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August 2014 Reading Recommendations from Just Desserts members
Hey, mystery fans! Looking for something good to read? At the Just Desserts meeting on August 28th (held at Walt Branch Library instead of our regular haunts at South Branch), 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:
MYSTERIES
- The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century
- Expats by Chris Pavone
- Several works by Linda Fairstein
- The Drop and Gods of Guilt by Michael Connelly
- The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler
- Takedown Twenty-One by Janet Evanovich
- King and Maxwell by David Baldacci
- The Bat by Jo Nesbo
- The Chase by Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg
- Need to Know by James Grippando
- The Alexander Link,
- The Jefferson Key and The Emperor’s Tomb by Steve Berry
- Tool and Die and
- Mail Biter by Sarah Graves
- Deadline by Sandra Brown
- Our Man in Havana by Graham Greene
- Private Berlin and
- Private L.A. by James Patterson
- Nickeled and Dimed to Death and
- Dead Between the Lines by Denise Swanson
- The Cat, the Vagabond and the Victim and others by Leanne Sweeney
- The Catered Birthday Party by Isis Crawford
- Murder as a Second Language by Joan Hess
- The Cat Sitter’s Nine Lives by John Clement
- The Close Knit Killer by Maggie Sefton
- Natchez Burning by Greg Iles
- Any Other Name by Craig Johnson
- The Farm by Tom Rob Smith
- The Heart of a Killer by David Rosenfelt
- Sight Unseen by Iris Johansen
- Undiplomatic Murder by Donald Bain (as Margaret Truman)
- The Janus Reprisal by Janet Freveletti
- The Chase by Brad Thor
- The Wrong Girl by H.P. Ryan
- The Remains of Innocence by J.A. Jance
- Invisible by James Patterson and David Ellis
- The Dead Will Tell by Linda Castillo
- The Forsaken by Ace Atkins
- Wild Storm by “Richard Castle”
- Nine Lives to Die by Rita Mae Brown
- Aunt Dimity and the Wishing Well by Nancy Atherton
- The Skin Collector by Jeffrey Deaver
- That Old Flame of Mine by J.J. Cook
- The Best American Mystery Stories [2000] edited by Donald Westlake and Otto Penzler
- Mystery Scene Magazine [not currently subscribed to by the Lincoln City Libraries] [ Magazine’s Web site ]
NON-MYSTERIES
- The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
- Wild Mind by Natalie Goldberg
- Plot Structure by The Readers Digest
- Steppenwolf by Herman Hesse (on audio)
- Your Fathers, Where Are They? And the Prophets, Do They Live Forever? by Dave Eggers
- Close Your Eyes and Hold Hands by Chris Bohjalian
- Thirty Girls by Susan Minot
- Blood Feud by Edward Klein
- Games Creatures Play edited by Charlaine Harris [813.08 Har]
- At Home by Bill Bryson
- The works of Ken Follett
So, what mysteries have you been reading lately that you’d recommend?
(* – Several group members shared the same exact titles as they had during our July meeting. These titles have been left out of the August list.)
Hank Phillippi Ryan’s “The Other Woman”
When the Just Desserts mystery fiction discussion group met on August 28th, 2014, 17 of us enjoyed discussing Hank Phillippi Ryan’s The Other Woman, the first book in that author’s brand new Jane Ryland/Jake Brogan series. Due to a faulty air conditioner at our normal location — South Branch — we temporarily relocated to Walt Branch for this one meeting. [ Check out our Jane Ryland/Jake Brogan series handout ]
Whether or not you attended the actual meeting, you are welcome to share your own thoughts and opinions about this book 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.
What do you think of The Other Woman by Hank Phillippi Ryan?
Join us next on September 25th, 2014, 6:30 p.m. at the South Branch Library. We’ll be discussing After I’m Gone, a mystery/thriller by Laura Lippman!
We hope to see you then!
