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 2021
For 2025 titles, please click here
Libraries A-Z
Alpha Park Public Library in Bartonville
We meet the 2nd Thursday of the Month
Our book club meets the 3rd Monday of each month at 5 p.m.
Book Club est. May 2006
January 2021 - The Warmth of Other Suns - Isabel Wilkerson
February 2021 - The Yearling - Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
March 2021 - The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse - Charlie Mackesy
April 2021 - The Keeper of Lost Things - Ruth Hogan
May 2021 - Experiment in Murder - Margaret Truman
June 2021 - Our Darkest Night - Jennifer Robson
July 2021 - Be Frank With Me - Julia Claiborne Johnson
August 2021 - The Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules - Martha Anderson
September 2021 - Raft of Stars - Andrew J. Graff
October 2021 - The Band of Sisters - Lauren Willig
November 2021 - Nothing but the Truth - Avi
December 2021 - Silent Night - Mary Higgins Clark
Brimfield Book Club meets on the 4th Tuesday of the month at 1pm
January-April - no in person book club due to COVID-19.
May 25: No book discussion - picking up The Red Book by Deborah Copaken
June 22: Discussing The Red Book by Deborah Copaken - picking up The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
July 27: Discussing The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah - picking up The Woods by Harlan Coben
August 24: Discussing The Woods by Harlan Coben - picking up The Spy and the Traitor by Ben Macintyre
September 28: Discussing The Spy and the Traitor by Ben Macintyre - The Other Einstein by Marie Benedict
October 26: Discussing The Other Einstein by Marie Benedict - Nights of Rain and Stars by Maeve Binchy
November 23: Discussing Nights of Rain and Stars by Maeve Binchy - picking up All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
December 28: Discussing All the Light We Cannont See by Anthony Doerr - picking up Have You Seen Luis Velez? by Catherine Ryan Hyde
For more information, contact Abby at 309-446-9575 or amiles@brimfieldlibrary.org.
For more information, contact Catherine at 309-274-2719 or cbarnett@chillicothepubliclibrary.org.
2021 Dates:
Books+Tea @ the Library meets on 4th Mondays at 6:30pm
January 25 – News of the World, by Paulette Jiles
February 22 – Blue Horses: Poems, by Mary Oliver
March 22 – Lab Girl, by Hope Jahren (this is the focus book for Chillicothe Public Library’s 2021 NEA Big Read. You can pick up a free copy at the library!)
April 26 – The House of the Spirits, by Isabel Allende
May 24 – Talking to Strangers, by Malcolm Gladwell
June 28 – The Vanishing Half, by Brit Bennett
July 26 – The Secret Wisdom of the Earth, by Christopher Scotton
August 23 – The Library Book, by Susan Orlean
September 27 – The Night Watchman, by Louise Erdrich
October 25 – The Witch of Painted Sorrows, by M.J. Rose
November 22 – Grand Union: Stories, by Zadie Smith
December 20 – This Is Happiness, by Niall Williams (We’ll be meeting early at 6:00 p.m. this month)
Curiosity & Cheesecake meets on last Tuesdays at 6:30 pm
September 28 — Rough Magic, by Lara Prior-Palmer
October 19 —
November 30 —
December 28 —
January 25 —
February 22 —
March 29 —
Just Us Reading meets on second Tuesdays at 6:30 pm
September 14 — Refugee, by Alan Gratz
October 12 — Just Us: An American Conversation, by Claudia Rankine
November 9 —
December 14 —
January 11 —
February 8 —
March 8 —
Panel Discussions meets on first Tuesdays at 6:00 pm
September 2 — Nimona, by Noelle Stevenson
October 7 — Relish, by Lucy Knisley
November 4 — The Best We Could Do, by Thi Bui
December 2 — Mouse Guard Fall 1152, by David Peterson
Reader's Group meets the first Wednesday of each month at 1:30 p.m. in the Don O'Hara Reading Room at the Library.
Our book club (RIOT ACT - Readers In Our Town Are Coming Together) meets on the 4th Thursday of the month at 7 pm.
Musings on Main
Farmington Area Public Library District
Second Monday Book Group (Second Monday each month at 6:30pm)
Resumes Monday, September 13th with Discussion of Favorite Summer Read - picking up Maisie Dobbs: A Novel by Jacqueline Winspear
October 11th - Maisie Dobbs: A Novel - picking up The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
November 8th - The Silent Patient - picking up Christmas Books, Readers Choice
December 13th - Christmas Books, Readers Choice - picking up Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
After Thoughts Book Club at Hanna City Community Center (Last Monday of each month except June, July & August at 9:30am)
Resumes Monday, September 27th with Discussion of Favorite Summer Read - picking up The Keeper of Lost Things by Ruth Hogan
October 25th - The Keeper of Lost Things - picking up The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
November 29th - The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek - picking up Jingle All the Way by Debbie Macomber
December 27th - Jingle All the Way - picking up The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
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
Teen Space Book Club (YA book discussion for grades 8 through 12), meets third Tuesday of every month at 7pm
To Be Continued Book Club (A series book club for 5-8th graders), meets the third Thursday of every month at 6:30pm
Galesburg Public Library
Please note: we DO loan our book club kits to other libraries for book discussions. Contact Jane (jane.easterly@galesburglibrary.org or 309-343-6118) if you want to borrow one of our kits.
