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 book groups through this wiki. Please post your library's schedule if it's available. Thanks!
PLEASE NOTE: THIS PAGE IS FOR 2023
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
Books Discussed
January 2023 - The Silent Patient - Alex Michaelides
February 2023 - Along Came a Spider - James Patterson
March 2023 - Wish You Were Here - Jodi Picoult
April 2023 - Christmas Memory - Richard Paul Evans
May 2023 - The Love Story of Missy Carmichael - Beth Morrey
June 2023 - Florence Adler Swims Forever - Rachel Beanland
July 2023 - The Good Sister - Sally Hepworth
August 2023 - All the Flowers in Paris - Sarah Jio
September 2023 - Expecting Adam - Martha Beck
October 2023 - Mudbound - Hillary Jordan
November 2023 - Blue Zones of Happiness - Dan Buettner
December 2023 - everyone read a different Christmas book
Brimfield Book Club meets on the 4th Tuesday of the month at 1:00pm
January 24th - Discussing "The Woman in the Window" by AJ Finn, picking up "The Book of Lost Names" by Kristen Harmel
February 28th - Discussing "The Book of Lost Names" by Kristin Harmel, picking up "The Island of Sea Women" by Lisa See.
March 28th - Discussing "The Island of Sea Women" by Lisa See, picking up "Nightfall" by Nelson Demille.
April 25th - Discussing "Nightfall" by Nelson Demille, picking up "Remarkably Bright Creatures" by Shelby Van Pelt.
May 23rd - Discussing "Remarkably Bright Creatures" by Shelby Van Pelt, picking up "The Life She Was Given" by Ellen Marie Wiseman.
June 27th - Discussing "The Life She Was Given" by Ellen Marie Wiseman, picking up "We Were the Lucky Ones" by George Hunter.
July 25th - Discussing "We Were the Lucky Ones" by Georgia Hunter, picking up "The Room" by Emma Donoghue.
August 22nd - Discussing "The Room" by Emma Donoghue, picking up "Home Front" by Kristin Hannah.
September 19th - (Date changed to 3rd Tuesday this month) Discussing "Home Front" by Kristin Hannah, picking up "Lock Every Door" by Riley Sager.
October 24th - Discussing "Lock Every Door" by Riley Sager, picking up "How to be perfect" by Michael Schur.
November 28th - Discussing "How to be perfect" by Michael Schur, picking up "The Diamond Eye" by Kate Quinn.
December 26th - Discussing "The Diamond Eye" by Kate Quinn, picking up "The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell" by Robert Dugoni.
Social Justice Book Club meets on the 2nd Tuesday of the month at 1:00pm
January 10th - Discussing "The Devil's Highway" by Luis Alberto Urrea, picking up "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
February 14th - Discussing "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann, picking up "The Rogue Lawyer" by John Grisham.
March 14th - Discussing "The Rogue Lawyer" by John Grisham, picking up "Dopesick" by Beth Macy.
April 11th - Discussing "Dopesick" by Beth Macy, picking up "Pandemic" by Robin Cook.
May 9th - Discussing "Pandemic" by Robin Cook, picking up "The Premonition" by Michael Lewis.
June 13th - Discussing "The Premonition" by Michael Lewis, "Dumbing Us Down" by John Taylor Gatto.
July 11th - Discussing "Dumbing Us Down" by John Taylor Gatto, picking up "This is how it always is" by Laurie Frankel.
August 8th - Discussing "This is how it always is" by Laurie Frankel, picking up "Etched in Sand" by Regina Calcaterra.
September 12th - Discussing "Etched in Sand" by Regina Calcaterra, picking up "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson.
October 10th - Discussing the Introduction to Artificial Intelligence program hosted at the library on 9/26. Reading "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson for discussion next month.
November 14th - Discussing "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson, picking up "The Seed Keeper" by Diane Wilson.
December 12th - Discussing "The Seed Keeper" by Diane Wilson, picking up "Exodus" by Leon Uris.
For more information, contact Abby at 309-446-9575 or awood@brimfieldlibrary.org.
