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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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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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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240910T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240910T200000
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240905T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240905T200000
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240902T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240902T180000
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240828T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240828T100000
DTSTAMP:20260410T072606
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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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ORGANIZER;CN="Main Street Reads":MAILTO:shari@writerswin.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240827T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240827T200000
DTSTAMP:20260410T072606
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240825T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240825T183000
DTSTAMP:20260410T072606
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SUMMARY:Not What She Seems: Book Launch Signing & Reception with Yasmin Angoe!
DESCRIPTION:On Sunday\, August 25th\, we have a very special signing and reception when the incomparable Yasmin Angoe returns to Main Street Reads with her fourth novel\, Not What She Seems. This is a departure from her popular “Knight” series\, a twisty\, standalone suspense novel that takes place right in South Carolina. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe’re giving you a heads-up on this event because tickets ARE ON SALE NOW. Your ticket includeS the hardcover book ($27.95 so LESS than the book cover price)\, the signing and a meet-and-greet reception with Yasmin! \n\n\n\nHer Knight series books will also be on sale that day for registered guests.  \n\n\n\nORDER NOW!
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/yasmin-angoe/
CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Signing,Celebration
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240819T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240819T183000
DTSTAMP:20260410T072606
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SUMMARY:Young Reader Book Club August: Escape to the River Sea
DESCRIPTION:Our young reader book club will be reading Escape to the River Sea by Emma Carroll for the August club. As with all our clubs\, book club selections are always 10% off the list price. \n\n\n\nThe target age range for this book is 9-12 (but we adults loved it too!).  \n\n\n\nInfo about the book is below – ALL are welcome and admission is free. We’ll provide the pizza and dessert! If you want to reserve a spot in advance\, email us at mainstreetreads@gmail.com and we’ll put your name on the list. (Reserving in advance helps us know how much food to order in). You can visit our Upcoming Events page for more on continued club selections! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nModerating the book club is Miss Abby. Local teacher Abby Schmid is an Oklahoma native who moved to Summerville in 2021. \n\n\n\nAbby grew up loving to read and that same love of stories has followed her through all phases of life. She is currently an Elementary teacher in Dorchester District 2. \n\n\n\nWe all look forward to seeing you on Main Street! \n\n\n\nBeautiful and full of adventure\, Escape to the River Sea is Emma Carroll’s compelling novel inspired by Eva Ibbotson’s bestselling\, classic masterpiece\, Journey to the River Sea.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn 1946\, Rosa Sweetman\, a young Kindertransport girl\, is longing for her family to claim her. The war in Europe is over and she is the only child left at Westwood\, a rambling country estate in the north of England\, where she’d taken refuge seven years earlier.  \n\n\n\nThe arrival of a friend of the family\, Yara Fielding\, starts an adventure that will take Rosa deep into the lush beauty of the Amazon rainforest in search of jaguars\, ancient giant sloths and somewhere to belong.  \n\n\n\nWhat she finds is Yara’s lively\, welcoming family on the banks of the river and\, together\, they face a danger greater than she could ever have imagined.  \n\n\n\nFeaturing places and characters known and loved by fans of Journey to the River Sea\, this spectacular new story tells of the growing threats to the Amazon rainforest that continue to this day.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/young-reader-book-club-august-escape-to-the-river-sea/
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:20240817T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240817T170000
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CREATED:20240804T072800Z
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SUMMARY:Bookstore Romance Day: Meet Laurie Devore and Marissa Eller!
