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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:December Fab Fantasy Book Club: Blood Over Bright Haven
DESCRIPTION:Screenshot\n\n\n\nCome join the discussion – wine and apps are free and as always our clubs are free and open to all\, PLUS the book club picks are offered at the 10% off book club discount. \n\n\n\nBlood Over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang. This first edition hardcover of Blood Over Bright Haven will appeal to collectors with its red stained edges\, intricate red and gold foil on the jacket\, a full-color endpaper map\, and an interior illustration from the world of the novel. \n\n\n\nBlood Over Bright Haven\n\n\n\nMeet Sciona\, a fierce mage whose lifelong dream is to join the High Magistry—the exclusive governing body within the University of Magics and Industry. Against all odds\, Sciona becomes the first woman admitted to the order\, but she soon realizes that her hardest battles are only beginning. Her male peers in the High Magistry are quick to dismiss and ostracize her\, assigning her a janitor in place of the qualified assistant she expected. \n\n\n\nThis “janitor\,” however\, turns out to be much more. Once a part of a wandering tribe\, he lost his family and homeland to the forces he now seeks to understand. His journey into the city has left him disillusioned but determined\, and he sees his work alongside Sciona as a way to uncover the truth behind his family’s destruction and the oppressive power that keeps people like him on the fringes of society. \n\n\n\nSciona and her assistant forge a tentative alliance that leads them to a dangerous discovery. At its heart\, this story is about power\, privilege\, and the cost of ambition\, and Sciona is a character who must confront her own biases to see the larger picture. \n\n\n\nFor fans of thought-provoking fantasy with a strong feminist and socially conscious edge\, Blood Over Bright Haven is a must-read. Its high-stakes plot\, intricate magic\, and complex characters will resonate with readers.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/december-fab-fantasy-book-club-blood-over-bright-haven/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion
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SUMMARY:November Books & Banter Book Club: Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty
DESCRIPTION:Screenshot\n\n\n\nAs always\, our book clubs are free and open to all\, and the book club pick is 10% off the regular price. You bring the conversation\, we’ll provide the treats! \n\n\n\nThis month’s pick: Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – From the beloved author of Big Little Lies\, Apples Never Fall\, and The Husband’s Secret comes a moving novel of love\, marriage\, family\, and trying to find certainty in a fragile world.“A riveting story so wild you don’t know how she’ll land it\, and then she does\, on a dime.”–Anne Lamott \n\n\n\nLife is full of twists and turns you never see coming. But what if you did? The plane is jam-packed. Every seat is taken. So of course the flight is delayed! Flight attendant Allegra Patel likes her job–she’s generally happy with her life\, even if she can’t figure out why she hooks up with a man she barely speaks to–but today is her twenty-eighth birthday. She can think of plenty of things she’d rather be doing than placating a bunch of grumpy passengers.  \n\n\n\nThere’s the well-dressed man in seat 4C who is compulsively checking his watch\, desperate not to miss his eleven-year-old daughter’s musical. Further back\, a mother of two is frantically trying to keep her toddler entertained and her infant son quiet. How did she ever think being a stay-at-home mom would be easier than being a lawyer?  \n\n\n\nEthan is lost in thought; he’s flying back from his first funeral. A young couple has just gotten married; she’s still wearing her wedding dress. An emergency room nurse is looking forward to traveling the world once she retires in a few years\, it’s going to be so much fun! If they ever get off the tarmac. . . . \n\n\n\nSuddenly a woman none of them know stands up. She makes predictions about how and when everyone on board will die. Some dismiss her. Others will do everything they can to make sure her prophecies do not come to pass. All of them will be forever changed.  \n\n\n\nHow would you live your life if you thought you knew how it would end? Would you love who you love or try to love someone else? Would you stay married? Would you stop drinking? Would you call up your ex-best friend you haven’t spoken to in years? Would you quit your job? Intricately plotted\, with the wonderful wit Liane Moriarty has become famous for\, Here One Moment brilliantly looks at friends\, lovers\, and family and how we
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/november-books-banter-book-club-here-one-moment-by-liane-moriarty/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion
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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:November Kiss & Tell Romance Book Club: Lightning in Her Hands
