ADULTS
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Materials for adults are located on the first floor of the library. Materials includes:
In addition, the first floor houses:
If you need help with locating something, just ask staff for assistance. |
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New Adult Books & Movies
APRIL 2023
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FICTION F Adams – The Last Word F Adams – Paper Cuts F Balducci – Simply Lies F Berman – Before We Were Innocent F Brennan – Seven Girls Gone F Byler – The Weaving of Life F Calvert – By Your Side F Calvert – Maybe It’s You F Calvert – Step by Step F Cameron - Breakneck F Clark – Where Are the Children Now? F Clipston – Breaking New Ground F Dallas – Where Coyotes Howl F Deveraux – My Heart Will Find You F Dickens – A Dickens Christmas Collection F Fox – The Last Heir to the Blackwood Library F Frazier – The Trackers F Graham – Shadow of Death F Hannon – Windswept Way F Hart – Weyward F Henry – Happy Place F Hepworth – The Soulmate F Jackson – With My Little Eye F James – Broker of Lies F Janowitz – The Audrey Hepburn Estate F Jimenez – Yours Truly F Johnson – The House of Eve F Kang – Greek Lessons F Kelly – The Golden Doves F Kingfisher – A House with Good Bones F Lauren – Something Wilder F Lavalle – Lone Women F Miranda – The Only Survivors F Moore – The Lost Wife F Morton – Homecoming F Page – The Keeper of Stories F Palmer – The Loner F Patterson – Things I wish I Told My Mother F Pelayo – The Shoemaker’s Magician F Prusa – None of This Would Have Happened if Prince Were Alive F Riddle – Quantum Radio F Robson – Coronation Year F Sanderson – Tress of the Emerald F Sandford – Dark Angel F Sawyer – Return to Boone’s Hollow F Sawyer – The Tapestry of Grace F Sittenfeld – Romantic Comedy F Smith – Silver Alert F Stabenow – Not the Ones Dead F Steel – Without a Trace F Stradal – Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club F Walker – Miss Newbury’s List F Ward – Lassiter F Winslow – City of Dreams F Wiseman – Hopefully Ever After LARGE PRINT – FICTION F Baldacci LGPR – Simply Lies F Moyes LGPR – Someone Else’s Shoes F Ross LGPR – Second Chance Spring M Todd LGPR – A Game of Fear F Winspear LGPR – The White Lady |
MYSTERY M Davis – A Gentle Murderer M Estleman – City Walls M Farmer – Death of a Bookseller M Graves – Death by Chocolate Marshmallow PIe M Griffiths – The Last Remains M Hastings – Of Manners and Murder M Hillerman – The Way of the Bear M Perry – The Fourth Enemy M Raybourn – A Sinister Revenge M Robinson – Standing in the Shadows M Thompson – Murder on Bedford Street M Wilde – The Secret of the Lost Pearls SCIENCE FICTION WESTERN NONFICTION 070.4 MCG – Welcome to the Circus of Baseball 179 BAT – Please Sorry Thanks 306.874 KEL – It. Goes. So. Fast. 332.024 BUR – I Want More Pizza 322.4 EGA – A Fever in the Heartland 332.4 CHA – How to Money 362.28 MAR – How to Not Kill Yourself 362.292 MCK – Push Off from Here 363.209 CLA – Follow Me to Hell 378.38 CHA – Paying for College 610 NEL – The Body Code 613.7 STA – Built to Move 616.8498 WU – Hello Sleep 641.597 LAM – Y’All Eat Yet? 658.4 MCR – The Wisdom of the Bullfrog 746.434 FLE – Quilt It Crochet It! 821.8 KIP – Collected Poems of Rudyard Kipling 823 KIP – Collected Stories (Kipling) 910.452 GRA – The Wager 940.53 LOF – The Watchmaker’s Daughter 940.54 MCG – Brotherhood of the Flying Coffin 959.7 DON – The Greatest Beer Run Ever 959.704 BLA – The Long Reckoning LARGE PRINT - NONFICTION BIOGRAPHY B Chung – A Living Remedy B Moore – All My Knotted-Up Life B POE – A Mystery of Mysteries BOOKS ON CD CD B Grainger – So Much Owed CD B Gray – Sycamore Circle CD B Sexton – On the Rooftop CD B Washburn – The Rocking R Ranch PLAYAWAYS DVD DVD 4830 N – NCIS New Orleans, season 4 DVD 4834 M – The Middle, season 6 DVD 4835 M – The Middle, season 7 DVD 4836 M – The Middle, season 9 DVD 4837 D – Devotion DVD 4838 R – Rip in Time CHILDREN’S DVD BLU-RAY B-R 666 D – Devotion CHILDREN'S BLU-RAY EQUIPMENT PUZZLES GAMES |
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Magazines Are Available For A One-Week Check Out With No Renewals:
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Allrecipes American Farmhouse Style American Patchwork and Quilting Better Homes & Gardens Birds & Blooms Coastal Living Construction Beauty Consumer Reports Consumer Reports on Health Cook’s Country Cook’s Illustrated Country Living Country Sampler Crochet World D-L
