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...
New Horror in Young Adult
Spooky season is still going strong, so here are a handful of new Young Adult horror reads! My four picks include a a creepy town with a sinister...
Read if You Dare: Middle Grade Summer Scares
2023 marks the fifth annual Summer Scares, a program partnership of the Horror Writers Association (HWA), United for Libraries, Book Riot, and...
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,...
Middle Grade Thrills & Chills: Shadow Grave by Marina Cohen
Cohen delivers her fourth shiveringly fun middle grade novel with the standalone book, Shadow Grave. Primarily set in an isolated New Hampshire...
Spooky Reading for the Spooky Season
October is in full swing and with it, the season for spooky reading! At the top of my October...
Jack London’s To Build a Fire (or, why you shouldn’t go for a hike in -75 degree temperatures)
When it comes to Jack London, you will mostly hear about his most famous stories, The Call of the Wild and White Fang. I haven't read those stories....
Weird Fiction Spotlight: Caitlín R. Kiernan
Weird Fiction is a difficult genre to describe, but you know it when you read it. Stories that get categorized as Weird Fiction often take place in...
Harrow the Ninth: More Skeletons! More Swords! More Memes!
(Spoiler Warning: I am going to discuss some minor spoilers from Gideon the Ninth.) After reading Maggie's post about Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn...
Thanksgiving books to get you in the holiday spirit
I'm always a big fan of books set during holidays, and Thanksgiving is no exception! Here are some books that you can enjoy in between cooking,...
Queen of the Cicadas
This week the Matchmakers team welcomes our guest blogger, Youth Associate E Hogan! Queen of the Cicadas a novel by V. Castro, builds a layered,...
Horror and Hope in My Heart is a Chainsaw
It's October, and the Matchmakers welcome our guest blogger, Noble librarian Hillary Brown! Spooky season: It’s the most wonderful time of the year...
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