DESCRIPTION:Our book clubs are free and open to all – we supply the treats\, you bring the scintillating conversation! As always\, all book club selections are 10% off book club pricing. Come join our newest club\, “Kiss & Tell!” \n\n\n\nThis month’s pick: Lightning in Her Hands by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGifted–or cursed–with the power to influence the weather\, one woman must embrace her wild heart in the next electric romance from the author of Witch of Wild Things.  \n\n\n\nTeal Flores is desperate for two things–control over her gift of weather\, and a date to her ex’s wedding. The first isn’t possible until she finds her long-lost mother\, but the second has a very handsome last-ditch solution: Carter Velasquez.  \n\n\n\nCarter needs Teal too. His chance at receiving an inheritance is dependent on him being married by age thirty (blame his traditional Cuban grandmother)\, so who better to pose as his wife than Teal? But fake marriage and cohabitation prove tricky when mutual attraction charges the atmosphere–quite literally for Teal\, whose volatile emotions cause lightning strikes.  \n\n\n\nTogether\, Teal and Carter embark on a quest to find her mother and the answers she’s searching for. But along the way\, they’ll discover something even better: a love that can weather any storm.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/november-kiss-tell-romance-book-club-lightning-in-her-hands/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion
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SUMMARY:November Adventures in Reading Kids Book Club: When We Flew Away
DESCRIPTION:Our 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\n\n\n\n\nThis month’s pick: When We Flew Away: A Novel of Anne Frank Before the Diary by Alice Hoffman (of Practical Magic fame). \n\n\n\nBestselling author Alice Hoffman delivers a stunning novel about one of contemporary history’s most acclaimed figures\, exploring the little-known details of Anne Frank’s life before she went into hiding. \n\n\n\nAnne Frank’s The Diary of a Young Girl has captivated and inspired readers for decades. Published posthumously by her bereaved father\, Anne’s journal\, written while she and her family were in hiding during World War II\, has become one of the central texts of the Jewish experience during the Holocaust\, as well as a work of literary genius. \n\n\n\nWith the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands\, the Frank family’s life is turned inside out\, blow by blow\, restriction by restriction. Prejudice\, loss\, and terror run rampant\, and Anne is forced to bear witness as ordinary people become monsters\, and children and families are caught up in the inescapable tide of violence. \n\n\n\nIn the midst of impossible danger\, Anne\, audacious and creative and fearless\, discovers who she truly is. With a wisdom far beyond her years\, she will become a writer who will go on to change the world as we know it. \n\n\n\nCritically acclaimed author Alice Hoffman weaves a lyrical and heart-wrenching story of the way the world closes in on the Frank family from the moment the Nazis invade the Netherlands until they are forced into hiding\, bringing Anne to bold\, vivid life. \n\n\n\nBased on extensive research and published in cooperation with the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam\, When We Flew Away is an extraordinary and moving tour de force. \n\n\n\nPerfect for Alice Hoffman fans and readers of every age. \n\n\n\n“Adding new poignance to a story whose ending we already knew\, Alice Hoffman has deftly recreated the child Anne Frank with all her wit\, mischief\, and uncertainties. This fictionalized account of the increasingly desperate years that preceded the famous diary breaks readers’ hearts one more time. But it reminds us of how important it is to remember and honor all that was lost.” — Lois Lowry\, Newbery Award-winning author of Number the Stars \n\n\n\n“We can highly recommend Alice Hoffman’s novel of Anne Frank’s life\, set in the dramatic and terrible circumstances of those first war years. We hope it will persuade young readers that contributing to a better world is both necessary and possible.” –Ronald Leopold\, Executive Director\, Anne Frank House
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/november-adventures-in-reading-kids-book-club/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion
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SUMMARY:November Thrill in the 'Ville Book Club: All the Colors of the Dark
