Thursday Night Book Discussion
Join us on the fourth Thursday of the month at 6:00 PM for Thursday Night Book Discussion. Enjoy our light refreshments as you listen to a book review.
January 22 – Roger Lyons discussing When It All Burns: Fighting Fire in a Transformed World by Jordan Thomas
February 26 – Jonah Rice discussing The Way Out: How to Overcome Toxic Polarization by Peter Coleman
March 26 – Terah Stearns and Valerie Faulkner-Beal discussing The Rose Among Thorns by Stearns & Faulkner-Beal
April 23 – Jason West discussing Thrawn Ascendancy Book 1: Chaos Rising by Timothy Zahn
May 28 – Stacy Emery discussing biblical fiction including: Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers
June 25 – Kaitlyn Hanks discussing Young Adult books
July 23 – Lindsey Atkins discussing The Secret of Secrets by Dan Brown
August 27 – LaDonna Whitlock discussing West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge
September 24 – Emily Bergman discussing A Velocity of Being by Maria Popova
October 22 – Arla Murphy – TBD
Cloud Library
The 3M Cloud Library app is available for Harrisburg District Library patrons to download e-books and e-audiobooks for free! All you need is your Harrisburg District Library card number and 4-digit PIN. The app is available for free download to iOS and Android devices. The Cloud Library has fiction and non-fiction for kids, teens, and adults.
https://www.yourcloudlibrary.com/
*Choose Illinois Heartland Library System when prompted to “Find Your Local Library.”
Hoopla
The Hoopla app is available for Harrisburg District Library patrons to download e-books, e-audiobooks, movies, TV shows, and music for free! All you need is your Harrisburg District Library card number and 4-digit PIN. The app is available for free download to iOS and Android devices. There are items available for all ages, with no wait times. Download the item immediately for easy access or stream online.
*Sign up with an email and password, choose your library, accept the terms and conditions, then enter your library card number and 4 digit PIN
Goodreads
Keep track of the books you’ve read and the books you want to read! See what your friends are reading and be a part of the world’s largest community of readers!
Fantastic Fiction
A great website where you can search for your favorite authors and easily see all of the books they have written. Plus, find all of your favorite series in order! https://www.fantasticfiction.com/
Explore More Illinois
“Explore More Illinois” is a free service offered to Harrisburg Public Library District cardholders to access discount offers from museums, cultural centers, and other attractions. Click on the following link “Explore More Illinois” to log in- choose our library and enter your library card number and PIN. Choose the attraction and date of your planned visit and submit your request. You will receive an email confirmation with details specific to the attraction. Current offers include Buy One, Get One Free admission from the Discovery Center in Rockford; $2.00 off regular adult admission from the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield; Buy One, Get One Free admission to Edwards Place in Springfield; 25% off your gift store purchase at Ernest Hemingway Birthplace Museum in Oak Park; and more! Partnerships with other attractions are pending so check back periodically.
Emily’s Pick of the Month
What You Wish For by Katherine Center
Available to order through interlibrary loan or as an audiobook on the Cloud Library and Hoopla apps.
Samantha Casey is a joyful school librarian on Galveston Island. When the beloved principal dies, he is replaced by Duncan Carpenter, Sam’s old crush who has returned as a strict, rule-obsessed, and traumatized authoritarian. As the school community spirals into chaos, Sam and Duncan must find their way to who they really are, what it means to be brave, and how to take a chance on love.
Sherry’s Pick of the Month
Section 60: Arlington National Cemetery: Where War Comes Home by Robert M. Poole
Available at our library in print (975.529 POO) and as an eBook on the Hoopla app.
Section 60: Arlington National Cemetery is the powerful contemporary biography of a five-acre plot where many of those killed in Iraq and Afghanistan have been laid to rest alongside service members from earlier wars.
Evan’s Pick of the Month
The Lost Summer of Louisa May Alcott by Kelly O’Connor McNees
Available at our library in print (MCN) and as an audiobook on the Cloud Library app.
Kelly O’Connor McNees returns to the summer of 1855, when vivacious Louisa May Alcott is twenty-two and bursting to free herself from family and societal constraints and do what she loves most. Stuck in small-town New Hampshire, she meets Joseph Singer, and as she opens her heart, Louisa finds herself torn between a love that takes her by surprise and her dream of independence as a writer in Boston.
Kaitlyn’s Pick of the Month
Everything I Know About Love by Dolly Alderton
Available to order through interlibrary loan or as an eBook and audiobook on the Hoopla app.
Glittering with wit and insight, heart and humor, Dolly Alderton’s unforgettable debut weaves together personal stories, satirical observations, a series of lists, recipes, and other vignettes that will strike a chord of recognition with women of every age—making you want to pick up the phone and tell your best friends all about it. Like Bridget Jones’ Diary but all true, Everything I Know About Love is about the struggles of early adulthood in all its terrifying and hopeful uncertainty.
Hadleigh’s Pick of the Month
This Story Might Save Your Life by Tiffany Crum
Available at our library in print. (NEW CRU)
Best friends Benny and Joy are the hosts of a hit podcast dedicated to discussing “against-all-odds” survival stories. When Joy and her controlling husband, Xander, disappear, leaving behind signs of violence, their devoted listeners—and police—suspect Benny.
Ray’s Pick of the Month
Exit Strategy by Lee and Andrew Child
Available at our library in print (NEW CHI #30) as well as both eBook and audiobook on the Cloud Library app.
Jack Reacher will make three stops today. Not all of them were planned for. The page-turning new Jack Reacher thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling authors Lee Child and Andrew Child.
Jacque’s Pick of the Month
We Solve Murders by Richard Osman
Available at our library in print (OSM) as well as both eBook and audiobook on the Cloud Library app.
A race around the globe begins with Amy Wheeler, a private security agent, her father-in-law Steve Wheeler, a retired police officer, and best-selling author Rosie D’Antonio. Readers are transported from South Carolina to England, St. Lucia, Ireland, and Dubai as the trio investigates murder cases around the globe.