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SUMMARY:Thriller Book Club: Survive the Night
DESCRIPTION:Our Thrill in the ‘Ville thriller book club is BACK! Join us for a thrilling discussion of this brilliant new release\, Survive the Night – releasing this Tuesday from NYT bestselling author Riley Sager! The book is available at the 10% off book club price at Main Street Reads! \nOne of New York Times Book Review‘s summer reads guaranteed to make your heart thump and your skin crawl; An Amazon Best of the Month Pick; Named a must-read summer book by The Washington Post\, Vulture\, BuzzFeed\, Forbes\, Entertainment Weekly\, CNN\, New York Post\, Good Housekeeping\, E!\, PopSugar\, CrimeReads\, Thrillist\, and BookRiot.  \nIt’s November 1991. Nirvana’s in the tape deck\, George H. W. Bush is in the White House\, and movie-obsessed college student Charlie Jordan is in a car with a man who might be a serial killer. \nJosh Baxter\, the man behind the wheel\, is a virtual stranger to Charlie. They met at the campus ride board\, each looking to share the long drive home to Ohio. Both have good reasons for wanting to get away. For Charlie\, it’s guilt and grief over the shocking murder of her best friend\, who became the third victim of the man known as the Campus Killer. For Josh\, it’s to help care for his sick father–or so he says. \nThe longer she sits in the passenger seat\, the more Charlie notices there’s something suspicious about Josh\, from the holes in his story about his father to how he doesn’t want her to see inside the trunk. As they travel an empty\, twisty highway in the dead of night\, an increasingly anxious Charlie begins to think she’s sharing a car with the Campus Killer. Is Josh truly dangerous? Or is Charlie’s jittery mistrust merely a figment of her movie-fueled imagination? \nOne thing is certain–Charlie has nowhere to run and no way to call for help. Trapped in a terrifying game of cat and mouse played out on pitch-black roads and in neon-lit parking lots\, Charlie knows the only way to win is to survive the night.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/thriller-book-club-survive-the-night/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion
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SUMMARY:Booksigning: Janet Lee Berg
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an entertaining chat and book signing with Janet Lee Berg\, author of the new release Restitution. Janet’s work has been featured in numerous newspapers and magazines on Long Island\, NY\, and the Post & Courier in Charleston. Her debut novel\, Rembrandt’s Shadow\, received a glowing critique in Historical Novels Review magazine\, and she published a children’s picture book called Kitti\, the Cargo Ship to inspire empathy and kindness. \n“Illuminating . . . ” -Lynn H. Nicholas\, world’s leading researcher on Art pilfered during WWII and author of The Rape Of Europa  \nSylvie Rosenberg was once the aristocratic daughter of a prominent Dutch art dealer until the Nazi invasion of Holland changed everything. Forced to part with his astonishing collection of masterpieces\, her father managed to trade a Rembrandt for the lives of twenty-five family members\, including Sylvie. \nMany years later\, in America\, Sylvie is on a path of self-destruction\, still equating love with all the “things” that were taken away from her. Pocketing small items at first\, eventually her hopelessness leads to a monumental betrayal\, dismantling the lives of her son\, Michael\, a writer and Vietnam vet still struggling with the consequences of war\, and his schoolteacher wife\, Angela\, as they struggle to fill their own void after failed attempts to conceive a child. \nDesperate to win back their love\, Sylvie returns to her homeland to face old ghosts and the Dutch judicial system\, seeking the restitution of her family’s masterpieces. But the battle proves far more difficult than she imagined… \n 
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/booksigning-janet-lee-berg/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Signing
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SUMMARY:Third Thursday: Christmas in July!
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a special Third Thursday this month with a “Christmas in July” theme – we’ll have a very special local author joining us that evening\, Cindy Barrineau Curtis\, author of the recently released Living the Heart of God. \nAbout the Book: When you feel like your life is lacking something vital\, pick up this book. When you can’t see a clear direction\, let this book be your guide. When the guilt and shame of your mistakes seem to follow you wherever you go\, read this book for a better perspective. When your hope has diminished and you feel as if you are accepting that your life is as good as gets\, give this book a chance to change your mind. How do you talk to God? How do you know that our prayers are heard? How do you live your life abundantly? In Living the Heart of God\, you will explore the beauty of prayer with fresh eyes. You will be provided with what you need for self-reflection. You are offered ways to practice how to increase your quality of life through spending time with God. \nCindy Barrineau Curtis is the author of three Heart of God books includling Touching the Heart of God is a collection of poems\, scripture references\, and prayers for times of joy and sorrow and everything in between. This devotional book includes material that can be used as a small group study. \nAs always\, local guitarist\, singer and songwriter Michael Kaltofen will be playing live at Main Street Reads to set the mood for our festive evening… See you there!
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/third-thursday-christmas-in-july/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Signing,Celebration,Third Thursday
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SUMMARY:Children's Booksigning with PK Potts!
