2023 marks the fifth annual Summer Scares, a program partnership of the Horror Writers Association (HWA), United for Libraries, Book Riot, and...
She Drives Me Crazy
You can fit so many tropes into this one. Fake dating? Check. Enemies to lovers? Check. Grand gestures? Check. Basketball and cheerleader? Check....
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...
Debut Fiction: Toya Wolfe
Today the Matchmakers welcome guest blogger Michele Hirschfeld! Michele writes: Last Summer on State Street, the 2022 debut novel by Toya Wolfe,...
New Fiction: Spring 2023
Looking for something great to read this spring? Check out this list of recently published novels! You can also fill out our Match Me Up form for...
Supporting Your Reluctant Reader
As your child transitions into independent learning and reading, you might notice that they’re what we librarians call a “reluctant reader.” There...
The Book That No One Wanted To Read… is for Everyone
Have you ever wondered what it might be like to be a book stuck on a library shelf? A tome with telepathic powers searches for a reader and along...
How to Survive Your Murder
What’s your favorite scary movie? If you are Alice Lawrence, you may have a problem answering that one. Not because Alice hates scary movies. No,...
Women’s History Month 2023: Historical Fiction by and about Women
March is Women's History Month, and the Matchmakers team has created a list of historical fiction titles by women authors, with women as the heroes...
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