Paint the Town Dark Red!
It's More Than Your Average Book Signing, It's a Book Party!
With Laura Caldwell and Gillian Flynn
Event will be held at O'Leary's Pub on the Square

Come out and paint the town Dark Red with Read Between the Lynes at O'Leary's on the Square. We are ecstatic to help launch not one, but two Chicago authors latest books!

Laura Caldwell is a Chicago-based lawyer turned novelist.  Before she began her writing career, Laura was a trial attorney and law professor at her alma mater, Loyola University.  Her first books, which were published beginning in 2002, were met with critical acclaim.  In 2005, Laura began publishing thrillers and suspense novels.  Hailed as “one of the most talented and inventive writer's around” by Booklist.  This summer, she has a trilogy coming out this summer beginning with Red Hot Lies.

Gillian Flynn is the television critic for Entertainment Weekly magazine.  Both of her novels have received high praise, not only from critics, but from fellow authors as well.  Her first novel, Sharp Objects, was shortlisted for the Edgar Award for Best First Novel by an American Author.  She also won the Crime Writer's Association New Blood award and the Ian Fleming Steel Daggers award.  Her latest book is the critically acclaimed Dark Places.

Woodstock Teen Idol 7:00 pm.
Woodstock Idol 8:30 pm
Read Between the Lynes Fourth Anniversary/Woodstock Idol

Warm up those vocal chords because it's time for our Second Annual Woodstock Idol and Woodstock Teen Idol Competition! We will host this years competition at Odd Fellow's at the Waverly House where we will bring together our karaoke fanatics.  Woodstock Teen Idol will start at 7:00 pm. and is open to participants age 20 and under.  Woodstock Idol will begin at 8:30 pm. and is open to participants 21 and over.  Competition Entry fee will be $15.00 per person.

Theresa Schwegel

Looking for a book to keep you on the edge of your beach towel this summer?  Look no further!  Read Between the Lynes welcomes back McHenry County's very own, author Theresa Schwegel, for the release of her fourth book, Last Known Address.  In her latest book, the Edgar Award winning author follows Sloane Pearson,  Chicago detective in the city's sex crime division who is tired of being treated like the “new girl” by the other detectives.  When a baffling case turns personal, Pearson is forced to charge through obstacles to solve the mystery.  From the worst slums of Chicago's west side to the skyscrapers in the Loop, Sloan throws herself into the chase to catch a predator before it's too late.

Milkshake event!  

Do you know that the third Sunday in July is National Ice Cream Day?  We will help get you in the spirit of Ice Cream by sharing classic and contemporary milkshake recipes from “Thoroughly Modern Milkshakes” by Adam Reid.  Cobblestones will be providing their scrumptious (and our favorite) Homer’s Homemade Ice Cream.  Stop in, have a taste and then plan on treating your family and friends to delicious milkshakes.

Carrie Meyer

Take a trip back through the years and look through a window into a way of life that has all but disappeared, back to a time when the fields were green and farming was the way to survive with Carrie Meyer, author of Days on the Family Farm.  From the beginning of the twentieth century to World War II, farm wife May Lyford Davis of Rockford, IL,like many women of her time, kept a daily chronicle of two decades of prosperity, the Great Depression, and two World Wars in their Midwestern farming community.  She also kept meticulous farming accounts. In doing so, she left an extraordinary record that reflects not only her own experiences but also the history of early twentieth-century American agriculture.
May and Elmo's story, engagingly told by Carrie A. Meyer, showcases the large-scale evolution of agriculture from horses to automobile and tractors, a surprisingly vibrant family and community life, and the business of commercial farming. Details gathered, reveal a rich picture of a world shared by many small farmers.

Mystery Scavenger Hunt

They walk among us.  Moving about the city, hiding in the nooks and crannies of local establishments.  And it's up to you to help us find them.  We need gumshoes and P.I.'s to help us locate some Mystery writers who are hidden right out in the open on the gritty streets and shops of Woodstock.  Join us for our Second Annual Lost Author Scavenger Hunt. Once the authors are located, we invite all of our participants to join us at the store for an intimate gathering with the authors.  To RSVP call Read Between the Lynes at (815) 206-5967.

Teacher Appreciation

Let us say thank you for all that you do to educate our children, our future!  We will be offering presentations throughout the day highlighting the latest in children’s and young adult literature.  We will have goodies, prizes and special discounts available for you!
Elementary presentations: 9:30, 10:30 and 11:30 each day
Middle and High School presentations: 1:30, 2:30 and 3:30 each day
Woodstock Square Merchants will be offering special discounts and offers for educators these days as well.  Gather your colleagues and plan to spend an informative, productive and fun day on the Square! Watch for details in July.