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Reading Recommendations from Just Desserts members – May 2023

Friday, 26 May 2023 15:52
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Hey, mystery fans! Looking for something good to read?

At the May 2023 Just Desserts meeting, 17 group members and guests participated in our annual “Series Share” session.

Following the “assigned reading” portion of the meeting, we held our monthly round robin in which attendees shared recommendations of what other books they’ve been reading recently, with an emphasis on mysteries/suspense/thrillers. We continued a new policy this month that began in February, to make sure everyone got a turn in the Round Robin – everyone could share a single title during their verbal recommendations, but could share additional titles on a paper form – ALL titles recommended are shared below, however

Here’s the list of mystery, thriller and suspense books recommended by Just Desserts members in May 2023:

And here were some non-mystery titles some group members also recommended in May 2023:

What mysteries have you been reading lately that you’d recommend?

Just Desserts Series Share results for 2023

Friday, 26 May 2023 15:43
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Hey, mystery fans! Looking for something good to read?

At the May 25th, 2023 Just Desserts meeting that took place in person at the Bennett Martin Public Library, 17 group members participated in our 11th annual “Series Share” discussion, in which attendees were encouraged to read the first or second volume in any new mystery/thriller/suspense series that’s started within the past three years, and share their thoughts in a “round-robin” format; two more group members shared their selections via e-mail. Here’s a list of the novels/series that were mentioned by group members. We asked all attendees to also give a “Thumbs Up” or “Thumbs Down” for whatever series they sampled – all but one  of the participants this month gave a “Thumbs Up” to whatever they read:

Just Desserts Series Share Results for 2023!

What mysteries have you been reading lately that you’d recommend?

 

Reading Recommendations from Just Desserts members – April 2023

Friday, 28 April 2023 11:47
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Hey, mystery fans! Looking for something good to read?

At the April 2023 Just Desserts meeting, 18 group members and guests participated in our discussion of the 2023 One Book One Nebraska selection, The Mystery of Hunting’s End by Mignon Good Eberhart.

Following the “assigned reading” portion of the meeting, we held our monthly round robin in which attendees shared recommendations of what other books they’ve been reading recently, with an emphasis on mysteries/suspense/thrillers. We continued a new policy this month that began in February, to make sure everyone got a turn in the Round Robin – everyone could share a single title during their verbal recommendations, but could share additional titles on a paper form – ALL titles recommended are shared below, but those that were specifically talked about in the Round Robin have an * next to them.

Here’s the list of mystery, thriller and suspense books recommended by Just Desserts members in April 2023:

And here were some non-mystery titles some group members also recommended in April 2023:

What mysteries have you been reading lately that you’d recommend?

Join the discussion of Mignon G. Eberhart’s “The Mystery of Hunting’s End”

Friday, 28 April 2023 10:33
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Mystery of Hunting's End - book cover imageThe Just Desserts mystery fiction discussion group held its April 2023 meeting on Thursday the 27th. Eighteen attendees discussed the classic 1930 novel The Mystery of Hunting’s End by Nebraska author Mignon Good Eberhart, which was the selected title for the One Book One Nebraska statewide reading project in 2023. If you have read this novel, and would like to contribute your comments about it, please do so as a reply comment to this blog post, below.

Of those in attendance, all but one had managed to get a hold of a copy of The Mystery of Hunting’s End and read it — and of those readers, all but one enjoyed the book!

For 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!

So…What did you think of The Mystery of Hunting’s End? Will you read additional works by Mignon Eberhart?

On May 25th, the members of Just Desserts will be having our annual “Series Share” discussion at the downtown library — participants are encouraged to read the first or second volume of any new mystery/thriller/suspense series that has started in the past two years, and share their impressions of it with the entire group. We hope to see you there!

Check out the Nebraska Author Mignon Eberhart booklist page on BookGuide for a full list of Eberhart’s 59 novels!

Reading Recommendations from Just Desserts members – March 2023

Friday, 31 March 2023 17:48
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Hey, mystery fans! Looking for something good to read?

At the March 2023 Just Desserts meeting, 15 group members participated in our discussion of the genre cross-over trend of mysteries in a science fiction or fantasy setting.

Following the “assigned reading” portion of the meeting, we held our monthly round robin in which group members shared recommendations of what other books they’ve been reading recently, with an emphasis on mysteries/suspense/thrillers. We continued a new policy this month that began in February, to make sure everyone got a turn in the Round Robin – everyone could share a single title during their verbal recommendations, but could share additional titles on a paper form – ALL titles recommended are shared below, but those that were specifically talked about in the Round Robin have an * next to them.

Here’s the list of mystery, thriller and suspense books recommended by Just Desserts members in March 2023:

And here were some non-mystery titles some group members also recommended in March 2023:

What mysteries have you been reading lately that you’d recommend?