Book Club meets from 7:00 - 8:30 p.pm. on the following dates in 2023:
March 15th
May 17th
July 19th
September 20th
November 15th
For January 2023 - we are reading A Killing in the Hills by Julia Keller
February 2023 - we are reading The Second Life of Mirielle West by Amanda Skenandore
Books+Tea @ the Library meets on the 3rd Tuesday of the month
January 17 – The Last Garden in England, by Julia Kelly
February 21 – Chocolat, by Joanne Harris
March 21 – The Blind Assassin, by Margaret Atwood
April 18 – Crazy Brave, by Joy Harjo
May 16 – The Lacuna, by Barbara Kingsolver
June 20 – Memorial, by Bryan Washington
July 18 – Nation, by Terry Pratchett
August 15 – Honey Girl, by Morgan Rogers
September 19 – Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth, by Wole Soyinka
October 17 – Mexican Gothic, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
November 21 – The Remains of the Day, by Kazuo Ishiguro
Curiosity & Cheesecake meets on the last Tuesday of the month
January 31—Inciting Joy: Essays, by Ross Gay
February 28—Six Feet Over: Science Tackles the Afterlife, by Mary Roach (previously published as Spook; either edition is fine, due to a low number available of the new edition)
March 28—Why Fish Don’t Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life, by Lulu Miller
April 25—Remember: The Science of Memory and the Art of Forgetting, by Lisa Genova
May 30—Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants, by Robin Wall Kimmerer
June 27—Making Gay History: The Half-Century Fight for Lesbian and Gay Equal Rights, by Eric Marcus (the newest edition is available on Hoopla)
July 25—Octopus! The Most Mysterious Creature in the Sea, by Katherine Harmon Courage
August 29—A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance, by Hanif Abdurraqib
September 26—Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures, by Merlin Sheldrake
October 24—Aftershocks: A Memoir, Nadia Owusu
November 28—Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science, by Marc Aronson & Marina Budhos
Super Secret Graphic Novel Book Club meets on the last Thursday of the month
January 26 – Hellboy Omnibus Vol 1: Seed of Destruction, by Mike Mignola
February 22 (Wed.) – Lumberjanes Vol. 1: Beware The Kitten Holy, by Stevenson, Ellis, Watters & Allen
March 30 – Invisible Differences: A Story of Asperger's, Adulting, and Living a Life in Full Color, by Julie Dachez
April 26 (Wed.) – There's Treasure Everywhere: A Calvin and Hobbes Collection, by Bill Watterson
May 25 – Invisible Kingdom Vol 1, by G. Willow Wilson & Christian Ward
June 29 – Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Vol 1: Squirrel Power, by Ryan North
July 27 – The Magic Fish, by Trung Le Nguyen
August 31 – Curse of the Chosen Vol. 1, by Alexis Deacon
September 28 – Something is Killing the Children Vol. 1, by James Tynion IV & Werther Dell’Edera
October 26 – Kid Gloves, by Lucy Knisley
November 30 – Come Home, Indio: A Memoir, by Jim Terry
Let's Taco 'bout It meets on the 2nd Tuesday of the month
February 7 (1st Tue) — Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism, by Amanda Montell
March 14 — Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth, by Sarah Smarsh
May 9 — The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure, by Jonathan Haidt
June 13 — Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body, by Rebekah Taussig
August 8 — The Gun Debate: What Everyone Needs to Know (2nd ed.), by Cook & Goss
September 12 — This Is Your Mind on Plants, by Michael Pollan
November 14 — Postcolonial Love Poem, by Natalie Diaz
A Taste of History Culinary Book Club
February 16—Vibration Cooking: or, The Travel Notes of a Geechee Girl, by Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor (2011 reprint)
April 27—Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life, by Barbara Kingsolver (2017 edition)
August 24—The Parable of the Sower, by Octavia Butler
November 16—The Sioux Chef’s Indigenous Kitchen, by Sean Sherman
For more information, contact Catherine at 309-274-2719 or cbarnett@chillicothepubliclibrary.org.
Clover Library Book Club
Meets in the Library Community Room on the last Thursday of the Month at 9:30 am
January 26, 2023 - Hotel Nantucket by Erin Hillenbrand
February 23 - Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
March 30 - News of the World by Paulette Jiles
April 27 - Big Read Book
May 25 - Vanderbilt by Anderson Cooper
June 29 - The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn
July 27 - The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin
August 31 - Eliza's English Kitchen by Annabel Abbs
September 28 - The Orphan Sisters by Shirley Dickson
October 26 - The Prayer Box by Lisa Wingate
November - SKIP
December 28 - The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
Young Adult Book Group
Online only group; join via Beanstack.
