We're winding up to the end of 2024, and what a year it's been! Around the middle of December I like to look back at my reading year and reflect on...
Dark Academia for the Fall
As Fall nears, and the leaves begin to turn and the days are shorter, I enjoy leaning into the Dark Academia aesthetic with my reading choices, so the setting of my book matches what I’m experiencing. This helps to make the gloomier, cold days feel a bit better in my opinion. Here are some recommendations if you’re looking for books with descriptive fall settings, or if you enjoy the Dark Academia genre:
Kill for Me, Kill for You
Inspired by Hitchcock's film Strangers on a Train, Steve Cavanagh's suspense mystery Kill for Me, Kill for You introduces two women who meet at a...
Beach Reads: Teen Edition
Here are a few summer reads that aren’t summer reading (you know the school kind). All these YA books take place during the summer. A little...
Read, Renew, Repeat with the 2024 Adult Summer Reading program!
Today the Matchmakers team welcomes Adult Summer Reading coordinator Jen! Jen writes:Summer Reading is in full swing, but it’s not too late to join...
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...
YA Psychological Thriller with a twist!
Have you ever thought about what a crossover between Criminal Minds and Silence of the Lambs, but with teenage protagonists, would look like? Well,...
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,...
Best Fiction of 2022
December is the month to look back at the year as it's drawing to a close. I'm thinking about my favorite fiction from this past year. These are...
Dirt Creek by Hayley Scrivenor
This week the Matchmakers team welcomes our guest blogger, Michele Hirschfeld! Michele writes: I hope to see more from Australian debut author...
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 to-be-read list is the final book in Katherine Arden’s...
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...
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