DESCRIPTION:August 17th is National Bookstore Romance Day and we have TWO very special authors with brand new books joining us from 2-5 p.m.  \n\n\n\nPLUS – grab one or both these books and get a “Blind Date with a Book” FREE! We’ll also have treats all day long and some special romance sales. \n\n\n\nScreenshot\n\n\n\nHere’s more info on these wonderful reads – we’ll see you on Main Street! \n\n\n\nLaurie Devore’s The Villain Edit\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Villain Edit is a bit of everyone’s favorite Emily Henry (Happy Place) meets The Bachelor! This sexy dramedy has all the fun and feels\, beginning with a cynical romance novelist\, Jacqueline Matthis. Her career has tanked and she’s ditched the bright lights of New York City for her more affordable South Carolina hometown. \n\n\n\nDesperate\, Jac dreams up a comeback plan: to be a contestant on the 1\, the most watched reality dating show in the world. Jac is a romance writer after all. She knows how to pull off a meet-cute and create a spicy plotline better than most of us. \n\n\n\nBut Jac soon discovers that while she may have just met the love of her life\, the producers are turning her into the show’s villain. \n\n\n\nGood villains make good TV\, right? On set\, Jac quickly establishes herself as a front-runner for bachelor Marcus’s heart\, but she’s shocked to discover who’s actually pulling the strings. How was she to know that Henry Foster\, her last one-night stand before the show\, was actually a longtime producer on the 1? Henry is just as horrified…but they can’t seem to keep their hands off each other. \n\n\n\nLaurie Devore\n\n\n\nJac knows that she’s getting the villain edit. And they say there’s no such thing as bad publicity\, but as Jac’s secret plan begins crumbling around her\, she’s not so sure. What happens if Marcus chooses her? Worse\, what happens if her affair with Henry comes to light? What if\, in trying to save her career\, she instead will further wreck her mess of a life?  \n\n\n\nSmart\, funny\, and sexy\, with a lowcountry twist\, anyone who has ever secretly rooted for the villain (or has been one) will love it. Grab now for a perfect beach read; get it personalized by Laurie in August! \n\n\n\nMarissa Eller’s Joined at the Joints\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMarissa’s book is Joined at the Joints and it’s a delightful read for young readers as well as those of us with a few more books under our belts. When baking-obsessed Ivy meets a boy who shares her rare diagnosis\, sparks fly outside of the kitchen for the first time in her life. \n\n\n\nChronically ill seventeen-year-old Ivy has stayed inside baking all summer. Pies are better than people\, and they don’t trigger her social anxiety. So when her mom and sister\, who also suffer from chronic illness\, cook up their plan to get Ivy out of the house and into a support group\, Ivy doesn’t expect to participate much. \n\n\n\nAnd she doesn’t expect Grant. Grant is class-clown cute\, perfectly-messy-hair cute\, will-always-text-you-back cute. There’s an instant connection between them. And he has the same chronic illness as her\, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. He can empathize with Ivy’s world. \n\n\n\nMarissa Eller\n\n\n\nBut understanding her pain isn’t the same as taking it away\, as much as she wishes he could because it’s getting worse. Ivy has always tried her best to seem “normal\,” but between symptom management\, new treatment plans\, and struggling with medical self-advocacy\, being sick feels more and more difficult. Even her bestie starts drifting away and Ivy begins to wonder\, what if Grant does\, too?  \n\n\n\nMarissa Eller serves up a sweet\, satisfying romcom that tackles the reality of chronic illness–and coming-of-age milestones from friend breakups to first kisses—with humor and heart. Readers will fall for Eller’s voice in this sweet debut that offers all the right ingredients. It’s a recipe for a delicious read!
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/bookstore-romance-day-meet-laurie-devore-and-marissa-eller/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Signing,Celebration
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240815T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240815T203000
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SUMMARY:Third Thursday: Back to School!
DESCRIPTION:Every Third Thursday of the month downtown Summerville becomes one big block party.  \n\n\n\nAugust Third Thursday: Come celebrate the kids going back to school with live music\, local artisans\, shopping and dining! \n\n\n\nStudents\, teachers and families – celebrate with school colors and enjoy teacher and student discounts at Main Street Reads. TEN PERCENT off for all teachers and students ALL DAY!
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/third-thursday-back-to-school/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Celebration,Third Thursday
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240813T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240813T200000
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SUMMARY:Thrill in the 'Ville Bookclub August: Extinction by Douglas Preston
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 book is Extinction by Douglas Preston. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWith Extinction\, #1 New York Times bestselling author Douglas Preston has written a page-turning thriller in the Michael Crichton mode that explores the possible and unintended dangers of the very real efforts to resurrect the woolly mammoth and other long-extinct animals.  \n\n\n\nErebus Resort\, occupying a magnificent\, hundred-thousand acre valley deep in the Colorado Rockies\, offers guests the experience of viewing woolly mammoths\, Irish Elk\, and giant ground sloths in their native habitat\, brought back from extinction through the magic of genetic manipulation. When a billionaire’s son and his new wife are kidnapped and murdered in the Erebus back country by what is assumed to be a gang of eco-terrorists\, Colorado Bureau of Investigation Agent Frances Cash partners with county sheriff James Colcord to track down the perpetrators.  \n\n\n\nAs killings mount and the valley is evacuated\, Cash and Colcord must confront an ancient\, intelligent\, and malevolent presence at Erebus\, bent not on resurrection–but extinction.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/thrill-in-the-ville-bookclub-august-extinction-by-douglas-preston/
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:20240801T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240801T200000
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SUMMARY:Fab Fantasy Book Club August: Foul Days by Genoveva Dimova
DESCRIPTION:Join the 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\nAugust’s pick is Foul Days by Genoveva Dimova\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Witcher meets Naomi Novik in this fast-paced fantasy rooted in Slavic folklore\, from an assured new voice in genre fiction. As a witch in the walled city of Chernograd\, Kosara has plenty of practice treating lycanthrope bites\, bargaining with kikimoras\, and slaying bloodsucking upirs. There’s only one monster she can’t defeat: her ex\, the Zmey\, known as the Tsar of Monsters. She’s defied him one too many times and now he’s hunting her.  \n\n\n\nBetrayed by someone close to her\, Kosara’s only choice is to trade her shadow–the source of her powers–for a quick escape. Unfortunately\, Kosara soon develops the deadly sickness that plagues shadowless witches–and only reclaiming her magic can cure her. To find it\, she’s forced to team up with a suspiciously honorable detective. Even worse\, all the clues point in a single direction: To get her shadow back\, Kosara will have to face the Foul Days’ biggest threats without it. And she’s only got twelve days.  \n\n\n\nBut in a city where everyone is out for themselves\, who can Kosara trust to assist her in outwitting the biggest monster from her past?
