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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

 

January 24th - Discussing "The Woman in the Window" by AJ Finn, picking up "The Book of Lost Names" by Kristen Harmel

February 28th - Discussing "The Book of Lost Names" by Kristin Harmel, pick up T.B.D.

March 28th - 

April 25th - 

May 23rd - 

June 27th - 

July 25th - 

August 22nd - 

September 26th - 

October 24th - 

November 28th - 

December  26th - 

 

Social Justice Book Club meets on the 2nd Tuesday of the month at 1:00pm

January 10th - Discussing "The Devil's Highway" by Luis Alberto Urrea, picking up "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

February 14th - Discussing "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann, picking up T.B.D.

March 14th - 

April 11th - 

May 9th - 

June 13th - 

July 11th - 

August 8th - 

September 12th - 

October 10th - 

November 14th - 

December 12th - 

 

 

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


 

Cambridge Public Library District

 

Book Club meets from 7:00 - 8:30 p.pm. on the following dates in 2023:

March 15th

May 17th

July 19th

September 20th

November 15th


 

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 3rd Tuesday of the month

January 17 – The Last Garden in England, by Julia Kelly

February 21 – Chocolat, by Joanne Harris

March 21 – The Blind Assassin, by Margaret Atwood

April 18 – Crazy Brave, by Joy Harjo

May 16 – The Lacuna, by Barbara Kingsolver

June 20 – Memorial, by Bryan Washington

July 18 – Nation, by Terry Pratchett

August 15 – Honey Girl, by Morgan Rogers

September 19 – Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth, by Wole Soyinka

October 17 – Mexican Gothic, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

November 21 – The Remains of the Day, by Kazuo Ishiguro

 

Curiosity & Cheesecake meets on the last Tuesday of the month

January 31—Inciting Joy: Essays, by Ross Gay 

February 28—Six Feet Over: Science Tackles the Afterlife, by Mary Roach (previously published as Spook; either edition is fine, due to a low number available of the new edition)

March 28—Why Fish Don’t Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life, by Lulu Miller 

April 25—Remember: The Science of Memory and the Art of Forgetting, by Lisa Genova 

May 30—Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants, by Robin Wall Kimmerer 

June 27—Making Gay History: The Half-Century Fight for Lesbian and Gay Equal Rights, by Eric Marcus (the newest edition is available on Hoopla) 

July 25—Octopus! The Most Mysterious Creature in the Sea, by Katherine Harmon Courage 

August 29—A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance, by Hanif Abdurraqib 

September 26—Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures, by Merlin Sheldrake 

October 24—Aftershocks: A Memoir, Nadia Owusu 

November 28—Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science, by Marc Aronson & Marina Budhos

 

Super Secret Graphic Novel Book Club meets on the last Thursday of the month

January 26 – Hellboy Omnibus Vol 1: Seed of Destruction, by Mike Mignola

February 22 (Wed.) – Lumberjanes Vol. 1: Beware The Kitten Holy, by Stevenson, Ellis, Watters & Allen

March 30 – Invisible Differences: A Story of Asperger's, Adulting, and Living a Life in Full Color, by Julie Dachez

April 26 (Wed.) – There's Treasure Everywhere: A Calvin and Hobbes Collection, by Bill Watterson

May 25 – Invisible Kingdom Vol 1, by G. Willow Wilson & Christian Ward

June 29 – Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Vol 1: Squirrel Power, by Ryan North

July 27 – The Magic Fish, by Trung Le Nguyen

August 31 – Curse of the Chosen Vol. 1, by Alexis Deacon

September 28 – Something is Killing the Children Vol. 1, by James Tynion IV & Werther Dell’Edera

October 26 – Kid Gloves, by Lucy Knisley

November 30 – Come Home, Indio: A Memoir, by Jim Terry

 

Let's Taco 'bout It meets on the 2nd Tuesday of the month

February 7 (1st Tue) — Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism, by Amanda Montell 

March 14 — Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth, by Sarah Smarsh

May 9 — The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure, by Jonathan Haidt 

June 13 — Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body, by Rebekah Taussig 

August 8 — The Gun Debate: What Everyone Needs to Know (2nd ed.), by Cook & Goss 

September 12 — This Is Your Mind on Plants, by Michael Pollan 

November 14 — Postcolonial Love Poem, by Natalie Diaz

 

A Taste of History Culinary Book Club

February 16—Vibration Cooking: or, The Travel Notes of a Geechee Girl, by Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor (2011 reprint)

April 27—Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life, by Barbara Kingsolver (2017 edition)

August 24—The Parable of the Sower, by Octavia Butler

November 16—The Sioux Chef’s Indigenous Kitchen, by Sean Sherman 

 

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


 

Clover District Library

 

Clover Library Book Club

     Meets in the Library Community Room on the last Thursday of the Month at 9:30 am

 

Young Adult Book Group

     Online only group; join via Beanstack.

 

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.

