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Reading Recommendations from Just Desserts members in April 2021

At the April 29th, 2021 meeting of the Just Desserts mystery fiction discussion group on Zoom, following the discussion of the assigned topic of the month (the various series novels of British author Elly Griffiths), we held our monthly Round Robin in which all 13 online attendees were able to share recommendations of what other books they’ve been reading recently.

Here’s the list of mystery, thriller and suspense books recommended by Just Desserts members in April 2021:

And here were some non-mystery titles some group members also recommended in April 2021:

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

Just Desserts – January 2021 – Mysteries by African-American Authors discussion

At the January 28th, 2021 meeting of the Just Desserts mystery fiction discussion group on Zoom, the assigned reading topic was “African-American Mystery Authors”. Each participating group member was to have read ANY mystery novel or single-author mystery short story collection, which fell into that broad category, and everyone was then given an opportunity to share their thoughts and opinions on whatever they had read.


Here’s the list of mystery, thriller and suspense novels written by African-American authors, discussed by Just Desserts members in January 2021:

Do you have any favorite African-American authors of mysteries you’d like to recommend? Did you read a book in this category for our monthly theme? If so, leave a comment here to let us know what you read!

Curious to explore more African-American Mystery Authors? Check out the checklist of suggested authors, prepared as a handout for Just Desserts members!

Reading Recommendations from Just Desserts members for June 2020

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

At the June 2020 Just Desserts meeting that took place online using Zoom meeting software, following the discussion of our monthly assigned reading, we held our monthly round robin in which all 10 attendees were able to share recommendations of what other books they’ve been reading recently.

Here’s the list of mystery, thriller and suspense books recommended by Just Desserts members in June 2020:

And here were some non-mystery titles some group members also recommended in June 2020:

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

 

Reading Recommendations from Just Desserts members for March/April 2020

Due to the ongoing Coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic, all public meetings of book discussion groups sponsored by the Lincoln City Libraries were temporarily discontinued as of March 20th, 2020. Therefore, the members of the Just Desserts mystery fiction discussion group, have not been able to share their “Round Robin” reading recommendations at either a March or April 2020 meeting. An e-mail plea was put out to group members to submit their recent reading recommendations via e-mail by the beginning of May, and the following is what had been submitted by Friday, May 8th, 2020:

Here’s the list of mystery, thriller and suspense books recommended by Just Desserts members in March/April 2020:

And here were some non-mystery titles some group members also recommended in March/April 2020:

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

Reading Recommendations from Just Desserts members – January 2020

At the January 30th, 2020 meeting of the Just Desserts mystery fiction discussion group, following the discussion of the assigned topic of the month (a variety of “Mystery Anthologies and/or Short Story Collections), we held our monthly round robin in which all 13 attendees were able to share recommendations of what other books they’ve been reading recently.

Here’s the list of mystery, thriller and suspense books recommended by Just Desserts members in January 2020:

And here were some non-mystery titles some group members also recommended in January 2020:

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