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John le Carre and the CIA

by Stephen S | Dec 16, 2020 | Adult, Crime, Fiction, Historical Fiction, History, Matchmakers, Mystery, Non-Fiction, Thrillers

John le Carre, the master of espionage fiction, died this past weekend. A former MI5 and MI6 spy for Britain, his novels showed the solitary,...

Read Woke! Teen Winter Reading Program

by Hannah V | Dec 10, 2020 | African-American, Diverse Voices, Teens

What is Read Woke? Read Woke is a movement. It is a feeling. It is a style. It is a form of education. It is a call to action; it is our right as...

Zoom for the Holidays

by Ann M | Dec 9, 2020 | Technology

For many of us, the holidays this year will be a little different than normal. Zoom has become an easy and popular way to connect with others during...

Contemporary Fiction: Jean Kwok

by Andrea L | Dec 9, 2020 | Adult, Fiction, Matchmakers

At this point I'm pretty sure Jean Kwok is one of my new favorite authors. I recently read her newest book, Searching for Sylvie Lee, and my, was it...

New Fantasy: Susanna Clarke

by Andrea L | Dec 3, 2020 | Adult, Fantasy, Matchmakers

Here's a book that just came out this fall and is unlike any book I have ever read before. Susanna Clarke (of Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norell fame)...

New York, New York: A City in Six People

by Stephen S | Nov 25, 2020 | Adult, Fantasy, Fiction, Matchmakers, Sci-Fi

I've only ever seen New York City through a glowing screen. Movies, news broadcasts, TV shows, photographs of the Empire State Building, or just...

Ten Tech Gift Ideas for this Holiday Season

by Joseph K | Nov 24, 2020 | Technology

For this blog, we thought we would do a tech items list to get your holiday shopping started. We decided not to focus on the normal tech items like...