Tuesday/Thursday Book Clubs
Tome Raiders Science Fiction/Fantasy Book Club
Food for Thought Book Club
Buzzwords Book Club
Book Club is the 4th Tuesday of each month at 7 pm at the Library.
2021 Book Club Titles
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Jan.: Sold on a Monday by Kristina McMorris
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Feb.: One Little Lie by Colleen Coble
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March: This Tender Land by Wm. Kent Krueger
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April: The Scent Keeper by Erica Bauermeister
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May: Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Burns
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June: Say Goodbye for Now by Catherine Hyde
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July: Divine by Karen Kingsbury
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Aug.: Lemon Pie Mystery by Joanne Fluke
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Sept.: Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell
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Oct.: Little Fires Everywhere by Ng
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Nov.: Christmas at Harringtons by Melody Carlson
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Dec.: No meeting
Starting 10/25/21, our Book Club will meet the last Monday of the month at 7:30 pm at the Library, except December (no meeting) and May (one week earlier).
10/25/21: Night of the Living Deed, by E.J. Copperman
11/29/21: Where the Crawdads Sing, by Delia Owen
(No meeting in December)
1/31/22: Still Life, by Louise Penny
2/28/22: The Cold Dish, by Craig Johnson
3/28/22: The Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder, by Joanne Fluke
4/25/22: We Are Legion, We Are Bob, by Dennis E. Taylor
5/23/22: Open Season, by C.J. Box
Turning Pages Book Club
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.
Date |
Title |
Author |
Location |
January 11 |
Reader's Choice |
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Zoom & Basement |
February 8 |
Before We Were Yours |
Lisa Wingate |
Zoom & Basement |
March 8 |
The Other Einstein |
Marie Benedict |
Zoom & Basement |
April 12 |
New Kid |
Jerry Craft |
Zoom & ?? |
May 10 |
The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek |
Kim Michele Richardson |
Zoom & ?? |
June 14 |
The Queen: The forgotten life behind an American Myth |
Josh Levin |
Zoom & ?? |
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July 12 |
Mama Makes Up Her Mind: And other dangers of Southern LIving |
Bailey White |
Zoom & Lawn |
August 9 |
The Library of Lost Things |
Laura Taylor Namey |
Zoom & Lawn |
September 13 |
All Adults Here |
Emma Straub |
Zoom & Lawn |
October 11 |
Trapped: The 1909 Cherry Mine Disaster |
Karen Tintori |
Zoom & ??? |
November 8 |
The Midnight Library |
Matt Haig |
Zoom & ???
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December 13 |
Silent Night: The Story of the World War I Christmas Truce |
Stanley Weintraub |
Zoom & Basement |
We meet at 9:30 on the Second Monday of the month. We generally pick 6 months of books at a time.
Book Buzz meets the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 1 pm.
January - The Vanishing Half, by Brit Bennet
February - Catch and Kill, by Ronan Farrow
March - The Mystery of Mrs. Christie, by Marie Benedict
April - Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, by Isabel Wilkerson
May - The Children's Blizzard, by Melanie Benjamin
June - We Keep the Dead Close, by Becky Cooper
July - The Answer Is . . ., by Alex Trebek
August - Hidden Valley Road, by Robert Kolker
September - Recipe for a Perfect Wife, by Karma Brown
October - American Baby, by Gabrielle Glaser
November - Guilty Admissions, by Nicole LaPorte
December - The Thursday Murder Club, by Richard Osman
Meeting are held once a month at the Spring Bay Branch. We hope to avoid conflicts with other book clubs in getting our selections, and the past year proved successful. We take turns selecting books and hosting that meeting.
Spring Bay Bookies 2021
Meeting Reading
Apr 5 The Lady Cyclist’s Guide to Kashgar by Suzanne Johnson
May 3 Death of a Macho Man by M C Beaton
June 7 The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
July 1 The Lost Man by Jane Harper
Aug 2 Snap Shot by Lis Wiehl
Sep 2 The Secret Life of CeeCee Wilkes by Diane Chamberlain
Oct 4 If the Creek Don’t Riseby Leah Weiss
Nov 1 Defending Jacob by William Landy
Dec 6 Unsolved by James Patterson
Meetings are held on the 3rd Monday of each month.
2021
November 15 - The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan
December 20 - Mr. Dickens and His Carol by Samantha Silva
Usually meets last Monday of the month at 3 pm in Turner Room
2021 (Our 18th year)
Members, please check blog online for latest info 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. The book club will meet at the Macomb Public library multi-purpose room.
