Welcome to RSA Bookgroups
The Resource Sharing Alliance (RSA) is a consortium of libraries in Central Illinois that share a common library automation system. RSA facilitates sharing of materials among its member libraries providing you with access to materials from up to 193 different libraries. RSA's website is http://alsi.sdp.sirsi.net/client/RSAwebsite
Since we share our material, we try to coordinate our bookgroups through this wiki. Please post your library's schedule if it's available. Thanks!
PLEASE NOTE: THIS PAGE IS FOR 2015
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Libraries A-Z
Alpha Park Public Library in Bartonville
2015
February 12th - A Thousand Splendid Suns by Kahled Hosseini
March 12th - What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty
April 9th - Me Before You by JoJo Moyes
May 14th - The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult
June 11th - Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
July 9th - A Man Called Ove by Fredrick Backman
Aug. 13th - Summer Lies by Mary Kay Andrews
Sept. 10th - TBA
Oct. 8th - TBA
Nov. 12th - TBA
Dec. 10th - Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris
Ladies Book Club
March 2015: The Last Summer of the Campetdowns by Elizabeth Kelly
April 2015: The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
May 2015: Lone Wolf by Jodi Picoult
June 2015: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
July 2015: An Unsuitable Job for a Woman by P.D. James
August 2015: Ordinary Grace by William Krueger
September 2015: Gemini by Carol Cassella
October 2015: The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman
November 2015: The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
December 2015: When Christmas Comes by Debbie Macomber
January 2016: Accidental Empress by Allison Pataki
Blessing Health Professions Library in Quincy
Research Book Club 2015
January 28th - The Hot Zone by Richard Preston
March 25 - Auschwitz: A Doctor's Eyewitness Account by Miklos Nyiszli
May 27 - Splendid Solution by Jeffrey Kluger
July 22 - Mavericks, Miracles, and Medicine by Julie M Fenster
September 23 - The Panic Virus by Seth Mnookin
November 18 - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Contact us at 217-228-5520 x. 6970. Melissa DeVerger
Bradford Public Library District
Our Book Club meets the 3rd Monday of each month at 5:00 p.m.
We currently have 15 members and will celebrate our 10th anniversary in May 2016.
We take turns choosing which book to read.
2015
January The Fall of Marigolds ~ Susan Meissner
February All the Light We Cannot See ~ Anthony Doerr
March The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry ~ Rachel Joyce
April The Peach Keeper ~ Sarah Addison Allen
May Have A Little Faith ~ Mitch Albom
June These is My Words ~ Nancy Turner
July The Invention of Wings ~ Sue Monk Kidd
August The Starved Rock Murders ~ Steve Stout
September Ordinary Grace ~ William Kent Krueger
October Operation Christmas Child A Story of Simple Gifts ~ Franklin Graham
November Orphan Train ~ Christina Baker Kline
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Brimfield Book Club-4th Monday of the month @ 1pm
2015
January 26- The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
February 23- Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
March 23- Blood and Thunder by Hampton Sides
April 27- Riding the Bus With My Sister by Rachel Simon
May 18*- Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons by Lorna Lanvik
June 22- TBA
July 27- TBA
August 24- TBA
September 28- TBA
October 26- TBA
November 23- TBA
December 28- TBA
*held on the 18th due to Memorial Day.
For more information, contact Abby at 309-446-9575 or amiles@brimfieldlibrary.org.
Books+Tea @ the Library (book club webpage) 2015
January 26 - All the Light We Cannot See, by Anthony Doerr
February 23 - Emily & Einstein, by Linda Francis Lee
March 23 - The Stone Mattress: Nine Tales, by Margaret Atwood
April 27 - Shakespeare Saved My Life: Ten Years with the Bard, by Laura Bates
May 18 - Flight Behavior, by Barbara Kingsolver
June 22 - A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L'Engle
July 27 - The Goldfinch, by Donna Tartt
August 24 - The Call of the Wild, by Jack London
September 28 - The Ocean at the End of the Lane, by Neil Gaiman
October 26 - Murder on the Orient Express, by Agatha Christie
November 23 - The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl, by Timothy Egan
December 14 - One Plus One by Jojo Moyes
For more information, contact Catherine at 309-274-2719 or cbarnett@chillicothepubliclibrary.org.
Newly formed Reader's Group meets the first Wednesday of each month at 1:30 p.m. in the Don O'Harra Reading Room at the Library.
