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 143 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 when it's available. Thanks!
PLEASE NOTE: THIS PAGE IS FOR 2024
Libraries A-Z
Alpha Park Public Library in Bartonville
We meet the 2nd Thursday of the Month
Book club meets the 3rd Tuesday of the month 12:00 - 1:00 pm
January 16 - The Woman They Could Not Silence by Kate Moore
February 20 - Killing the Witches by Bill O'Reilly
March 19 - Someone Else's Shoes by Jojo Moyes
April 16 - The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
The 3rd Monday Book Club - 5 p.m.
est. May 2006
Books Discussed
January 2024 - The Lighthouse - Eugenia Price
February 2024 - The Winter Orphans - Kristin Beck
March 2024 - Hello, Stranger - Katherine Center
April 2024 - Mother Daughter Murder Night - Nina Simon
May 2024 - The Gown - Jennifer Robson
June 2024 - The Measure - Nikki Erlich
July 2024 - Almost Sisters - Joshilyn Jackson
August 2024 - The Little Italian Hotel - Phaedera Patrick
September 2024 - After Annie - Anna Quindlen
October 2024 - True Colors - Kristen Hannah
November 2024 - Remarkably Bright Creatures - Shelby Van Pelt
December 2024 - This Girl's A Killer - Emma Wells
Chick Lit Book Club
Meets the 4th Thursday of each month at 5:30 p.m.
est. January 2024
Books Discussed
February 2024 - Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn
March 2024 - Diary of Mattie Spenser - Sandra Dallas
April 2024 - If You Tell - Gregg Olson
May 2024 - Outlander - Diana Gabaldon
June 2024 - The Wife Upstairs - Rachel Hawkins
July 2024 - The Silent Patient - Alex Michaelides
August 2024 - Butcher & Blackbird
September 2024 - The Maidens - Alex Michaelides
October 2024 - American Dirt - Jeanine Cummins
November 2024 - In An Instant - Suzanne Redfearn
December 2024 - The Nightingale - Kristen Hannah
Brimfield Book Club meets on the 4th Tuesday of the month at 1:00pm
January 23rd - The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell by Robert Dugoni
February 27th - West With Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge
March 26th - How the Penguins Saved Veronica by Hazel Prior
April 23rd - The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas
May 28th - All Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby
June 25th - The Woman They Could Not Silence by Kate Moore
July 23rd - Horse by Geraldine Brooks
August 27th - Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark Sullivan
September 24th - The Lions of Lucerne by Brad Thor
October 22nd - The Lindbergh Nanny by Mariah Fredericks
November 26th - The Teachers by Alexander Robbins
December 17th - When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
Social Justice Book Club meets on the 2nd Tuesday of the month at 1:00pm
January 9th - Exodus by Leon Uris
February 13th - A Harvest of Thorns by Corbin Addison
March 12th - Loaded by Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz
April 9th - Conditional Citizens Laila Lalami
May 14th - An Indigenous Peoples History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz
June 11th - The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein
July 9th - The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine by Ilan Pappe
August 13th - American Shoes by Rosemarie Turke
September 10th - Prequel by Rachel Maddow
October 8th - 19 Minutes by Jodi Picoult
November 12th - Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult
December 10th - The Embattled Vote in America by Allan Lichtman
For more information, contact Abby at 309-446-9575 or awood@brimfieldlibrary.org.
Book Club meets from 7:00 - 8:30 pm. on the following dates in 2024:
Books+Tea @ the Library meets on the 3rd Tuesday of the month
Curiosity & Cheesecake meets on the last Tuesday of the month
Super Secret Graphic Novel Book Club meets on the last Thursday of the month
Let's Taco 'bout It meets on the 2nd Tuesday of the month
A Taste of History Culinary Book Club
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 25- If a Poem Could Live and Breathe by Mary Calvi
February 29- The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams
March 28- Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
April 25- Still Life by Louise Penny
May 30- The Last Green Valley by Mark Sullivan
June 27- Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware
July 25- The Doctor's Blackwell by Janice Nimura
August 29- The Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Richardson
September 26- American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins
October 31- The Day the World Came to Town by Jim DeFede
No November Meeting
December 5- The Boys from Biolxi by John Grisham
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.
January 9- 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 Showroom by Juliet Blackwell
May 14- Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Boylan
June 11- The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
July 9- Pieces of Her by Karin Slaughter
August 13- 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.
January 24- 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.
