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 2025
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
The 3rd Monday Book Club - 5 p.m.
est. May 2006
January 2025 ~ The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson
February 2025 ~ Sold on a Monday by Kristina McMorris
March 2025 ~ The War that Saved My Live by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Chick Lit Book Club
Meets the 4th Thursday of each month at 5:30 p.m.
est. January 2024
January 2025 ~ The Last Letter by Rebecca Yarros
February 2025 ~ Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry
Brimfield Book Club meets on the 4th Tuesday of the month at 1:00pm
January 28th - A Dangerous Fortune by Ken Follett
February 25th - The Women by Kristin Hannah
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Social Justice Book Club meets on the 2nd Tuesday of the month at 1:00pm
January 14th - Framed by John Grisham
February 11th - Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
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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 & Brew meets at 6:30 pm on the 3rd Tuesday of the month
For more information, contact Catherine at 309-274-2719 or cbarnett@chillicothepubliclibrary.org.
January 21 – The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store, by James McBride
February 18 – The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking), by Katie Mack
March 18 – The Calculating Stars, by Mary Robinette Kowal
April 15 – You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World, by Ada Limón
May 13 (2nd Tuesday) – Poverty, by America, by Matthew Desmond
June 17 – Dust Tracks on a Road, by Zora Neale Hurston
July 15 – When the Emperor Was Divine, by Julie Otsuka
August 19 – True Biz, by Sara Nović
September 16 – All the Young Men, by Ruth Coker Burks
October 21 – Firekeeper’s Daughter, by Angeline Boulley
November 18 – Good Night, Irene, by Luis Alberto Urrea
December 16 @ 6 pm – The Serviceberry, by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Clover Library Book Club
Meets in the Library Community Room on the last Thursday of the Month at 9:30 am
PEO Book Club
Meets privately the 2nd Tuesday of the Month; by invitation only. Contact the Library for information: (309) 334-2680.
Lunch Bunch - Retired Teacher's Book Club
Meets privately the 2nd Wednesday of the Month. Contact the Library for more information.
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.
Bookworms meets the last Tuesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at Danvers Township Library.
2025 Bookworms Line-Up:
January 28: The Last Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine
February 25: James by Percival Everett
March 25: The Women by Kristin Hannah
April 29: Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
May 27: Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books By Kirsten Miller
June 24: Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune
July 29: Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez
August 26: Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano
September 30: The False Prince by Jennifer Nielson
October 28: Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto
November 25: The River We Remember by William Kent Kruger
December 30: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
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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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 13 - Discussing Identity by Nora Roberts - Picking up Accused by Lisa Scottoline
February 10 - Accused - Picking up Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult
March 10 - Wish You Were Here - Picking up The Women by Kristin Hannah
April 14 - The Women - Picking up Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
May 12 - Remarkably Bright Creatures
Not meeting in June, July and August.
September 8 - TBD
After Thoughts Book Club meets at the Hanna City Community Center (Last Monday of each month at 9:30am)
January 27 - Where Coyotes Howl by Sandra Dallas - Picking up The Secret, Book & Scone Society by Ellery Adams
February 24 - The Secret, Book & Scone Society - Picking up The Correspondents by Judith Mackrell
March 31 - The Correspondents - Picking up West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge
April 28 - West with Giraffes - Picking up Mrs. England by Stacey Halls
May 19 - Mrs. England - Picking up Dreamland by Nancy Bilyeau
June 30 - Dreamland - Picking up Noah's Compass by Anne Tyler
July 28 - Noah's Compass - Picking up The Metropolitan Affair by Jocelyn Green
August - No Meeting
September 29 - The Metropolitan Affair - Picking up The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd
October 27 - The Cartographers - Picking up The Christmas Dress by Courtney Cole
November 24 - The Christmas Dress - Picking up Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson
December 29 - Major Pettigrew's Last Stand - 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
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 Kayla (kayla.whitmer@galesburglibrary.org or 309-343-6118) if you want to borrow one of our kits.
Tuesday/Thursday Book Clubs
- January 2025: The Librarian of Burned Books by Brianna Labuskes
- February 2025: The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray
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Tome Raiders Science Fiction/Fantasy Book Club
- January 2025: Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett
- February 2025: Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
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Food for Thought Book Club
- January 2025: No meeting
- February 2025: Crow Talk by Eileen Garvin
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Book Club is the 4th Tuesday of each month at 7 pm at the Library.
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Our Book Club meets the last Monday of the month at 6:30 pm at the Library, unless otherwise noted.
January 27, 2025 - Chris Whitaker, We Begin at the End
February 24, 2025 - Elizabeth Letts, Finding Dorothy
March 31, 2025 - Patrick Radden Keefe, Say Nothing
April 28, 2025 - Heather S. Webber, Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe
May 19, 2025 - William Kent Krueger, Ordinary Grace
June 30, 2025 - Amor Towles, A Gentleman in Moscow
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.
Spring Bay Branch
The Spring Bay Bookies celebrated 22 years in January. Meeting are held on the first Monday of each month at 6:00 pm. For Monday holidays, the meeting is held on the second Monday of the month.