Reading selections: November: Still Alice by Lisa Genova
December: Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
Farmington Area Public Library District
Second Monday Book Group (Second Monday each month at 6:30pm)
2015
January Baking Cakes in Kigali by Gaile Parkin
February Sweet Mandarin by Helen Tse
March A Lesson in Secrets by Jaqueline Winspear
April The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown
May The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman
June The Invention of Wings by Joy Fielding
July Puppet by Sue Monk Kidd
August The World's Strongest Librarian by Josh Hanagarne
September The Care and Management of Lies by Jaqueline Winspear
October Pioneer Girl by Bich Minh Nguyen
November The Gold Finch by Donna Tartt
December Angels at the Table by Debbie Macomber
For more information contact the Library at 309-245-2175
Fondulac District Library in East Peoria
YA For All Book Club (YA book discussion for teens and adults), meets second Tuesday of every month at 7pm
2015
January 13th - Grasshopper Jungle by Andrew Smith
February 10th - The Devil's Intern by Donna Hosie
March 10th - Vicious by V.E. Schwab
April 14th - Bumped by Megan McCafferty
May 12th - Jackaby by William Ritter
June 9th - Beautiful Music for Ugly Children by Kirstin Cronn-Mills
Teen Space Book Club (YA book discussion for grades 8 through 12), meets third Tuesday of every month at 7pm
2015
January 20th - Grave Mercy by Robin LeFevers
February 17th - Cinder by Marissa Meyer
March 17th - The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey
April 21st - Manga or Graphic Novel of your choice
May 19th - Fantasy Novel of your choice
June 16th - Music Book of your choice
To Be Continued Book Club (A series book club for 5-8th graders), meets the third Thursday of every month at 6:30pm
2015
July 16th - Urchin of the Riding Stars by M. I. McAllister
August 20th - Urchin and the Heartstone by M. I. McAllister
September 17th - The Heir of Mistmantle by M. I. McAllister
Galesburg Public Library
Tuesday/Thursday Book Clubs (tentative list)
January 2015 – Promise Land: My Journey through America’s Self-Help Culture by Jessica Land-Shapiro
February 2015 – A Constellation of Vital Phenomena by Anthony Marra
March 2015 – The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher by Kate Summerscale (tie-in to Big Read of The Maltese Falcon)
April 2015 – The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett (Big Read selection)
May 2015 – Five Days at Memorial by Sheri Fink
June 2015 –Last Night at the Blue Angel by Rebecca Rotert
July 2015 – Drama High by Michael Sokolove
August 2015 – Confessions of Frances Godwin by Robert Hellenga
September 2015 – Flight 232 Laurence Gonzalez
October 2015 – A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
November 2015 – Stuff Matters by Mark Miodowski
December 2015 – The Awakening of Miss Prim by Natalia Fenollera
Tome Raiders Science Fiction/Fantasy Book Club (tentative list)
January 2015 - Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
February 2015 - Revenge of the Witch by Joseph Delaney
March 2015 - Out of the Silent Planet by C.S. Lewis
April 2015 - Something More Than Night by Ian Tregillis
May 2015 - Half a King by Joe Abercrombie
June 2015 - Joplin's Ghost by Tananarive Due
July 2015 - Year Zero by Rob Reid
August 2015 - TBD
September 2015 - The Martian by Andy Weir
October 2015 - The Bad Seed by William March
November 2015 - Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
December 2015 - Nine Princes in Amber by Roger Zelazny
Food for Thought Book Club (tentative list)
February 2015 - Not a Drop to Drink by Mindy McGinnis
March 2015 - TBD
April 2015 - The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett (Big Read selection)
May 2015 - TBD
June 2015 - TBD
July 2015 - TBD
August 2015 - TBD
September 2015 - TBD
October 2015 - TBD
November 2015 - TBD
Best Little Book Club by a Dam Site - Group formed fall of 2002 and named January 2003. Henry has been using variations on this theme for many years. The first instance I found was in the 1 February 1872 paper.
We meet at 9:30 on the Second Monday of the month. We generally pick 6 months of books at a time.
