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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 2023 

 

For 2022 titles, please click here

Please click here for 2021 titles

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

 

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

 


 

Chenoa Public Library District

 

For January 2023 -  we are reading A Killing in the Hills by Julia Keller

 

February 2023 - we are reading The Second Life of Mirielle West by Amanda Skenandore

 


 

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

     


 

Farmington Area Public Library District

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

JANUARY: The Undertakers Daughter - picking up Dirt Creek by Hayley Scrivenor

FEBRUARY:  Dirt Creek - picking up The Lies I Tell by Julie Clark

MARCH:  The Lies I Tell - picking up TBD

APRIL:

MAY:

JUNE:

JULY:

AUGUST:

SEPTEMBER:

OCTOBER:

NOVEMBER:

DECEMBER:

 

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

JANUARY:

FEBRUARY:

MARCH:

APRIL:

MAY:

JUNE:

JULY:

AUGUST:

SEPTEMBER:

OCTOBER:

NOVEMBER:

DECEMBER:

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).

 

1/30/23: The Five People You Meet in Heaven, by Mitch Albom

2/27/23: Bel Canto, by Ann Patchett

3/27/23: All Creatures Great and Small, by James Herriot

4/24/23: The Radium Girls, by Kate Moore

5/22/23: The Girl from Guernica, by Karen Robards

6/26/23: Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury

 


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.

 


 

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. 

 

 


 

Kewanee Public Library District

 

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

 

1/16/23:  Oh William! by Elizabeth Strout

2/20/23:  The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson

3/20/23:  The Doctors Blackwell by Janice P. Nimura

4/17/23:  Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu (NEA Big Read)

5/15/23:  The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware

6/19/23:  The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton

7/17/23:  The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams

8/21/23:  The Maid by Nita Prose

9/18/23:  The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections by Eva Jurczyk

10/16/23:  Inheritance by Dani Shapiro

11/20/23:  The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

12/18/23:  The Christmas Bookshop by Jenny Colgan

 


 

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

                              2023 (Our 20th year)

January 30

The Thursday Murder Club

 Richard Osman

February 27

Black Cake

Charmaine Wilkerson

March 27

Crying in H Mart

Michelle Zauner

April 24

Someone Like You

 Karen Kingsbury

May 22

Splendid and the Vile

Erik Larson

June 26

French Braid

Anne Tyler

July 31

The Lincoln Highway

Amor Towles

August 28

The Music of Bees

Eileen Garvin

September 25

Where the Crawdads Sing

Delia Owens

October 30

Our Missing Hearts

Celeste Ng

November 27

Remember

Lisa Genova

December 11th @ 3pm —Coffee Chat about your 2023 favorites & get our new list for 2024

 

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

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


 

Macomb Public Library

 

Page Turners

Page Turners is an adult reading/discussion group sponsored by the Friends of the Macomb Public Library. They meet monthly on Mondays 4:30-5:30 p.m. in the Macomb Public Library multi-purpose room. Usually the group meets on the 2nd Monday of the month, though sometimes they meet on the 3rd Monday if there is a Monday holiday closure on the usual meeting date.

 

 

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.

 


 

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.

 

 


 

Morton Public Library Book Club

 

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

 

 


 

Normal Public Library

 

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 2023: Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer

February 2023: Black Klansman: Race, Hate, and the Undercover Investigation of a Lifetime by Ron Stallworth

March 2023: Nowhere Girl: A Memoir of a Fugitive Childhood by Cheryl Diamond

April 2023: Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness by Susannah Cahalan

May 2023: Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion by Jia Tolentino

June 2023: This is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession by Daniel J. Levitin

July 2023: I Live a Life Like Yours: A Memoir by Jan Grue

August 2023: Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth by Sarah Smarsh

September 2023: The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches from the Border by Francisco Cantú

October 2023: People Who Eat Darkness: The True Story of a Young Woman Who Vanished from the Streets of Tokyo and the Evil That Swallowed Her Up by Richard Lloyd Parry

November 2023: Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay

December 2023: The Last Black Unicorn by Tiffany Haddish

 

  

Romance Me Book Club meets monthly, usually on the 4th Thursday from 6:30-7:30 pm in the Community Room.

 

 


 

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

  

2023

Jan – Violeta by Allende

Feb/The Maid –

March/Band of Sisters 

April Bewilderment by Richard Powers

May/The Measure by Erlick

June/Black Cake by Wilkerson

 

 


 

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. 

 


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.

2023

 

                   


 

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

 
 

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 2023 

 

For 2022 titles, please click here

Please click here for 2021 titles

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

 

 

 

For more information, contact Abby at 309-446-9575 or awood@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

 

 

     


 

Farmington Area Public Library District

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

 

 

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

 

 

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).

 

1/30/23: The Five People You Meet in Heaven, by Mitch Albom

2/27/23: Bel Canto, by Ann Patchett

3/27/23: All Creatures Great and Small, by James Herriot

4/24/23: The Radium Girls, by Kate Moore

5/22/23: The Girl from Guernica, by Karen Robards

6/26/23: Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury

 


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.

 

 


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. 

 

 


 

Kewanee Public Library District

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

 

 

 

Higher Learning Book Club is a limited-run club 


 

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

 2023 (Our 20th year)

 

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

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


 

Macomb Public Library

Page Turners

Page Turners is an adult reading/discussion group sponsored by the Friends of the Macomb Public Library. They meet monthly on Mondays 4:30-5:30 p.m. in the Macomb Public Library multi-purpose room. Usually the group meets on the 2nd Monday of the month, though sometimes they meet on the 3rd Monday if there is a Monday holiday closure on the usual meeting date.

 

 

 

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.

 


 

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.

 

 


 

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

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

  

Romance Me Book Club meets monthly, usually on the 4th Thursday from 6:30-7:30 pm in the Community Room.

 

 


 

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

  

2023

Jan – Violeta by Allende

Feb/The Maid –

March/Band of Sisters 

April Bewilderment by Richard Powers

May/The Measure by Erlick

June/Black Cake by Wilkerson

 

 


 

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. 

 

 

 


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.

2023

 

 

                   


 

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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