Posts tagged as book group

When the Just Desserts mystery fiction discussion group met on April 25, 2013, 16 of us discussed the multi-award-winning 2007 novel In the Woods by Tana French.

Whether or not you attended the actual meeting, you are  welcome to share your own thoughts and opinions about this book in a reply comment to this blog post, below.

For additional reminders about upcoming Just Desserts meetings and/or other announcements of interest to mystery  fans, don't forget to sign up for the Just Desserts e-mail list. Or, if you're logged into your account on Facebook, you can visit the Events page for the Lincoln City Libraries, and mark whether or not you plan to attend upcoming sessions of Just Desserts - this is a great way for you to help us promote this engaging discussion group! Our selections for future meetings are usually posted there months in advance.

What do you think of In the Woods by Tana French, set in Ireland?

Join us next on May 30th at the South Branch Library for a special discussion -- all participants are encouraged to read a volume in a NEW "cozy" or "amateur detective" series (that launched from 2011 to 2013), and share their impressions with the rest of the group!

When the Just Desserts mystery fiction discussion group met on March 28, 2013, we discussed the entire Inspector Banks series by Peter Robinson, starting with Gallow's View.

Whether or not you attended the actual meeting, you are  welcome to share your own thoughts and opinions about this series in a reply comment to this blog post, below.

For additional reminders about upcoming Just Desserts meetings and/or other announcements of interest to mystery  fans, don't forget to sign up for the Just Desserts e-mail list. Or, if you're logged into your account on Facebook, you can visit the Events page for the Lincoln City Libraries, and mark whether or not you plan to attend upcoming sessions of Just Desserts - this is a great way for you to help us promote this engaging discussion group! Our selections for future meetings are usually posted there months in advance.

What do you think of Gallow's View and the entire Inspector Banks series by Robinson, set in the Yorkshire area of Northern England?

Join us on April 25th at the South Branch Library for a discussion of In the Woods by Tana French!

When the Just Desserts mystery fiction discussion group met in February, we discussed David Baldacci's novel, The Camel Club.

This book was discussed at the Just Desserts meeting on February 28, 2013. Whether or not you attended the actual meeting, you are welcome to share your own thoughts and opinions about this book (and series) in a reply comment to this blog post, below.

For additional reminders about upcoming Just Desserts meetings and/or other announcements of interest to mystery fans, don't forget to sign up for the Just Desserts e-mail list. Or, if you're logged into your account on Facebook, you can visit the Events page for the Lincoln City Libraries, and mark whether or not you plan to attend upcoming sessions of Just Desserts! Our selections for future meetings are usually posted there months in advance.

What do you think of The Camel Club by Baldacci?

Hey, mystery fans! Looking for something good to read?

At the January 31^st, 2013 Just Desserts meeting, after discussing our monthly “assigned” author, we did a round robin at the table, asking attendees to share what mysteries they’d been reading lately that they felt they could recommend. Here’s a list of the books that were hot last month with this mystery-savvy crowd:

• What the Cat Saw by Carolyn Hart
• Firefly Beach by Meira Pentermann
• Tell No Lies by Julie Compton
• Gone for Good by Harlan Coben
• A Necessary Evil by Alex Kava
• Mad River by John Sandford (several readers)
• Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (several readers)
• Nightmare in Pink by John D. MacDonald (for the Nov/Dec Just Desserts reading challenge
• Notorious Nineteen by Janet Evanovich
• The Agony of Leaves by Laura Childs
• Multiple works in the Commissario Guido Brunetti series by Donna Leon (this month’s assigned author)
• A Dog’s Journey by W. Bruce Cameron
• Books in the Myron Bolitar series by Harlan Coben
• Buzzard’s Table by Margaret Maron (several readers)
• Books in the Scumble River series by Denise Swanson
• Books in the Mystery Shopper series by Elaine Viets
• Books by David Baldacci
• The Old Grey Wolf, the final Charlie Moon mystery by James Doss (who has died)
• The Gods of Gotham by Lyndsay Faye
• The Keeper of Lost Causes by Jussi Adler-Olson
• Ritual Bath by Faye Kellerman
• Bodies Left Behind by Jeffery Deaver
• Three books by James Lee Burke
• A Place of Execution by Val McDermid
• The Sugar Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke
• A Time to Kill by John Grisham
• In the Company of Angels by Thomas E. Kennedy
• The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman
• Sacre Bleu by Christopher Moore
• The Dark Winter by David Mack
• A Novel Way to Die and Double Booked for Death by Ali Brandon
• Broken Harbor by Tana French
• Elegy for Eddie by Jacqueline Winspear
• City of Whispers by Marcia Muller
• The Complaints by Ian Rankin
• Hotwire by Alex Kava
• Two in the Cork O’Connor series by William Kent Krueger
• The Fourth Bear, second in the Nursery Crimes series by Jasper Fforde
• Mr. Churchill’s Secretary by Susan Elia MacNeal
• The Con Job, a Leverage tie-in novel, by Matt Forbeck

So, what mysteries have you been reading that you’d recommend?

When the Just Desserts mystery fiction discussion group met on January 31, 2013, we discussed the entire Commissario Guido Brunetti series by Donna Leon, starting with, Death at La Fenice.

Whether or not you attended the actual meeting, you are  welcome to share your own thoughts and opinions about this series in a reply comment to this blog post, below.

For additional reminders about upcoming Just Desserts meetings and/or other announcements of interest to mystery  fans, don't forget to sign up for the Just Desserts e-mail list. Or, if you're logged into your account on Facebook, you can visit the Events page for the Lincoln City Libraries, and mark whether or not you plan to attend upcoming sessions of Just Desserts! Our selections for future meetings are usually posted there months in advance.

What do you think of Death at La Fenice and the entire Commissario Guido Brunetti series by Leon?

Join us on February 28th at the South Branch Library for a discussion of The Camel Club by David Baldacci!