Adult

Icy Reads for a Hot Summer’s Day

by Lisa G | Jul 27, 2024 | Adult, History, Matchmakers, Non-Fiction

Temperatures are rising, summer is in full swing, and these two below-zero nonfiction tales may help you cool off during those 90-degree...

Read, Renew, Repeat with the 2024 Adult Summer Reading program!

by Andrea L | Jul 3, 2024 | Adult, Fiction, Horror, Matchmakers, Romance, Thrillers

Today the Matchmakers team welcomes Adult Summer Reading coordinator Jen! Jen writes:Summer Reading is in full swing, but it’s not too late to join...

Books with Multiple Perspectives

by A'Lanna W | Jun 25, 2024 | Adult, Fiction, Matchmakers

When reading a book, we tend to follow the journey and exploits of one protagonist. But what if there were two? Or three? Or ten?! Today is a...

Black Joy: Adult Fiction

by Andrea L | Jun 18, 2024 | Adult, African-American, Fiction, Matchmakers, Romance

The Matchmakers team salutes the Juneteenth holiday with a blog post featuring fiction for adults, written by Black authors. The characters in these...

LGTBQIA Historical Fiction

by Sara P | Jun 12, 2024 | Adult, Diverse Voices, Historical Fiction, Matchmakers

I've read a lot of contemporary romances featuring LGBTQIA characters, but I wanted to delve a little deeper into both the LGBTQIA genre as well as...

Come and Read at the Contemporary Fiction Cafe!

by Andrea L | Jun 5, 2024 | Adult, Fiction, Matchmakers, Mystery, Romance

I enjoy taking in contemporary fiction because it's interesting to see how a writer views and portrays the world we live in today. It's particularly...

The 2024 Adult Summer Reading Program: Read, Renew, Repeat

by Andrea L | May 29, 2024 | Adult, Classics, Fantasy, Fiction, Matchmakers, Romance

Today the Matchmakers team welcomes Adult Summer Reading Coordinator, Jen M! Jen writes: Read, renew, repeat with the 2024 Adult Summer Reading...

Satire at its Finest

by Michele Hirschfeld | May 23, 2024 | Adult, Fiction, Genres and Topics, Matchmakers

Humor, irony, and exaggeration are the three necessary components of the satirical novel, and if this sounds enjoyable to you then I have three...

A Houseful of Hauntings

by Lisa G | May 7, 2024 | Adult, Fiction, Horror, Matchmakers

This month, I thought I’d focus my pleasure reading on haunted house books—but only those that have the word “house” in the title, just for fun!A...

Waiting to be Arrested at Night: A Memoir from Xinjiang

by Stephen S | May 1, 2024 | Adult, Diverse Voices, History, Matchmakers, Memoir, Non-Fiction

I want to begin this post with a short explanation. This blog post is a companion piece to a post I wrote last year about The Backstreets, the first...

Older Women Can Be Protagonists, Too, You Know

by Andrea L | Apr 24, 2024 | Adult, Fiction, Matchmakers, Mystery

Every romance heroine doesn't have to be in her 20s. Every amateur detective does not have to be a Girl Sleuth. I particularly enjoy novels in which...

Mushrooms and Beetles and Snails, Oh My!

by Lisa G | Apr 9, 2024 | Adult, Animals/Nature, Gardening, Matchmakers, Memoir, Non-Fiction, Science

I’ve read several books lately that focus on the tiniest forms of life—some creatures charming and inspiring, others, devastatingly harmful, and...

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