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SUMMARY:May Fab Fantasy Book Club: The Butcher of the Forest
DESCRIPTION:Join us at our in-house Fab Fantasy book club on May 2nd\, when we’ll be chatting about The Butcher of the Forest by Premee Mohamed – a new hit available at the 10% off book club discount. You bring the conversation\, we’ll provide the wine and treats! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“A perfect mix of horror and fantasy.”–The New York Times  \n\n\n\n“The Butcher of the Forest” shows exactly why Mohamed is one of fantasy’s rising stars.”–The Washington Post“The Grimm brothers can’t hold a candle to Premee Mohamed and her fever dream of a fantasy novella.”–Polygon \n\n\n\nA world-weary woman races against the clock to survive a deadly forest in this dark\, otherworldly fairytale from Nebula and World Fantasy Award-winning author Premee Mohamed.  \n\n\n\nAt the northern edge of a land ruled by a merciless foreign tyrant lies a wild\, forbidden forest ruled by powerful magic. Veris Thorn–the only one to ever enter the forest and survive–is forced to go back inside to retrieve the tyrant’s missing children.  \n\n\n\nInside await traps and trickery\, ancient monsters\, and hauntings of the past. One day is all Veris is afforded. One misstep will cost everything.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/may-fab-fantasy-book-club-the-butcher-of-the-forest/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion
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SUMMARY:Book Signing: The Final Victory by Roger Jones
DESCRIPTION:We’re excited to host Roger Jones\, author of the brand new hit\, The Final Victory\, in-store on Sunday afternoon\, May 5th! Read on for more on this incredible release and its inspiring author: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn a novel that fuses the riveting action of The Boys in the Boat with the emotional heft of The Fault in Our Stars\, twenty cancer patients compete in a grueling race only to discover that real victory is achieved within. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAfter he is diagnosed with neuroendocrine cancer\, Tripp Avery feels like all is lost. He finds himself coaching a team of twelve men and eight women with cancer diagnoses of their own\, hoping to qualify for the Mixed Masters Dragon Boat national championship and defy their prognoses. If they win\, they will represent the United States at the International Dragon Boat races in Hong Kong.  \n\n\n\nBut things soon get complicated\, as four of his teammates struggle against their physical limitations and the psychological weight of their conditions. In the summer heat of Chattanooga\, their resolve grows thin–along with Tripp’s patience. After a devastating loss to the defending national champions\, Tripp can only see the finish line\, and he pushes the team even harder. Soon\, the team starts to fall apart.  \n\n\n\nAs members of the team collapse under the pressure and one is hospitalized\, Tripp must confront his failings and find a way to move forward. He begins to question his motives\, wondering if the win is worth the trauma and what that says about him. Despite the odds\, he resolves to rally the team toward a comeback that seems impossible\, if only for one final victory. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRoger Jones\, businessman\, philanthropist\, humanitarian and avid athlete has founded numerous business and community organizations. In 1996\, he started Companion Associates\, Inc.\, one of South Carolina’s largest privately held real estate development firms. He has helped establish and launch non-profit organizations including Reading Partners of South Carolina\, Charleston Social Venture Partners\, and The Charleston Paddle Club.  \n\n\n\nDuring a 2012 trip to East Germany to receive a newly developed intensive radiation treatment for Neuroendocrine Cancer\, Roger decided to pursue his lifelong dream of becoming a writer. The Final Victory is his first novel. Married for forty-seven years\, Roger is the proud father of three children and grandfather of three grandchildren.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/book-signing-the-final-victory-by-roger-jones/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Signing
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SUMMARY:Launch Party: When Cicadas Cry with Caroline Cleveland
DESCRIPTION:We’re hosting a very special launch party for When Cicadas Cry by Caroline Cleveland\, and you’re invited! Your ticket includes the book\, in-store treats during our author Meet & Greet\, AND 10% off your check at Frothy Beard next door that evening. Make a night of it\, bring your friends and enjoy some books and brew! (Store receipt required for the 10% off at Frothy Beard.) \n\n\n\n\nGET YOUR TICKETS HERE – SAME AS BOOK PRICE – JUST $18.99\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn this stunning debut by a South Carolina attorney\, Zach Stander\, a lawyer with a past\, and Addie Stone\, his indomitable detective and lover\, find themselves entangled in secrets\, lies\, and murder in a small Southern town. \n\n\n\nA high-profile murder case–A white woman has been bludgeoned to death with an altar cross in a rural church on Cicada Road in Walterboro\, South Carolina. Sam Jenkins\, a Black man\, is found covered in blood\, kneeling over the body. In a state already roiling with racial tension\, this is not only a murder case\, but a powder keg. A haunting cold case–Two young women are murdered on quiet Edisto Beach\, an hour southeast of Walterboro\, and the killer disappears without a trace. Thirty-four years later the mystery remains unsolved. Could there be a connection to Stander’s case? A killer who’s watching–Stander takes on Jenkins’s defense\, but he’s up against a formidable solicitor with powerful allies. Worse\, his client is hiding a bombshell secret. When Addie Stone reopens the cold case\, she discovers more long-buried secrets in this small town. Would someone kill again to keep them?  \n\n\n\nIdeal for fans of mystery\, suspense\, and thrillers in the vein of Karin Slaughter’s Pretty Girls and Stacy Willingham’s A Flicker in the Dark\, as well as for readers who followed the high-profile Murdaugh murder trial\, held in the same small town as in When Cicadas Cry. \n\n\n\nGET YOUR TIX HERE – JUST $18.99 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCaroline Cleveland credits growing up in the rural South and its quieter way of life for her lifelong passion for books and storytelling. As an adolescent\, she devoured classics like Old Yeller and The Yearling\, discovered Agatha Christie and Steven King in her teenage years\, and\, later\, was mesmerized reading thrillers by authors including John Grisham\, Michael Connelly\, Karin Slaughter and Mary Kubica. \n\n\n\nHer dedication to the written word led her to law school at the University of South Carolina\, where she earned her degree in 1991. She is certified by the South Carolina Supreme Court as a specialist in labor and employment law and is the founding partner of Cleveland & Conley\, LLC.  \n\n\n\nCaroline draws on her rich and varied life experience working in the law for her writing. She elaborates\, “Law school students are warned the first day that the law is a jealous mistress\, and there is a reason for that. But I have always made time to read for pleasure. Eventually\, it dawned on me that I\, too\, have entertaining and powerful stories to tell. As a writer\, I gravitate toward mystery and suspense\, as I cannot resist a character who has a dark secret or is wrestling with inner demons. I have lived in the South all my life\, so my stories inevitably come from a Southern perspective\, featuring deceptively peaceful small towns and strong\, complex characters who rely on their Southern sense of values.”
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/launch-party-when-cicadas-cry-with-caroline-cleveland/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Discussion,Book Signing,Celebration
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SUMMARY:Book Signing: Jewel Sweeney
DESCRIPTION:Join us Mother’s Day weekend for a special signing with local favorite author Jewel Sweeney\, debuting another star in her lineup\, Beach Days! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCasey has lived her life for her family. She is the ideal wife and mother\, working and taking care of everyone. Her husband was just not willing to make the same sacrifices.  \n\n\n\nIn an instant\, Casey’s world is turned upside down. Will she ever be able to find the woman she once was? \n\n\n\nOther books in Jewel’s lineup will be available for purchase/signing as well. AND\, our Mother’s Day weekend festivities include a Blind Date with a Book promotion\, so when you buy a book – you get a blind date FREE! \n\n\n\nCome join the fun and we’ll see you on Main Street…
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/book-signing-jewel-sweeney/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Signing,Celebration
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SUMMARY:Thriller Book Club: Good Half Gone by Tarryn Fisher
DESCRIPTION:We’re excited to read and talk about Good Half Gone by Tarryn Fisher at our in-house thriller book club; this one is getting lots of buzz! And\, since it’s one of our rare paperback releases\, it’s perfect to take with to the beach. 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\n“The ending shattered me in a way only Tarryn Fisher can!” –Colleen Hoover \n\n\n\nIris Walsh saw her twin sister get kidnapped–so why does no one believe her? Iris narrowly escaped her twin sister’s fate as a teen: abducted in broad daylight and long gone before she could convince the cops there was anything to investigate. With Piper presumed a runaway and no evidence to go on but Iris’s scattered memories\, the case quickly goes cold.Ever since that terrible day\, Iris’ search for Piper has bordered on obsession. Chasing leads across years and following clues that all seem to point to a single name\, Iris does everything she can to get close to the only person who might know the answer to the question that still haunts her: where did Piper go?  \n\n\n\nAnd if the police still won’t help\, she’ll just have to find the answer herself–using her criminal psychology degree to intern at the isolated psychiatric hospital on Shoal Island\, where secrets lurk in the shadows and are kept under lock and key. But Iris soon realizes that something even more sinister is simmering beneath the surface of the Shoal\, and that the patients aren’t the only ones being observed… \n\n\n\nLooking for more captivating reads by Tarryn Fisher? Don’t miss: \n\n\n\n\nNever Never (with Colleen Hoover)\n\n\n\nAn Honest Lie\n\n\n\nThe Wives\n\n\n\nThe Wrong Family
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/thriller-book-club-good-half-gone-by-tarryn-fisher/
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: Take the Challenge!