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/fab-fantasy-book-club-august/
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:20240730T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240730T200000
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SUMMARY:Living Large Book Club July: In the Hour of Crows by Dana Elmendorf
DESCRIPTION:Your Living Large Book Club will take place one week later this month to account for the 4th of July holiday\, pushing all the clubs forward for the month. \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\nIn the Hour of Crows by Dana Elmendorf\n\n\n\n$28.99 Book club price: $26.09 – 9780778310495 Hardcover\, 288 pphttps://bookshop.org/a/89/9780778310495Sensational southern gothic! In a small town in Appalachia\, people paint their doorways blue to keep spirits away. Black ferns grow where death will follow. And Weatherly Opal Wilder is a Death Talker. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhen called upon\, she can talk the death out of the dying and save their lives–only once\, never twice. But this truly unique gift comes at a price\, rooting Weatherly to people who only want her around when they need her and resent her unfamiliar ways when they don’t. \n\n\n\nWeatherly’s cousin Adaire also has a gift: she’s a Scryer and can see the future reflected back in dark surfaces. Right before she is killed in an accident\, Adaire saw something unnerving\, and that’s why Weatherly believes she was murdered–never thinking for a moment that it was an accident. But when Weatherly\, for the first time\, is unable to talk the death out of the mayor’s son\, the whole town suspects she is out for revenge\, that she wouldn’t save him. \n\n\n\nWith the help of clues Adaire left behind and her family’s Granny Witch recipe box\, Weatherly sets out to find the truth behind her cousin’s death\, whatever it takes. Imbued with magic\, witchery\, and suspense\, Dana Elmendorf’s In the Hour of Crows is a thrilling tale of friendship\, identity\, and love. . \n\n\n\n“In the Hour of Crows enchants with its haunting plot and vivid prose\, offering a compelling exploration of the human spirit against the backdrop of Appalachia’s mystique.” –Booklist
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/living-large-book-club-july-in-the-hour-of-crows-by-dana-elmendorf/
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 Book Club July: The Good Ones by Polly Stewart
DESCRIPTION:Your Thrill in the ‘Ville Trhiller Book Club will take place one week later this month to account for the 4th of July holiday\, pushing all the clubs forward for the month. \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\nThe Good Ones by Polly Stewart\n\n\n\n$18.99 Book club price: $17.09 – 9780063234161 Paperback\, 304 pphttps://bookshop.org/a/89/9780063234161A Today.com & Lit Hub Most Anticipated Book of 2024An engrossing work of literary suspense that illuminates the push and pull of female friendship and the costs of being good when the rules for women begin to chafe. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe last time Nicola Bennett saw Lauren Ballard she was scraping a key along the side of a new cherry-red Chevy Silverado. That was the night before her friend mysteriously vanished from her home\, leaving a bloodstained washcloth and signs of a struggle–as well as her grieving husband and young daughter–behind. \n\n\n\nNow\, nearly twenty years later\, Nicola\, newly unemployed and still haunted by the disappearance of her childhood friend\, is returning to her Appalachian hometown. For Nicola\, Tyndall County has remained frozen in time. Everywhere she turns she’s reminded of Lauren. Yet shockingly\, her former friends and neighbors have all moved on. Drawn to stories of missing girls\, Nicola obsessively searches the internet\, hoping to discover a clue to Lauren’s ultimate fate. \n\n\n\nDriven by a desperate need to know what happened to her friend\, Nicola takes a job in her hometown\, determined to uncover any bit of information\, any small clue\, that can help. Deep down she knows the answers are tucked in the hollows and valleys of this small Blue Ridge county. As secrets come to light and the truth begins to unravel\, will Nicola finally find release and break free of the past–or lose herself completely to unanswered questions from her adolescence? \n\n\n\n“Polly Stewart’s The Good Ones is a fantastic achievement. A classic Southern Gothic tale told through the prism of modern-day sensibilities. Not to be missed.” –S. A. Cosby\, NYT bestselling author of Razorblade Tears \n\n\n\n“A riveting\, unflinching exploration of adolescent female friendships\, small-town pressures to conform\, and the true crime lover’s tendency to conflate empathy and voyeurism\, The Good Ones drew me in from the first lines and still hasn’t released me\, days after finishing.” –Katie Gutierrez\, nationally bestselling author of More Than You’ll Ever Know
