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📚 What Are You Reading Friday? 📚

I'm currently reading Based on a True Story by Sarah Vaughan, and I'm enjoying it. So far there is sibling rivalry, long-buried family secrets, and one dead body. What's not to love? 👀

What are you reading this weekend? 📖☀️

Thank you to the friendly readers that joined us today for the Talkin' Books Book Club. We enjoyed sharing books that are set outside the United States. It is wonderful how reading allows us to travel the world without leaving our chairs. Our discussion was so interesting as we discovered how similar humans can be despite very different settings and circumstances.

If you weren't able to make it today, here are some of the titles we discussed...

I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy
Angel Down by Daniel Krous
Eye of the Needle by Ken Follett
Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue
The Lost Apothecary by Penner
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt

Thanks you to North Myrtle Beach Parks & Rec for partnering with us, to the North Myrtle Beach Historical Museum for hosting us, and to Main Street Bakery for providing the coffee that helps fuel our book discussions.

Next month's theme is... a book under 200 pages. Sometimes the shortest books leave the biggest impressions. We hope you can join us on Wednesday, July 8 at 10:30 at the NMB Historical Museum.

☀️📚 Read. Beach. Repeat.

We've loaded up with fun beachy books for the kiddos. Come grab one for your little reader today!

☀️📚 Summer Reading Starts Now! 📚☀️

School may be out, but the reading adventures are just beginning!

This summer, we're creating Book Selfies at Bookends! Stop by the store and pick up a paper book spine. After you read a book, create your book spine. Bring it back to Bookends for a reading prize. Our Summer Shelfie will grow all summer!

Summer is for reading!☀️📖

📚 Talkin’ Books is Back! 📚🌍

Join us on Wednesday, June 10 at 10:30 a.m. at the North Myrtle Beach Historical Museum for our next Talkin’ Books gathering!

This month's theme is Books Set Outside the United States. From sweeping historical fiction to unforgettable contemporary stories, we'll be sharing favorite reads from around the globe and discovering new titles to add to our ever-growing TBR piles.

Whether you've read a book that transported you across oceans or you're simply looking for your next great read, we'd love to have you join the conversation.

📍 North Myrtle Beach Historical Museum
📅 June 10
⏰ 10:30 a.m.

Bring a recommendation, bring a friend, and let's travel the world—one book at a time! 🌎✨

What a wonderful afternoon! 📚✨

We had the absolute pleasure of partnering with Chapin Memorial Library for a fantastic event celebrating T. I. Lowe's South of Somewhere and Marybeth Whalen's Handle With Care.

These two authors were a powerhouse duo—funny, insightful, engaging, and full of stories that had the audience laughing, thinking, and completely captivated. What a joy to hear them discuss their newest novels and the inspiration behind them!

We're so grateful to Chapin Memorial Library for hosting such a special event and allowing Bookends to be a part of it. If you missed the afternoon, don't worry—we have both books available at Bookends, and they are wonderful additions to the Southern fiction genre.

📖 South of Somewhere by T. I. Lowe
📖 Handle With Care by Marybeth Whalen

Be sure to follow Chapin Memorial Library for future author events and literary programs. They consistently bring amazing authors and opportunities to our reading community!

📚 Happy Friday, readers! Welcome to the weekend!

What are you reading this weekend?

I'm reading The Land and Its People, David Sedaris's newest collection, and I'm loving every funny, insightful essay. Sedaris has a gift for finding humor in everyday life.

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📚✨ Author Event Alert! ✨📚

Join us Thursday, June 4 at Chapin Library for a special event with two of our favorite Southern authors, T. I. Lowe and Marybeth Whalen!

Come hear them discuss their newest books, their writing journeys, and the stories behind the pages. Best of all—it's FREE!

📍 Chapin Library
📅 Thursday, June 4, 2:00

We'll be there with books available for purchase and signing, and we'd love to see lots of familiar Bookends faces in the crowd.

📖❤️ Grab a friend and join us for an unforgettable evening with two incredible storytellers.

🌀📚 June marks the start of hurricane season, and around here, that means keeping an eye on the forecast and hoping for calm waters ahead.

As Jimmy Buffett sang, we're all just "trying to reason with hurricane season."

We think the best way to prepare... is with books (and some flashlights and snacks). Come stock up for the season.

🎙️ New episode of Between the Bookends is here!

We’re chatting all things books—what we’re reading, what we’re loving, and the titles we can’t stop recommending. Whether you’re looking for your next great read or just want to spend a little time talking books with us, this episode is for you. 📚✨

Listen wherever you get your podcasts, and let us know what you’re reading right now!

The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton

The Last Murder at the End of the World by Stuart Turton

The Final Problem by Arturo Perez-Reverte

Hope Rises by David Baldacci

This Weekend Doesn’t End Well for Anyone by Catherine Mack

Dissection of a Murder by Jo Murray

Vengeance by Tom Clavin