DESCRIPTION:Screenshot\n\n\n\nCome join the Thrill in the ‘Ville thriller book club discussion – wine and apps are free\, and as always our clubs are free and open to all\, PLUS the book club picks are offered at the 10% off book club discount. \n\n\n\nThis month\, we’ll be chatting about All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker:  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – From the author of We Begin at the End comes a soaring thriller and an epic love story that “hits like a sledgehammer . . . an absolutely must-read novel” (Gillian Flynn\, author of Gone Girl).Read with Jenna Book Club Pick as Featured on TodayThe Boston Globe‘s #1 Thriller/Mystery of 2024 So FarOne of The Washington Post‘s Best Books of Summer”Kept me frantically turning the pages and somehow made me cry at the end . . . Brava!”–Kristin Hannah\, author of The Women“Melds tense suspense with a powerful exploration of devotion\, obsession\, and love.”–People (Best New Books)1975 is a time of change in America. The Vietnam War is ending. Muhammad Ali is fighting Joe Frazier. And in the small town of Monta Clare\, Missouri\, girls are disappearing.  \n\n\n\nWhen the daughter of a wealthy family is targeted\, the most unlikely hero emerges–Patch\, a local boy\, who saves the girl\, and\, in doing so\, leaves heartache in his wake. Patch and those who love him soon discover that the line between triumph and tragedy has never been finer. And that their search for answers will lead them to truths that could mean losing one another.  \n\n\n\nA missing person mystery\, a serial killer thriller\, a love story\, a unique twist on each\, Chris Whitaker has written a novel about what lurks in the shadows of obsession and the blinding light of hope.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/november-thrill-in-the-ville-book-club-all-the-colors-of-the-dark/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion
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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:November Fab Fantasy Book Club: A Song to Drown Rivers
DESCRIPTION:Come join the discussion – wine and apps are free and as always our clubs are free and open to all\, PLUS the book club picks are offered at the 10% off book club discount. \n\n\n\nSeems these fantastic sprayed edges are continually offering up something new and fun for eager readers. This one features gold foiled cover\, gorgeous sprayed edges with stenciled artwork\, as well as exclusive metallic ink patterned endpapers and unique foiled front and back case stamps. It’s only available on a limited first print run\, so if you do want one in your library\, now’s the time; they won’t last long. \n\n\n\nScreenshot\n\n\n\nThe story is equally compelling. Inspired by the legend of Xishi\, one of the famous Four Beauties of Ancient China\, this epic novel is steeped in myth. \n\n\n\nYoung Xishi’s beauty is seen as a blessing to the villagers of Yue. When Xishi draws the attention of the famous young military advisor\, Fanli\, she’s presented with a rare opportunity: to use her beauty as a weapon. One that could topple the rival neighboring kingdom of Wu\, improve the lives of her people\, and avenge her sister’s murder. To accomplish all this\, she must infiltrate the enemy palace as a spy\, seduce their immoral king\, and weaken the court from within. \n\n\n\nTrained by Fanli in everything from classical instruments to concealing emotion\, Xishi hones her beauty into the perfect weapon. Once inside the enemy palace\, Xishi finds herself under the hungry gaze of the king’s advisors. The king is affectionate\, but despite his gentleness\, a brutality lurks. Xishi knows she can never let her guard down. And if she is unmasked as a traitor\, she will bring both kingdoms down. Plenty of fodder about gender roles\, love and war to make for some interesting book club discussion.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/november-fab-fantasy-book-club-a-song-to-drown-rivers/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion
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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:October Books & Banter Fiction Book Club: Five Star Strangers
DESCRIPTION:As always\, our book clubs are free and open to all\, and the book club pick is 10% off the regular price. You bring the conversation\, we’ll provide the treats! \n\n\n\nThis month’s pick: Five Star Strangers by Kat Tang! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAn exciting and “inventive” (HuffPost) debut novel about a top-rated man on the Rental Stranger app–a place where users can hire a pretend fiancé\, a wingman\, or companion of any kind–who finds out who he is by being anyone but himself. \n\n\n\nWould you hire someone to be the best man at your wedding? Your stand-in brother? The father to your child? In an age where online ratings are all-powerful\, Five-Star Stranger follows the adventures of a top-rated man on the Rental Stranger app as he navigates New York City under the guise of characters he plays\, always maintaining a professional distance from his clients.  \n\n\n\nBut\, when a nosy patron threatens to upend his long-term role as father to a young girl\, Stranger begins to reckon with his attachment to his pretend daughter\, her mother\, and his own fraught past. Now\, he must confront the boundaries he has drawn and explore the legacy of abandonment that shaped his life.  \n\n\n\n“A sharp page-turner about our culture’s commodification of everything” (Debutiful)\, Five-Star Stranger is a strikingly vivid novel about isolation in a hyperconnected world\, and “what it means to love and be loved” (Rachel Khong\, author of Real Americans).
