Book Clubs

•  Local Book Clubs  

  • Ulysses Group: led by Fran Fisher, meets in the Julia Hackley room on the second Tuesday of each month at 10:00-11:30 am.
  • Library Book Club:  Meets at 10:00 am on the first Tuesday monthly at the Walker Memorial Library in North Muskegon.
  • Book Discussion Group: White Lake Community Library, meets 2nd Tuesday of the month at 6:30 pm. For more information call 231-894-9531.
• Online Book Clubs
  • Stay Connected with the Hackley Public Library through BookLetters newsletter e-mails. BookLetters e-mails are an easy and fun way to find out about happenings at the library and throughout the community. By signing up, timely notices of scheduled activities and events can conveniently be delivered right to your home or office.
  • Enjoy a quick introduction to a new BookLetters Daily Online Book Club selection each week. It is a fast and fun way to stay in touch with a broad array of works. Join one or all of our clubs to receive reviews, author interviews and even book excerpts delivered right to your inbox. Best of all, it's FREE - Signup today!
  • Book Army  "Never read a bad book again".  This is a social network for book lovers. 
  • Bookshelf This isn't a book club per se, but it shows how many people are currently reading a specific book, who wants to read the book and who has finished it. People can comment on the book and rate it. (LS)
  • Booktagger "Booktagger is a type of social network for book lovers. Sign up and add the books you have read, and ones you are thinking about reading. Then chat it up with people that like the same books as you do, get suggestions and a little more insight on what you might want to read." (DS)
  • Books@Random
  • DailyLit ""DailyLit sends books in installments via e-mail. DailyLit currently offers over 400 classic public domain titles that can be subscribed to and read in their entirety for free." Includes some in French, Italian, and Spanish. Search, or browse by title, author, or category. The entry for each work includes a preview of the first installment and the number of installments (such as 675 for "War and Peace" and 149 for "Pride and Prejudice")." (LII)
  • LitLovers.com "An online community dedicated to books and book clubs—because both enrich our lives. We've got great resources to enhance your book club experience. Whether you're selecting books, or thinking & talking about them, LitLovers is the place to come."
  • Online Programming for All Libraries this site has lots of online events going on, including book discussions. Click on Schedule Of Events, then Book Discussions and Literary Events to see what is coming up.
  • Open Book Club They offer a mailing list and a forum for online discussions of each title.
  • R.A.W. Sistaz The Reading and Writing Sistaz, combining literature and sisterhood.
  • Reader's Club "more than 2000 book reviews written by librarians and library staff at the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County in North Carolina since 1998. Reviews are categorized by genre." (RSS)
  • Reader's Circle : "A book club networking site serving the US, Canada, and Australia with listings for local groups, author events, & phone chats."
  • Read Along the Lakeshore A "One Book One Community" event for West Michigan.
  • Reading Group Guides "the first website built especially for reading groups, providing them with all they need to make their book club experience better than ever."
  • ReadervilleOnline book club and resource for readers. (LII)
  • Revish "If you love reading and sharing your reading experiences you're in the right place! Revish lets you:
    * Write reviews of any books you read
    * Maintain a reading list and share it with friends
    * Keep a reading journal - look back and see what you were reading at any time
    * Read reviews by other Revish members
    * Create and participate in groups, to discuss books, reading or anything else
    * Use our API and widgets to include your Revish content on your blog or website" (LIB)
  • Shelfari "Shelfari makes it easy to see what your friends are reading, what others with similar tastes have enjoyed, and even get and give book recommendations." (IRN)