Date
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Title
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Author
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January 12 |
The Midwife of Hope River |
Patricia Harman |
February 9 |
Orange is the New Black |
Piper Kerman |
March 9 |
The Heist |
Janet Evanovich & Lee Goldberg |
April 13 |
Wesley the Owl |
Stacey O'Brien |
May 13 |
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June 10 |
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July 13 |
The House on Olive Street |
Robyn Carr |
August 10 |
Inside the O'Briens |
Lisa Genova |
September 14 |
Bookman's Tale |
Charlie Lovett |
October 12 |
Girl on a Train |
Paula Hawkins |
November 9 |
Just Breathe |
Susan Wiggs |
December 14 |
The Knitting Circle |
Ann Hood |
The Spring Bay Bookies, will celebrate 13 years in Jan. We meet once a month at our branch library. We did have two conflicts this past year of not being able to get our selection because not available when the time came to place holds. We take turns selecting books and hosting that meeting. Here is our list for 2015. Lyn Wiegand
MONTH READING DISCUSSING
Jan 11/22163: A Novel by Stephen King Feb 2nd
Feb The Story of Beautiful Girl by Rachel Simon Mar 2nd
Mar Where’d You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple Apr 6th
Apr Fall From Grace by Richard North Patterson May 4th
May Whiskey Beach by Nora Roberts June 1st
June I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai July 6th
July The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler Aug 3rd
Aug Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline Sep 3rd
Sep The Wedding Gift by Marlen Suyapa Bodden Oct 5th
Oct The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty Nov 2nd
Nov Comfort and Joy by Kirstin Hannah Dec 7th
Dec The Astronauts Wives Club: A True Story by Lily Koppel Jan 4th
Usually meets last Monday of the month at 3 pm in Turner Room
2015 (Our 12th year!)
January 26
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The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
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Zevin, Gabrielle
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Discussion sheet online |
February 23
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Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal and the Real Count of Monte Cristo
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Reiss, Tom
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Discussion sheet online |
March 30
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Invention of Wings
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Kidd, Sue Monk
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Discussion sheet online |
April 27
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A Man Called Ove
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Backman, Fredrik
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Discussion sheet online |
May 18*
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Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
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Brown, Daniel James
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Discussion sheet online |
June 29
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Rosie Project
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Simsion, Graeme
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Discussion sheet online |
July 27
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Gemini
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Cassella, Carol
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Discussion sheet online |
August 31
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The Hurricane Sisters
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Frank, Dorothea Benton
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Discussion sheet online |
Sept 28
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One Summer: America, 1927
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Bryson, Bill
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Discussion sheet online |
October 26
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I am Having So Much Fun Here Without You
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Maum, Courtney
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November 23
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A Star for Mrs. Blake
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Smith, April
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December 14th @ 3pm —Coffee Chat about your favorite books of 2015
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*Please note: Due to a holiday, our May meeting will be a week earlier than usual.
Bookgroup blog is at: http://talkaboutagoodbook.blogspot.com/
Contact Beth Duttlinger lill@lmelibrary.org for more information.
Great Reads
Great Reads Book Club is an adult reading/discussion group sponsored by the Friends of the Macomb Public Library. It meets from September through May (except for December) on the second Wednesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. (November is a first Wednesday due to the library's closing for Veteran's Day.) The book club will meet at the Macomb Public library multi-purpose room.
2015 Selections for Great Reads
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Discussion Date |
Title |
Author |
November 4* |
The Aviator's Wife |
Melanie Benjamin
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December TBA |
TBA |
TBA |
Mystery Book Club
Mystery Book Club is an adult reading/discussion group sponsored by the Friends of the Macomb Public Library. It meets the fourth Wednesday every month from August to May at 7:00 pm (*with slight deviations for November and December to accommodate holidays). The book club will meet at the Macomb Public library multi-purpose room.
2015-2016 Selections for Mystery Book Club
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Discussion Date |
Title |
Author |
October 28 |
Black Diamond |
Martin Walker |
November 18 |
In the Woods |
Tana French |
December TBA |
TBA |
TBA |
Patron-run book clubs.
These groups use Macomb Public Library for interlibrary loan of book club titles but are not directly sponsored by our library.
Book Club 1
This group usually meets the final Friday of the month and selects the title for the next month on their meeting dates. Some exceptions are made for holidays with this schedule, though. This group usually requests 4-5 copies of a selection.
2015 Selections for Book Club 1 |
Discussion Date |
Title |
Author
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November 6 |
Ordinary Grace
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William Kent Krueger
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December 18 |
TBA |
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Book Club 2
Group usually meets on a Monday roughly every six weeks and selects the next title on their meeting dates. This group usually requests 4-5 copies of a title.
