2023 marks the fifth annual Summer Scares, a program partnership of the Horror Writers Association (HWA), United for Libraries, Book Riot, and Booklist to promote […]
Horror
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, […]
Spooky Reading for the Spooky Season
October is in full swing and with it, the season for spooky reading! At the top of my […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 Muir, I […]
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 […]
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, […]
