HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY! As a proud mom myself, I share in your joy and pride to be celebrated on this day – curl up with your book and favorite coffee/tea/wine and ENJOY. You’ve earned it (and then some…)And this weekend you get all the special treatment. If you’re a mom OR if the purchase is for mom, get 10% off all day. See you on Main Street!
HAPPENING THIS WEEK:
MONDAY Main Street Writes
May 9 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
For the inner writer in all of us, our regular Monday evening writers group! Join us via the Zoom link below and get your writing on track! See you soon — and Write ON! Find out more »
TUESDAY Thriller Book Club in May: Greenwich Park by Katherine Faulkner
May 10 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm Main Street Reads, 115 S. Main St.Summerville, SC + Google MapJoin our Thrill in the ‘Ville thriller book club at Main Street Reads the second Tuesday in May and enjoy a free book club journal, food, drink, and chat about the fabulous debut thriller, Greenwich Park by Katherine Faulkner. “A twisty, fast-paced” (The Sunday Times, London) debut thriller…Find out more »
WEDNESDAY Stories on the Square
May 11 @ 9:30 am – 10:00 am Main Street Reads, 115 S. Main St.Summerville, SC + Google MapJoin us every WEDNESDAY morning at 9:30 a.m. for “Stories on the Square, our outdoor storytime adventure – kids of all ages welcome! Treats served and student discounts to ALL attendees! Find out more »
SATURDAY Book Signing and Talk with Stacy Willingham: A Flicker in the Dark
May 14 @ 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm Main Street Reads, 115 S. Main St.Summerville, SC + Google MapWe’re super excited to bring you a very special event with brilliant debut author Stacy Willingham, author of the new thriller, A Flicker in the Dark, already a New York Times bestselling book! We’ll begin with an “in conversation” with the author, followed by signing. Refreshments will be served! HINT: The book will ALSO be our June Thriller Book Club selection, so grab your copy now and be ready for a great talk about a compelling read! A New York…Find out more »
STATE BY STATE: MAINE
Join the state-by-state reading fun with Main Street Reads all year long! Throughout the year we’re your state-by-state travel guide, with a curated book list each week, suggesting books from the featured “State of the Week.” Each list includes both fiction and non-fiction, with adult and young reader titles so families can join the fun together! CLICK HERE for ALL the states so far – click on the image below for this week’s Maine reads!
COMING SOON…
Bestseller Book Club in May Featuring The Rice Birds by Lindy Carter
May 17 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm Main Street Reads, 115 S. Main St.Summerville, SC + Google MapJoin us for an exciting book club evening on the third Tuesday in May when we’ll be chatting about The Rice Birds by Lindy Carter and come back two days later to meet Lindy in person and get your book signed by the author! The club meets live and all are welcome – we’ll bring the treats, you bring yourselves! The book is available at the 10% off book club discount, too! Third Thursday will feature this very special book…Find out more »
Third Thursday Book Signing: The Rice Birds by Lindy Carter!
May 19 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm Main Street Reads, 115 S. Main St.Summerville, SC + Google MapJoin us for a very special book signing for The Rice Birds by Lindy Keane Carter, which NYT bestselling authors are already calling brilliant! “Like the hunted rice birds of South Carolina’s Lowcountry, two desperate women—an Irish indentured servant and an enslaved servant—flee antebellum Charleston in this meticulously researched and beautifully crafted odyssey to freedom. I loved it.” – Mary Alice Monroe, New York Times bestselling author of 27 books, including THE BEACH HOUSE series “In a poignant story of…Find out more »
Pulpwood Queens Bookclub for May: Goodbye Orchid by Carol van den Hende
May 26 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pmMain Street Reads, 115 S. Main St.Summerville, SC + Google MapA wonderful pick this month from a wonderful author, Goodbye Orchid has garnered international attention as a book club read. All are welcome and treats will be served at our book club shindig the fourth Thursday of May! Winner of the American Fiction Award and Pinnacle Achievement Award. Can love blossom after life changes in an instant? One July morning in Manhattan, handsome athlete and entrepreneur Phoenix Walker accompanies his love, half-Asian beauty Orchid, to the airport. Neither believes today…Find out more »
Booksigning – Tapestry: A Lowcountry Rapunzel
May 28 @ 11:00 am – 1:00 pm Main Street Reads, 115 S. Main St.Summerville, SC + Google MapCome on out and meet Sophia Alexander and get a copy of each of the first two award-winning books in her trilogy – Silk: Caroline’s Story AND the brand new release of Tapestry: A Lowcountry Rapunzel The trilogy began with Silk: Caroline’s Story, that released last summer. It’s 1899, and Caroline Corbett is ready for the twentieth century. She’s excited to find work and meet new people—but gets more than expected when a rough-hewn Lowcountry farmer and a small-town doctor…Find out more »