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/thrill-in-the-ville-book-club-july-the-good-ones-by-polly-stewart/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion
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SUMMARY:Young Reader Book Club JULY
DESCRIPTION:You asked – we answered: we’ve started an all-new young reader book club! As with all our clubs\, book club selections are always 10% off the list price: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOn Monday\, July 15th\, we’ll discuss the third book in the Islander series\, The Islanders: Shipwrecked. The target age range for this book is 8-11. We’ll be having a BIG book signing in partnership with the Timrod Library on the square for this wonderful new release on Saturday\, June 22nd. \n\n\n\nInfo about the book is below – ALL are welcome and admission is free. We’ll provide the treats! If you want to reserve a spot in advance\, email us at mainstreetreads@gmail.com and we’ll put your name on the list. (Reserving in advance helps us know how much food to order in). You can visit our Upcoming Events page for more on the next club selections! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nModerating the book club will be Miss Abby! Local teacher Abby Schmid is an Oklahoma native who moved to Summerville in 2021.  \n\n\n\nAbby grew up loving to read and that same love of stories has followed her through all phases of life. She is currently an Elementary teacher in Dorchester District 2. \n\n\n\nWe all look forward to seeing you on Main Street! \n\n\n\nJake\, Macon\, and Lovie fight to survive at sea in this third high-stakes adventure in the middle grade\, New York Times bestselling The Islanders series by Mary Alice Monroe!  \n\n\n\nJake Potter’s biggest dream finally comes true: he gets his very own boat! And it’s just in time for another summer of fun on Dewees Island with his best friends\, Macon and Lovie.  \n\n\n\nBut on their very first fishing trip\, the engine dies\, and the three friends find themselves adrift at sea. When a storm carries them to a small\, uninhabited island far from Dewees\, the kids must use every ounce of their strength\, courage\, and knowledge to survive as they wait for rescue.  \n\n\n\nWill their friendship survive the ultimate test?
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/young-reader-book-club-july/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion
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SUMMARY:July Fab Fantasy Bookclub: Five Broken Blades by Mai Corland
DESCRIPTION:Fab Fantasy Book Club will take place one week later this month to account for the 4th of July holiday. \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\nFive Broken Blades by Mai Corland\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n$32.99 Book club price: $29.69 – 9781649376909 Hardcover\, 512 pphttps://bookshop.org/a/89/9781649376909t’s the season for treason…The king of Yusan must die. \n\n\n\nThe five most dangerous liars in the land have been mysteriously summoned to work together for a single objective: to kill the god king Joon. He has it coming. Under his merciless immortal hand\, the nobles flourish\, while the poor and innocent are imprisoned\, ruined…or sold. \n\n\n\nAnd now each of the five blades will come for him. Each has tasted bitterness–from the hired hit man seeking atonement\, a lovely assassin who seeks freedom\, or even the prince banished for his cruel crimes. None can resist the sweet\, icy lure of vengeance.They can agree on murder. \n\n\n\nThey can agree on treachery. But for these five killers–each versed in deception\, lies\, and betrayal–it’s not enough to forge an alliance. To survive\, they’ll have to find a way to trust each other…but only one can take the crown. Let the best liar win. \n\n\n\n“This dazzling fantasy has it all: a richly developed world\, a captivating ensemble cast\, and a twisty\, action-packed quest.” –Karen M. McManus\, #1 New York Times bestselling author of One of Us Is Lying \n\n\n\n“The heist is suspenseful\, the characters are well-shaded\, and the world is richly imagined. Skillfully combining espionage\, fantasy\, romance\, and a quest for justice\, this marks Corland as an exciting new voice.” –Publishers Weekly
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/july-fab-fantasy-bookclub/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion
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SUMMARY:June Bestsellers Discussion: The Titanic Survivors Book Club!
