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!
I’ve read several books lately that focus on the tiniest forms of life—some creatures charming and inspiring, others, devastatingly harmful, and...
Hispanic and Latinx books
Today's blog comes from guest author, Michele Hirschfeld, who is highlighting Hispanic and Latinx authors. Anita De Monte Laughs Last, by Xochitl...
Winning Fixes Everything Review: Do you want to play, or do you want to win?
Evan Drellich's Winning Fixes Everything: How Baseball's Brightest Minds created Sports' Biggest Mess is a book about baseball and a team that...
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...
Post-Halloween Hauntings for Scares That Will Last Past Thanksgiving
I’ve been diving into some paranormal horror novels lately. Here are the latest ghostly reads that I’d recommend for post-Halloween shivers: The...
Cleveland Noir: Dark Fiction from Around the City
For a number of years now, book publisher Akashic Books has been publishing collections of noir fiction short stories set in cities around the...
Celebrity Memoirs: Good Taste, Bad Taste, and Aftertaste
The Matchmakers welcome new Matchmaker Lisa Gordon! Lisa writes: Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci (2021) The pungent odor of sautéed...
Summer Reading: Adventure Awaits
The Matchmakers are happy to welcome our Adult Summer Reading Coordinator, Jen, as our guest blogger today! Jen writes: Chart your own adventure...
New Contemporary Fiction: Meg Howrey, Terri-Lynne DeFino, and Clare Pooley
I recently read three terrific new novels. I'm not sure that they have much in common; they all have contemporary timelines, except one of them has...
Cobalt Red: The Dark Side of the Electronic and Tech Revolutions
“Please tell the people of your country, a child in the Congo dies every day so that they can plug in their phones.” Have you ever wondered how...
Historical Fiction from the Recent Past
When most people think of historical fiction, they picture books set in the regency era, or perhaps WWII, since that seems to be a very popular time...
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