One More Chapter (OMC) Book Club
This Book Club began in November 2000 with a handful of members and has continued growing and changing!
To join the book club you may stop by or call the library at (563) 432-7135.
Currently this Book Club is full.
THURSDAY NIGHT READING GROUP HISTORY
The reading group began in November 2000. It started when Janet Hamilton offered her volunteer services to lead story hour. Not being a need in our library at that time for a regular story hour, she agreed to lead an adult reading group. Janet led the group through the first three books. At that time, she decided to pursue more education and we continued with the group. Our group has grown from nine members to as many as twenty members. These days we try to keep it at around 12 members.
In 2021 The Reading Group renamed itself to One More Chapter (OMC) and started meeting off-site, on the third Tuesday of the month during the day, due to the Pandemic. They continue to meet off-site...
OMC BOOK CLUB BOOK LIST
2025
January 2025 | The Echo of Old Books - Barbara Davis
February 2025 | Kindred- Octavia E. Butler
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2024
January 2024 | Mad Honey, Jennifer Finney Boylan and Jodi Picoult
February 2024 | Verity, Colleen Hoover
March 2024 | All the Beauty in the World, Patrick Bringley
April 2024 | In the Bleak Midwinter, Julia Spencer-Fleming
May 2024 | Hello Beautiful, Ann Napolitano
June 2024 | Winter Garden, Kristin Hannah
July 2024 | The Measure, Nikki Erlick
August 2024 | The Seed Keeper, Diane Wilson
September 2024 | The Lost Girls of Willowbrook - Ellen Marie Wiseman
October 2024 | Frankenstein - Mary Shelley
November 2024 | Maybe you should talk to someone : a therapist, her therapist, and our lives revealed - Lori Gottlieb
December 2024 | A Light in the Window - Jan Karon (Mitford Series #2)
2023
January 2023 | West with Giraffes, Lynda Rutledge
February 2023 | Big Lies in a Small Town, Diane Chamberlain
March 2023 | Horse, Geraldine Brooks
April 2023 | Have You Seen Luis Velez?, Cathrine Ryan Hyde
May 2023 | Finlay Donovan is Killing It, Elle Cosimano
June 2023 | The Silent Patient, Alex Michaelides
July 2023 | The Downstairs Girl, Stacey Lee
August 2023 | Banned Books (members choose their own title)
September 2023 | Member Choice (members choose their own title)
October 2023 | Lessons in Chemistry, Bonnie Gramus
November 2023 | A Council of Dolls, Mona Susan Power
December 2023 | Remarkably Bright Creatures, Shelby Van Pelt
2022
January 2022 | Not a Sound, Heather Gudenkauf
February 2022 | The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, David Wroblewski
March 2022 | 10% Happier, Dan Harris
April 2022 | Call the Midwife (book 1), Jennifer Worth
May 2022 | Pick your own Banned Book
June 2022 | The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, Rachel Joyce
July 2022 | Batting Rocks Over The Barn, Lawn Griffiths
