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Tag Archives: book group
Discussion of James Lee Burke’s “Robicheaux” – June 2018
When the Just Desserts mystery fiction discussion group met on June 28th, 2018, 18 group members discussed the latest entry in James Lee Burke’s long-running “Dave Robicheaux” New Orleans mystery/thriller series, simply titled Robicheaux. Whether or not you attended the actual meeting, you are welcome to share your own thoughts and opinions about James Lee Burke and Robicheaux, 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 — currently through October 2018.
So…What do you think of James Lee Burke, his Dave Robicheaux series of novels (now 20 volumes), and 2018’s Robicheaux in specific?
Join us next month for a discussion of the Nebraska-set Dark Signal by Shannon Baker, at South Branch on July 26th, 2018.
Discussion of the Works of Ruth Rendell
When the Just Desserts mystery fiction discussion group met on April 26th, 2018, group members discussed the entire body of works by British author Ruth Rendell, often dubbed “the Queen of mysteries”. Whether or not you attended the actual meeting, you are welcome to share your own thoughts and opinions about Ruth Rendell and here fiction, in a reply comment to this blog post, below. This meeting of Just Desserts was recorded for eventual release as part of the libraries’ audio podcast series!
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 — currently through October 2018.
What do you think of Ruth Rendell, her Inspector Wexford series of novels, her psychological suspense novels, or the novels she wrote under the Barbara Vine pseudonym?
Join us next month for our annual “Series Share” meeting, where everyone will share a new mystery fiction series they’ve recently discovered, at South Branch on May 31st, 2018.
Click here to check out the audio podcast recording of this meeting!
Reading Recommendations in March 2018 from Just Desserts members
At the March 29th, 2018 meeting of the Just Desserts mystery fiction discussion group, following the discussion of the assigned topic of the month (Felix Francis’ Triple Crown), we held our monthly round robin in which all the attendees were able to share a few recommendations of what other books they’ve been reading recently.
Here’s the list of mystery books recommended by Just Desserts members in February 2018:
- Bibliomysteries anthology edited by Otto Penzler
- Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew Sullivan
- Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke
- A Death in Live Oak by James Grippando – upcoming author selection for Just Desserts
- The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn
- Force of Nature by Jane Harper – upcoming author selection for Just Desserts
- Various volumes, including Absent and The Marco Effect by Jussi Adler-Olsen
- Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear – past title selection for Just Desserts
- Mississippi Blood by Greg Iles
- Origin by Dan Brown
- The Rooster Bar by John Grisham (several readers)
- A Treacherous Curse by Deanna Raybourn
- The Truth of Time by Sue Henry
- Deep Freeze by John Sandford
- Four volumes in the Cork O’Connor series by William Kent Krueger – past author selection for Just Desserts
- Various volumes by Tess Gerritsen – past author selection for Just Desserts
- Various volumes in the Sigma Force series by James Rollins
- Various volumes, including The Ninth Girl by Tami Hoag
- Various volumes in the Mike Bowditch series by Paul Doiron – past author selection for Just Desserts
- Hangman by Chris Bohjalian
- Spider’s Web and The Storyteller by Margaret Coel – past author selection for Just Desserts
- Love Lies Bleeding by Susan Wittig Albert – past author selection for Just Desserts
- The Mirror Crack’d (1980 Movie on DVD, starring Angela Lansbury as Miss Marple) based on the novel by Agatha Christie – past author selection for Just Desserts
And here were some non-mystery titles some group members also recommended in February 2018:
- Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann
- Educated by Tara Westover
- Various older Star Trek paperbacks, including My Enemy, My Ally by Diane Duane, The Vulcan Academy Murders and The IDIC Epidemic by Jean Lorrah and others by Margaret Wander Bonanno
- The Orphan Master’s Son by Adam Johnson
- Speaker For the Dead by Orson Scott Card
- A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
- The Massacre of Mankind by Stephen Baxter
What mysteries have you been reading lately that you’d recommend?
Discussion of Felix Francis’ “Triple Crown”
When the Just Desserts mystery fiction discussion group met on March 29th, 2018, 17 group members discussed the 2017 entry in Felix Francis’ horse-racing mystery, Triple Crown. Whether or not you attended the actual meeting, you are welcome to share your own thoughts and opinions about Felix Francis and Triple Crown, 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 — currently through October 2018.
What do you think of Triple Crown by Felix Francis, and do you think he’s living up to the writing reputation of his father, Dick Francis?
Join us next month for a discussion of the entire body of works by Ruth Rendell, at South Branch on April 2th, 2018.
Discussion of Lindsey Davis’ series featuring Marcus Didius Falco
When the Just Desserts mystery fiction discussion group met on February 22nd, 2018, the group members discussed all 20 volumes of the Marcus Didius Falco historical mystery series by British author Lindsey Davis. Whether or not you attended the actual meeting, you are welcome to share your own thoughts and opinions about Marcus Didius Falco 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 — currently through May 2018.
What do you think of Marcus Didius Falco historical mystery series by Lindsey Sterling, and which titles have your read?