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Tag Archives: book discussion
Sarah Graves’ “The Book of Old Houses”
During our June 2011 meeting, the Just Desserts mystery fiction group discussed Sarah Graves’ Home Repair is Homicide mystery, The Book of Old Houses.
This book was discussed at the Just Desserts meeting on June 30th, 2011. 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.
Join us next on July 28th, 2011, at South Branch Library (6:30 p.m.), as we discuss author Kathy Reichs’ second Temperance Brennan novel, Death du Jour. Additional titles for the remaining discussions in 2011 will be posted to the Book Groups page on the libraries’ BookGuide web site shortly.
And, for additional reminders about upcoming Just Desserts meetings, 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!
What did you think of The Book of Old Houses?
Alan Bradley’s “The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie”
During our February 2011 meeting, the Just Desserts mystery fiction group was scheduled to discuss the first Flavia de Luce mystery, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, by Alan Bradley. A sudden severe snowstorm in Lincoln caused the meeting to be cancelled.
For those who had finished the book and were looking forward to discussing it, you are welcome to share your own thoughts and opinions about this book (and series) in a reply comment to this blog post, below.
Join us next on March 31st, 2011, at South Branch Library (6:45 p.m.), as we discuss author Lee Child’s Worth Dying For, a Jack Reacher novel that’s actually set here in Nebraska. Additional titles for upcoming months’ discussions have also been posted to the Book Groups page on the libraries’ BookGuide web site.
And, for additional reminders about upcoming Just Desserts meetings, 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!
C.J. Box’s “Out of Range”
During our May 2010 meeting, the Just Desserts mystery group discussed C.J. Box’s Wyoming-set mystery Out of Range; the 5th volume in his Joe Pickett game warden series.
This book was discussed at the Just Desserts meeting on May 20, 2010. 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.
Join us next on June 24th at South Branch Library (6:45 p.m.), as we discuss Minnesota author William Kent Krueger’s, Iron Lake, the first volume in his popular Cork O’Connor series. Additional titles for upcoming months’ discussions can be found on the Just Desserts section of the Book Groups page of BookGuide.
And, for reminders about upcoming Just Desserts meetings, don’t forget to sign up for the Just Desserts e-mail list.
Shirley Rousseau Murphy’s “Cat Fear No Evil”
During our April 2010 meeting, the Just Desserts mystery group discussed Shirley Rousseau Murphy’s California-set mystery Cat Fear No Evil; in her series featuring the mysterious talking cat, Joe Grey.
This book was discussed at the Just Desserts meeting on April 29, 2010. 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.
Join us next on May 20th at South Branch Library (6:45 p.m.), as we discuss C.J. Box’s, Out of Range. Additional titles for upcoming months’ discussions can be found on the Just Desserts section of the Book Groups page of BookGuide.
And, for reminders about upcoming Just Desserts meetings, don’t forget to sign up for the Just Desserts e-mail list.
Jacqueline Winspear’s “Maisie Dobbs”
During our March 2010 meeting, we discussed Jacqueline Winspear’s historical mystery Maisie Dobbs; the first in her series featuring a young woman from a working-class British family who, after serving as a nurse during World War I trains to be a private investigator in London.
This book was discussed at the Just Desserts meeting on March 25, 2010. 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.
Join us next on April 29th at South Branch Library (6:45 p.m.), as we discuss Shirley Rousseau Murphy’s, Cat Fear No Evil. Additional titles for upcoming months’ discussions can be found on the Just Desserts section of the Book Groups page of BookGuide.
And, for reminders about upcoming Just Desserts meetings, don’t forget to sign up for the Just Desserts e-mail list.