This Saturday. 12,000 people. A train. And us. 🚂📚
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Originally emailed August 4, 2026. Archived newsletter: all event dates below have passed. Attendance expectations, transport information, and rain-date plans reflect the original edition.
Dear Reader ✨
Last Saturday at Princeton, something kept happening over and over again.
A Scottish gentleman who hadn’t read a book in years stopped dead in his tracks because a clue card spoke directly to him. He walked away with his next favorite book. 📖
A middle school English teacher drove a long way, left with three books and a stack of stickers — one title already being considered for her classroom. 🍎
A young adult on a mission to find the perfect gift for a dear friend. Mission accomplished. 🎁
A young bookworm who read every single clue card of every chapter book until she found the one. 🌟
And an avid reader who picked up a bundle, read the clue, and shrieked — because there's an 11 month wait for it at her local library! 📚✨
This is what surprise book bundles are for. Not just the books — the moments.
We can’t wait to make more of them. And this Saturday, we’re going to have a lot of chances to do exactly that.
🌽 Flemington Corn, Tomato + Beer Fest — This Saturday, August 8
Archive note: these event dates have passed.
This is the big one.
Flemington’s most iconic summer tradition is back — and this year they’re expecting 12,000 visitors and 140 vendors lining Main Street, plus live music, food trucks, craft beer, wine tasting, kids activities, and downtown shopping. It is a full day of everything good about summer in New Jersey.
And we’ll be right there in the middle of it with hand-picked books, beautifully wrapped bundles, and a table that has a way of slowing people down.
Getting there is easy: Free shuttles run continuously from three parking lots — Hunterdon Central High School, Hunterdon Courthouse, and Reading-Fleming Intermediate School. And new this year: a festival hopper train running from Unity Bank in Flemington. 🚂
We’ll be there. ☔️ If the weather doesn’t fully cooperate on Saturday, the rain date is Saturday, August 22.
And no matter what — we’ll be at our beloved Hopewell Farmers Market on Sunday, August 23. 🌿 Come find us there if you can’t make Flemington, or make it a full book-lover’s weekend and do both!
✨ Can’t make it in person?
We’ve got you covered from wherever you are. 🤍
Shop our bundles → Hand-picked, beautifully wrapped, ready for your doorstep.
Browse our Bookshop storefront → Whatever you’re craving, it’s waiting for you there.
Until next time — may the right book find you at exactly the right moment. 📖
XOXO,
Kimberly
Main Street Chapters