2015 Selections for Book Club 2
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Discussion Date |
Title |
Author
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September 30
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The Nightingale |
Kristin Hannah
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November 12 |
Fall of Giants |
Ken Follett |
Book Club 3
This group meets on the second Friday of the month. The leader has expressed willingness to switch discussion dates of particular titles as needed to accommodate for conflicts with other groups. The group requests 9 titles for each discussion. The majority of selections for this group are borrowed in large print format to accommodate more seasoned readers from a local nursing home.
2015 Selections for Book Club 3
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Discussion Date |
Title |
Author |
November 13 |
The Glass Lake
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Maeve Binchy
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December 11 |
Monday Morning Faith
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Lori Copeland
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January 8, 2016
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TBD Season-related title |
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There are also book clubs affiliated with our local university, so a few patrons sometimes request titles for those as well. Those patrons usually place their requests on RSACat with no assistance, so I am usually unaware the titles are intended for book club use or how long they may be in use unless the patron expresses concern about being able to renew a title. These particular patrons are usually very responsible about their usage, though, and the titles are usually not in high demand at the time these patrons place their requests.
When we see there is a situation of a book club title not being easily available, we expand our searches to I-Share, SHARE Illinois libraries, and non-RSA libraries in our region.
We are in the middle of a construction project. With such a small local collection available, we are not in a position to loan right now. We look forward to resuming loans to other libraries for book clubs and other purposes when the project is complete, though.
Contact Carla Ainslie macomblib.carla@gmail.com or macomb.pld.rsa@gmail.com for more information.
Held at the Morton Public Library at 315 W. Pershing St in Morton, IL
2015
January 15th 7 p.m. - The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
February 19th 7 p.m. - Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown
March 19th 7 p.m. - The Awakening of Miss Prim by Natalie Sanmartin Fenorella
April 16th 7 p.m. The Girl You Left Behind by Jojo Moyes
Sep 10, 2015 - The Mockingbird Next Door: Life with Harper Lee by Marja Mills
October 15, 2015 - The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
November 19, 2015 - My Year with Eleanor by Noelle Hancock
Contact Tahdra for more information: TahdraT@mortonlibrary.org
2015 book groups meeting at the Normal Public Library, 206 West College Avenue, Normal
March 19, 2015: Whistling Past the Graveyard by Susan Crandall
May 21, 2015: Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan
July 16, 2015: All the Light we Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
September 17, 2015: The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
November 19, 2015: A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote
Contact Pixie for more information: pfreymann at normalpl.org
2015
July 6: The Paris Wife
August 3: Room
September 14: Mockingbird Next Door
October 5:To Kill a Mockingbird
November 2: Digging to America
December 7: Blind Eye
January: The Husband's Secret
February: The Tiger's Wife
March: I Am the Cheese
Meet at the Pleasant Plains location on the 4th Thursday of each month @ 7 PM
2015
January: Benjamin Franklin's Bastard by Sally Cabot
February: Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty
March: Mrs. Lincoln's Rival by Jennifer Chiaverini
April: Orphan Train by Christine Baker Kline
May: Pecan Man by Cassie Selleck
June: Good Talk, Dad by Bill and Willie Geist
July: Racketeer by John Grisham
August: Storyteller by Jodi Picoult
September: Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
October: Under the Wide and Starry Sky by Nancy Horan
November: Whistling Past the Graveyard by Susan Crandall
December: DO NOT MEET
Third Thursday Bookclub -- Meet at Eli's coffee shop in Tremont at 12:30PM on the third Thursday of each month.
September 2015 |
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October 2015 |
One Plus One by Jojo Moyes |
November 2015 |
To Kill a Mockingbird |
December 2015 |
Christmas Train by David Baldacci
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January 2016 |
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Meet at Speer Bank Community Center 6 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month
2015
January: Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
February: The Shoemaker's Wife by Adrianna Trigiani
March: The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissam
April: The Orchardist by Amanda Coplin
May: The Girl You Left Behind by Jo Jo Moyers
June: The Art of Hearing Heartbeats by Jan-Philip Sendker
July: Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
August: Alena by Rachel Pasten
September: Lydia's Party by Margaret Hawkins
October: Wake by Anna Hope
November: Priscilla by Nicholas Shakespeare
December: The Wonder of All Things by Jason Mott
Questions about this wiki?
Contact Beth Duttlinger
bethd@lmelibrary.org
Lillie M. Evans Library District
207 N Walnut, PO Box 349
Princeville, IL 61559
lmelibrary.org
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