FrontPage 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
Alpha Park Public Library in Bartonville
February 12th - A Thousand Splendid Suns by Kahled Hosseini
March 12th - What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty
April 9th - Me Before You by JoJo Moyes
May 14th - The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult
June 11th - Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
July 9th - A Man Called Ove by Fredrick Backman
Aug. 13th - Summer Lies by Mary Kay Andrews
Sept. 10th - TBA
Oct. 8th - TBA
Nov. 12th - TBA
Dec. 10th - Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris
Ladies Book Club
March 2015: The Last Summer of the Campetdowns by Elizabeth Kelly
April 2015: The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
May 2015: Lone Wolf by Jodi Picoult
June 2015: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
July 2015: An Unsuitable Job for a Woman by P.D. James
August 2015: TBA
September 2015: TBA
October 2015: TBA
November 2015: TBA
December 2015: TBA
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
Brimfield Book Club-4th Monday of the month @ 1pm
January 26- The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
February 23- Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
March 23- Blood and Thunder by Hampton Sides
April 27- Riding the Bus With My Sister by Rachel Simon
May 18*- Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons by Lorna Lanvik
June 22- TBA
July 27- TBA
August 24- TBA
September 28- TBA
October 26- TBA
November 23- TBA
December 28- TBA
*held on the 18th due to Memorial Day.
For more information, contact Abby at 309-446-9575 or amiles@brimfieldlibrary.org.
Chillicothe Public Library
Books+Tea @ the Library (book club webpage)
January 26 - All the Light We Cannot See, by Anthony Doerr
February 23 - Emily & Einstein, by Linda Francis Lee
March 23 - The Stone Mattress: Nine Tales, by Margaret Atwood
April 27 - Shakespeare Saved My Life: Ten Years with the Bard, by Laura Bates
May 18 - Flight Behavior, by Barbara Kingsolver
June 22 - A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L'Engle
July 27 - The Goldfinch, by Donna Tartt
August 24 - The Call of the Wild, by Jack London
September 28 - The Ocean at the End of the Lane, by Neil Gaiman
October 26 - Murder on the Orient Express, by Agatha Christie
November 23 - The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl, by Timothy Egan
December 14 - One Plus One by Jojo Moyes
For more information, contact Catherine at 309-274-2719 or cbarnett@chillicothepubliclibrary.org.
Farmington Area Public Library District
Second Monday Book Group (Second Monday each month at 6:30pm)
January Baking Cakes in Kigali by Gaile Parkin
February Sweet Mandarin by Helen Tse
March A Lesson in Secrets by Jaqueline Winspear
April The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown
May The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman
June The Invention of Wings by Joy Fielding
July Puppet by Sue Monk Kidd
August The World's Strongest Librarian by Josh Hanagarne
September The Care and Management of Lies by Jaqueline Winspear
October Pioneer Girl by Bich Minh Nguyen
November The Gold Finch by Donna Tartt
December No Meeting
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
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 - Jackaby by William Ritter
June 9th - Beautiful Music for Ugly Children by Kirstin Cronn-Mills
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 - Manga or Graphic Novel of your choice
May 19th - Fantasy Novel of your choice
June 16th - Music Book of your choice
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
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 I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai 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
Dec The Astronauts Wives Club: A True Story by Lily Koppel Jan 4th
Usually meets last Monday of the month at 3 pm in Turner Room
2015 (Our 12th year!)
January 26
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The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
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Zevin, Gabrielle
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Discussion sheet online |
February 23
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Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal and the Real Count of Monte Cristo
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Reiss, Tom
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Discussion sheet online |
March 30
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Invention of Wings
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Kidd, Sue Monk
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Discussion sheet online |
April 27
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A Man Called Ove
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Backman, Fredrik
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May 18*
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Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
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Brown, Daniel James
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June 29
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Rosie Project
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Simsion, Graeme
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July 27
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Gemini
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Cassella, Carol
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August 31
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The Hurricane Sisters
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Frank, Dorothea Benton
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Sept 28
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One Summer: America, 1927
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Bryson, Bill
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October 26
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I am Having So Much Fun Here Without You
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Maum, Courtney
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November 23
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A Star for Mrs. Blake
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Smith, April
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December 14th @ 3pm —Coffee Chat about your favorite books of 2015
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*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.
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 Everly House, 811 S. Lafayette St., during the fall and until the construction of the library is complete.
