Book Clubs
THE LAST WEDNESDAY BOOK CLUB
The Last Tuesday Book Club meets at the library on the last Wednesday of the month at noon in the library program room. Members of the book club vote on book titles in the spring for the upcoming year. The book club meets starting in September and lastly in the month of May- no discussion group in December. The Library will obtain the needed copies of books for each member of the book club.
BOOK TITLES FOR 2024-2025
SEPTEMBER- BOOK OF YOUR OWN CHOICE
OCTOBER- "THE PRESIDENT IS A SICK MAN: WHEREIN THE SUPPOSEDLY VIRTUOUS GROVER CLEVELAND SURVIVES A SECRET SURGERY AT SEA AND VILIFIES THE COURAGEOUS NEWSPAPERMAN WHO DARED EXPOSE THE TRUTH" BY MATTHEW ALGER
NOVEMBER- "FAITH BASS DARLING'S LAST GARAGE SALE" BY LYNDA RUTLEDGE
JANUARY- "ROUGH SLEEPERS: DR. JIM O'CONNELL'S URGENT MISSION TO BRING HEALING TO HOMELESS PEOPLE" BY TRACY KIDDER
FEBRUARY- "A LONG WAY FROM CHICAGO" BY RICHARD PECK
MARCH- "LIONS OF FIFTH AVENUE" BY FIONA DAVIS
APRIL- "THIS TIME NEXT YEAR WE'LL BE LAUGHING" BY JACQUELINE WINSPEAR
MAY- "LEAVE ONLY FOOTPRINTS: MY ACADIA-TO-ZION JOURNEY THROUGH EVERY NATIONAL PARK" BY CONOR KNIGHTON
If you would like to join the book club please stop in to the library, call us at 319-656-3501 or email the director at director@kalonalibrary.org
THE LAST MONDAY BOOK CLUB
The Last Monday Book Club is a fiction book club that meets at the library on the last Monday of the month at 1 pm in the library's study room. Members of the book club vote on book titles in the spring for the upcoming year. The book club meets every month. The Library will obtain the needed copies of books for each member of the book club.
BOOK TITLES FOR 2023-2024
JANUARY- "THESE THINGS HIDDEN" BY HEATHER GUDENKAUF
FEBRUARY- "THE BOOK WOMAN OF TROUBLESOME CREEK" BY KIM MICHELE RICHARDSON
MARCH- "THE WINEMAKER'S WIFE" BY KRISTEN HARMEL
APRIL- "THE SNOW CHILD" BY EOWYN IVEY
MAY- "ABOVE THE BAY OF ANGELS" BY RHYS BOWEN
JUNE- "LESS" BY ANDREW SEAN GREER
JULY- "THE ISLAND OF SEA WOMEN" BY LISA SEE
AUGUST- "THE LAST GREEN VALLEY" BY MARK SULLIVAN
SEPTEMBER- "GO AS A RIVER" BY SHELLEY READ
OCTOBER- "THE SHADOW OF THE WIND" BY CARLOS RUIZ ZAFON
NOVEMBER- "A LIFE WITHOUT WATER" BY MARCI BOLDEN
DECEMBER- "WEST WITH GIRAFFES" BY LYNDA RUTLEDGE