DESCRIPTION:This month’s Third Thursday theme is “Take the Challenge” – there’ll be plenty of music and challenges on the square.  \n\n\n\nOur challenge to you? Pick a book in a genre you wouldn’t normally read. Hooked on fantasy? Give non-fiction a whirl. Love historical fiction? Try something in sci-fi… You might just discover a whole new world…
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/third-thursday-take-the-challenge/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
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SUMMARY:NEW! Young Reader Book Club
DESCRIPTION:You asked – we answered: we’re starting an all-new young reader book club! \n\n\n\nWe’re going to kick off the May/June/July meetings with a wonderful series by New York Times bestselling authors Mary Alice Monroe and Angela May: The Islanders\, with a target age range of 8-11. As with all our clubs\, book club selections are always 10% off the list price: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBook one\, The Islanders\, will take place May 20th. On Monday\, June 17th\, we’ll discuss the second book in the series\, The Islanders: Search for Treasure. \n\n\n\nAnd on July 15th\, we’ll talk about the third all-new book\, coming out June 18th\, The Islanders: Shipwrecked. We’ll be having a BIG book signing in partnership with the Timrod Library on the square for this on Saturday\,  \n\n\n\nInfo about the first 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 two 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\nFrom New York Times bestselling author Mary Alice Monroe comes a beautiful story of friendship\, loss\, and the healing power of nature in her first book for middle grade readers.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEleven-year-old Jake’s life has just turned upside-down. His father was wounded in Afghanistan\, and his mother is going to leave to care for him. That means Jake’s spending the summer on tiny Dewees Island with his grandmother.  \n\n\n\nThe island is a nature sanctuary–no cars or paved roads\, no stores or restaurants. To make matters worse\, Jake’s grandmother doesn’t believe in cable or the internet\, which means Jake has no cell phone\, no video games…and no friends.  \n\n\n\nThis is going to be the worst summer ever!  \n\n\n\nHe’s barely on the island before he befriends two other kids–Macon\, another “summer kid\,” and Lovie\, a know-it-all who lives there and shows both Jake and Macon the ropes of life on the island. All three are struggling with their own family issues and they quickly bond\, going on adventures all over Dewees Island.  \n\n\n\nUntil one misadventure on an abandoned boat leads to community service. Their punishment? Mandatory duty on the Island Turtle Team. The kids must do a daily dawn patrol of the beach on the hunt for loggerhead sea turtle tracks.  \n\n\n\nWhen a turtle nest is threatened by coyotes\, the three friends must find a way to protect it. Can they save the turtle nest from predators? Can Jake’s growing love for the island and its inhabitants (be they two-legged\, four-legged\, feathered\, or finned) help to heal his father?
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/new-young-reader-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:May Bestseller Book Club: A Short Walk Through a Wide World
DESCRIPTION:Super excited about this month’s pick – A Short Walk through a Wide World by debut novelist Douglas Westerbeke is part Addie LaRue\, part Starless Sea\, part Life of Pi and ALL mesmerizing! \n\n\n\nAs always\, this book club pick is available for 10% off (book club pricing) and the evening at our in-house book club includes free treats and wine – you just bring the scintillating conversation – and we expect some incredible conversation around this winner! \n\n\n\nThink The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue meets Life of Pi or A Starless Sea. This is an epic debut that chronicles an incredible life of a woman as she journeys the globe trying to outrun a curse that will kill her if she stops too long in any one place! Intriguing\, right? \n\n\n\nIt all begins in Paris in 1885\, when nine-year-old Aubry Tourvel\, a spoiled and stubborn childl\, comes across a wooden puzzle ball on her way home from school. She tosses it over the fence\, only to find it in her backpack that evening. Days later\, at the family dinner table\, she suddenly begins to bleed to death. \n\n\n\nWhen medical treatment only makes her worse\, she flees to the outskirts of the city\, where she realizes that it is this very act of movement that inexplicably keeps her alive. So begins her lifelong journey on the run from her condition\, which won’t allow her to stay anywhere for longer than a few days nor –and here’s the kicker– return to any place where she’s already been. \n\n\n\nFrom the dunes of the Calashino Sand Sea to the snow-packed peaks of the Himalayas; from a bottomless well in a Parisian courtyard\, to the shelves of an infinite underground library\, we are tethered to Aubry as she is tethered to her curse. She learns what it takes to survive and ultimately\, to truly live. But the longer Aubry wanders and the more desperate she is to share her life with others\, the clearer it becomes that the world she travels through may not be quite the same as everyone else’s… \n\n\n\nForced to be fiercely independent and yet somehow hopeful and full of longing\, Aubry becomes an unforgettable character fighting her way through a world of wonders\, all to find a safe place she can call home. This really is a spellbinding and inspiring story about discovering meaning in a life that seems otherwise impossible. And at its core\, it should remind each of us that it’s not the destination\, but rather the journey\, that makes us who we are.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/may-bestseller-book-club-a-short-walk-through-a-wide-world/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion
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