Evan Drellich’s Winning Fixes Everything: How Baseball’s Brightest Minds created Sports’ Biggest Mess is a book about baseball and a team that changed everything. There are […]
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March into Middle Grade Women’s History
This March, in honor of Women’s History Month, we present twelve new and timeless titles featuring middle grade girls on purposeful quests. Join them as […]
Black Joy in YA
This post is all about Black Joy in YA books! These are both new and slightly older titles that focus on the joys found in […]
The Matchmakers Celebrate Black History Month with Fiction Titles
The Matchmakers team celebrates the heritage and contributions of Black Americans by focusing on fiction titles that further our understanding of these experiences. Here are […]
Tragedy to Triumph: Heartbreaking Memoirs That Point Toward Hope
I happen to find tragic memoirs compelling, especially those that end on a note of hope or the promise of redemption. Three memoirs I’ve read recently […]
Historical Romances Featuring Strong Female Leads
The Matchmakers recently got a Match Me Up! request from a customer who was wanting to get back into reading for pleasure after finishing a […]
Fiction Based on True Crime: Chizmar, Clark, and Sweren-Becker
The Matchmakers welcome our guest blogger, Michele! Michele writes: Here’s a fun twist on the true crime genre: true crime fiction! I read Penance, by […]
Reader’s Choice: Luke’s Favorite Reads
Each month members of the Matchmakers create new bookmarks for patrons to take home with them. The lists of books cover a range of themes […]
Coventry Staff’s Favorite Reads of 2023
In honor of the new year, I asked my colleagues here at the Coventry Village Branch about the best books they read in 2023. You […]