PEO Book Club
Meets privately the 2nd Tuesday of the Month; by invitation only. Contact the Library for information: (309) 334-2680.
September 12 - Stay Close by Carol Clement
October 10 - The Last Green Valley by Mark Sullivan
November 14 - Every Note Played by Lisa Genova
December 12 - The Good Neighbor by Maxwell King
January 9, 2024 - All Things New by Lynn Austin
February 13 - Where the Daffodils Bloom by Leya Delray
March 12 - The Only Woman in the Room by Marie Benedict
April 9 - The Paris Showdown by Juliet Blackwell
May 14 - Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult & Jennifer Boylan
June 11, 24 - The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
July 9, 24 - Pieces of Her by Karin Slaughter
August 13, 24 - The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams
Lunch Bunch - Retired Teacher's Book Club
Meets privately the 2nd Wednesday of the Month. Contact the Library for more information.
August 23 - The Great Unexpected by Dan Mooney
September 27 - The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
October 25 - Rose Code by Kate Quinn
November 15 - The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams
December 13 - Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult
January 14 - Twenty Years Later by Charlie Donlea
February 28 - Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
March 27 - Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
April 24 - If a Poem Could Live and Breathe by Mary Calvi
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.
January-
February -
March -
April -
May -
June -
July -
August -
September -
October -
Musings on Main
First Thursdays @ 6:30pm
MUSINGS READING 2023 CALENDAR
JANUARY 5 – How to Stop Time by Matt Haig
FEBRUARY 2 - The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post by Allison Pataki
MARCH 2 – The Library at the Edge of the World
APRIL 13 (April 8 is Maundy Thursday) - Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
MAY 4 - On the Rooftop by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton
JUNE 1 – Sunflower Sisters by Martha Hall Kelly
JULY – NO MEETING SCHEDULED
AUGUST 3 – 1) Fathoms by Rebecca Griggs AND/OR
2) Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
SEPTEMBER 7 -- The Maid by Nita Prose
OCTOBER 5 – Book choosing meeting – no book selection for this month
NOVEMBER 2 – The Midwife’s Revolt by Jody Daynard
DECEMBER 7 - Personal favorite title recommendation to share as a gift for our fellow book club members!
Farmington Area Public Library District
Second Monday Book Group (Second Monday each month at 6:30pm)
JANUARY 9: The Undertakers Daughter - picking up Dirt Creek by Hayley Scrivenor
FEBRUARY 13: Dirt Creek - picking up The Lies I Tell by Julie Clark
MARCH 13: The Lies I Tell - picking up Horse by Geraldine Brooks
APRIL 10: Horse - picking up The Desert Star by Michael Connelly
MAY 8: The Desert Start
JUNE 12: Not Meeting
JULY10: Not Meeting
AUGUST 14: Not Meeting
SEPTEMBER 11: The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave - picking up Switchboard Soldiers by Jennifer Chiaverini
OCTOBER 9: Switchboard Soldiers - picking up The Guest List by Lucy Foley
NOVEMBER 13: The Guest List - picking up Owl Be Home for Christmas by Donna Andrews
DECEMBER 11: Owl Be Home for Christmas - picking up What Happened to the Bennetts by Lisa Scottoline
After Thoughts Book Club at Hanna City Community Center (Last Monday of each month at 9:30am)
JANUARY 30: The Christmas Bookshop - picking up The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd
FEBRUARY 27: The Mermaid Chair - picking up The Guest List by Lucy Foley
MARCH 27: The Guest List - picking up The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
APRIL 24: The Thursday Murder Club - picking up Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng
MAY 22: Our Missing Hearts - picking up Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
JUNE 26: Remarkably Bright Creatures - picking up The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb
JULY 31: The Violin Conspiracy
AUGUST 28: NOT MEETING
SEPTEMBER 25: Someone Like You by Karen Kingsbury - picking up Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson
OCTOBER 30: Black Cake - picking up Comfort & Joy by Kristin Hannah
NOVEMBER 27: Comfort & Joy - picking up The Wish Book Christmas by Lynn Austin
DECEMBER 18: The Wish Book Christmas - picking up TBD
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
COVER 2 COVER BOOK CLUB
September 2023: Burial Rites by Hannah Kent
October 2023: Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney
November 2023: To Tame a Land by Louis L'Amour
