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
DECEMBER 2024
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FICTION F Allegri – The Sunflower House F Beams – October Storms F Drysdale – The Close Up F Fuller – So into You F Gray – Unforgotten F Grey – Pictures of You F Jackson-Brown - Untethered F Kane – What the Wife Knew F Klassen – The Seaside Homecoming (On Devonshire Shores #3) F MacIntosh – The Champagne Letters F Margolin – An Insignificant Case F Parlato – Watch Your Back F Patterson – Lies He Told Me (standalone title) F Peterson – A Truth Revealed (The Heart of Cheyenne #3) F Price – Lazarus Man F Robinson – Definitely Better Now F Sainz Borgo – No Place to Bury the Dead F Woods – Golden Hour (Teddy Fay #7) LARGE PRINT – FICTION F Andrews LGPR – Brave (King David’s Brides #1) W Brand LGPR – Flaming Fortune, a western trio F Bunn LGPR – Midnight Harbor (Miramar Bay #8) M Castillo LGPR – The Burning (Kate Burkholder #16) F Fyffe LGPR – Montana Courage (McCutcheon Family #9) F Grandle LGPR – The Ruby (Sisters of the Porcelain Doll #4) F Gray LGPR – The Christmas Gathering M Haines LGPR – Blue Christmas Bones (Sarah Booth Delaney #28) W Johnstone LGPR – The Edge of Nowhere (The Edge of Nowhere #1) M Margolin LGPR – An Insignificant Case M Mills LGPR – Lethal Standoff) M Pettrey LGPR – The Shifting Current (Coastal Guardians #4) F Proctor LGPR – How to Kiss a Movie Star (How to Kiss a Hawthorne Brother #4) |
MYSTERY M O’Connor – Irish Soda Bread Murder M Tierney – Deadly Animals M West – Pretty Dead Things SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY F Rath – North is the Night (The Tuonela Duet #1) SF Wagner – Mechanize My Hands To War WESTERN NONFICTION 355.134 PAT – American Heroes 364.168 SMI – Never Saw Me Coming 641.812 WHI – Big Dip Energy 781.5 SUI – Instrument of War 944.01 GAB - Oathbreakers LARGE PRINT - NONFICTION B Calder LGPR – Comfort is an Old Barn BIOGRAPHY B Balascio – Raised by a Serial Killer B Chung – Connie B White – The Paris Girl LARGE PRINT - BIOGRAPHY AUDIOBOOKS DVD DVD 5080 B – Beetlejuice/ Beetlejuice Beetlejuice DVD 5084 S – Someone Like You CHILDREN’S DVD BLU-RAY CHILDREN'S BLU-RAY EQUIPMENT PUZZLES PUZ 150 A + Book – Alfred Hitchcock; a mystery jigsaw puzzle- 1000 pieces PUZ 151 F – The Cats of Wysocki – Frederick the Literate 750 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle PUZ 152 S – Summer at the Amusement Park 500 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle PUZ 153 E – Elegant Peacock 500 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle 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 Dwell 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 Make 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. View the recordings of our hybrid programs on our YouTube channel!
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. View the recordings of our hybrid programs on our YouTube channel!
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Ongoing Programs:
Share Your StoryThis program is a fun and casual way to tell stories about our lives. We come together, reminisce, share a story, and listen. One goal of the program is to record our stories for our loved ones. Please contact Angela Roberts if you have any questions. 1st Thursdays 10:00 AM @ AC Home of Eureka NOTE: This program is currently on hiatus and will resume in February 2025. 
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! February topic: books by author Mary Kubica (who will be joining us via Zoom!) Monday, February 10 10:00 AM Program Room & Zoom 
Maple Lawn Book ClubJoin librarian Debra Blunier for this fun new book club at Maple Lawn that meets on the 3rd Monday of each month at 2:00 PM. Monday, February 17 2:00 PM @ Maple Lawn 
Crafts to GO!Program in a Bag has been refreshed and rebranded to Crafts to GO! Adults can pick up a fun new craft project on the last Saturday of each month! Available on a first-come, first-served basis. Last Saturday of the Month Ages 18+ While supplies last! Adult Circulation Desk 
Share Your StoryThis program is a fun and casual way to tell stories about our lives. We come together, reminisce, share a story, and listen. One goal of the program is to record our stories for our loved ones. Please contact Angela Roberts if you have any questions. 3rd Thursdays 11:00 AM @ Maple Lawn NOTE: This program is currently on hiatus and will resume in February 2025. |
Special Programs:
Love and Laughs with Michelle ButeauJoin comedian, actress, and producer Michelle Buteau in conversation with Greta Johnsen. Michelle is the creator/writer/star of the Netflix series Survival of the Thickest, inspired by her autobiographical book of essays of the same name. She is also the host of two popular reality competition shows - The Circle and Barbecue Showdown, and hosts the popular podcast, Adulting. In 2024, she starred in Babes alongside fellow comedian/actress Ilana Glazer. Thursday, January 23 7:00 PM Zoom Online registration: https://bit.ly/ILP_MichelleButeau 
Fiber Arts Meet-UpJoin other fiber arts enthusiasts for inspiration and conversation during EPLD’s new Fiber Arts Meet-Up! All skill levels and fiber arts projects are welcome – knitting, crochet, sewing, embroidery, cross stitch, felting, etc. Just bring yourself and whatever project you’re currently working on for this free drop-in program! Ages 18+. 1st Mondays | 5:30 PM 4th Fridays | 3:00 PM Program Room 
Recipe SwapEPLD's monthly Recipe Swap is a fun and easy way to explore some new and different recipes sourced right from our community! Registration starts on the 1st Friday of each month. Pick up day is the 3rd Friday of each month. February theme: Quick & Cozy Do you have some tricks up your sleeve to make a more involved recipe take no time at all? Or a favorite cozy recipe that’s really quick to throw together? Simply submit your favorite dish that fits the theme in our Google Form during the registration week. Recipes will be printed out and distributed to all registered participants on pick up day! Registration: February 7 Pick up starts: February 21 For details about all of our Recipe Swap themes and dates, please visit our Recipe Swap page! 
Wits WorkoutReady to give your brain a workout? Join U of I Educator Sara Attig as she leads participants through interactive activities designed to exercise the brain to maintain and enhance cognitive function and memory. 2nd Wednesdays 1:00 PM Program Room 
Unlock the Secrets of SourdoughHave you always wanted to learn how to make your own sourdough? Gain a better understanding of the entire sourdough breadmaking process and leave with a list of resources to help you continue your breadmaking journey at home. REGISTRATION REQUIRED! Tuesday, February 11 5:30 PM Program Room Sign up at EPLD's adult circulation desk or call the library at 309.467.2922 ext. 1. |