struggle to survive drives Barbara. When an unexpected layoff creates a financial emergency\, the desperate pressure of poverty is overwhelming. \nUnbeknownst to Barbara\, Carole Anne sneaks out at night to walk the tracks so she can work at Hubert’s Bar. She’s hoarding money with plans to drive her mother’s rusty\, unused Oldsmobile out of Bryson City\, and never return. She only needs one opportunity … if she can just find it. \nWhen Carole Anne goes missing\, Barbara finds herself at a crossroad–she must put aside old memories and past hurts to rely on a classmate for help finding her daughter. But this is the same man she blames for the incident years ago. Is she strong enough–or desperate enough–to do anything to keep her daughter safe? \nThe Parker women struggle to make frayed ends meet in a town where they never quite do … at least\, not without expert weaving and a bit of brute force. \n\nAbout the Author\n\nRenea Winchester was born in Bryson City\, North Carolina. She is the author of two nonfiction books set in Atlanta Georgia where she lived for 17 years. Outbound Train is her first novel.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/pulpwood-queens-bookclub-outbound-train-by-renea-winchester/
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion
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SUMMARY:An Adventurous Third Thursday and Booksigning!
DESCRIPTION:We’re looking forward to an outstanding Third Thursday this month. Not only will we have Mike Kaltofen on hand\, and not only will the town square be sporting an Adventure theme (complete with zip line!)\, but we’ll be hosting an adventure of our own: the authors of the debut memoir 100 Days in Vietnam. will join us for an adventurous book launch! \nDon’t miss this chance to meet co-authors Joseph and Matthew Tallon and get a personally signed copy of this much-anticipated work! \n“Joe Tallon scratched and clawed his way through Army training\, ultimately finding himself in Vietnam by 1972. His resiliency and strength to overcome shine through in this poignant survival story told in tandem by father and son.” – Mike Krzyzewski\, Head Coach\, Duke University\, West Point Class of 1969 \n“100 Days in Vietnam offers readers both a rare window on the final days of our painful national odyssey in Vietnam and a remarkable record of an individual’s determined quest to honor a fallen comrade.” – Ken Burns\, Filmmaker and Director of The Vietnam War\, The Civil War\,  and many other films \nAbout 100 Days in Vietnam\nAs American troops continue their steady exodus on the last day of their ground war in Vietnam\, Lieutenant Joe Tallon is shot down by an enemy missile. Forced to eject at a dangerously low altitude from their OV-1 Mohawk\, Joe and his tactical observer\, Specialist-5 Daniel Richards\, land in the flaming wreckage. Lieutenant Tallon survives but Specialist Richards does not. Stateside\, Lieutenant Tallon begins to heal and proceed with his life but the loss of his tactical observer is never far from his mind. Forty years later\, Joe embarks on a quest to bring recognition to the sacrifice of Daniel Richards and secure a Purple Heart for his family. \nPainstakingly recreated from wartime letters and remembrances and contextualized by contemporary news accounts\, 100 Days in Vietnam is a collaboration between Joe and his son Matt-also an Army veteran. Here we experience the war through the emotions of the man who survived it: the drudgery and monotony of airfield life\, the heartache of a newlywed missing his wife\, the terror of combat missions\, the agony of injury and rehabilitation\, and the bittersweet relief from the completion of his final mission to bring recognition to his fallen comrade. \nAbout the Authors\nJoseph F. Tallon is a retired US Army lieutenant colonel who served from 1969 to 2007. Trained as a composite Army aviator in rotary and fixed-wing aircraft\, he flew the OV-1 Mohawk during Vietnam\, transitioning to Army intelligence after the war. A selection of his awards and decorations during his military service includes the Purple Heart\, the Meritorious Service Medal\, the Air Medal (2x)\, the Army Commendation Medal\, the Vietnam Cross of Gallantry\, the Vietnam Wounded in Action Medal\, and the Vietnam Campaign Medal. Upon completion of a master’s degree in education and supervision at The Citadel in 1981\, Joe taught high school social studies. Retired from teaching\, he has been an active volunteer and fundraiser for the local chapter of the Disabled American Veterans. Joe has been married to his wife\, Martha Anne\, for fifty years and has two sons and six grandchildren. \nMatthew A. Tallon is a former US Army transportation officer who served primarily in overseas duty assignments for five years and completed his active-duty commitment as a captain. Matt is a graduate of Duke University with a bachelor’s degree in history and a teaching certification. After completion of his military service\, Matt returned to Durham Public Schools to teach high school US history and civics. After graduating from Harvard with a master’s degree in education policy and management\, Matt currently serves as the senior project manager for the Public Education Leadership Project\, a joint education initiative between the Harvard Business School and Harvard Graduate School of Education. Matt has been married to his wife\, Lindsay\, for the past twenty years and has three sons.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/adventurous-third-thursday-booksigning/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Signing,Celebration,Third Thursday
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