Book Groups

If you enjoy reading and stimulating conversations, then this is the place for you! Come in and give us a try.

The groups meet on the first Tuesday of every month from 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm. or the first Wednesday of every month from 11 am – 12 pm. The books are at the front desk and the rest is up to you. 

Please register at the front desk.

 

Tuesday Night Book Discussion Group

The group meets the first Tuesday of every month from 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm.

Below are titles that the group has read in the past.

This Month's Book Title

Tuesday Night Book Discussion

June 1, 2010 (Meeting at 6:30 pm.)

Title:   In Cold Blood: a true account of a multiple murder and its consequences

By:      Truman Capote

 

Tuesday Night Book Discussion

July 6, 2010 (Meeting at 6:30 pm.)

Title:   Tallgrass

By:      Sandra Dallas

Books Previously Read:

Book Discussion List

2006
The Five People You Meet in Heaven
by Mitch Albom
March 2006
 
Tuesdays with Morrie
by Mitch Albom
April 2006
 
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
by Lisa See
May 2006
 
The Reading Group
by Elizabeth Noble
June 2006
 
Peace Like a River
by Leif Enger
July 2006
 
A Bend in the Road
by Nicholas Sparks
August 2006
 
The Myth of You & Me
by Leah Stewart
September 2006
 
Rebecca
By Daphne DuMaurier
October 2006
 
Big Stone Gap : a novel
by Adriana Trigiani
November 2006
 
A Wedding in December
by Anita Shreve
December 2006
  
2007
The Bean Trees
by Barbara Kingsolver
January 2007
 
Marley & Me: life and love with the world’s worst dog
by John Grogan
February 2007
 
Wish You Well
by David Baldacci
March 2007
 
Tara Road
by Maeve Binchy
April 2007
 
The Ghost at the Table
by Suzanne Berne
May 2007
 
The Kite Runner
by Khaled Hosseini
June 2007
 
The Red Tent
by Anita Diamant
July 2007
 
When the Women Come Out to Dance
by Elmore Leonard
August 2007
 
The Secret Life of Bees
by Susan Monk Kidd
September 2007
 
The Time Travelers Wife
by Audrey Niffenegger
October 2007
 
Back When We Were Grown-Ups
by Anne Tyler
November 2007
 
Skipping Christmas
by John Grisham
December 2007
 
2008
A Walk in the Woods
by Bill Bryson
January 2008
 
Buried Stuff
by Sharon Fiffer
February 2008
 
Open House
by Elizabeth Berg
March 2008
 
A Thousand Splendid Suns
by Khaled Hosseini
April 2008
 
At Home in Mitford
by Jan Karon
May 2008
 
Something Borrowed
by Emily Giffin
June 2008
The Other Side of the Bridge
by Mary Lawson
July2008
Playing with the Enemy
Gary Moore
August 2008
Three Cups of Tea
Greg Mortenson
September 2008
The Weight of Water
Anita Shreve
October 2008
Eat Cake
Jeanne Ray
November 2008
The Christmas Train
by David Baldacci
December 2008
 2009
The Light of the Moon
by Luanne Rice
January 2009

The Wednesday Letters

By Jason Wright
February 2009
The Runaway Quilt
by Jennifer Chiaverini
March 2009
Dream When You’re Feeling Blue
by Elizabeth Berg
April 2009
Three Weeks with My Brother
by Nicholas Sparks and Micah Sparks
May 2009
The Art of Racing in the Rain
by Garth Stein
June 2009
The Face
by Angela Hunt
July 2009
A Farewell to Arms
by Ernest Hemingway
August 2009
The Prince of Tides
by Pat Conroy
September 2009
Dewey: the small-town cat who touched the world
by Vicki Myron and Bret Witter
October 2009
The Liar’s Club
by Mary Carr
November 2009

The Murder at the Vicarage
By Agatha Christie
December 2009
2010
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
January 2010
Life Expectancy
by Dean Koontz
February 2010

The Devil in the White City
by Erik Larson
March 2010

Body of Evidence
by Patricia Cornwell
April 2010

The Penny Pinchers Club
by Sarah Strohmeyer
May 2010

In Cold Blood: a true account of a multiple murder and its consequences
By Truman Capote

June 2010

Tallgrass
by Sandra Dallas
July 2010

The Help
by Kathryn Stockett
August 2010

Mystery Wednesday Book Discussion Group

The Peotone Public Library hosts a Mystery Book Discussion group on the first Wednesday of every month from 11:00 am - 12:00 pm.
 
The books are available at the front desk.

This Month's Title

Mystery Wednesday Book Discussion

June 2, 2010 (Meeting at 11:00 am.)

Title:   The House That Jack Built

By:      Ed McBain

 

Mystery Wednesday Book Discussion

July 7, 2010 (Meeting at 11:00 am.)

Title:   The Murder Room

By:      P. D. James

Books Previously Read:

Mystery Book Discussion List

2010
The Maltese Falcon
by Dashiell Hammett
February 2010
The Long Good-bye
by Raymond Chandler
March 2010
Murder at the Library of Congress
by Margaret Truman
April 2010
And Then There Were None
by Agatha Christie
May 2010

The House That Jack Built
by Ed McBain
June 2010

The Murder Room
by P. D. James
Ju;ly 2010

 A Morbid Taste for Bones
by Ellis Peters
August 2010