DESCRIPTION:Nothing like a book club theme for a book club night… This month we’re dishing about The Titanic Survivors Book Club by Timothy Schaffert. As always\, our book club selections are 10% off. You bring the conversation\, we’ll supply the treats (and wine\, of course). \n\n\n\nFrom the author of The Perfume Thief\, a remarkable tale about the life-changing power of books and second chances\, following the Titanic librarian who opens a bookshop in Paris where he meets a secret society of survivors.  \n\n\n\nFor weeks after the sinking of the Titanic\, Yorick spots his own name among the list of those lost at sea. As an apprentice librarian for the White Star Line\, his job was to curate the ship’s second-class library. But the day the Titanic set sail he was left stranded at the dock. After the ship’s sinking\, Yorick takes this twist of fate as a sign to follow his lifelong dream of owning a bookshop in Paris.  \n\n\n\nSoon after\, he receives an invitation to a secret society of survivors where he encounters other ticket holders who didn’t board the ship. Haunted by their good fortune\, they decide to form a book society\, where they can grapple with their own anxieties through heated discussions of The Awakening or The Picture of Dorian Gray. \n\n\n\nOf this ragtag group\, Yorick finds himself particularly drawn to the glamorous Zinnia and the mysterious Haze\, and a tangled triangle of love and friendship forms among them.  \n\n\n\nYet with the Great War on the horizon and the unexpected death of one of their own\, the surviving book club members are left wondering what fate might have in store. Elegant and elegiac\, The Titanic Survivors Book Club is a dazzling ode to love\, chance\, and the transformative power of books to bring people together.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/june-bestsellers-discussion-the-titanic-survivors-book-club/
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion
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SUMMARY:Shipwrecked: Signing on the Square!
DESCRIPTION:PRE-ORDER NOW FOR SIGNED PICKUP AT THE STORE AND SAVE!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe’re thrilled to collaborate with the Timrod Library once again for the exciting launch of the third book in the Islanders trilogy by NYT bestselling authors Angela May and Mary Alice Monroe! \n\n\n\nThe signing will take place Saturday\, June 22 at 10 a.m. on Hutchinson Square\, right across from Main Street Reads\, with a portion of proceeds benefitting our local Timrod Literary and Library Association! \n\n\n\nAuthor Angela May will be on hand to talk about the book and answer reader questions\, and we’ll have books pre-signed by both authors (Miss Angela will be happy to personalize any for you as well!).  \n\n\n\nAngela May\n\n\n\nAngela is the founder of May Media and PR and a former award-winning television news journalist who helps promote great books and share important community stories as a media specialist. She has been working with famed author Mary Alice Monroe for more than a decade. The Islanders series is their first collaborative writing venture! Angela’s husband is a middle school assistant principal. They have two children and live in Mount Pleasant\, South Carolina. Connect with her at AngelaMayBooks.com. \n\n\n\nIntroducing…Shipwrecked!\n\n\n\nJake\, Macon\, and Lovie fight to survive at sea in this third high-stakes adventure in the middle grade\, New York Times bestselling The Islanders series by Angela May and Mary Alice Monroe! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJake Potter’s biggest dream finally comes true: he gets his very own boat! And it’s just in time for another summer of fun on Dewees Island with his best friends\, Macon and Lovie. \n\n\n\nBut on their very first fishing trip\, the engine dies\, and the three friends find themselves adrift at sea. When a storm carries them to a small\, uninhabited island far from Dewees\, the kids must use every ounce of their strength\, courage\, and knowledge to survive as they wait for rescue. \n\n\n\nWill their friendship survive the ultimate test? \n\n\n\nFeatured in Book Club!\n\n\n\nOn Monday\, July 15th\, we’ll discuss Shipwrecked in our Young Readers Book Club. ALL are welcome and admission is free. We’ll provide the treats! If you want to reserve a spot in advance\, email us at mainstreetreads@gmail.com and we’ll put your name on the list. (Reserving in advance helps us know how much food to order in). You can visit our Upcoming Events page for more on the next club selections!
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/shipwrecked-signing-on-the-square/
CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Signing,Celebration
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