Mystery Book Club
Mystery Book Club is an adult reading/discussion group sponsored by the Friends of the Macomb Public Library. The group schedule is in a state of revision, but these are the dates available so far. The book club will meet at the Macomb Public library multi-purpose room.
Patron-run book clubs
These groups use Macomb Public Library for interlibrary loan of book club titles, but these groups 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.
Book Club 2
This group usually meets roughly every 6 to 8 weeks and selects subsequent selections on their meeeting dates. Some exceptions are made for holidays with this schedule, though. This group usually requests 2 copies of a selection.
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 staff is usually unaware the titles are intended for book club use or how long materials 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.
Contact Carla Ainslie macomblib.carla@gmail.com or macomb.pld.rsa@gmail.com for more information.
We are currently meeting over Zoom on the first Thursday of every month, hoping to return to in-person meetings in the spring or summer. Our Book Group meets the first Thursday of every month at 6:30 PM. New members and visitors are always welcome!
January 7, 2021 -- Miracle Creek by Angie Kim
February 4, 2021 -- Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
March 4, 2021 -- The Chosen by Chaim Potok
April 1, 2021 -- Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler
May 6, 2021 -- Refugee by Alan Gratz (2020 Rebecca Caudill winner)
June 3, 2021 -- The World That We Know by Alice Hoffman
July 1, 2021 -- Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
August 5, 2021 -- The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See
September 2, 2021 -- Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
October 7, 2021 -- Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
November 4, 2021 -- Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool
December 2, 2021 -- The Christmas Box by Richard Paul Evans
Held at the Morton Public Library at 315 W. Pershing St in Morton, IL
Contact Tahdra for more information: TahdraT@mortonlibrary.org
NPL Book Club at the Normal Public Library, 206 West College Avenue, Normal is currently on hiatus.
We meet the 1st Monday of the month at 2 and 6:45 (same book both times) I ORDER 38 BOOKS EACH MONTH which can deplete the Large Print copies for the month (sorry) If you run into a conflict with my group, let me know! Beth bbradford@pekinpubliclibrary.org
January - This Tender Land by William Kent Kruger
Feb – American Dirt by Jeanine Cummings
March - The Good Neighborhood by Therese Fowler
April - The Huntress by Kate Quinn
May - Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
June - The Martian by Weir
July – Akin by Emma Donoghue
August – 7 and a half Deaths
September – Hillbilly Elegy by Vance
October – The Lager Queen of Minnesota
November – Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
December – The Dearly Beloved by Cara Wall
Meet at the Pleasant Plains location on the 4th Thursday of each month @ 7 pm
All are welcome
ABC book club
Meets at Ashland location on the third Tuesday of each month @ 6:30pm
Bookies--meet in the Library on the first Wednesday of each month at 1:30 PM
TBD
Renaissance Readers--meet in the library on the second Tuesday of each month at 10:15 AM
TBD
Unshelved--meets in the library on the second Wednesday of each month at 1:00 PM
TBD
20s & 30s SciFi/Horror reading group -- meets in the library on the third Wednesday of each month at 6:00 PM.
TBD
Literary Angles--meet at the library on the third Tuesday each month at 1:30 PM
TBD
All Over the Page--meets at local restaurants on the third Tuesday of each month at 7:00 PM
TBD
Third Thursday Bookclub
YA Book Club (Last Tuesday of Each Month)
Youth Book Club (Last Tuesday of Each Month)
Tremont District Library
Third Thursday Bookclub -- Meet at Eli's coffee shop in Tremont at 12:30PM on the third Thursday of each month.
January -- Little Fires Everywhere
February -- Secret Wisdom of the Earth
March -- Winter Solstice by by Rosamunde Pilcher
April -- Call Me American by Abdi Nor Iftin
May -- This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger
June -- BYO Book (Swap Reading Recommendations)
July -- Keeper of Lost Things
August -- Educated
September -- All Creatures Great and Small
October -- Ask Again, Yes
November --
December --
Young Adult Book Club -- Meets at Eli's coffee shop in Tremont at 7pm on the third Tuesday of each month.
We meet the second Thursday of the month at 6:30 PM in the Main library study rooms. (We do not meet during June/July, due to Summer Reading.)
August 12, 2021 While You Were Quarantining....
September 9, 2021 When No One is Watching (Alyssa Cole)
October 14, 2021 What he Left Behind (Ellen Marie Wiseman)
November 11, 2021
Meet at the Paramount Theater at 6 p.m. the third Tuesday of each month
2022
Jan 11th Clark, Julie The Last Flight
Feb 8th Bennett, Brit The Vanishing Half
Mar 8th Harmel, Kristin The Forest of Vanishing Stars
April 12th Reid, Taylor Jenkins The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
May 10th Meissner, Susan The Nature of Fragile Things
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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