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/october-books-banter-fiction-book-club-five-star-strangers/
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion
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SUMMARY:October Adventures in Reading Kids Club: The Pumpkin Princess and the Forever Night by Steven Banbury
DESCRIPTION:Our 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\n\n\n\n\nPerfect for October’s read: The Pumpkin Princess and the Forever Night is a spooky yet heartwarming adventure about one girl’s journey into the land of the undead\, and the unexpected family she finds along the way.  \n\n\n\nOn Halloween\, it is always wise to expect the unexpected\, but no amount of planning could have prepared Eve for that particular night. Fleeing an unpleasant orphanage\, she’s saved by someone who she never believed was real…the fabled Pumpkin King himself. Throwing caution aside\, Eve accepts the offer to become his daughter and is whisked away to the misty Hallowell Valley–home to witches and vampires\, ghosts and goblins\, and all that go bump in the night.  \n\n\n\nBut just when she believes she’s found her place among the undead\, a sinister scheme unearths itself\, threatening to take everything from Eve unless she can stop it. From debut author Steven Banbury comes a cozy\, magical adventure sure to delight anyone who loves the tricks of Halloween as much as the treats of autumn.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/october-adventures-in-reading-kids-club-the-pumpkin-princess-and-the-forever-night/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion
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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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SUMMARY:October Kiss and Tell Romance Book Club: Daydream
DESCRIPTION:Our book clubs are free and open to all – we supply the treats\, you bring the scintillating conversation! As always\, all book club selections are 10% off book club pricing. Come join our newest club\, “Kiss & Tell!” \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis month’s pick: Daydream by Hannah Grace. When his procrastination lands him in a difficult class with his least favorite professor\, Henry Turner knows he’s going to have to work extra hard to survive his junior year of college. And now with his new title of captain for the hockey team–which he didn’t even want–Henry absolutely cannot fail.  \n\n\n\nEnter Halle Jacobs\, a fellow junior who finds herself befriended by Henry when he accidentally crashes her book club. Halle may not have the romantic pursuits of her favorite fictional leads\, but she’s an academic superstar\, and as soon as she hears about Henry’s problems with his class reading material\, she offers to help. Too bad being a private tutor isn’t exactly ideal given her own studies\, job\, book club\, and the novel she’s trying to write.  \n\n\n\nBut new experiences are the key to beating her writer’s block\, and Henry promises to be the one to give them to her. They just need to stick to their rule book. Oh\, and not fall in love.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/october-kiss-and-tell-romance-book-club-daydream/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion
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SUMMARY:October Thrill in the 'Ville Book Club: Worst Case Scenario
DESCRIPTION:Come join the discussion – wine and apps are free and as always our clubs are free and open to all\, PLUS the book club picks are offered at the 10% off book club discount. \n\n\n\n\n“Worst Case Scenario is the best thriller I’ve read so far this year. It’s a chilling idea with great characters and near-perfect execution.” -James Patterson  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhen a pilot suffers a heart attack at 35\,000 feet\, a commercial airliner filled with passengers crashes into a nuclear power plant in the small town of Waketa\, Minnesota\, which becomes ground zero for a catastrophic national crisis with global implications.#1 internationally bestselling author T.J. Newman is back with Worst Case Scenario\, following her explosive debut thriller Falling and its harrowing follow-up Drowning. \n\n\n\nThe International Nuclear Event Scale tracks nuclear disasters. It has seven levels. Level 7 is a Major Accident\, with only two on record: Fukushima and Chernobyl. There has never been a Level 8. Until now. In this heart-stopping thriller\, ordinary people–power plant employees\, firefighters\, teachers\, families\, neighbors\, and friends– are thrust into an extraordinary situation as they face the ultimate test of their lives.  \n\n\n\nIt will take the combined courage\, ingenuity\, and determination of a brave few to save not only their community and loved ones\, but the fate of humanity at large.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/october-thrill-in-the-ville-book-club-worst-case-scenario/
