Notorious New Jersey provides a brief (generally 3-5 pages each) description of 100 crimes that occurred in New Jersey. I found it very difficult to write discussion questions and do not feel it is a good discussion book. Ratings from the members who attended the meeting varied from 1.5 (mine) to 4. However, two of the five members who did not attend the meeting told me they hated the book. The format of a few pages per crime did not work for me. It felt like watching back-to-back episodes of "America's Most Wanted," without the pleasure of hearing John Walsh's voice. I asked the members how they felt about the format. One person said it was hard to read one [crime] after another. Another member said he would like to see "fewer stories, more details." A third person noted that he found more detail on each story when checking microfilm of old newspapers at the library. On the other hand, one woman said the format was "all right" because "some of them, you don't want to know more." I felt the book was rather poorly written. Other members called it "o.k. but not great."