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February -
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September -
October -
Musings on Main
First Thursdays @ 6:30pm
MUSINGS READING 2024 CALENDAR
Farmington Area Public Library District
Second Monday Book Group (Second Monday each month at 6:30pm at the Library)
January 8 - What Happened to the Bennetts by Lisa Scottoline - Picking up The Mostly True Story of Tanner & Louise by Colleen Oakley
February 12 - The Mostly True Story of Tanner & Louise - Picking up Transcription by Kate Atkinson
March 11 - Transcription - Picking up The Last Flight by Julie Clark
April 8 - The Last Flight - Picking up Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson
May 13 - Pineapple Street
September 9 - Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly - Picking up West With Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge
October14 - West With Giraffes - Picking up The Night Before by Wendy Walker
November 11 - The Night Before - Picking up Bright Lights, Big Christmas by Mary Kay Andrews
December 9 - Bright Lights, Big Christmas - Picking up Identity by Nora Roberts
After Thoughts Book Club at Hanna City Community Center (Last Monday of each month at 9:30am)
January 29 - The Secrets of Emberwild by Stephenia McGee - Picking up Dead and Gondola by Ann Claire
February 26 - Dead and Gondola - Picking up When Crickets Cry by Charles Martin
March 25 - When Crickets Cry - Picking up The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
April 29 - The Secret Life of Bees - Picking up Dust Bowl Girls by Lydia Reeder
May 20 - Dust Bowl Girls - Picking up Meet Me in the Margins by Melissa Ferguson
June 24 - Meet Me in the Margins - Picking up Collateral Damage by Lynette Eason
July 29 - Collateral Damage - Picking up Edge of Dusk: An Annie Pederson Series by Colleen Coble
August - Not Meeting
September 30 - Edge of Dusk: An Annie Pederson Series - Picking up The Good Thief by Hannah Tinti
October 28 - The Good Thief - Picking up Christmas Jars by Jason F. Wright
November 25 - Christmas Jars - Picking up A Week in Winter by Maeve Binchy
December 30 - A Week in Winter - Picking up Where Coyotes Howl by Sandra Dallas
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 2024- Book Lovers by Emily Henry
October 2024- Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak
November/ December 2024- The Blue Tattoo: The Life of Olive Oatman by Margot Mifflin
January 2025- Cinder by Marissa Meyer
February 2025- Where Lilacs Still Bloom by Jane Kirkpatrick
March 2025- Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
April 2025- Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
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
Jan.: Track of the Cat by Nevada Barr
Feb.: The Lady's Mine by Francine Rivers
Mar.: Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman (2nd time it's been done)
April: The Red Tent by Anita Diamanet
May: The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson
June: Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See
July: Devotion & An Epic Story of Heroism, Friendship & Sacrifice by Adam Makos
Aug.: The Final Cut by Cathrine Coulter
Sept.: Being Dead is No Excuse by Gayden Metcalfe & Charlotte Hays
Oct.: Fried Green Tomatoes by Fannie Flagg
Nov.: The Perfect Stranger by Megan Miranda
Our Book Club meets the last Monday of the month at 6:30 pm at the Library, unless otherwise noted.
January 29, 2024 - All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
February 26, 2024 - The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams
March 25, 2024 - The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell
April 29, 2024 - West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge
May 20, 2024 - My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry by Fredrik Backman
June 24, 2024 - Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty
July 29, 2024 - Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
August 26, 2024 - The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell by Robert Dugoni
September 30, 2024 - Harry's Trees by Jon Cohen
October 28, 2024 - Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
November 25, 2024 - Circe by Madeline Miller
December 16, 2024 - The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
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 - The Sisterhood, by Liza Mundy
February - Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid, by Jimmy Carter
March - Being Henry, by Henry Winkler
April - Lessons in Chemistry, by Bonnie Garmus
May - Yellowface, by R. F. Kuang
June - A Fever in the Heartland, by Timothy Egan
July - Sisters in Law, by Linda Hirshman
August - The Covenant of Water, by Abraham Verghese
September - That Summer in Berlin, by Lecia Cornwall
October - Finding Me, by Viola Davis
November - The Boys in the Boat, by Daniel James Brown
December - The Christmas Table, by Donna VanLiere
Spring Bay Branch
The Spring Bay Bookies celebrated 22 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 When We Were Vikings Andrew David MacDonald
February The Guest List Lucy Foley
March The Gold Finch Donna Tartt
April The Martian Andy Weir
May Racing the Light Robert Crais
June American Dirt Jeanine Cummins
July Two Nights in Lisbon Chris Pavone
August Tailspin Chris Pavone
September Malibu Rising Taylor Jenkins Reid
October The Orphan Collector Ellen Marie Weisman
November Killers of the Flower Moon David Grann
December No book - Christmas party
Adult Book Club meets the 3rd Monday of each month.
