Are you looking for a heartwarming read for the cold season? Did you love reading the Narnia books when you were growing up? If your answer to either of these is "yes," then I have a wonderful suggestion for you. Patti Callahan's new novel, Once Upon A Wardrobe, is...
https://heightslibrary.org/recommend/match-me-up/ Hello, fellow readers! Today we're announcing our new Match Me Up online service. Match Me Up is a form on the library website that you can fill out and submit to our Matchmakers team to get suggestions about new books...
Are you in the mood to immerse yourself in reading a Great Big Chunk of a book? Honoree Fanonne Jeffers has written a long debut novel, The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois, that depicts the African-American and Native American experience, both in history and in...
Are you looking for an entertaining mystery series to get you through the dark days of November and December? Look no further than the Lady Sherlock series by Sherry Thomas. It's engaging, it's fresh, and it's feminist. It'll take you right back to Victorian London,...
This week the Matchmakers team welcomes our guest blogger, Youth Associate E Hogan! Queen of the Cicadas a novel by V. Castro, builds a layered, atmospheric story that explores the meaning of blood justice and fate with contemporary themes and strong mythic imagery....
It's October, and the Matchmakers welcome our guest blogger, Noble librarian Hillary Brown! Spooky season: It’s the most wonderful time of the year for horror fans! Whether it’s binging a murder show, catching the latest chapter in a slasher movie franchise, or...
Are you looking for a voice that's new on the scene? Here are two debut novels for you to try! They're fresh, funny, and thought-provoking. Both take place in the present day. Agatha of Little Neon, by Claire Luchette, is a novel about a group of four Sisters (not...
I love a fresh and frothy romance in hot summer weather... here are three contemporary romance novels, all leading to a special Happily Ever After! The science one is The Soulmate Equation by Christina Lauren. The worlds of dating apps and DNA testing collide in this...
It's the mid-1970s in Baltimore, and Mary Jane, age 14, brings her groovy babysitting skills to her first summer nanny job taking care of five-year-old Izzy. And jeepers, does the Cone family ever need her help. Mary Jane's own mother has imparted all of her cooking...
This week the Matchmakers team welcomes guest blogger Maggie Lawrence, Youth Services Associate at our Noble Branch! Maggie writes: Gideon the Ninth is one of the funnest, freakiest sci-fi/fantasy novels I’ve ever read. I am prone to hyperbole, but I promise that in...