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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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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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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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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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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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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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SUMMARY:Living Large Bookclub August: The Little Village of Book Lovers by Nina George
DESCRIPTION:As always\, our book clubs are free and open to all\, and the book club pick is 10% off the regular price. You bring the conversation\, we’ll provide the treats! \n\n\n\nThis month: The Little Village of Book Lovers by Nina George.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA young woman with the extraordinary power to bring soulmates together searches for her own true love in this tender\, lyrical standalone novel inspired by the “bona fide international hit” (The New York Times Book Review) The Little Paris Bookshop  \n\n\n\nIn Nina George’s New York Times bestseller The Little Paris Bookshop\, beloved literary apothecary Jean Perdu is inspired to create a floating bookstore after reading a seminal pseudonymous novel about a young woman with a remarkable gift. The Little Village of Book Lovers is that novel.“Everyone knows me\, but none can see me. I’m that thing you call love.” In a little town in the south of France in the 1960s\, a dazzling encounter with Love itself changes the life of infant orphan Marie-Jeanne forever. As a girl\, Marie-Jeanne realizes that she can see the marks Love has left on the people around her–tiny glowing lights on the faces and hands that shimmer more brightly when the one meant for them is near. Before long\, Marie-Jeanne is playing matchmaker\, bringing true loves together in her village. As she grows up\, Marie-Jeanne helps her foster father\, Francis\, begin a mobile library that travels throughout the many small mountain towns in the region of Nyons.  \n\n\n\nShe finds herself bringing soulmates together every place they go–and there are always books that play a pivotal role in that quest. However\, the only person that Marie-Jeanne can’t seem to find a soulmate for is herself. She has no glow of her own\, though she waits and waits for it to appear. Everyone must have a soulmate\, surely–but will Marie-Jeanne be able to recognize hers when Love finally comes her way?
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/living-large-bookclub-august/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion
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SUMMARY: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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