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Tag Archives: book discussion group
Alex Kava’s “Breaking Creed”
When the Just Desserts mystery fiction discussion group met on February 23rd, 2017, 14 of us enjoyed discussing Breaking Creed, the 2015 debut novel in the new Ryder Creed series by Omaha, NE author Alex Kava. Whether or not you attended the actual meeting, you are welcome to share your own thoughts and opinions about Breaking Creed and the Ryder Creed 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 Breaking Creed and the Ryder Creed series by Alex Kava?
Patricia Cornwell’s “Cruel & Unusual”
When the Just Desserts mystery fiction discussion group met on October 27th, 2016, 23 of us enjoyed discussing Cruel & Unusual, a 1993 entry (#4) in the long-running Kay Scarpetta series by Patricia Cornwell. Whether or not you attended the actual meeting, you are welcome to share your own thoughts and opinions about Cruel & Unusual and the Kay Scarpetta 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 Cruel & Unusual and the Kay Scarpetta series by Patricia Cornwell?
September 2016 reading recommendations from Just Desserts members
At the September 29th, 2016 meeting of the Just Desserts mystery fiction discussion group, following the discussion of the assigned book of the month, we had a round robin in which attendees were able to share recommendations of other books they’ve been reading recently.
Here’s the list of mystery books recommended by Just Desserts members in September 2016:
- McKee of Centre Street by Helen Reilly
- House of Secrets by ???
- Courting Trouble by Lisa Scottoline — past author selection for Just Desserts
- Hardwired by Sally Chapman
- Winter Prey and Extreme Prey by John Sandford – past author selection for Just Desserts
- Bone Deep by Randy Wayne White – past author selection for Just Desserts
- Tall Tail by Rita Mae Brown – past author selection for Just Desserts
- As Time Goes By by Mary Higgins Clark – past author selection for Just Desserts
- Grace Sees Red by Julie Hyzy – past author selection for Just Desserts
- The Widow-Maker and Massacre Pond by Paul Doiron
- Acorn TV streaming subscription – lots of classic and contemporary British TV mysteries
- The Obsession (and others) by Nora Roberts
- Crowned and Dangerous and Malice at the Palace by Rhys Bowen
- Insidious by Catherine Coulter (several reading this)
- Bedford Square by Anne Perry – past author selection for Just Desserts
- Feast Day of Fools and The Jealous Kind by James Lee Burke – past author selection for Just Desserts
- Off the Grid by C.J. Box – past author selection for Just Desserts
- The Highwayman (novella) by Craig Johnson – past author selection for Just Desserts
- The Readaholics and the Gothic Gala by Laura Diselverio
- Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris
- Downfall by J.A. Jance – past author selection for Just Desserts
- Dead Joker by Anne Holt
- A Great Reckoning by Louise Penny – past author selection for Just Desserts (several reading this)
- The Night Bell by Inger Ash Wolfe
- The Murder at the Vicarage and Remember Death by Agatha Christie – past author selection for Just Desserts
- A Rule Against Murder by Louise Penny – past author selection for Just Desserts
- My Sister’s Grave by Robert Dugoni
- Internship in Murder by Donald Bain, based on the works of Margaret Truman – past author selection for Just Desserts
- The Adventures of Ellery Queen, starring Jim Hutton, on DVD
- Fool Me Once, The Innocent and Home, all by Harlan Coben – past author selection for Just Desserts
- Redemption Road and The Last Child by John Hart
- Any Minute Now by Erik Van Lustbader
- Those Who Wish Me Dead by Michael Koryta
- Guilty Minds by Joseph Finder
- Naked in Death by J.D. Robb – this month’s selected author for Just Desserts
- Bitter Medicine by Sara Paretsky – past author selection for Just Desserts
- The first three Kinsey Milhone novels (A is for Alibi, B is for Burglar, and C is for Corpse) by Sue Grafton – past author selection for Just Desserts
- Death on a High Floor by Charles Rosenberg
- In a Dry Season by Peter Robinson – past author selection for Just Desserts
- Cemetery Girl #2: Inheritance, 2nd in a graphic novel mystery trilogy, by Charlaine Harris, Christopher Golden and Don Kramer
And here were some non-mystery titles some group members recommended in August 2015:
- Belgravia by Julian Fellowes (from a Man Booker Prize booktalk)
- Work Like Any Other by Virginia Reeves (from a Man Booker Prize booktalk)
- Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh (from a Man Booker Prize booktalk)
- My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout (from a Man Booker Prize booktalk)
- The North Water by Ian McGuire (from a Man Booker Prize booktalk)
- Bettyville by George Hodgman – a 2016 One Book – One Lincoln finalist
- The Last Hundred Years trilogy (Some Luck, Early Warning, Golden Age) by Jane Smiley
What mysteries have you been reading lately that you’d recommend?
J.D. Robb’s “Obsession in Death”
When the Just Desserts mystery fiction discussion group met on September 29th, 2016, 25 of us enjoyed discussing Obsession in Death, a 2015 entry (#40) in the long-running Eve Dallas/In Death series by Nora Roberts, writing as J.D. Robb. Whether or not you attended the actual meeting, you are welcome to share your own thoughts and opinions about Obsession in Death and the In Death 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 Obsession in Death and the Eve Dallas/In Death series by J.D. Robb (a.k.a. Nora Roberts)?
Sara Paretsky’s “Critical Mass”
When the Just Desserts mystery fiction discussion group met on August 25th, 19 of us enjoyed discussing Critical Mass, a 2013 entry in Sara Paretsky’s long-running V.I. Warshawski series. Whether or not you attended the actual meeting, you are welcome to share your own thoughts and opinions about Critical Mass and the Warshawski 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 Critical Mass and the V.I. Warshawski series by Sara Paretsky?