Adult

Stream Movies at Heights Libraries!

by Luke N | Mar 10, 2022 | Adult, Matchmakers, Movies

I thought I would use my blog post this month to promote our movie streaming services. Heights Libraries gives cardholders access to thousands of...

Take a Nature Walk—With a Book!

by Louise L | Mar 2, 2022 | Adult, Animals/Nature, Diverse Voices, Matchmakers, Non-Fiction, Science

Though the Northeast Ohio winter seems to drag on forever, the slow transition into spring can be extremely rewarding to those with an appreciation...

Black History Month: New Af-Am Fiction

by Andrea L | Feb 23, 2022 | Adult, African-American, Fiction, Matchmakers

As we celebrate Black History Month, here is a list of new titles in the Heights Libraries African-American Fiction collection. We want to lift...

Toni Morrison’s Sula

by Stephen S | Feb 16, 2022 | Adult, African-American, Diverse Voices, Fiction, Matchmakers

Jamaican-born author Marlon James has recently become one of my favorites. I have blogged about his novel Black Leopard, Red Wolf in the past, and...

The Bobby Gold Stories by Anthony Bourdain

by Luke N | Feb 10, 2022 | Adult, Fiction, Matchmakers

Before vaulting to fame with Kitchen Confidential and shows like No Reservations, Anthony Bourdain penned a series of crime novels in the late...

When you just want to get away

by Sara P | Jan 26, 2022 | Adult, Fiction, Matchmakers, Romance, Travel

I don't know about you, but when the weather turns snowy and gray, I long to be somewhere much more tropical than Cleveland. Since travel to warmer...

Andrea’s Best Books of 2021

by Andrea L | Jan 19, 2022 | Adult, African-American, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Matchmakers, Romance

Happy New Year (somewhat belatedly, 2022 is already shaping up to be another strange year, right?) from the Matchmakers team! I like to read "Best...

The Global Humbling: Zadie Smith’s “Intimations”

by Luke N | Jan 7, 2022 | Adult, Matchmakers, Non-Fiction

Zadie Smith’s Intimations is the first book I have read about the pandemic. It is a short book of six essays, written during the first half of 2020....