Known for their bleak tone and weird, lurking horrors, H.P. Lovecraft’s stories have been a tremendous influence on horror literature over the past century. But […]
19th-Century Classics: Elizabeth Gaskell
Courtroom drama! A woman torn between two lovers! Murder! Violence! Class struggle! Whoa, hold on there, you say. All this craziness from a book published […]
Classic Mystery: Dorothy L. Sayers
Do you want to join the legions of mystery readers who delight in Lord Peter Wimsey — amateur detective, aristocrat, musician, and sophisticated man-about-town? Look […]
Twentieth-Century Classics: Stella Gibbons
I tell everyone I know to read Stella Gibbons’ Cold Comfort Farm. And when I recommend it, I try to remember to mention that you […]
Andrea’s Best Books: 2016
It’s been another happy year of reading for me, and this year I don’t feel like making a list. I would rather write short book […]
Women’s Studies at the Public Library
Public library collections can be a great place to learn and reflect on your place in the world. There are a number of new books […]
Better Know a Library Staffer: Bill
Here on the blog the other Matchmakers and I share what we are reading, watching, or listening to quite frequently, but we don’t often hear […]
Centennial 100:1966-1976
Part six of a Read/Watch/Listen bookmark series by the Heights Matchmakers, celebrating the Heights Libraries’ Centennial decade by decade! Books: Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys […]
Centennial 100: 1956-1966
Here’s part five of a Read/Watch/Listen bookmark series by the Heights Matchmakers, celebrating the Heights Libraries’ Centennial decade by decade! Books: Things Fall Apart by […]
