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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!

 

Libraries A-Z

 

Blessing Health Professions Library in Quincy

Research Book Club

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

 


 

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 - The Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen

 

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 - The Chapel Wars by Lindsey Leavitt

May 19th - Jackaby by William Ritter

 


 

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 – Empty Mansions by Bill Dedman 

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 - TBD

October 2015 - The Bad Seed by William March

November 2015 -  The Martian by Andy Weir

December 2015 - TBD

 

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

 


 

Illinois Prairie District Public Library - Spring Bay Branch

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                                                    Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn                                                                                      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

 

We don’t have our selection for Dec. 2015 yet.

 


 

Lillie M. Evans Library District in Princeville "Talk About a Good Book” Discussion Group

Usually meets last Monday of the month at 3 pm in Turner Room

2015 (Our 12th year!)

January 26

The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry

Zevin, Gabrielle

February 23

Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal and the Real Count of Monte Cristo

Reiss, Tom

March 30

Invention of Wings

Kidd, Sue Monk

April 27

A Man Called Ove

Backman, Fredrik

May 18*

Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics

Brown, Daniel James

June 29 

Rosie Project

Simsion, Graeme

July 27

Gemini

Cassella, Carol

August 31

The Hurricane Sisters

Frank, Dorothea Benton

Sept 28

One Summer: America, 1927

Bryson, Bill

October 26

I am Having So Much Fun Here Without You

Maum, Courtney

November 23

A Star for Mrs. Blake

Smith, April

December 14th @ 3pm —Coffee Chat about your favorite books of 2015

*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.

 


 

Morton Public Library Book Club

Held at the Morton Public Library at 315 W. Pershing St in Morton, IL

 

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 The Girl You Left Behind by Jojo Moyes

 

Contact John Howard mortonlibrarypc@gmail.com for more information.

 


 

Pekin Public Library

January 7: Rosie Project by Grame Simisnon

February 4: A Star For Mrs. Blake by April Smith

March 4: Last Days of Potelmy Gray by Walter Mosely

April 1: Unfamiliar Fishes by Sarah Vowell

No Meeting in May or June

 


 

Prairie Skies Public Library District  "Bookies" Book Club 

Meet at the Pleasant Plains location on the 4th Thursday of each month @ 7 PM

 

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

 


 

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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