Adult

New zine features pandemic art

by Sheryl B | Jul 2, 2020 | Adult, Coping with COVID-19, CORONAZINE, Graphics Novels, Library News, Memoir

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

by Andrea L | Jun 10, 2020 | Adult, Fiction, Matchmakers

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

by John P | Jun 9, 2020 | 1619 Project, Adult, African-American

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

by Andrea L | Jun 4, 2020 | Adult, African-American, Fiction, Matchmakers, Non-Fiction

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

by Andrea L | Jun 3, 2020 | Adult, Fiction, Matchmakers

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

by Amia W | May 27, 2020 | Adult, Drama, Fiction, Matchmakers

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

by Andrea L | May 21, 2020 | Adult, Fiction, Mystery, Thrillers, Uncategorized

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

by Stephen S | May 19, 2020 | Adult, Animals/Nature, Gardening, Matchmakers, Science

The weather appears to have finally (finally!) turned here in Cleveland. Soon, we will be seeing more flowers blooming and leaves growing on trees,...

Do you miss the Third Tuesday Book Club? Find out about the March book here!

by Andrea L | May 12, 2020 | Adult, Book Discussion, Fiction, Matchmakers

Today the Matchmakers welcome guest blogger, Kathy Farago, who co-leads the Third Tuesday Book Club! Kathy writes: If you missed reading the Third...

Meet Author Caitlin Moran: Film, Ebook and Eaudiobook

by Andrea L | May 6, 2020 | Adult, Fiction, Matchmakers, Memoir, Movies, Uncategorized

The Matchmakers welcome today's guest blogger, librarian Amy Marshalek! Amy writes: If you haven’t heard of Caitlin Moran before, now is the time to...

There’s Nothing Like a Terrific Book Series

by Andrea L | May 5, 2020 | Adult, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Matchmakers, Mystery, Sci-Fi

If you're a bookish kind of person, and I am, it's maybe been comforting to you, as it has to me, to see new books in a beloved series being...

Current Obsession: Sally Hepworth

by Amia W | Apr 30, 2020 | Adult, Crime, Drama, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Matchmakers

Have you ever started reading an author, really loved that author's work, and decided to just read through all of their novels? That's what has...

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