January 2024- The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes
February - No meeting
March - The Woman They Could Not Silence by Kate Moore
April - Tallgrass by Sandra Dallas
May - The Boys by Ron & Clint Howard
June - The Book Woman's Daughter by Kim Michele Richardson
July - The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd
August - The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin
September - The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave
October - Lessons from Lucy by Dave Barry
November - Mad Honey by Jodi Piccoult
December - The Christmas Spirit by Debbie Macomber
January 2025- The First Ladies by Marie Benedict
"Talk About a Good Book” Discussion Group
Usually meets last Monday of the month at 3 pm in Turner Room
2024 (Our 21st year)
Resources and blog available online at: http://talkaboutagoodbook.blogspot.com/
New Cookbook Club
January 30th at 6pm – The Mediterranean Dish by Suzy Karadsheh
March 5th at 6pm – One by Jamie Oliver
- Bring the book and an item made from a recipe in the cookbook to the book club meeting
- We’ll talk about the cookbook, which recipes you made, why you chose them, and how it all went
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.
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!
January 4, 2024 -- A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck
February 1, 2024 -- The Wager by David Grann
March 7, 2024 -- Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng
April 4, 2024 -- Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney
May 2, 2024 -- It Goes So Fast by Mary Louise Kelly
June 6, 2024 -- Hang the Moon by Jeannette Wells
July 4, 2024 -- No Meeting
August 1, 2024 -- Adelaide by Genevieve Wheeler
September 5, 2024 -- The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell
October 3, 2024 -- My Fiend Anne Frank by Hannah Pick-Goslar
November 7, 2024 -- Go As a River by Shelley Read
December 5, 2024 -- Flight Paths by Rebecca Heisman
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
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
Our 2024 Romance Me Book Club reading list:
Thursday, January 25: Pride and Prejudice - Austen
Thursday, February 22: The House in the Cerulean Sea – Klune
Thursday, March 28: The Kiss Quotient - Hoang
Thursday, April 25: Before I Let Go - Ryan
Thursday, May 23: Dial ‘A’ for Aunties - Sutanto
Thursday, June 27: The Proposal - Balogh
Thursday, July 25: If the Shoe Fits - Murphy
Thursday, August 22: Ghosted - Walsh
Thursday, September 26: The Space Between Worlds - Johnson
Thursday, October 24: Written in the Stars - Bellefleur
Thursday, November 14: You Choose!
Thursday, December 26: The Friend Zone - Jimenez
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) Victoria vvolckmann@pekinpubliclibrary.org
2024
January: Discussing Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid, picking up The Healing of Natalie Curtis by Jane Kirkpatrick
February: Discussing The Healing of Natalie Curtis by Jane Kirkpatrick, picking up Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
March: Discussing Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt, picking up Looking for Jane by Heather Marshall
April: Discussing Looking for Jane by Heather Marshall, picking up Where Coyotes Howl by Sandra Dallas
May: Discussing Where Coyotes Howl by Sandra Dallas, picking up Happy Place by Emily Henry
June: Discussing Happy Place by Emily Henry, picking up Saints of Swallow Hill by Donna Everhart
July: Discussing Saints of Swallow Hill, picking up The Light Pirate by Lily Brooks-Dalton
August: Discussing The Light Pirate, picking up The House of Lincoln by Nancy Horan
September: Discussing The House of Lincoln, picking up The Half Moon by Mary Beth Keane
October: Discussing The Half Moon, picking up The Invisible Hour by Alice Hoffman
November: Discussing The Invisible Hour, picking up The Last Exchange by Charles Martin
December: Discussing The Last Exchange, picking up TBD
Peoria has many book clubs and their lists are available at https://peoriapubliclibrary.org/book-clubs/
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.
Third Thursday Bookclub (Every 3rd Thursday at 6:30pm)
YA Book Club (Last Tuesday of Each Month)
Youth Book Club (Last Tuesday of Each Month)
Third Thursday Bookclub -- Meets at the library, 1:30pm Third Thursdays
January - Crow Mary by Kathleen Grissom
February - Boys in the Boat
March - Home Front by Kristin Hannah
April - The Measure by Nikki Erlick
May - How the Penguins Saved Veronica by Hazel Prior
June - The Martian by Andy Weir
July - The River We Remember by William Kent Krueger
August - An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth by Chris Hadfield
September - The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett (Content warning to anyone who looks at other libraries' book-clubs for inspiration, Pillars of the Earth contains graphic sexual violence, so keep that in mind if your group may be sensitive to that.)
October - Thursday Murder Club
November - West with Giraffes
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
2024
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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