 


 

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

FEBRUARY 13:  Dirt Creek - picking up The Lies I Tell by Julie Clark

MARCH 13:  The Lies I Tell - picking up TBD

APRIL 10:

MAY 8:

JUNE 12:

JULY10:

AUGUST 14:

SEPTEMBER 11:

OCTOBER 9:

NOVEMBER 13:

DECEMBER 11:

 

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

JANUARY 30:  The Christmas Bookshop - picking up The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd

FEBRUARY 27:  The Mermaid Chair - picking up The Guest List by Lucy Foley          

MARCH 27:  The Guest List - picking up The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

APRIL 24:  The Thursday Murder Club - picking up The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb

MAY 29:  The Violin Conspiracy - picking up Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng 

JUNE 26:  Our Missing Hearts - picking up Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

JULY 31:  Remarkably Bright Creatures - picking up TBD

AUGUST 28:  TBD - picking up Someone Like You by Karen Kingsbury

SEPTEMBER 25:  Someone Like You - picking up Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson     

OCTOBER 30:  Black Cake - picking up Comfort & Joy by Kristin Hannah

NOVEMBER 27:  Comfort & Joy - picking up The Wish Book Christmas by Lynn Austin

DECEMBER ?:  The Wish Book Christmas - 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

 


 

Four Star Public Library District

COVER 2 COVER BOOK CLUB

 

September:  The Bishop's Pawn by Steve Berry

October:  In the Woods by Tana French

November:  The Unlikely Pilgrimmage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce

January:  Inheritance: Poisoned Fruit of the JFK's Assassination by Christopher Fulton

February:  A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

March:  The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater

April:  The Beantown Girls by Jane Healey

 


 

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 

January: Pump: Natural History of the Heart by Bill Schutt 

February: Seed Keeper by Diane Wilson

March: Growing Season by Sarah Frey

April: Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu (Big Read, won't be borrowing books)

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

 

Tome Raiders Science Fiction/Fantasy Book Club

January: Dragons of Deceit by Weis/Hickman (have free copies)

February: The Tempest Tales by Walter Mosley 

March: The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi  

April: We Could Be Heroes by Mike Chen 

May

June: Foundryside by Robert Bennett Jackson (have free copies)

July

August

September

October

November

December

 

 

Food for Thought Book Club 

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

 

 

Buzzwords Book Club

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

 

 

 


 

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. 

 

                                             Title                                                                  Author

January 5                 South Of Broad                                      Pat Conroy

February 6               The Huntress                                          Kate Quinn

March  6                   Pretending                                             Diane Chamberlain

April  3                     The Last Thing He Told Me                   Laura Dave

May 1                       Anxious People                                      Fredrik Backman

June 5                      Dune                                                        Frank Herbert

July                          The Wartime Sisters                               Lynda Cohen Loigman

August  7                TBD

September 7           The Silent Patient                                   Alex Michaelides

October  2               Mrs. Kennedy and Me                            Clint Hill

November 6            TBD

December  4           TBD

 

 


 

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 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.

 

Discussion Date
Title
Author
January 11, 2023
Have You Seen Luis Velez?
Catherine Ryan Hyde
February 8, 2023 Leaving Eastern Parkway Matthew Daub
March 8, 2023 A World of Curiosities Louise Penny
April 12, 2023 October Light John Gardner
May 10, 2023 River of the Gods: Genius, Courage and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile Candace Millard
June 14, 2023 Lessons in Chemistry Bonnie Garmus

 

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.

 

January 5, 2023 -- Call Us What We Carry by Amanda Gorman (poetry)

February 2, 2023 -- The Fire Keeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley (young adult)

March 2, 2023 -- The Dutch House by Ann Patchett (fiction)

April 6, 2023 -- Shackleton: The Biography by Rannulph Fiennes (biography)

May 4, 2023 -- The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck (classic)

June 1, 2023 -- The Lioness by Chris Bohjalian (mystery/thriller)

July 6, 2023 -- Gold Diggers by Sanjena Sathian (fantasy)

August 3, 2023 -- A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles (fiction)

September 7, 2023 -- The Boys by Ron and Clint Howard (biography)

October 5, 2023 -- Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro (fantasy)

November 2, 2023 -- Magnolia Palace by Fiona Davis (historical fiction)

December 7, 2023 -- The Code Breaker by Walter Isaacson (nonfiction)

 

 


 

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

 

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. Contact: Kari - kgarman@normalpl.org

  

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

 

January 26, 2023: The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren

February 23, 2023: The Boyfriend Project by Farrah Rochon

March 23, 2023: The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams

April 27, 2023: The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood

May 25, 2023: Girl Gone Viral by Alisha Rai

June 22, 2023: It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey

July 27, 2023: Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert

August 24, 2023: Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez

September 28, 2023: Island Affair by Priscilla Oliveras

October 26, 2023: The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston

November 16, 2023 (SPECIAL DATE): Reader's choice!

December 28, 2023: It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover

 


 

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

 


 

Rushville Public Library

We meet the 3rd Tuesday of every month at 6:00 p.m.

 

November 15, 2022  It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover

January 17, 2023  The Secrets We Keep by Kate Hewitt

February 21,2023 The Seven Wives of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

March, 21, 2023

April 17,2023

May 23,2023

  


Toulon Public District Library

 

Third Thursday Bookclub (Every 3rd Thursday at 6:30pm)

January 20 - If You Ask Me (And of Course You Won't) by Betty White

February 17 - The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83 1/2 Years Old by Peter de Smet

March 17 - The Kitchen Front by Jennifer Ryan

April 21 - The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper

May 19 - Where Lilacs Still Bloom by an Kirkpatrick

June 16 - The Maid by Nita Prose

July 21 - Remember by Lisa Genova

August 18 - The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

September 15 - The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larsen

October 20 - Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

November 17 - Last Seen Alone by Laura Griffin

 

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 second Tuesday of each month

2023

Jan 10th         Skenandore, Amanda             The Second Life of Mirelle West

Feb 14th         Picoult, Jodi                             Mad Honey

Mar 14th        Reid, Taylor Jenkins                 Malibu Rising 

April 11th       Henry, Emily                           Book Lovers

May 9th         Garmus, Bonnie                      Lessons in Chemistry

June 13th       Burdick, Serena                      The Girls With No Names

 

                   


 

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

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