2015 Selections for Great Reads
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Discussion Date |
Title |
Author |
February 11 |
Doc: A Novel
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Maria Doria Russell
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March 11 |
Foreign Affairs
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Alison Lurie
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April 8 |
This House of Sky
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Ivan Doig
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May 13 |
Sula
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Toni Morrison
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Mystery Book Club
Mystery Book Club is an adult reading/discussion group sponsored by the Friends of the Macomb Public Librar. It meets the fourth Wednesday every month from August to May (except for November when the club meets the week after Thanksgiving) at 7:00 pm. The meeting will be held in the Everly House meeting room, 811 S. Lafayette St. until the remodeling of the main building is complete.
2015 Selections for Mystery Book Club
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Discussion Date |
Title |
Author |
January 28
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Booked to Die
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John Dunning
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February 25 |
Frames
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Loren Estleman
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March 25
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Faceless Killer
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Henning Mankell
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April 22
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The Beckett Factor
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Michael David Anthony
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May 27 |
A Trick of the Light |
Louise Penny |
Patron-run book clubs.
These groups use Macomb Public Library for interlibrary loan of book club titles but 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.
2015 Selections for Book Club 1 |
Discussion Date |
Title |
Author
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January 23
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Painted from Memories (only available as Kindle edition)
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Barbara Forte Abate
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February 20 |
Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat |
Edward Kelsey Moore |
March 27 |
All the Light We Cannot See
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Anthony Doerr
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April 24 |
TBA |
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May 29 |
TBA |
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June 26 |
TBA |
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July 31 |
TBA |
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August 28 |
TBA |
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September 25 |
TBA |
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October 30 |
TBA |
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November 20 |
TBA |
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December 18 |
TBA |
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Book Club 2
Group usually meets on a Monday roughly every six weeks and selects the next title on their meeting dates. This group usually requests 4-5 copies of a title.
2015 Selections for Book Club 2
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Discussion Date |
Title |
Author
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February 9 |
The Husband's Secret |
Liane Moriarty |
March 30 |
The Snow Child |
Eowyn Ivey |
Book Club 3
This group meets on the second Friday of the month. The leader has expressed willingness to switch discussion dates of particular titles as needed to accommodate for conflicts with other groups. The group requests 9 titles for each discussion. The majority of selections for this group are borrowed in large print format to accommodate more seasoned readers from a local nursing home.
2015 Selections for Book Club 3
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Discussion Date |
Title |
Author |
February 13 |
The Invention of Wings
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Sue Monk Kidd
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March 13 |
Orphan Train
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Christina Baker Kline
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April 10 |
Americanah
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Chimamanda Adichie
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May 8
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A Time to Kill
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John Grisham
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June 12 |
The Kitchen House
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Kathleen Grissom
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July 10 |
The Book Thief
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Markus Zusak
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August 14 |
The Round House
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Louise Erdrich
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September 11 |
Mark Twain's America
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Mark Twain
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October 9 |
Caleb's Crossing
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Geraldine Brooks
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November 13 |
Mercy
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Jodi Picoult
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December 11 |
The Goldfinch
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Donna Taft
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January 8, 2016
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TBD Season-related title |
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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 I am usually unaware the titles are intended for book club use or how long they 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.
We are in the middle of a construction project. With such a small local collection available, we are not in a position to loan right now. We look forward to resuming loans to other libraries for book clubs and other purposes when the project is complete, though.
Contact Carla Ainslie macomblib.carla@gmail.com or macomb.pld.rsa@gmail.com for more information.
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.
2015 book groups meeting at the Normal Public Library, 206 West College Avenue, Normal
September 17, 2015: The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
November 19, 2015: A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote
Contact Pixie for more information: pfreymann at normalpl.org
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
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
Third Thursday Bookclub -- Meet at Eli's coffee shop in Tremont at 12:30PM on the third Thursday of each month.
February: 10% Happier by Dan Harris
March: Call the Midwife by Jennifer Worth
April: While We we Watching Downton Abbey by Wendy Wax
May: (tentative) The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry: A Novel by Gabrielle Zevin
June: (tentative) Whistling Past the Graveyard by Susan Crandall
Meet at Speer Bank Community Center 6 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month
January: Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
February: The Shoemaker's Wife by Adrianna Trigiani
March: The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissam
April: The Orchardist by Amanda Coplin
May: The Girl You Left Behind by Jo Jo Moyers
June: The Art of Hearing Heartbeats by Jan-Philip Sendker
July: Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
August: Alena by Rachel Pasten
September: Lydia's Party by Margaret Hawkins
October: Wake by Anna Hope
November: Priscilla by Nicholas Shakespeare
December: The Wonder of All Things by Jason Mott
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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