This week the Matchmakers team welcomes our guest blogger, Youth Services Associate Shannon Cooch! Shannon writes: Who doesn’t want to uncover the dark secrets and illicit whispers of a challenged or banned book these days? Craig Thompson’s enigmatic graphic novel,...
This week the Matchmakers team welcomes our guest blogger, Michele Hirschfeld! Michele writes: I hope to see more from Australian debut author Hayley Scrivenor, whose style may appeal to fans of Jane Harper and Wiley Cash. Dirt Creek, a literary, small-town crime...
I adore historical fiction and I adore whodunnit mysteries, so I'm never happier than when I have discovered a new historical mystery series. I have found two of them lately that I've particularly enjoyed, because they're both set in India in the 1920s. I don't know...
Sometimes you just want to read a book that feels real, you know? A book that speaks to life as you know it, a book that reveals truths to you about individuals, families, and indeed, human existence. And you can count on author Anne Tyler for that, particularly in...
The Matchmakers are happy to welcome our Adult Summer Reading Coordinators, Jen Mihalik and Adam McConville, as our guest bloggers today! They write: It’s hard to believe summer is winding down already, but our Adult Summer Reading Program wraps on August 31. The good...
Summer is flying by, and this year’s Adult Summer Reading Program is in full swing! Your neighbors have been earning raffle entries for reading books and attending programs, plus extra entries for submitting reviews of the books they read. It’s been delightful and...
Have you ever read a historical fiction novel that deals with the eugenics movement in the U.S. in the early part of the twentieth century? No, and neither had I, not until I read Ann Leary's superb and suspenseful novel, The Foundling. The story is set in 1927 in...
I recently read two new historical fiction novels that are simply splendid. They are both set in the United States in the early part of the twentieth century, they both have women protagonists, and they both have themes related to wealth and power. Those gilded...
Speculative fiction or science fiction... these books could fall under both genres. Scientific advances drive the plots, but these are set in worlds that *almost* feel like contemporary society, and explore the possibilities of taking what we know just a little...
Are you a reader who reads all kinds of different books? Because I'm a reader who reads all kinds of different books... and I've been reading a variety of genres in my new fiction choices this year. Here are three new novels, all with absolutely nothing in common,...