Genres and Topics

YA Psychological Thriller with a twist!

by Amanie M | Aug 9, 2023 | Crime, Matchmakers, Teens, Thrillers

Have you ever thought about what a crossover between Criminal Minds and Silence of the Lambs, but with teenage protagonists, would look like? Well,...

Read if You Dare: Middle Grade Summer Scares

by Erika H | Jun 7, 2023 | Children, Horror, Matchmakers

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

by Amanie M | May 31, 2023 | Diverse Voices, Fiction, Matchmakers, Romance, Teens

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

by Luke N | May 24, 2023 | Adult, Fiction, Matchmakers

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

by Andrea L | May 17, 2023 | Adult, Fiction, Matchmakers

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

by Stephen S | May 10, 2023 | Adult, Matchmakers, Non-Fiction

“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

by Sara P | May 3, 2023 | Adult, African-American, Historical Fiction, Matchmakers

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...