601 South Bench St.
Galena, IL 61036
Phone: 815-777-0200
Fax: 815-777-1542
www.GalenaLibrary.org
 

Meets at the Galena Public Library on the third Monday of the month at 10:00 am.

Reading List 2011:

January 17
The Martian Chronicles
by Ray Bradbury

February 21
The Help
by Kathryn Stockett

March 21
The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop
by Lewis Buzbee

April 18
Intuition
by Allegra Goodman 

May 16
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle

by David Wroblewski 

June 20
The Personal Memoirs of Julia Dent Grant
edited by John Simon

 July 18
South of Broad
by Pat Conroy

 August 15 (picnic)
Sarah’s Keys

by Tatiana de Rosnay

 September 19
Zeitoun

by Dave Eggers 

October 17
The Thirteenth Tale

by Diane Setterfield

November 21
What is the What
by David Eggers

December 19 (party)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid

by Jeff Kinney

 

Reading List 2012:

January 16

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

by Maya Angelou

February 20

Cutting Stone 

by Abraham Verghese

March 19

Room 

by Emma Donoghue

April 16

Remarkable Americans  The Washburne Family 

by Kerck Kelsey

May 21

Peace Like a River

by Leif Enger

June 18

Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter 

by Tom Franklin

July 16

The Postmistress

by Sarah Blake

August 20

Sunset Park  

by Paul Anister

September 17

Cleopatra 

by Stacy Schiff

October 15

My Name is Mary Sutter 

by Robin Oliveira

November 19

Nefertiti 

by Michelle Moran                                

December 17

Ella Minnow Pea 

by Mark Dunn