August 2022 | City of Thieves, David Benioff
September 2022 | The Lincoln Highway, Amor Towles
October 2022 | There, There, Tommy Orange
November 2022 | The Brutal Telling (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache | Book #5), Louise Penny
December 2022 | The Dictionary of Lost Words, Pip Williams
2021 - New Name: The One More Chapter (OMC) Book Club
June 2021 | Emma, Jane Austen (First meeting after more than a year off due to the COVID-19 Pandemic)
July 2021 | The Winter Soldier, Daniel Mason
August 2021 | Born a Crime, Trevor Noah
September 2021 | At Home in Mitford, Jan Karon and Ella Minnow Pea, Mark Dunn
October 2021 | Uncommon Type, Tom Hanks
November 2021 | The Things We Keep, Sally Hepworth
December 2021 | The Things I'm Seeing Without You, Peter Boganni
2020 - Thursday Night Reading Group
March 2020 | The Moment of Lift, Melinda Gates
April 2020 | Cherokee America, Margaret Verble (Meeting cancelled due to COVID-19 outbreak/library closure)
May 2020| Uncommon Type, Tom Hanks (Meeting cancelled due to COVID-19 outbreak/library closure)
September 2020 | Mothers, Brit Bennett (Meeting cancelled due to COVID-19 outbreak/library closure)
October 2020 | Born a Crime, Trevor Noah (Meeting cancelled due to COVID-19 outbreak/library closure)
November 2020 | The Winter Solider, Daniel Mason (Meeting cancelled due to COVID-19 outbreak/library closure)
April 2020 | Cherokee America, Margaret Verble (Meeting cancelled due to COVID-19 outbreak/library closure)
May 2020| Uncommon Type, Tom Hanks (Meeting cancelled due to COVID-19 outbreak/library closure)
September 2020 | Mothers, Brit Bennett (Meeting cancelled due to COVID-19 outbreak/library closure)
October 2020 | Born a Crime, Trevor Noah (Meeting cancelled due to COVID-19 outbreak/library closure)
November 2020 | The Winter Solider, Daniel Mason (Meeting cancelled due to COVID-19 outbreak/library closure)
2019
4.4.19 | The Wedding Gift, Marlen Suyapa Bodden
5.2.19 | My Grandma's Hands, Susan Wardell (Children's Author - Author Visit)
6.6.19 | Where the Crawdads Sing, Delia Owens
9.5.19 | The Little Paris Bookshop, Holly George
10.3.19 | This Blessed Earth: A Year in the Life of an American Family Farm, Ted Genoways (An All Iowa Reads Selection!)
11.7.19 | Before We Were Yours, Lisa Wingate
5.2.19 | My Grandma's Hands, Susan Wardell (Children's Author - Author Visit)
6.6.19 | Where the Crawdads Sing, Delia Owens
9.5.19 | The Little Paris Bookshop, Holly George
10.3.19 | This Blessed Earth: A Year in the Life of an American Family Farm, Ted Genoways (An All Iowa Reads Selection!)
11.7.19 | Before We Were Yours, Lisa Wingate
2018
CAROLINE: LITTLE HOUSE REVISITED, SARAH MILLER (BOOKGROUP PURCHASED COPIES)
THE WAY THE CROW FLIES, ANN-MARIE MACDONALD
BOTTOMLAND, MICHELLE HOOVER
A LITTLE TROUBLE WITH THE FACTS, NINA SIEGAL
THE TROUBLE WITH GOATS AND SHEEP, J CANNON
BOYS IN THE BUNK HOUSE, DAN BARRY