December 2023/January 2024: The Woman They Could Not Silence by Kate Moore
February 2024: The Huntress of Thornbeck Forest by Melanie Dickerson
March 2024: House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland
April 2024: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
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
January: Pump: Natural History of the Heart by Bill Schutt
February: Seed Keeper by Diane Wilson
March: Growing Season by Sarah Frey
April: Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu (Big Read, won't be borrowing books)
May: A Knock at Midnight by Brittany K. Barnett
June: Lions of Fifth Avenue by Fiona Davis
July: The Keeper of Lost Things by Ruth Hogan
August: Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe by Heather S. Webber
September: Rogues by Patrick Radden Keefe
October: Patron Saint of Second Chances by Christine Simon
November: How to Keep House While Drowning by KC Davis
December: Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting by Clare Pooley
Tome Raiders Science Fiction/Fantasy Book Club
January: Dragons of Deceit by Weis/Hickman (have free copies)
February: The Tempest Tales by Walter Mosley
March: The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi
April: The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories by Ken Liu
May: Elder Race by Adrian Tchaikovsky
June: Foundryside by Robert Bennett Jackson (have free copies)
July: Drunk on All Your Strange New Words by Eddie Robson
August: The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper
September: Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
October - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
November - Mickey7 by Edward Ashton
December - And Put Away Childish Things by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Food for Thought Book Club
February - Bird Brother by Rodney Stott
March - Wastelands by Corban Addison
April - Beautiful Country by Qian Julie Wang
May - Earth Almanac by Ted Williams
June - Bewilderment by Richard Powers
July - Listening to a Continent Sing by Donald Kroodsma
August - Sea Change by Nancy Kress
September- World of Wonders by Aimee Nezhukumatathil
October - Walk Through Fire by Yasmine Ali
November - Flight Paths by Rebecca Heisman
Gridley Public Library District
Jan.: In an Instant by Suzanne Redfearn
Feb.: The Giver of the Stars by JoJo Moyes
Mar.: Aftermath by Terri Blackstock
April: Rose Code by Kate Quinn
May: Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker by Jennifer Chiaverini
June: Book Lover's by Emily Henry
July: CANCLED due to so many gone
Aug.: So Help Me God by Mike Pence
Sept.: A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
Oct.: Her One Mistake by Heidi Perks
Nov.: Armando's Treasure by Melody Carlson
Our Book Club meets the last Monday of the month at 7:30 pm at the Library, unless otherwise noted.
7/31/2023: The Midnight Library, by Matt Haig
8/28/2023: The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, by Kim Michelle Richmond
9/25/2023: Hamnet, by Maggie O'Farrell
10/30/2023: The Martian, by Andy Weir
11/27/2023: The Only Woman in the Room, by Marie Benedict
12/18/2023: Becoming Mrs. Lewis, by Patti Callahan Henry
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.
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 - Stolen Lives, by Malika Oufkir and Michele Fitoussi
February - The Diamond Eye, by Kate Quinn
March - The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man, by Paul Newman
April - Trust, by Hernán Diaz
May - The Light We Carry, by Michelle Obama
June - Moloka'i, by Alan Brennert and And Tango Makes Three, by Justin Richardson (for LGBTQUIA+ Pride Month)
July - The Hate U Give, by Angie Thomas
August - Born a Crime, by Trevor Noah
September - Commonwealth, by Ann Patchett
October - The Happiest Man on Earth, by Eddie Jaku
November - Flight Behavior, by Barbara Kingsolver
December - The Autobiography of Santa Claus, by Jeff Guinn
Spring Bay Branch
The Spring Bay Bookies celebrated 20 years in January. 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.
Title Author
January 5 South Of Broad Pat Conroy
February 6 The Huntress Kate Quinn
March 6 Pretending to Dance Diane Chamberlain
April 3 The Last Thing He Told Me Laura Dave
May 1 Anxious People Fredrik Backman
June 5 Dune Frank Herbert
July 6 The Wartime Sisters Lynda Cohen Loigman
August 7 Look Again Lisa Scottoline
September 7 The Silent Patient Alex Michaelides
October 2 Small Great Things Jodi Picoult
November 6 Mrs. Kennedy and Me Clint Hill
December 4 The Liar's Dictionary Eley Williams
Adult Book Club meets the 3rd Monday of each month.
