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Your 2011 Just Desserts hiatus reading assignment!
During the Nov/Dec 2011 hiatus between meetings of the Just Desserts mystery fiction discussion group, we encourage regular attendees to continue to participate as a group…but in a virtual way. While we may not have an actual meeting scheduled during these two months, this blog is available to keep everyone active with their mystery reading and discussions.
Our “hiatus author” for 2011 is Georges Simenon, creator of the legendary sleuth Inspector Maigret. We encourage Just Desserts participants to read any book in the Inspector Maigret series (or watch an episode of one of the Maigret TV or movie adaptations), at some point in November or December 2011, then come back here and leave a comment about whatever you read or watched, as a response to this discussion topic.
As a bit of background, here are some links to Simenon and Maigret information:
- Georges Simenon entry on Wikipedia
- Simenon’s Maigret — a detailed site about the series, with tons of links
In all, there have been 75 novels and 28 short stories written by Simenon that feature Maigret, and the Lincoln City Libraries still have over 45 of these.
We look forward to seeing your comments here over the course of the next two months!
Scott C. – Just Desserts coordinator and host
The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew mystery series
During the Nov/Dec 2010 hiatus between meetings of the Just Desserts mystery fiction discussion group, we encourage regular attendees to participate as a group in a virtual way. While we may not have an actual meeting scheduled during these two months, we want to use this blog to keep everyone active with their mystery reading and discussions.
We encourage Just Desserts participants to read any book, from any of the many generations of titles in the Hardy Boys (by Franklin Dixon) or Nancy Drew (by Carolyn Keene) mystery series for teens and youth, at some point in November or December 2010, then come back here and leave a comment about whichever Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew book they read, as a comment posted in response to this discussion topic.
As a bit of background, here are some links to The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew information:
There have also been a number of books published in the past 20 years talking about the origins of the Stratemeyer syndicate, which published both of these series, and the men and women responsible for the creation of these iconic characters.
We look forward to seeing your comments here over the course of the next two months!
Scott C. – Just Desserts coordinator
The Works of Leslie Charteris
During the Nov/Dec 2009 hiatus between meetings of the Just Desserts mystery fiction discussion group, we encourage regular attendees to participate as a group in a virtual way. While we may not have an actual meeting scheduled during these two months, we want to use this blog to keep everyone active with their mystery reading and discussions.
We encourage Just Desserts participants to read a book by Leslie Charteris (the creator of Simon Templar, “The Saint”, as well as many other novels) at some point in November or December 2009, then come back here and leave a comment about whichever Charteris book they read, as a comment post in response to this message.
As a bit of background, here are some links to Leslie Charteris information:
- The Official Leslie Charteris homepage (site www.lesliecharteris.com currently offline)
- Leslie Charteris entry at Wikipedia
- The Saintly Bible: A Guide to the Immortal Works of Leslie Charteris and the Saint Saga
We look forward to seeing your comments here over the course of the next two months!
Scott C. – Just Desserts coordinator
The Works of Erle Stanley Gardner
During the Nov/Dec 2008 hiatus between meetings of the Just Desserts mystery fiction discussion group, we encourage regular attendees to participate as a group in a virtual way. While we may not have an actual meeting scheduled during these two months, we want to use this blog to keep everyone active with their mystery reading and discussions.
We encourage Just Desserts participants to read a book by Erle Stanley Gardner (the creator of Perry Mason, as well as many other novels) at some point in November or December 2008, then come back here and leave a comment about whichever ESG book they read, as a comment post in response to this message.
As a bit of background, here are some links to Erle Stanley Gardner information:
- The Official Erle Stanley Gardner homepage
- Erle Stanley Gardner entry at Wikipedia
- Erle Stanley Gardner bibliography
We look forward to seeing your comments here over the course of the next two months!
Scott C. – Just Desserts coordinator