THE WAY THE CROW FLIES, ANN-MARIE MACDONALD
BOTTOMLAND, MICHELLE HOOVER
A LITTLE TROUBLE WITH THE FACTS, NINA SIEGAL
THE TROUBLE WITH GOATS AND SHEEP, J CANNON
BOYS IN THE BUNK HOUSE, DAN BARRY
2017
LAST BUS TO WISDOM, IVAN DOIG
ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE, ANTHONY DOERR
THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN, PAULA HAWKINS (BOOKGROUP PURCHASED COPIES)
HILLBILLY ELEGY, J.D. VANCE
ALL WHO ARE BRAVE ARE FORGIVEN, CHRIS CLEAVE
SMALL GREAT THINGS, JODI PICOULT
ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE, ANTHONY DOERR
THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN, PAULA HAWKINS (BOOKGROUP PURCHASED COPIES)
HILLBILLY ELEGY, J.D. VANCE
ALL WHO ARE BRAVE ARE FORGIVEN, CHRIS CLEAVE
SMALL GREAT THINGS, JODI PICOULT
2016
GOODBYE FOREVER: NOTES FROM THE GREAT ADVENTURE, MARY PALMER RIORDAN & ELIZABETH PALMER MENTZER
GIRLS OF ATOMIC CITY, DENISE KIERNAN
TAKE ME WITH YOU, CATHERINE RYAN HYDE
SUTTON, J.R. MOEHRINGER
THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS, M.L. SEDMAN
2015
ONCE UPON A RIVER, BONNIE JO CAMPBELL
WILD, CHERYL STRAYED
THE MANHATTAN HUNT CLUB, JOHN SAUL
THE HOMESMAN, GLENDON SWARTHOUT
NECESSARY LIES, DIANE CHAMBERLAIN
2014
PICK YOUR OWN CLASSIC - (Rosalie Ahrendsen) either one you have wanted to read or one to re-read
A WALK IN THE WOODS, BILL BRYSON (Judy Hartman)
THE BOOK THIEF, MARKUS ZUSAK
GONE GIRL, GILLIAN FLYNN
MIDNIGHT ASSASSIN, PATRICIA BRYAN & THOMAS WOLF
WHERE’D YOU GO BERNADETTE?, MARIA SEMPLE
FALLEN WOMEN, SANDRA DALLAS
WE ARE ALL COMPLETELY BESIDE OURSELVES, KAREN JOY FOWLER
GYPSY BOY, MIKEY WALSH
2013
WORLD MADE BY HAND, JAMES HOWARD KUNSTLER
BLACK & BLUE, ANNA QUINDLEN (Jody Lippmann) (didn’t discuss due to weather)
MY FORBIDDEN FACE, LATIFA (Judy Hartman)
LIFE OF PI, YANN MARTEL (Dorothy Russell)
THE WORST HARD TIME, TIMOTHY EAGAN (Shari Glenn)
JUNGLE, UPTON SINCLAIR (Judy Hartman)
LEISURE SEEKER, MICHALE ZADOORIAN (Sophie Miller)
SILENCE OF BONAVENTURE ARROW, RITA LEGANSKI (Deb Robinson)
2012
SHANGHAI GIRLS, LISA SEE
ELLA MINNOW PEA, MARK DUNN
WISH YOU WERE HERE, STEWART O’NAN
HUNGER GAMES, SUZANNE COLLINS
STILL LIFE WITH CHICKENS, CATHERINE GOLDHAMMER
UNBROKEN, LAURA HILLENBRAND
LIAR’S CLUB,MARY KARR
MUDBOUND, HILLARY JORDAN
PARTICULAR SADNESS OF LEMON CAKE, AIMEE BENDER (Shannon Walshire)
2011
THE TIE THAT BINDS, KENT HARUF
ANGELA’S ASHES, FRANK MCCOURT
SLAMMERKIN, EMMA DONOGHUE
THE BURNING OF RACHEL HAYES, DOUG ALLYN
SARAH’S KEY, ATIANA DE ROSNAY
IRREPLACEABLE, STEPHEN LOVELY
HORIZONTAL WORLD, DEBRA MARQUART
2010
THE SHACK, WILLIAM P. YOUNG
THE HELP, KATHRYN STOCKETT
THE WRONG MOTHER, SOPHIE HANNAH
THE MEMORY KEEPER’S DAUGHTER, KIM EDWARDS
EAT PRAY LOVE, ELIZABETH GILBERT
THOSE WHO SAVE US, JENNA BLUM
2009
KILL ME, STEPHEN WHITE
THE ROPE WALK, CARRIE BROWN
DIVE FROM CLAUSEN’S PIER, ANN PACKER
A YEAR OF WONDERS, GERALDINE BROOKS
EYE CONTACT, CAMMIE MCGOVERN
THE GIFTED GABALDON SISTERS, LORRAINE LOPEZ