July 2014 Reading Recommendations from Just Desserts Members
Hey, mystery fans! Looking for something good to read? At the July 31st 2014 Just Desserts meeting, 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:
MYSTERIES
- Mystery Scene Magazine (not owned by the Lincoln City Libraries)
- Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries – Season One based on the books by Kerry Greenwood
- Mail Order Murder by Leslie Meier
- The Night Searchers by Marcia Muller
- NYPD Red by James Patterson
- Power Play by Catherine Coulter
- The Book Club at realsimple.com
- The Hangman – an Inspector Gamache novella by Louise Penny
- Supreme Justice by Max Allan Collins
- City of Bones and A Darkness More Than Light both by Michael Connelly
- Longmire the TV series and the Walt Longmire novels by Craig Johnson
- Private Games by James Patterson and Mark Sullivan
- A Catered Birthday Party by Isis Crawford
- Black Echo, Black Ice and The Concrete Blonde, all by Michael Connelly
- Tinker, Tailor, Soldier Spie, The Spy Who Came In From the Cold and Call for the Dead, all by John LeCarre
- First Rule by Robert Crais
- A Bullet for Cinderella by John D. MacDonald (not in the Lincoln City Libraries)
- The Skin Collector by Jeffery Deaver
- Secret Servant by Daniel Silva
- Chasing the Dime by Michael Connelly
- That Old Flame of Mine by J.J. Cook
- The Farm by ???
- The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches by Alan Bradley
- The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith
- Bittersweet by Miranda Beverly-Whittemore
- Any Other Name by Craig Johnson
- Unlucky 13 by James Patterson
- Cheap Shot a Spenser novel by Ace Atkins
- Penance by David Housewright
- Slow Motion Riot by Peter Blauner (not in Lincoln City Libraries)
- Death Among Strangers by Deidre Laiken
- No Rest for the Dead by multiple authors
- Missing Ink by Karen Olsen
- Veronica Mars: The Thousand Dollar Tan Line by Rob Thomas
- Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane
- Murder Past Due by Miranda James
- Shoot Him If He Runs and others by Stuart Woods
NON-MYSTERIES
- David and Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell
- The National Parks companion book to the documentary by Ken Burns
- Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg
- The Most Dangerous Animal of All by Gary L. Stewart
- Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg
- The Most Dangerous Animal of All by Gary L. Stewart
- Zodiac Unmasked by Robert Graysmith
- Bittersweet by Miranda Beverly-Whittemore
- A Long Time Gone by Karen White
- The Presidents Club by Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy
- The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
- The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman
- The Astronaut Wives Club by Lily Koppel
- Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand
- The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee
So, what mysteries have you been reading lately that you’d recommend?
Stuart Woods’ “Doing Hard Time”
When the Just Desserts mystery fiction discussion group met on July 31st, 2014, 17 of us enjoyed discussing Stuart Woods’ Doing Hard Time, the 27th volume in that author’s hugely successful Stone Barrington series. [ see our The Works of Stuart Woods handout ]
Whether or not you attended the actual meeting, you are welcome to share your own thoughts and opinions about this book 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.
What do you think of Doing Hard Time by Stuart Woods?
Join us next on August 28th, 2014, 6:30 p.m. at the South Branch Library. We’ll be discussing The Other Woman, first novel in a new series by Hank Phillippi Ryan!
We hope to see you then!
Linda Fairstein’s “Death Angel”
When the Just Desserts mystery fiction discussion group met on June 26th, 2014, 17 of us enjoyed discussing Linda Fairstein’s Death Angel, the fifteenth volume in that author’s popular Alexandra “Alex” Cooper series.
Whether or not you attended the actual meeting, you are welcome to share your own thoughts and opinions about this book 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.
What do you think of Death Angel by Linda Fairstein?
Join us next on July 31st, 2014, 6:30 p.m. at the South Branch Library. We’ll be discussing Doing Hard Time, a Stone Barrington novel by Stuart Woods!
We hope to see you then!