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Reading Recommendations from Just Desserts members – June 2023

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

At the June 2023 Just Desserts meeting, 21 group members and guests participated in a discussion of Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney.

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 earlier this year, 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. The titles marked by an * are those specifically mentioned during the Round Robin.

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

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

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

Reading Recommendations from Just Desserts members – May 2023

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

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?

 

Join the discussion on the first three novels of S.A. Cosby

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

At the February 2023 Just Desserts meeting, 13 group members participated in a discussion of the first three novels by American mystery/suspense author S.A. (Sean) Cosby — My Darkest Prayer (2019), Blacktop Wasteland (2020) and Razorblade Tears (2021).

Absolutely no-one in the Just Desserts group disliked whichever of the novels they had read — and the entire group agreed that Cosby is an incredibly good writer. However, several group members indicated that the levels of violence and coarse language in Cosby’s novels would preclude them from reading anything further by this author. On the other hand, several group members look forward to tracking down all of his works, not to mention future books by this author.

So…What did you think of the works of S.A. Cosby? Which have you read?

Just Desserts returns on March 30th, with another grab bag theme — “Science Fiction & Fantasy Murder Mysteries”. We hope to see you there!

Just Desserts – Series Share 2022 Results

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

At the May 26th, 2022 Just Desserts meeting that took place in person at the Bennett Martin Public Library, 14 members participated in our 10th 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 few 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 – and all participants this month gave a “Thumbs Up” to whatever they read:


Our main discussion took up so much time, we didn’t have time left for our traditional “Round Robin” of whatever else the group members have been reading. But a few readers tossed out four things they really wanted to mention.

Here’s a short list of mystery, thriller and suspense books recommended by Just Desserts members in May 2021:

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