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:20241003T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241003T200000
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SUMMARY:October Fab Fantasy Book Club: The Games Gods Play
DESCRIPTION:Come join the discussion – wine and apps are free and as always our clubs are free and open to all\, PLUS the book club picks are offered at the 10% off book club discount. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGrab now and receive the stunning DELUXE LIMITED EDITION while supplies last―featuring gorgeous sprayed edges with stenciled artwork\, as well as exclusive endpapers and special design features. This breathtaking collectible is only available on a limited first print run\, a must-have for any book lover while supplies last in the US and Canada only.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe gods love to play with us mere mortals. And every hundred years\, we let them… I have never been favored by the gods. Far from it\, thanks to Zeus. Living as a cursed office clerk for the Order of Thieves\, I just keep my head down and hope the capricious beings who rule from Olympus won’t notice me. Not an easy feat\, given San Francisco is Zeus’ patron city\, but I make do. I survive. Until the night I tangle with a different god.  \n\n\n\nThe worst god. Hades. For the first time ever\, the ruthless\, mercurial King of the Underworld has entered the Crucible–the deadly contest the gods hold to determine a new ruler to sit on the throne of Olympus. But instead of fighting their own battles\, the gods name mortals to compete in their stead.  \n\n\n\nSo why in the Underworld did Hades choose me–a sarcastic nobody with a curse on her shoulders–as his champion? And why does my heart trip every time he says I’m his? I don’t know if I’m a pawn\, bait\, or something else entirely to this dangerously tempting god. How can I\, when he has more secrets than stars in the sky? Because Hades is playing by his own rules…and Death will win at any cost.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/october-fab-fantasy-book-club-the-games-gods-play/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion
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SUMMARY:Fantasy Book Launch: She Tames the Sea by E.M. Etheridge
DESCRIPTION:We’re thrilled to have lowcountry author E.M. Etheridge here on Thursday evening\, October 3\, with the launch of her dark fantasy novel\, She Tames the Sea. We’re hosting this before Fab Fantasy book club begins so our fantasy readers can meet the author! \n\n\n\nMen fear a woman on the sea. They say women bring about bad luck and anger from the gods who rule the waters. Estella Bohem fears being aboard Captain Eric Price’s ship\, amongst the pirates who kidnapped her for her abilities. It was the Bohem family who used magic to tame the beast of the sea decades ago. They trapped it in an ancient spell to make the waters safe to travel\, but it was the vagabonds of the sea who wanted to free it\, tame it\, and use it for their own ambitions.  \n\n\n\nAll her life Estella never had control of her future. But as the notoriously brutal Captain Edward Laggatt hunts her down for the key to the beast’s cage\, she has no choice but to trust the same men who stole her away from her socialite life in Charleston South Carolina. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nShe Tames The Sea is an adult dark fantasy novel that delves into the complications of familial relations\, magic and mythology. \n\n\n\nE.M. Etheridge was one of the original members of Main Street Writes. She has been writing since she was a teenager and dreaming since she was a child.  \n\n\n\nThat love for the written word inspired her to get a masters in English and creative writing\, and write all of the books she wanted to read. Emily aims to tie lore\, magic\, and her knowledge of classic literature into all of her stories to create engaging and inspiring books for her readers so they can find their own wonder in this world.  \n\n\n\nThis is her first published novel. Big congrats to one of our own!
