No time to read?
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Join the Bring Your Own Book Club!
Our book club meets monthly to discuss the books we are currently reading or have read recently.
We also have snacks at every meeting!
Here are the meeting dates for the Fall 2024 semester:
Quad Cities Campus
Meetings are held in the Building 1 lounge area near the library entrance.
East Campus
Meetings are held in Building A Cafeteria.
Want to know more? Check out our guide to all the books we've discussed at book club, or stop by the library and ask a librarian.
Starting Monday, May 13, swing by either BHC Library to pick up your Summer Reading Packet.
Then start reading!
There are two ways to be eligible for prizes:
The Summer Reading Challenge goes from Monday, May 13 to Monday, Aug. 19.
Feel free to submit forms at any point during the challenge. There will be prize drawings each month!
Freed Between the Lines
We can find freedom in the pages of a book — but book bans and censorship threaten that freedom, along with many other rights and institutions. During Banned Books Week 2024 and beyond, let’s share our love of the right to read and the freedom found in books. Let’s be Freed Between the Lines!
While books have been and continue to be banned, part of the Banned Books Week celebration is the fact that, in a majority of cases, the books have remained available. This happens only thanks to the efforts of librarians, teachers, students, and community members who stand up and speak out for the freedom to read. (American Library Association)
During Banned Books Week, we invite you to stop by the Library and share your favorite banned or challenged book with us!
Censorship by the Numbers
Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2023
Learn more about Banned Books Week from the American Library Association at https://www.ala.org/bbooks.