About Us

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Just Desserts began in 1999 in an effort to provide men with the opportunity to read quality literature and meet to discuss something other than "sports, tools, business or women".  From the beginning the commitment was to select titles that represented "the better angels" of the publishing industry.  While we respect "pop lit" to the extent that it encourages reading, we attempt to avoid it in our selections. In this endeavor, we have rarely failed.

During the last 25 years we have selected both fiction and non-fiction works with a decided preference for quality fiction.  We rate each selection on a scale of 1 - 5; unfortunately, we did not do so consistently until 2004, missing a number of rating opportunities for some of our favorite selections.  Check out our Titles & Ratings in the links above.  It proves there is a reason some are called "classics" (and some are not).

We meet on the second Tuesday of each month (except for September of 2001 & 2002), enjoy a homemade dessert by Beverly Leiser and then discuss and rate the book on a scale of 1 - 5. We hope you enjoy reviewing our choices.