CHAMELEON DAYS, TIM BASCOM
MY ISHMAEL, DANIEL QUINN
2008
THE LEARNING TREE, GORDON PARKS
FLOOR OF THE SKY, PAMELA CARTER JOERN
BOUND FEET & WESTERN DRESS, PANG MEI CHANG
A WOMAN IN BERLIN, ANONYMOUS
THE PEOPLE’S ACT OF LOVE, JAMES MEEK
NINETEEN MINUTES, JODI PICOULT
2007
THE LAST DAYS OF DOGTOWN, ANITA DIAMANT
SPLENDID SOLUTION, JONAS SALK AND THE CONQUEST OF POLIO, JEFFREY KLUGER
READER’S SELECTION: THEME: SEXUAL ASSAULT
SALEM FALLS; THE DOUBLE BIND; RAPE OF A TOWN; SPEAK
MY SISTER’S KEEPER, JODI PICCOULT
THE BEAN TREES, BARBARA KINSOLVER
7 PERCENT SOLUTION, NICHOLAS MEYER
EAST OF EDEN, JOHN STEINBECK
LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW, WASHINGTON IRVING
AS I LAY DYING, WILLIAM FAULKNER
KABUL BEAUTY SCHOOL, DEBORAH RODRIGUEZ
2006
ALIAS GRACE, MARGARET ATWOOD
THE SUNFLOWER, SIMON WIESENTHAL
MONSTER, WALTER DEAN MYERS
THE GLASS CASTLE & ANGELA’S ASHES, JEANNETTE WALLS & FRANK MCCOURT
THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE, STEPHEN CRANE
LIGHTHOUSEKEEPING, JEANETTE WINTERSON
THE MIRACLE LIFE OF EDGAR MINT, BRADY UDALL
2005
ROAD FROM COORAIN, JILL KER CONWAY
WOMAN WHO WALKED INTO DOORS,RODDY DOYLE
OLD JULES, MARI SANDOZ
PEACE LIKE A RIVER, LEIF ENGER
POPE JOAN, DONNA WOOLFOLK CROSS
WEST WITH THE NIGHT, BERYL MARKHAM
SAINT MAYBE, ANNE TYLER
MANY LIVES & SECRET SORROWS OF JOSEPHINE B., SANDRA GULLAND
VIRGIN SUICIDES, JEFFERY EUGENIDES
MASTER BUTCHER’S SINGING CLUB, LOUISE ERDRICH
CHANGE ME INTO ZEUS’S DAUGHTER, BARBARA R. MOSS
TWO OLD WOMEN, VELMA WALLIS
A TASTE FOR DEATH, P.D. JAMES
2004
LOVE & VALOR, JACOB & EMELINE RITNER
THE GOLDEN COMPASS, PHILIP PULLMAN
GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING, TRACY CHEVALIER
WICKED, GREGORY MAGUIRE
MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA, ARTHUR GOLDEN
MARY, ME, RICK BAKER
2003
THE AWAKENING, KATE CHOPIN
THE SURVIVORS CLUB, LISA GARDNER
NO PLACE LIKE HOME, BARBARA SAMUEL
MISSING MAY, CYNTHIA RYLANT
THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES, SUE MONK KIDD
ONE THOUSAND WHITE WOMEN, JIM FERGUS
HOUSEWRIGHTS, ART CORRIVEAU
MT VERNON LOVE STORY, MARY HIGGINS CLARK
STANDING IN THE RAINBOW, FANNIE FLAGG
THE RED TENT, DIANA DIAMANT
THE DA VINCI CODE, DAN BROWN
IN COUNTRY, BOBBIE ANN MASON
2002
A YEAR IN PROVENCE, PETER MAYLE
THE HONK & HOLLER OPENING SOON, BILLIE LETTS
THE BIG THAW, DONALD HARSTAD
PATTY JANE’S HOUSE OF CURL, LORNA LANDVIK
CHARMS FOR THE EASY LIFE, KAYE GIBBONS
DIARY OF MATTIE SPENSER, SANDRA DALLAS
IF I DIE IN A COMBAT ZONE, TIM O’BRIEN
A PRAYER FOR OWEN MEANY, JOHN IRVING
TURNIP BLUES, HELEN CAMPBELL
DR. ZHIVAGO (VIDEO)
2001
SENSE & SENSIBILITY, JANE AUSTIN
WHILE I WAS GONE, SUE MILLER
THE SPECIAL PRISONER, JIM LEHRER
FOLLOW THE RIVER, JAMES A. THOM
RED SCARF GIRL, JI LI JIANG
RIVER CROSS MY HEART, BREENA CLARKE
2000
THE ENGLISH PATIENT, MICHAEL ONDAATJE
A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN, BETTY SMITH