1/16/23: Oh William! by Elizabeth Strout
2/20/23: The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
3/20/23: The Doctors Blackwell by Janice P. Nimura
4/17/23: Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu (NEA Big Read)
5/15/23: The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware
6/19/23: The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton
7/17/23: The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams
8/21/23: The Maid by Nita Prose
9/18/23: The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections by Eva Jurczyk
10/16/23: Inheritance by Dani Shapiro
11/20/23: The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
12/18/23: The Christmas Bookshop by Jenny Colgan
"Talk About a Good Book” Discussion Group
Usually meets last Monday of the month at 3 pm in Turner Room
2023 (Our 20th year)
Blog available online at: http://talkaboutagoodbook.blogspot.com/
Contact Beth Duttlinger lill@lmelibrary.org for more information.
Page Turners
Page Turners is an adult reading/discussion group sponsored by the Friends of the Macomb Public Library. They meet monthly on Wednesdays 4:30-5:30 p.m. in the Macomb Public Library multi-purpose room. Usually the group meets on the 2nd Wednesday of the month.
Discussion Date
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Title
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Author
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January 11, 2023
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Have You Seen Luis Velez?
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Catherine Ryan Hyde
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February 8, 2023 |
Leaving Eastern Parkway |
Matthew Daub |
March 8, 2023 |
A World of Curiosities |
Louise Penny |
April 12, 2023 |
October Light |
John Gardner |
May 10, 2023 |
River of the Gods: Genius, Courage and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile |
Candace Millard |
June 14, 2023 |
Lessons in Chemistry |
Bonnie Garmus |
Shared Community Action Group is organizing a One Book One Community for Macomb, with activities scheduled for February 2023. There is not a single date because the group is currently planning multiple activities for the month. Any books, DVDs, or Blu-rays borrowed to support the book selection Brian's Song by William Blinn will be needed through February 28, 2023.
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 library staff 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 non-RSA libraries.
Contact Carla Ainslie macomblib.carla@gmail.com or macomb.pld.rsa@gmail.com for more information.
Our Book Group meets the first Thursday of every month at 6:30 PM. New members and visitors are always welcome! We meet in person, but readers are welcome to join us on Zoom. Just email us at elmwoodlib@gmail.com to get the link.
January 5, 2023 -- Call Us What We Carry by Amanda Gorman (poetry)
February 2, 2023 -- The Fire Keeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley (young adult)
March 2, 2023 -- The Dutch House by Ann Patchett (fiction)
April 6, 2023 -- Between Two Kingdoms by Suleika Jaouad (biography)
May 4, 2023 -- The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck (classic)
June 1, 2023 -- The Lioness by Chris Bohjalian (mystery/thriller)
July 6, 2023 -- Gold Diggers by Sanjena Sathian (fantasy)
August 3, 2023 -- A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles (fiction)
September 7, 2023 -- The Boys by Ron and Clint Howard (biography)
October 5, 2023 -- Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro (fantasy)
November 2, 2023 -- Magnolia Palace by Fiona Davis (historical fiction)
December 7, 2023 -- The Code Breaker by Walter Isaacson (nonfiction)
Books & Bites is held at local restaurants on the third Tuesday of the month. Contact Emma Roth Smith at emmas@mortonlibrary.org
Required Reading will be held the second Thursday of each month Contact Shannon at shannonk@mortonlibrary.org
Stranger Than Fiction: A Nonfiction Book Club meets monthly, usually on the 2nd Wednesday from 6:30-7:30 pm. Beginning in June, we will meet at the Beer Hall at DESTIHL, in Normal. Contact: Rhiannon - rhiannon@normalpl.org
January 2023: Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
February 2023: Black Klansman: Race, Hate, and the Undercover Investigation of a Lifetime by Ron Stallworth
March 2023: Nowhere Girl: A Memoir of a Fugitive Childhood by Cheryl Diamond
April 2023: Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness by Susannah Cahalan
May 2023: Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion by Jia Tolentino
June 2023: This is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession by Daniel J. Levitin
July 2023: I Live a Life Like Yours: A Memoir by Jan Grue
August 2023: Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth by Sarah Smarsh
September 2023: The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches from the Border by Francisco Cantú
October 2023: People Who Eat Darkness: The True Story of a Young Woman Who Vanished from the Streets of Tokyo and the Evil That Swallowed Her Up by Richard Lloyd Parry
November 2023: Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay
December 2023: The Last Black Unicorn by Tiffany Haddish
Adult Reading Challenge Book Brunch meets monthly, usually on the 4th Tuesday from 10-11 am in the Board Room. Books are reader's choice by cued to the theme of that month's challenge. Contact: Kari - kgarman@normalpl.org
Romance Me Book Club meets monthly, usually on the 4th Thursday from 6:30-7:30 pm in the Community Room. Contact: Kari - kgarman@normalpl.org
January 26, 2023: The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren
February 23, 2023: The Boyfriend Project by Farrah Rochon
March 23, 2023: The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams
April 27, 2023: The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood
May 25, 2023: Girl Gone Viral by Alisha Rai
June 22, 2023: It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey
July 27, 2023: Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert
August 24, 2023: Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez
September 28, 2023: Island Affair by Priscilla Oliveras
October 26, 2023: The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston
November 16, 2023 (SPECIAL DATE): Reader's choice!