January - The Second Mrs. Astor by Shana Abé
February - Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe by Heather Webber
March - Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger
April - Force of Nature by CJ Box
May - The River We Remember by William Kent Krueger
June - Remarkably Bright Creatures Shelby Van Pelt
July - TBD
August - The Lies I Tell by Julie Clark
September - Fall of Marigolds by Susan Meissner
October - This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel
November - Weyward by Emilia Hart
December - Winter Garden by Kristen Hannah
Adult Book Club meets the 3rd Monday of each month.
January 20, 2025- The First Ladies by Marie Benedict
February 17 - Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
March 17 - The Barbizon: The Hotel that Set Women Free by Paulina Bren
April 21 - Her Deadly Game by Robert Dugoni
May 19 - Good Night Irene by Luis Alberto Urrea
June 16 - The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
July 21 - The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post by Allison Pataki
August 18 - The Mystery Guest: A Maid Novel by Nita Prose
September 15 - Canary Girls by Jennifer Chiaverini
October 20 - The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times by Jane Goodall
November 17 - This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger
December 15 - Christmas Book Potluck! Bring your favorite Christmas themed book to share!
"Talk About a Good Book” Discussion Group
Usually meets last Monday of the month at 3 pm in Turner Room
2025 (Our 22nd year)
Resources and blog available online at: http://talkaboutagoodbook.blogspot.com/
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January 27
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Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone
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Stevenson, Benjamin
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February 24
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Maid
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Prose, Nita
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March 31
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Sisterhood
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Mundy, Liza
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April 28
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Last Thing He Told Me
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Dave, Laura
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May 19
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Art Thief
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Finkel, Michael
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June 30
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Girl Who Disappeared Twice
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Kane, Andrea
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July 28
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Paris Library
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Charles, Janet Skeslien
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August 25
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Frozen River
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Lawhon, Ariel
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September 29
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What the Bears Know
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Searles, Steve
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October 27
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Replacement Wife
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Kane, Darby
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November 24
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Berry Pickers
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Peters, Amanda
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December 8th @ 3pm —Coffee Chat about your 2025 favorites & get our new list for 2026
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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 2, 2025 -- The Eighty-Dollar Champion by Elizabeth Letts
February 6, 2025 -- When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller
March 6, 2025 -- Redhead by the Side of the Road by Anne Tyler
April 3, 2025 -- The Doctors Blackwell by Janice P. Nimura
May 1, 2025 -- Beyond That, the Sea by Laura Spence-Ash
June 5, 2025 -- Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawagushi
July 3, 2025 -- The Book of Hope by Jane Goodall
August 7, 2025 -- The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters
September 4, 2025 -- Conjure Women by Afia Atakora
October 2, 2025 -- Butch Cassidy: The True Story of an American Outlaw by Charles Leerhsen
November 6, 2025 -- The Lost Book of Adana Moreau by Michael Zapata
December 4, 2025 -- The Eighth Detective by Alex Pavesi
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 2025: The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester
February 2025: The Yellow House by Sarah Broom
March 2025: The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration Into the World of Consciousness by Sy Montgomery
April 2025: Nomads: The Wanderers Who Shaped Our World by Anthony Sattin
May 2025: The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness by Jonathan Haidt
June 2025: All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot
July 2025: Unearthing: A Story of Tangled Love and Family Secrets by Kyo Maclear
August 2025: Truevine: Two Brothers, a Kidnapping, and a Mother’s Quest: A True Story of the Jim Crow South by Beth Macy
September 2025: Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness by Kristen Radtke
October 2025: Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town by Jon Krakauer
November 2025: In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss by Amy Bloom
December 2025: The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian’s Art Changed Science by Joyce Sidman
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. Our renovation location is Fusion Brew, 503 W Main St, Normal, IL. Contact: Kari - kgarman@normalpl.org
Romance Me Book Club meets monthly, usually on the 4th Thursday from 6:30-7:30 pm. Our renovation location is the Normal Township Hall, 304 E Mulberry St, Normal, IL. Contact: Kari - kgarman@normalpl.org
Our 2025 Romance Me Book Club reading list:
January 2025: By the Book by Jasmine Guillory
February 2025: Miss Me with That: Hot Takes, Helpful Tidbits, and a Few Hard Truths by Rachel Lindsay
March 2025: You Lucky Dog by Julia London
April 2025: A Ballad of Love and Glory by Reyna Grande
May 2025: Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert
June 2025: The Duke and I by Julia Quinn
July 2025: The Bride Test by Helen Hoang
August 2025: Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
September 2025: From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout
October 2025: Paris Is Always a Good Idea by Jenn McKinlay
November 2025: Choose what you like!
December 2025: Heartstopper, vol. 1 by Alice Oseman
We meet the 1st Monday of the month at 2 and 6:30 (same book both times)
I order roughly 40 books per month. Victoria vvolckmann@pekinpubliclibrary.org
January: The Little Liar; picking up Family Family by Laurie Frankel
February: Family Family; picking up The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters
March: Berry Pickers, picking up The Swans of Harlem by Karen Valby
April: Swans of Harlem; picking up Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden
May: Warm Hands of Ghosts; picking up The Great Divide by Cristina Henraiquez
June: The Great Divide; 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 - BYO book
February - Remarkably Bright Creatures
March - All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker
April -
rest of this year TBD
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
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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