DESCRIPTION:Join us Saturday morning\, July 17th\, for a special book-signing with South Carolina author PK Potts\, visiting us from Walterboro with three young reader selections: Army the Armadillo\, If the Tree Could Talk\, and A Little Girl Named Sad. \nArmy the Armadillo\nArmy the Armadillo is an enchanting tale of unexpected friendships and overcoming obstacles in unusual habitats. When a veteran and his family travel from Ft. Hood\, Texas to live on the spectacular Pacific coast in Coos Bay\, Oregon they are startled by a strange stowaway! Encounters in a forest of furry bullies create memorable friendships between a little girl\, a prickly partner and the little armored one. \nIf the Tree Could Talk\nSit under the shade of the Half-Way Oak\, one of the Famous Trees of Texas. Listen with the little Cherokee girl as the tree weaves a tale. From acorn to oak\, the spirit of the tree comes alive with stories of the Cherokee Nation and famous marshals and outlaws traveling the old Ft. Griffin stagecoach pass. The tree talks with the wind and his favorite little person\, bringing him from tears to triumph recalling 200 years of history. \nA Little Girl Named Sad\nThis young adult novel\, based on a true story\, is about a girl’s difficult trials encountered while growing up with teenage alcoholic parents. Sometimes brutal\, often funny\, it is a frank and startling account of the damaging imprints left behind on children raised by parents with addictive behavior. This journey will take readers from the bluebonnets of Texas\, snow banks in Illinois\, and into the beautiful forests of Oregon. \nA candid chronicle of a child growing into womanhood that will encourage others who have trod this rocky path and help them to discover their own unique ways to face the obstacles from their past and the scars left behind. \npk potts is a graduate of The Institute of Children’s Literature. She is the author of the children’s book “Army the Armadillo” and “If the Tree Could Talk”\, and a featured poet in “The Poet’s Word\,” an anthology published by Steady Moon Press. A freelance poet\, writer and photographer whose work has appeared in Germany\, Texas\, Oregon and The Carolinas.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/childrens-booksigning-with-pk-potts/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Signing,Reading
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SUMMARY:Living Large Bookclub: Trouble the Water by Rebecca Dwight Bruff
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an engaging discussion surrounding the American Fiction award-winning Trouble the Water. \nNOTE: The author WILL join us via Zoom – participants can join in LIVE at the store or via the Zoom link here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87099370876?pwd=M1NCUmlsbUY0a0xqL3RaOUZGTTEwUT09 Meeting ID: 870 9937 0876 Passcode: 856794 \n\nDeeply moving and illuminating\, TROUBLE THE WATER reveals the little-known real-life story of Robert Smalls. Born enslaved before the Civil War\, Smalls witnesses great privilege and immense suffering alongside his owner’s daughter and the dangerous son of a firebrand secessionist. \nAt the age of twelve\, he’s sent to work in Charleston\, where he loads ships and learns to pilot a cotton steamer. When the war erupts and his cotton steamer becomes a confederate warship\, Robert attempts a harrowing escape to freedom for himself and the people he loves. \n\n\n“With this stunning debut novel\, Rebecca Bruff establishes herself as an exciting new voice in historical fiction.” – Cassandra King Conroy \n\nRebecca Bruff heard the story of Robert Smalls on her first visit to South Carolina. She was so captivated that she left her job and moved across the country to research and write this novel. Bruff earned her Bachelors degree in education (Texas A&M) and Master and Doctorate degrees in theology (Southern Methodist University). In 2017\, she was a scholarship recipient for the prestigious Key West Literary Seminar. She volunteers at the Pat Conroy Literary Center in Beaufort\, South Carolina. She’s published non-fiction\, plays a little tennis\, travels when she can\, and loves life in the lowcountry with her husband and an exuberant golden retriever. Learn more at rebeccabruff.com
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/living-large-bookclub-trouble-the-water-by-rebecca-dwight-bruff/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
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SUMMARY:Pulpwood Queens Bookclub: The Gumbeaux Sistahs
DESCRIPTION:Come join us for some libations and a lively discussion about The Gumbeaux Sistahs by Jax Frey! As always\, the book is available from Main Street Reads at the 10% off book club price (and it’s in paperback!) \nYou can join in live or via Zoom via this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85949571566?pwd=d0hKN1ppK2FpVE9lR0xlQ0dYVUhBdz09 \nMeeting ID: 859 4957 1566 Passcode: 994085 \n“A bowl of my Mama’s gumbo and a little wine will solve any problem you’ve got\,” said every single Gumbeaux Sistah ever. \nFive Southern women wage a hilarious war against the ageism problems of one of their deep-in-trouble sisters using their improbable friendships\, evil-genius schemes\, oh-so-numerous cocktails\, and a shared passion for good gumbo. \nWhen southern artist\, Judith Lafferty\, loses her long-time\, prestigious museum job to a much younger man\, she finds herself devastated\, alone in her sixties\, and on the brink of financial disaster. Enter the incomparable Gumbeaux Sistahs\, who deliver day-old coffee to her front door as a ploy\, then go on to kidnap her\, feed her excellent gumbo\, and come up with outrageous solutions to her problems. \nTheir motives are just good excuses to drink wine\, have a great time\, argue over whose mother makes the best gumbo\, and\, most of all\, help a sister out. Ageism\, dangerous boyfriends\, deep loneliness\, and any other challenges that can face the over fifty crowd don’t stand a chance against these five resourceful ladies. \nThe Gumbeaux Sistahs is a heart-warming\, smart story of friendship and unexpected shenanigans that you do not want to miss.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/pulpwood-queens-bookclub-the-gumbeaux-sistahs/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club
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