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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!

 

PLEASE NOTE: THIS PAGE IS FOR 2022 

 

For 2021 titles, please click here

Please click here for 2020 titles

Please click here for 2019 titles

Please click here for 2018 titles

Please click here for 2017 titles

Please click here for 2016 titles 

Please click here for 2015 titles

 

Libraries A-Z

 

Alpha Park Public Library in Bartonville

We meet the 2nd Thursday of the Month 

 


 

Beardstown Houston Memorial

 


Bradford Public Library District

Our book club meets the 3rd Monday of each month at 5 p.m.

Book Club est. May 2006

 


 

Brimfield Public Library District

Brimfield Book Club meets on the 4th Tuesday of the month at 1:00pm

January 25th - Discussing Have You Seen Luis Velez by Catherine Ryan Hyde - picking up Dreamland by Sam Quinones

February 22nd - Discussing Dreamland by Sam Quinones - picking up The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

March 22nd - Discussing The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt - picking up T.B.D. 

April 26th - T.B.D.

May 24th - T.B.D.

June 28th - T.B.D.

July 26th - T.B.D.

August 30th - T.B.D.

September 27th -T.B.D.

October 25th - T.B.D.

November 22nd - T.B.D.

December 27th - T.B.D.

 

For more information, contact Abby at 309-446-9575 or amiles@brimfieldlibrary.org.

 


 

Chillicothe Public Library

Books+Tea @ the Library meets on the 4th Monday of the month (book club webpage)

 

For more information, contact Catherine at 309-274--2719 or cbarnett@chillicothepubliclibrary.org.

 


 

Colchester District Library

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.

 



El Paso District 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 -

 


 

Eureka Public Library District

Musings on Main 

Book Selections 2022

First Thursdays @ 6:30pm

 

January 6 - Come Fly the World  (Julia Cooke)

February 3 - The Nature of Small Birds (Susie Finkbeiner)

March 3 - Radar Girls (Sara Ackerman)

April 7 - The Reading List  (Sara Adams)

May 5 - Akin  (Emma Donaghue)

June 2 - The Guest List (Lucy Foley)

July 7 - NO MEETING

August 4 - Anxious People (Fredrik Backman)

              AND/OR   Under the Tulip Tree  (Michelle Shocklee)

September 1 - The Keeper of Lost Things  (Ruth Hogan)

October 6 - No assigned book - planning meeting potluck night

November 3 - There She Was (Amy Argetinger)

December 1 - Wish Book Christmas  (Lynn Austin)

 

 

     


 

Farmington Area Public Library District

Second Monday Book Group (Second Monday each month at 6:30pm)

January 10 - Where the Crawdads Sing - picking up Big Stone Gap by Adriana Trigiani

February 14 - Big Stone Gap - picking up Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz

March 14 - Magpie Murders -  The Stranger In The Lifeboat by Mitch Albom

April 11 - The Stranger In The Lifeboat - picking up TBD

May 9 - TBD

June 13 - TBD

July 11 - TBD

August 8 - TBD

September 12 - TBD

October 10 - TBD

November 14 - TBD

December 12 - TBD

 

After Thoughts Book Club at Hanna City Community Center (Last Monday of each month except for May at 9:30am)

January 31 - The Midnight Library - picking up The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown

February 28 - The Boys in the Boat - picking up Blacktop Wasteland by S. A. Cosby

March 28 - Blacktop Wasteland - picking up Anxious People by Fredrik Backman

April 25 - Anxious People - picking up TBD

May 23 - TBD

June 27 -TBD

July 25 - TBD

August 29 - TBD

September 26 - TBD

October 31 - TBD

November 28 - TBD

December ? - 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

 


 

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 

 

 

Buzzwords Book Club

 


 

H.A. Peine District Library (in Minier)

 

Starting 10/25/21, our Book Club will meet the last Monday of the month at 7:30 pm at the Library, except December (no meeting) and May (one week earlier).

 

1/31/22: Still Life, by Louise Penny

2/28/22: The Cold Dish, by Craig Johnson

3/28/22: The Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder, by Joanne Fluke

4/25/22: We Are Legion, We Are Bob, by Dennis E. Taylor

5/23/22: Open Season, by C.J. Box

 


Henderson County Public Library District - Biggsville

Turning Pages Book Club

 

 


 

Henry Public Library - Henry, IL

 

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.

 

 

January

The life-changing magic of tidying up: The Japanese art of decluttering and organizing

Marie Kondo 
February  Educated: A memoir  Tara Westover 
March  The Personal Librarian  Marie Benedict 
April  Sourdough  Robin Sloan 
May  Oona Out of Order  Mararita Montimore 
June  Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil  John Berendt 

 

 

 

 

 


 

Illinois Prairie District Public Library

 

Germantown Hills Branch

Book Buzz meets the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 1 pm.

 

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. 

 

January 3 -  The Loop  by Nicholas Evans

February 7 -  Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty

March 7 -  Salt to the Sea  by Ruta Sepetys

April 4 - We Begin at the End  by Chris Whitaker

May 2 - The Beantown Girls by Jane Healey

June 6 -  The Last Thing He Told Me  by Laura Dave

July 7 -  TBD

August 1 -  The Giver of Stars by JoJo Moyes

September 1 - Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

October 3 -  TBD

November 7  -  Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center

December 5 -  TBD


Kewanee Public Library District

Adult Book Club meets the 3rd Monday of each month.

