Spring and Summer Collection Group Reads

[Lisa, Moderator]

Hi friends! Well, I know I say this all the time when we transition to a new set of reads, but, I can't believe we're looking towards Spring already! Seems like it was just Christmas.

Our next collection (March - August) will be crime/mystery/thriller books with a medical theme. I'll have the list posted in the next week, so, stay tuned!

[˜”*°•.˜”*°• Sheri •°*”˜.•°*”˜, Moderator]

Looking forward to seeing what you've come up with.

[Gem , Moderator & Admin]

˜”*°•.˜”*°• Sheri •°*”˜.•°*”˜ wrote: "Looking forward to seeing what you've come up with."

Me too!

[Lisa, Moderator]

Thanks, ladies!

[Corrie]

I’m definitely interested in medical themed crime/mystery/thriller!! They are my favorites

[Lisa, Moderator]

Corrie wrote: "I’m definitely interested in medical themed crime/mystery/thriller!! They are my favorites"

Great, Corrie! Welcome, and I hope you enjoy the reads and discussions.

[Lisa, Moderator]

Hello everyone,

Here are 6 titles in the area of medical mystery/thrillers - a mix of fiction and non-fiction. Please take a look to see if these books are accessible. If any come up as hard-to-find for several people, I have some backups to offer instead/in addition. We'll read these from March through August.

The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York, Deborah Blum

The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements, Sam Kean

Murder by Degrees, Ritu Mukerji

The Surgeon (Rizzoli & Isles #1), Tess Gerritsen

Postmortem (Kay Scarpetta #1), Patricia Cornwell

Coma, Robin Cook

[˜”*°•.˜”*°• Sheri •°*”˜.•°*”˜, Moderator]

Oh wow. These look interesting.

[Lisa, Moderator]

I’m glad, Sheri! I feel like Gerritsen and Cornwell are so well-known in this area, we had to have them. I’ve read that Coma suffers from the era in which it was written, with lots of smoking and misogyny ;). But it’s sort of the OG in this area, and I’m pretty interested in reading it. Murder by Degrees seemed off-the-beaten-path, and the non-fictions will be so interesting in a different way.

[Lisa, Moderator]

Let's plan on the order below. I'll get the discussion threads set up. The July and August ones should be juicy beach reads :)

March - Coma, Robin Cook

April - The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York, Deborah Blum

May - Murder by Degrees, Ritu Mukerji

June - The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements, Sam Kean

July - The Surgeon (Rizzoli & Isles #1), Tess Gerritsen

August - Postmortem (Kay Scarpetta #1), Patricia Cornwell

[˜”*°•.˜”*°• Sheri •°*”˜.•°*”˜, Moderator]

May - Murder by Degrees, Ritu Mukerji is waiting for me at the library.

[Lisa, Moderator]

I’m excited for that one! Almost done with The Poisoner’s Handbook. I’m loving it.