Do It Yourself Family Handyman Family Tree Farmhouse Style First for Women Food Network Fur-Fish-Game Garden Gate Good Housekeeping Grit Harper's HGTV Horticulture House Beautiful Illinois Heritage Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society Kiplinger's Kiplinger's Retirement Life, Beautiful M-P
Magnolia Mary Jane’s Farm Men's Health Midwest Living Mother Earth News National Geographic National Geographic History People Peoria Magazine Pioneer Woman Prevention Q-W
Quick & Easy Quilts Reader’s Digest Reader’s Digest (large print edition) Real Simple Runner’s World Smithsonian Southern Living Sports Illustrated Taproot Taste of Home Tea Time This Old House Time Travel & Leisure Woman’s Day |
Newspapers Available Online:Bloomington Pantagraph (digital editions for 1857 - 2021 are available on public computers)
Peoria Journal Star (digital editions are available with a Eureka Library Card) Woodford County Journal (digital editions for 1896 - 2021 are available on public computers) Print copies of select newspapers are available in our magazine room. |
Programs for Adults
Educational and social programs are held throughout the month.
Many of our programs are currently held as hybrid in-person/online events. Patrons wanting to attend via the Zoom platform will require online registration, while patrons wanting to attend in-person should sign up at the adult circulation desk.
Many of our programs are currently held as hybrid in-person/online events. Patrons wanting to attend via the Zoom platform will require online registration, while patrons wanting to attend in-person should sign up at the adult circulation desk.
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Ongoing Programs:
Book ClubBook Club meets the first Thursday of every month! Book Club is has a participant limit of 12, and is currently full. Please fill out the contact form if you would like to be considered when a spot opens up. 
Mystery Book ClubJoin us for Mystery Book Club the second Monday of every month! June theme: locked rooms and isolated island mysteries Monday, June 12 | 10:00 AM Free program. Program Room/Zoom 
Program in a BagJune's Program in a Bag: Diamond Painting Kit Every month there will be a new themed bag with a craft, book list, and other activities! For June we'll have Diamond Painting Kits! Pick up starting Thursday, June 22. *First come, first served. While supplies last.* |
Special Programs:
Deer Resistant PlantsKeeping your beautiful garden safe from deer is as simple as choosing the right plants. Master Gardener Gretchen Strauch will discuss some of the prettiest annuals, perennials, bulbs, and shrubs that deer don't eat. Monday, June 12 | 6:00 PM Free program. Registration required before 4:00 PM on Friday, June 9! Program Room Sign up at the adult circulation desk or by calling the library at 309-467-2922 ext. 1. 
Art at the Bodega @ EPLD: Turtle Watercolor Ceramic PlateJoin us for this fun, easy, and versatile ceramic project. Follow step-by-step instructions to make a beautiful Watercolor Sea Turtle piece. Art at the Bodega staff will be sharing some fun techniques to create all of the details! You can pick up your project 7 days from the date of the class and it will be 100% food safe, or you can use it as decoration! Tuesday, June 13 | 10:00 AM Cost: $40. Ages 13+. Registration required! Program Room Sign up at the adult circulation desk or by calling the library at 309-467-2922 ext. 1. 
History of Eureka LakeWe will explore why the city created the lake in 1941, improvements made to the property over the years, and recreational use of the lake and property. We will also touch on the tragic drownings which led to swimming being prohibited and the Eureka Rescue Squad being created. Thursday, June 15 | 6:00 PM Free hybrid program. Registration required before 4:00 PM on Tuesday, June 13! Program Room & Zoom To join us in-person: Sign up at the adult circulation desk or by calling the library at 309-467-2922 ext. 1. To join us on Zoom: Register online! 
Art at the Bodega @ EPLD: Fused Glass MushroomLearn the fundamentals of fused glass art to create beautiful and whimsical glass mushroom yard stakes for your garden or yard. Participants will source unique combinations of colored glass, their choice of patterned glass and enamel powders, and various other embellishments to create one-of-a-kind designs. No prior experience is required! Your piece will be ready for pickup in approximately 14 days. Thursday, June 29 | 5:30 PM Cost: $40. Ages 13+. Registration required! Program Room Sign up at the adult circulation desk or by calling the library at 309-467-2922 ext. 1. |