 

January 17 - Rules of Civility by Amor Towles

February 21 - Anxious People by Fredrik Backman

March 21 - The Lying Game by Ruth Ware

April 18 - An American Sunrise (NEA Big Read) by Joy Harjo

May 16 - A Good Neighborhood by Therese Anne Fowler

June 20 - The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman

July 18 - The Lager Queen of Minnesota by J. Ryan Stradal

August 15 - The Dutch House by Anne Patchett

September 19 - What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty

October 17 - Lady in the Lake by Laura Lippman

November 21 - The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd

December 19 - Comfort & Joy by Kristin Hannah

 

Higher Learning Book Club is a limited-run club (Feb-April 2022).

February 15 - Forensics: What Bugs, Burns, DNA, and More Tell Us About Crime by Val McDermid

March 22 - How the South Won the Civil War: Oligarchy, Democracy, and the Continuing Fight for the Soul of America by Heather Cox Richardson

April 26 - Buzz, Sting, Bite: Why We Need Insects by Anne Sverdup-Thygeson


 

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

 2022 (Our 19th year)

January 31

Chilbury Ladies’ Choir

Jennifer Ryan

February 28

Vanishing Half

Brit Bennett

March 28

A Good Neighborhood

Therese Fowler

April 25

The Library Book

 Susan Orlean

May 23

Bookish Life of Nina Hill

Abbi Waxman

June 27

Alice Network

Kate Quinn

July 25

Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper

Phaedra Patrick

August 29

Giver of Stars

Jojo Moyes

September 26

Where the Crawdads Sing

Delia Owens

October 31

Mystery of Mrs. Christie

Marie Benedict

November 28

Good Neighbor: the Life and Work of Fred Rogers

Maxwell King

December 12th @ 3pm —Coffee Chat about your 2022 favorites & get our new list for 2023

 

Blog available online at: http://talkaboutagoodbook.blogspot.com/ 

Contact Beth Duttlinger lill@lmelibrary.org for more information.


Macomb Public Library

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 Macomb Public library multi-purpose room.

 

 

 

Mystery Book Club

Mystery Book Club is an adult reading/discussion group sponsored by the Friends of the Macomb Public Library. The group schedule is in a state of revision, but these are the dates available so far. The book club will meet at the Macomb Public library multi-purpose room.

 

 

Patron-run book clubs

These groups use Macomb Public Library for interlibrary loan of book club titles, but these groups 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.

 

Book Club 2

This group usually meets roughly every 6 to 8 weeks and selects subsequent selections on their meeting dates. Some exceptions are made for holidays with this schedule, though. This group usually requests 2 copies of a selection.

 

 

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 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 I-Share, SHARE Illinois libraries, and non-RSA libraries in our region.

 

Contact Carla Ainslie macomblib.carla@gmail.com or macomb.pld.rsa@gmail.com for more information.

 


Morrison & Mary Wiley Library (in Elmwood)

 

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 6 -- The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley

February 3 -- Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive by Stephanie Land

March 3 -- The Kitchen Front by Jennifer Ryan

April 7 -- The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab

May 5 -- The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray

June 2 -- A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

July 7 -- Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes

August 4 -- The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill

September 1 -- Eternal by Lisa Scottoline

October 6 --- The Martian by Andy Weir

November 3 -- Chatter: The Voice in Our Head by Ethan Kross

December 1 -- The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

 

 


 

Morton Public Library Book Club

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

 

Contact Tahdra for more information:   TahdraT@mortonlibrary.org 

 


 

Normal Public Library

NPL Book Club at the Normal Public Library, 206 West College Avenue, Normal meets on the 3rd Wednesday every other month

 

Contact our volunteer book club leader, Pixie for more information: ask at normalpl.org


 

Pekin Public Library

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

 

Jan - All Adults Here by Emma Straub

Feb - The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Waxman

March - Midnight Library by HAIG

April - What Comes After by JoAnne Tompkins

May- THE LIBRARY OF LOST AND FOUND by Phaedra Patrick

JUNE- The Paris Library by Janet Skeslien Charles

 


 

Prairie Skies Public Library District

 "Bookies" Book Club 

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

     


Quincy Public Library

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

   


Toulon Public District Library

Third Thursday Bookclub

 

 

YA Book Club (Last Tuesday of Each Month)

 

 

Youth Book Club (Last Tuesday of Each Month)

 

 


 

Tremont District Library

Third Thursday Bookclub -- Meet at Eli's coffee shop in Tremont at 12:30PM on the third Thursday of each month.

 

Young Adult Book Club -- Meets at Eli's coffee shop in Tremont at 7pm on the third Tuesday of each month.

 

January -- The music of bees by Eileen Garvin
February -- The girl with the louding voice by Abi Daré
March -- We Were the Lucky Ones
by Georgia Hunter

April -- 

 


Washington District Library

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.)

 


 

Wyoming Public Library Book Club

Meet at the Paramount Theater at 6 p.m. the third Tuesday of each month

January and February we will meet at One Eleven Coffee at 11:30 a.m.

2022

Jan 11th         Clark, Julie                               The Last Flight

Feb 8th           Bennett, Brit                           The Vanishing Half

Mar 8th          Harmel, Kristin                        The Forest of Vanishing Stars 

April 12th       Meissner, Susan                      The Nature of Fragile Things

May 10th       Prose, Nita                              The Maid

June 14th       Sepetys, Ruta                          I Must Betray You

 

 

 

                   


 

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

 

 

 
by Georgia Hunter
 

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