December 28, 2023: It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover
We meet the 1st Monday of the month at 2 and 6:30 (same book both times)
I ORDER 42 BOOKS EACH MONTH (sorry to deplete the supply) Beth bbradford@pekinpubliclibrary.org
2023
Jan – Violeta by Allende
Feb/The Maid –
March/Band of Sisters
April Bewilderment by Richard Powers
May/The Measure by Erlick
June/Black Cake by Wilkerson
July/The Many Daughters of Afong Moy by Ford
Aug/Agatha Christie - choose any book
Sept/The Christie Affair by de Gramont
Oct/ Of Women and Salt
Nov/Remarkably Bright Creatures by van Pelt
Dec/We Are the Light by Quick
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
We meet the 3rd Tuesday of every month at 6:00 p.m.
November 15, 2022 It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover
January 17, 2023 The Secrets We Keep by Kate Hewitt
February 21,2023 The Seven Wives of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
March, 21, 2023
April 17,2023
May 23,2023
Third Thursday Bookclub (Every 3rd Thursday at 6:30pm)
January 20 - If You Ask Me (And of Course You Won't) by Betty White
February 17 - The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83 1/2 Years Old by Peter de Smet
March 17 - The Kitchen Front by Jennifer Ryan
April 21 - The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper
May 19 - Where Lilacs Still Bloom by an Kirkpatrick
June 16 - The Maid by Nita Prose
July 21 - Remember by Lisa Genova
August 18 - The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
September 15 - The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larsen
October 20 - Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
November 17 - Last Seen Alone by Laura Griffin
YA Book Club (Last Tuesday of Each Month)
Youth Book Club (Last Tuesday of Each Month)
Third Thursday Bookclub -- Meet at Eli's coffee shop in Tremont at 12:30PM on the third Thursday of each month.
January - BYO Book
February - The Violin Conspiracy
March - The Book of Lost Names by Kristin Harmel
April - the Humans by Matt Haig
October - The Lioness by Chris Bohjalian
November -
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.)
Meet at the Paramount Theater at 6 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month
2023
Jan 10th Skenandore, Amanda The Second Life of Mirelle West
Feb 14th Reid, Taylor Jenkins Malibu Rising
Mar 14th Burdick, Serena The Girls With No Names
April 11th Berg, Elizabeth The Story of Arthur Truluv
May 9th Garmus, Bonnie Lessons in Chemistry
June 13th Slocumb, Brendan The Violin Conspiracy
July 11th Beanland, Rachel The House is On Fire
Aug 8th Brooks, Geraldine Horse
Sept 12th Van Pelt, Shelby Remarkably Bright Creatures
Oct 10th Henry, Patti Callahan The Secret Book of Flora Lea
Nov 14th Moyes, Jojo Someone Else’s Shoes
Dec 12th Horan, Nancy The House of Lincoln
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Jan.: In an Instant by Suzanne Redfearn
Feb.: The Giver of the Stars by JoJo Moyes
Mar.: Aftermath by Terri Blackstock
April: Rose Code by Kate Quinn
May: Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker by Jennifer Chiaverini
June: Book Lover's by Emily Henry
July: CANCLED due to so many gone
Aug.: So Help Me God by Mike Pence
Sept.: A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
Oct.: Her One Mistake by Heidi Perks
Nov.: Armando's Treasure by Melody Carlson
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