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Readers Advisory

Revised May  2008

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Readers Advisory at Lisle Library provides a staff who love to read, research, and recommend a wide variety of all types of literature and genre fiction.

Readers Advisory Services include:
  • Maintaining an excellent collection of classic and popular fiction
  • A public service desk located in the Fiction area staffed by persons interested in helping patrons to select the "right" book for the current mood
  • A Home Bound Delivery Service for those patrons physically unable to visit the library
  • Monthly book discussion groups
  • Book display areas with a variety of selections
  • Diverse literary, cultural, and educational programs offered to the public free of charge

   NoveList -- Your guide to Fiction -- Besides locating books to read, users can learn more about books and authors through Feature Articles, Book Discussion Guides, and BookTalks. These features have been developed specifically with NoveList users in mind, offering support for librarians, teachers, and individual readers -- Just click on the icon! (For information on remote access Click Here).

Home Delivery Outreach Service 

Those wanting Home Delivery Service must:.

  • Reside in the Lisle Library District
  • Own (or acquire) a valid Lisle Library card
  • Be unable to get to the Library due to disability or situation which prevents visiting in person for an extended period of time

To request service, call the Readers Advisory desk at (630) 971-1675 x1509 or email Linda Anderanin

Delivery Schedule:

Currently, books are delivered and picked up by volunteers every other Wednesday.

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Book Groups

 2008/2009 RA Book Discussion Group

June 12, 2008
The Madonnas of Leningrad by Debra Dean
 
July 10, 2008
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
 
August 14, 2008
The Kitchen God’s Wife by Amy Tan
 
September 11, 2008
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
 
October 9, 2008
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquival
 
November 13, 2008
House of Abraham: Lincoln and the Todds by Stephen Berry
 
December 11, 2008
Family Tree by Barbara Delinsky
 
January 8, 2009
A Room With a View by E.M. Forster
 
February 12, 2009
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
 
March 12, 2009
Notes from the Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky
 
April 9, 2009
World Without End by Ken Follet
 
May 14, 2009
Gardens of Water by Alan Drew

Call Heather @ 630.971.1675 ext. 1509 for details or email: heathers@lislelibrary.org


   Murder Among Friends Logo-- the Mystery Book Discussion Group:  2008-2009

September 18, 2008: The Ivy Tree, by Mary Stewart

October 16, 2008: Dead Until Dark, by Charlaine Harris

November 20, 2008: Mallory's Oracle, by Carol O'Connell

December 18, 2008: A Christmas Journey (discussion book)
And if you have time...

  • A Christmas Visit
  • A Christmas Guest
  • A Christmas Secret

All by Anne Perry

January 15, 2009: Death Comes As Epiphany, by Sharan Newman -- Also, read an Ellis Peters "Brother Cadfael" book if possible

February 19, 2009: Alpine For You, by Maddy Hunter

March 19, 2009: Revenant, by Carolyn Haines

April 2009: TBA

May 21, 2009: An Unsuitable Job For a Woman, by P.D. James

June 18, 2009: The Ghost and Mrs. McClure, by Alice Kimberly

Questions? Contact Patti Ruocco, Adult Services, at

630-971-1675, x1508 or Email: ruoccop@lislelibrary.org


2008/2009 SF/F Exploration Group: 

 

June 25, 2008:  Going Postal, by Terry Pratchett

September 24, 2008: Mistborn, by Brandon Sanderson

October 29, 2008: Saffron & Brimstone, by Elizabeth Hand*

November 19, 2008: Anansi Boys, by Neil Gaiman

December 17, 2008: PLANNING MEETING

January 28, 2009: Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom, by Cory Doctorow

February 25, 2009: Darwin's Radio, by Greg Bear

March 25, 2009: Rainbow's End, by Vernor Vinge

April 29, 2009: Un Lun Dun, by China Mieville

May 27, 2009: The Outback Stars, by Sandra McDonald

*See Jen Ohzourk for details

Call Jen @ 630.971.1675 ext. 1506 with questions or email: ohzourkj@lislelibrary.org


 

2008/2009 Just the Facts, Nonfiction Book Group:

May 28, 2008: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, by Barbara Kingsolver

June 25, 2008: The Glass Castle, by Jeanette Walls

July 30, 2008: Gertrude Bell: Queen of the Desert, Shaper of Nations, by Georgina Howell

August 27, 2008: Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, by Dee Alexander Brown

September 24, 2008: Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation, by Cokie Roberts

October 29, 2008: The Monsters, by Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler

November 19, 2008: A Broom of One's Own, by Nancy Peacock

December 17, 2008: The Year of the Goat, by Margaret Hathaway

January 28, 2009:  Life and Death in Shanghai, by Nien Cheng

February 25, 2009: Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood, by Alexandra Fuller

March 25, 2009: Charlatan, by Pope Brock

April 29, 2009: Marie-Therese, Child of Terror, by Susan Nagel

May 27, 2009: The Last Flight of the Scarlet Macaw, by Bruce Barcott

June 24, 2009: Trespass: Living at the Edge of the Promised Land, by Amy Irvine

Call Jen @ 630.971.1675 ext. 1506 with questions or email: ohzourkj@lislelibrary.org

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RA Links

 

Mainstream Fiction Adventure/Thrillers Mystery
Science Fiction/Fantasy Historical Fiction Horror
Romance Westerns Gay Literature
Inspirational   Large Print

Mainstream Fiction:

Mystery:

Science Fiction/Fantasy

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Historical Fiction:

Horror:

Westerns:

Romance:

Gay Literature:

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Inspirational:

 

Adventure/Thriller:

Large Print:

Please take the time to visit our Large Print aisle at Lisle Library, located next to the "New Books" near the Readers Advisory desk.  The aisle is divided into 2 categories:  Mainstream Fiction and Mystery. Large Print non-fiction is distributed among the collection. You can ask a Reader's Advisor for a browsing list of Large Print non-fiction books in Dewey Decimal order.

 

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                                                           Award Winning Books 

Nobel Prize Winners for Literature

The Booker Prize

Pen/Faulkner Award Winners

Pulitzer Prize Winners

National Book Award

Orange Prize -- The UK's largest literary prize for Fiction written by women.

Agatha Awards -- Mystery

Edgar Allan Poe Award Winners -- Mystery

Nebula Awards -- Science Fiction/Fantasy

Hugo Awards -- Science Fiction

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For More Information, contact the Reader's Advisory Help Desk @ (630) 971-1675 

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