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Book Discussion Groups | Writers' Group | Websites
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Dear Reader — is an online book club especially for MPLD patrons.
eBooks — an explanation of how to download eBooks from Overdrive for various devices.
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NoveList — A comprehensive reading resource for fiction and nonfiction for adult readers. Find author readalikes or search for your next read by author, title, series, or use the advanced search. MPLD card required.
Other Libraries/Library Systems
Voices of Vision Talking Book Center — is part of a statewide and national network of libraries that provide the talking book and braille service. The service is administered locally by the DuPage Library System.
Book Discussion Groups
Book Clubs — As a service to Book Clubs, we have created a set of Book Club Kits for patrons to check out. Search our catalog using the search term "book club kit" to see the list of titles. The kits contain 10 paperback copies of the book, a resource guide for starting a Book Club, information on the specific title as well as a set of discussion
questions.History Book Discussion Group — Meets at 7:30 p.m. the first Thursday of each month at the library. For dates and titles, click here.
Contemporary Book Discussion Group — Meets at 7 p.m. the second Monday of each month at the library. For dates and titles, click here.Classic Literature Book Discussion Group — Meets at 7 p.m. the third Monday of each month at the library. For dates and titles, click here.
Writers' Group
The writer's group is a group of peers getting together to discuss the craft of writing, share their writing with each other, and help each other to become better writers. Please bring six copies of your writing to share. Meets at 6:30 p.m. the fourth Monday of each month at the library. For dates, click here.
Websites
Read
KDL What's Next — find the next book in the series you are reading. From the Kent District Library.
New York Times Best Sellers — Find book news, reviews and best-seller lists.
Voices of Vision Talking Book Center — is part of a statewide and national network of libraries that provide the talking book and braille service. The service is administered locally by the DuPage Library System.
Poetry
Contemporary Poetry Review Magazine — a journal devoted exclusively to poetry criticism.
Poetry Foundation — reviews, articles, best-seller lists, and an advanced search tool.Raintaxi — interviews, poetry, fiction and young adult fiction reviews.
Ron Silliman's Blog — poetry, graphic novel, fiction, non-fiction, and young adult fiction reviews.
World Class Poetry — poetry book reviews.
Watch
Hulu — Hulu.com is an online video service that offers current and classic TV shows.
Metacritic — movies, games, music and TV reviews.
The Playlist — guide to contemporary cinema via film news, reviews, movie music, soundtracks, DVDs and more.
Listen
8tracks — Listen to handcrafted internet radio. Share your own mix online.
Classical net — reviews, articles, timelines.
Sound Opinions — buy it, burn it, trash it — Jim & Greg's Reviews from Chicago Public Radio.
Voices of Vision Talking Book Center — is part of a statewide and national network of libraries that provide the talking book and braille service. The service is administered locally by the DuPage Library System.
External links may be used as starting points in your research and are not intended to be exhaustive lists of all available external sites related to these topics. The library does not endorse or profit from these websites and external links are provided for use at your own discretion. For suggestions, comments, or to report broken links, you may contact the Web Team.