The COVID pandemic has changed all of our lives in big and small ways. For many, COVID closures have resulted in job loss. If you lost your job due...
Mystery: Elizabeth Haynes
You know, I honestly wouldn't have thought that a dark, atmospheric historical mystery would fit the bill for my reading list right now. I just...
Locks, Letters, and Love
These days with the news I've been finding myself drawn to really light reading. It's comforting in a time when there doesn't seem to be a lot of...
Mouthful of Birds: What did I just read?
It's hard to describe how strange and wonderful Samanta Schweblin's Mouthful of Birds is. I feel like I can't do these stories justice, but I am...
New zine features pandemic art
In April, it became clear that the annual Pekar Park Comics and Art Festival, a summer tradition in Coventry Village, would have to be canceled or...
England Between The Wars: Nancy Mitford
Travel across the pond, go back about a century, and enter the world of Nancy Mitford. In two of her novels, featuring the fictional Radletts and...
Problematic Policing: Resources on Race and Law Enforcement
The history of policing in the United States has deep and complicated roots that reach all the way back to 1704, when the colony of Carolina...
Addressing Race and Racism through Reading
As part of the Heights Libraries' commitment to be actively anti-racist and stand up to the anti-Black racism so pervasive in our society, the...
New Contemporary Fiction! April Davila and Lily King
Are you looking for some new books to enjoy, because you've read everything you own while Sheltering In Place At Home? Here are some...
Life Can Change in an Instant
If you are a fan of Amor Towles' A Gentleman in Moscow, you will surely love his debut work, Rules of Civility. Katey and Evelyn are two best...
A is for Arnaldur
The Matchmakers are delighted to once again welcome our guest blogger, librarian Bill Rubin! Bill writes: Here’s a little-known fact to know and...
Buzz, Sting, Bite: A closer look at the lives of Insects
The weather appears to have finally (finally!) turned here in Cleveland. Soon, we will be seeing more flowers blooming and leaves growing on trees,...
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