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/fantasy-book-launch-she-tames-the-sea-by-e-m-etheridge/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion,Book Signing
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SUMMARY:Book Signing: Diane C. McPhail with Follow the Stars Home
DESCRIPTION:Over the moon excited to have Diane C. McPhail join us for a special signing of her gorgeous new release\, Follow the Stars Home\, (PLUS we’ll have copies of her other works\, including The Abolitionist’s Daughter and The Seamstress of New Orleans available for purchase and signing! \n\n\n\nFollow the Stars Home is captivating historical fiction\, with a gorgeous cover to boot. This acclaimed author brings to life Lydia Latrobe Roosevelt’s defiant journey of 1811 in this evocative biographical novel for fans of Paula McLain\, Gill Paul\, Allison Pataki. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIt’s a journey that most would call impossible. Yet on October 20th\, 1811\, Lydia Latrobe Roosevelt–daughter of one of the architects of the United States Capitol–fearlessly boards the steamship New Orleans in Pittsburgh. Eight months pregnant and with a toddler in tow\, Lydia is fiercely independent. Against her father’s wishes\, she’s already married his much older business colleague\, inventor Nicholas Roosevelt–builder of the New Orleans. But the stakes for this trip are much higher. \n\n\n\nIf Nicholas’s untried steamboat reaches New Orleans\, it will serve as a profitable packet ship between that city and Natchez\, proving the power of steam as it travels up and down the Mississippi. Success in this venture would revolutionize travel and trade\, open the west to expansion\, and secure the Roosevelts’ future. \n\n\n\nCapable and adventurous\, Lydia believes herself ready for all the dangers ahead–growing unrest among native people\, disease\, and the turbulent Falls of the Ohio\, a sixty-foot drop long believed impassable in such a large boat. \n\n\n\nJust imagine being a woman of that era\, pregnant\, enduring violent earthquakes and treacherous waters on the first steamboat voyage to conquer the Mississippi River and redefine America. To our delight\, and enlightenment\, the author has. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDiane C. McPhail is an artist\, minister\, and acclaimed author of Follow the Stars Home\, The Abolitionist’s Daughter\, and The Seamstress of New Orleans\, which was a finalist for the Thomas Wolf Fiction Award and the Mississippi Institute of Arts & Letters Award. A graduate of Ole Miss\, Duke Writers\, University of Iowa Distance\, and the Yale Writers’ Conference\, she is a member of NC Writers Network and the Historical Novel Society. She was born in Jackson\, MS\, raised on the Mississippi Delta only miles from the river\, and now lives in Highlands\, North Carolina with her husband and dog
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/book-signing-diane-c-mcphail-with-follow-the-stars-home/
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: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:Books & Banter Bookclub September: The Bookbinder by Pip Williams
DESCRIPTION:As always\, our book clubs are free and open to all\, and the book club pick is 10% off the regular price. You bring the conversation\, we’ll provide the treats! \n\n\n\nThis month we’re chatting about The Bookbinder by Pip Williams. A young British woman working in a book bindery gets a chance to pursue knowledge and love when World War I upends her life in this new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of the Reese’s Book Club pick The Dictionary of Lost Words.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIt is 1914\, and as the war draws the young men of Britain away to fight\, women must keep the nation running. Two of those women are Peggy and Maude\, twin sisters who live on a narrow boat in Oxford and work in the bindery at the university press. Ambitious\, intelligent Peggy has been told for most of her life that her job is to bind the books\, not read them–but as she folds and gathers pages\, her mind wanders to the opposite side of Walton Street\, where the female students of Oxford’s Somerville College have a whole library at their fingertips.  \n\n\n\nMaude\, meanwhile\, wants nothing more than what she has: to spend her days folding the pages of books in the company of the other bindery girls. She is extraordinary but vulnerable\, and Peggy feels compelled to watch over her. Then refugees arrive from the war-torn cities of Belgium\, sending ripples through the Oxford community and the sisters’ lives. Peggy begins to see the possibility of another future where she can educate herself and use her intellect\, not just her hands. But as war and illness reshape her world\, her love for a Belgian soldier–and the responsibility that comes with it–threaten to hold her back.The Bookbinder is a story about knowledge–who creates it\, who can access it\, and what truths get lost in the process. Much as she did in the international bestseller The Dictionary of Lost Words\, Pip Williams thoughtfully explores another rarely seen slice of history through women’s eyes.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/living-large-bookclub-september-the-bookbinder-by-pip-williams/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion
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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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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:NEW! Kiss & Tell Romance Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Screenshot\n\n\n\nYep\, it was inevitable – we’re kicking off an all new romance club! We’ll vary up selections between contemporary romance\, historical\, spicy and romantasy. We’re kicking off this month because we know a lot of you already have this awesome new release from a lowcountry based author… \n\n\n\nWine and treats served – come join the fun! \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 end of summer read!
