Posts tagged as book discussion group

When the Just Desserts mystery fiction discussion group met in April 2012, we discussed a recent volume in Faye Kellerman's long-running "Peter Decker & Rina Lazarus" series, Hangman.

This book was discussed at the Just Desserts meeting on April 26, 2012. 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 May 31st, at South Branch Library (6:30 p.m.), as we discuss the six-volume series of Jade del Cameron novels by Suzanne Arruda.

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! Our selections for our May through August meetings have already been made.

What do you think of Hangman and the Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus series by Kellerman?

During our October 2011 meeting, the Just Desserts mystery fiction group discussed the body of work of mystery author Louise Penny, creator of the Inspector Gamache series of cozies.

These books were discussed at the Just Desserts meeting on October 27th, 2011. Whether or not you attended the actual meeting, you are welcome to share your own thoughts and opinions about this series in a reply comment to this blog post, below.

The Just Desserts group now takes its winter hiatus, and will return on January 26th, at South Branch Library (6:30 p.m.), as we discuss Delectable Mountain by Earlene Fowler.

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 do you think of the works of Louise Penny?

During our January 2011 meeting, the Just Desserts mystery fiction group discussed Spencer Quinn's first Chet & Bernie mystery, Dog On It.

This book was discussed at the Just Desserts meeting on January 27th, 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 February 24th, 2011, at South Branch Library (6:45 p.m.), as we discuss author Alan Bradley's The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, the first in a popular new series that's already seen three volumes released. 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!

At the October Just Desserts meeting last week, after discussing our monthly “assigned” book, we did a round robin at the table, asking attendees to share what mysteries they’d been reading lately that they felt they could recommend. Here’s a list of the novels that were hot last month with this mystery-savvy crowd:

• The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson
• Tea Time for the Traditionally Built, and The Double Comfort Safari Club by Alexander McCall-Smith, the latest in the #1 Ladies Detective Agency series, previously used as a Just Desserts selection
• The Immigrants by Howard Fast
• The House at Sugar Beach by Helene Cooper
• Blue Lightning by Ann Cleeves
• The Spider’s Web by Margaret Coel
• Murder by the Glass by Michele Scott, part of the Wine Lovers Mystery series
• Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls
• The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
• A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick
• Beautiful Lies by Lisa Unger
• Seasons of Bones and Criminal Minds on DVD
• Wicked Appetite by Janet Evanovich
• State Fair by Earlene Fowler
• Recent works by C.J. Box
• Homer’s Odyssey by Gwen Cooper
• The Hardy Boys and the Shortwave Mystery by Franklin Dixon
• The Case of the Hook-Billed Kites by J.S. Borthwick
• The Grace of Silence by Michele Norris
• Time and Again by Jack Finney
• Maid of Murder by Amanda Fowler
• The latest issue of Mystery Scene magazine

 So, what mysteries have you been reading that you’d recommend?

• Blood Ties by Kay Hooper
• Sink Trap by Christy Evans
• The Ghost and the Dead Man's Library by Alice Kimberly (a.k.a. Cleo Coyle)
• The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson
• The Women's Mystery Club series by James Patterson
• The Lion by Nelson DeMille
• The House at Riverton by Kate Morton
• Murphy's Law by Rhys Bowen
• Heat Wave by Richard Castle
• In the Woods by Tana French
• The Knitting Mystery series by Maggie Sefton
• Knit, Purl and Die by Anne Canadeo
• False Witness by Aimee Thurlo
• Sweet Sixteen by Janet Evanovich
• A Catered Wedding by Isis Crawford
• Cat of the Century by Rita Mae Brown
• Closet Confidential by Mary Jane Maffini
• Seneca Falls Inheritance by Miriam Grace Monfredo
• Winter Study by Nevada Barr (part of the Anna Pigeon series, previously discussed by Just Desserts)
• Bleeding Kansas by Sara Paretsky
• The Virgin of Small Plains by Nancy Pickard
• The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon
• Junkyard Dogs by Craig Johnson