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/new-kiss-tell-romance-book-club/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion
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SUMMARY:Adventures in Reading: Young Reader Book Club
DESCRIPTION:ou asked – we answered: our new young reader book club is picking up steam! As with all our clubs\, book club selections are always 10% off the list price. On Monday\, September 16th\, we’ll chat about Legends of Lotus Island. The target age range for this book is 8-12.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFrom three-time Newbery Honor-winning author Christina Soontornvat comes a compelling and immersive young middle grade fantasy series for readers who love stories about animals\, magic\, and kids like them embracing their power to change the world. \n\n\n\nYoung Plum is shocked to discover that she’s been accepted to the Guardian Academy on Lotus Island\, an elite school where kids learn how to transform into Guardians\, magical creatures who are sworn to protect the natural world. The Guardian masters teach Plum and her friends how to communicate with animals and how to use meditation to strengthen their minds and bodies. All the kids also learn to fight\, so they can protect the defenseless if needed. \n\n\n\nTo her dismay\, Plum struggles at school. While her classmates begin to transform into amazing creatures\, Plum can’t even seem to magic up a single feather! If she can’t embrace her inner animal form soon\, she’ll have to leave school ― and lose the first group of real friends she’s ever known. \n\n\n\nModerating the book club is local teacher\, Miss Abby! Abby Schmid is an Oklahoma native who moved to Summerville in 2021. She is currently an Elementary teacher in Dorchester District 2. \n\n\n\nWe all look forward to seeing you on Main Street!
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/young-reader-book-club-september/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion
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SUMMARY:Thrill in the ‘Ville Bookclub September: What Have You Done?
DESCRIPTION:As always\, our book clubs are free and open to all\, and the book club pick is 10% off the regular price. You bring the conversation\, we’ll provide the treats! \n\n\n\nThis month’s selection is What Have You Done by Shari Lapena. Nothing ever happens in sleepy little Fairhill\, Vermont. But this morning that will change. And one innocent question could be deadly. What have you done?  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe teenagers get their kicks telling ghost stories in the old graveyard. The parents trust their kids will arrive home safe from school. Everyone knows everyone. Curtains rarely twitch. Front doors are left unlocked. But Diana Brewer isn’t lying safely in her bed where she belongs. Instead she lies in a hayfield\, circled by vultures\, discovered by a local farmer.  \n\n\n\nHow quickly a girl becomes a ghost. How quickly a town of friendly\, familiar faces becomes a town of suspects\, a place of fear and paranoia. Someone in Fairhill did this. Everyone wants answers.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/thrill-in-the-ville-bookclub-september-what-have-you-done/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion
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SUMMARY:September Fab Fantasy Club: The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman
DESCRIPTION:Join the Fab Fantasy book club fun! As always\, our book clubs are free and open to all\, and the book club pick is 10% off the regular price. You bring the conversation\, we’ll provide the treats! \n\n\n\nSeptember’s pick is The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA gifted young knight named Collum arrives at Camelot to compete for a place at the Round Table\, only to find that he’s too late. King Arthur died two weeks ago at the Battle of Camlann\, and only a handful of the knights of the Round Table are left. The survivors aren’t the heroes of legend like Lancelot or Gawain. They’re the oddballs of the Round Table\, like Sir Palomides\, the Saracen Knight\, and Sir Dagonet\, Arthur’s fool\, who was knighted as a joke.  \n\n\n\nThey’re joined by Nimue\, who was Merlin’s apprentice until she turned on him and buried him under a hill. But it’s up to them to rebuild Camelot in a world that has lost its balance\, even as God abandons Britain and the fairies and old gods return\, led by Morgan le Fay. They must reclaim Excalibur and make this ruined world whole again–but first they’ll have to solve the mystery of why the lonely\, brilliant King Arthur fell.  \n\n\n\nThe first major Arthurian epic of the new millennium\, The Bright Sword is steeped in tradition\, complete with duels and quests\, battles and tournaments\, magic swords and Fisher Kings. It’s also a story about imperfect men and women\, full of strength and pain\, trying to reforge a broken land in spite of being broken themselves. \n\n\n\nIf you love King Arthur as much as I do\, you’ll love Lev Grossman’s The Bright Sword\, a fresh and engrossing take on the Matter of Britain featuring a colorful cast of Round Table knights who don’t often get as much story time as they deserve. The creator of The Magicians has woven another spell.” –George R. R. Martin\, #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Game of Thrones
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/september-fab-fantasy-club-the-bright-sword-by-lev-grossman/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion
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SUMMARY:Labor Day Loyalty Sale
DESCRIPTION:If you’re on our customer loyalty list\, take 10% off anything in the store all day long! Not on the list yet? This is your chance to sign up (it’s FREE) and save!
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/labor-day-loyalty-sale/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Sale
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SUMMARY:Wednesday Stories on the Square
DESCRIPTION:Join us every WEDNESDAY morning at 9:30 a.m. for “Stories on the Square” – our storytime adventure  – kids of all ages welcome! Treats served and student discounts to ALL attendees! \n\n\n\nStorytime at Main Street Reads has become one of our featured events. We have lots of chairs for younger listeners and plenty of juice boxes and fruit snacks to munch while they listen. \n\n\n\nStory time now takes place INSIDE the store – we move the furniture and place the hoops and chairs on the floor – we just do ask that strollers park outside! No bugs\, no rain\, just books and fun!
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/wednesday-stories-on-the-square-11/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Reading,Story Time
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SUMMARY:Living Large Bookclub August: The Little Village of Book Lovers by Nina George
DESCRIPTION:As always\, our book clubs are free and open to all\, and the book club pick is 10% off the regular price. You bring the conversation\, we’ll provide the treats! \n\n\n\nThis month: The Little Village of Book Lovers by Nina George.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA young woman with the extraordinary power to bring soulmates together searches for her own true love in this tender\, lyrical standalone novel inspired by the “bona fide international hit” (The New York Times Book Review) The Little Paris Bookshop  \n\n\n\nIn Nina George’s New York Times bestseller The Little Paris Bookshop\, beloved literary apothecary Jean Perdu is inspired to create a floating bookstore after reading a seminal pseudonymous novel about a young woman with a remarkable gift. The Little Village of Book Lovers is that novel.“Everyone knows me\, but none can see me. I’m that thing you call love.” In a little town in the south of France in the 1960s\, a dazzling encounter with Love itself changes the life of infant orphan Marie-Jeanne forever. As a girl\, Marie-Jeanne realizes that she can see the marks Love has left on the people around her–tiny glowing lights on the faces and hands that shimmer more brightly when the one meant for them is near. Before long\, Marie-Jeanne is playing matchmaker\, bringing true loves together in her village. As she grows up\, Marie-Jeanne helps her foster father\, Francis\, begin a mobile library that travels throughout the many small mountain towns in the region of Nyons.  \n\n\n\nShe finds herself bringing soulmates together every place they go–and there are always books that play a pivotal role in that quest. However\, the only person that Marie-Jeanne can’t seem to find a soulmate for is herself. She has no glow of her own\, though she waits and waits for it to appear. Everyone must have a soulmate\, surely–but will Marie-Jeanne be able to recognize hers when Love finally comes her way?
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/living-large-bookclub-august/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion
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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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