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Vintage Cookbooks Drive the Plot: Elinor Lipman and Karma Brown

January 25, 2023 / AndreaL / Adult, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Matchmakers / No Comments

One way to time-travel is to peruse a vintage cookbook, follow the recipe, whip up some crazy food nobody eats anymore, and eat up the […]

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The Backstreets: A Novel from Xinjiang

January 18, 2023 / SteveS / Adult, Diverse Voices, Matchmakers / No Comments

In the summer of 2010, I was fortunate to have been part of a month-long study abroad program in China sponsored by my university. The […]

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Middle Grade Thrills & Chills: Shadow Grave by Marina Cohen

January 11, 2023 / Erika Hogan / Children, Fiction, Horror, Matchmakers / No Comments

Cohen delivers her fourth shiveringly fun middle grade novel with the standalone book, Shadow Grave. Primarily set in an isolated New Hampshire logging town where […]

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Cover art for the picture book The Magical Yet

Picture Books About Trying New Things

January 4, 2023 / MaggieL / Children, Matchmakers, Picture Books / No Comments

Happy New Year! Many people take some time now to think about new things they would like to try or learn in the new year. […]

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Top Movies of 2022 

December 28, 2022 / LukeN / Adult, Matchmakers, Movies / No Comments

I am more of a movie person than a tv person, and I normally like to see new movies at the theater. But this past […]

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Library receives grant for skilled-trade job training

December 27, 2022 / Sheryl Banks / Library News, Technology / 3 Comments

Thanks to a grant from the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), awarded by the State Library of Ohio, Heights Libraries will offer […]

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How Animals Adapt in Winter, Including Humans

December 21, 2022 / LouiseL / Animals/Nature, Children, Matchmakers, Non-Fiction, Picture Books / No Comments

Happy solstice! Winter has officially arrived, and, with it, nature’s invitation to cozy up, slow down, and get some rest. As this fall has transitioned […]

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Best Fiction of 2022

December 14, 2022 / AndreaL / Adult, Diverse Voices, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Matchmakers, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thrillers / 1 Comment

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 […]

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New Tech Gadgets to Look Out for in 2023

December 13, 2022 / jkaiser / Technology / No Comments

As 2022 comes to an end, we are looking towards 2023. In this month’s blog post, we will look at some new and fun technologies […]

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Graphic Novels for Kids: The Baby-Sitters Club

December 7, 2022 / AndreaL / Children, Diverse Voices, Fiction, Graphics Novels, Matchmakers, Uncategorized / No Comments

The Matchmakers team welcomes our newest member, Amanie McGee! Amanie writes: Sometimes, you need to go back and remember your childhood. Those quick and easy […]

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Caprice by Coe Booth

November 30, 2022 / AndreaL / African-American, Children, Fiction, Matchmakers / No Comments

Today we welcome a new member of the Matchmakers team, Erika Hogan! Erika writes: A twelve-year old girl finds the words and strength to speak […]

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Fiction Featuring Crossword Puzzles: Jeffrey Bartsch

November 23, 2022 / AndreaL / Adult, Fiction, Matchmakers / No Comments

I’ve recently become very excited about solving crossword puzzles, so imagine my delight to find a refreshing, smart novel featuring crossword puzzles as part of […]

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Ten Tech Gift Ideas for this Holiday Season

November 22, 2022 / jkaiser / Technology / No Comments

This month’s blog continues our holiday tradition of showcasing some tech or tech-related items that may make the perfect gift for someone or yourself. Here […]

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Why Retire When There Are Aliens to Fight?

November 16, 2022 / SteveS / Adult, Fantasy, Sci-Fi / No Comments

Every genre in literature has a subgenre within it that contains books that can be considered “comfort” or “cozy” reads, stories which are simply fun […]

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Fall is for Folktales

November 9, 2022 / MaggieL / Children, Diverse Voices, Folklores/Myths, Graphics Novels, Matchmakers, Picture Books / No Comments

Maybe it’s the chill in the air sparking collective historic memories of sitting around thousands of fires, listening to thousands of stories through time; or […]

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Science fiction or likely future?

July 12, 2008 / PatG / 0

James Howard Kunstler’s recent World Made By Hand is only one of a number of dystopian novels to be published in the last few years–and […]

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Book Review: Runemarks

July 11, 2008 / hdrak / 0

Use our catalogue to reserve this book or listen to it on CD. You know who gets a raw deal?  The Norse gods.  I’m not talking […]

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Teen Journalist Unpeels the Truth and Gets To the Core of the Story!

July 9, 2008 / ColinT / 0

Hildy lives in a small town full of apple orchards.  She is a star reporter for her school’s newspaper.  As a pesky ghost threatens to […]

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How Reading Upgraded Me to First Class

July 8, 2008 / RaideneH / 0

If you didn’t love books you probably wouldn’t be checking out our Readers’ Advisory blog site. So, I imagine you’ve heard how books can inspire you, change your life or entertain you, etc, etc. But, have you ever heard that books can upgrade you to first class?

Here’s the scenario and how it worked for me. Try it at your own risk.

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Outstanding Historical Mystery: “The Tenderness of Wolves” by Stef Penney

July 5, 2008 / PatG / 0

If you like quality mysteries, try award-winning The Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penney. This mystery is also an outstanding historical novel, set in the […]

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Past made present….

July 3, 2008 / rkatzenm / 4

The Women of Magdalene book coverWe RATS have been reading historical fiction lately and I decided that I should wrench myself out of medieval England and read something different. I came across The Women of Magdalene by Rosemary Poole-Carter set in post Civil War Lousiana. Certainly something different. It involves a young doctor, estranged from his family, who is walking to Magdalene, an asylum for women, to take a position as the house doctor. He has been given the job as a favor from one of his father’s former colleagues. On the way he finds the body of a woman in a creek. She is one of the inmates and he arrives carrying her body and thus begins his career at Magdalene.

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Book review: Eckhart Tolle’s “A New Earth”

July 3, 2008 / PatG / 0

If you intentionally or accidentally missed Oprah’s selection of Eckhart Tolle’s A New Earth for her book discussion and her Monday evening webcasts, I’d like […]

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So just what is Reader’s Advisory anyhow?

July 2, 2008 / hdrak / 0

Reader’s Advisory.  It sounds like weather advisory.  But the weather advisory only tells you bad things, like when it will rain on your parade or […]

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Come Along With Me

June 21, 2008 / RaideneH / 2

Ever since I read Maud Hart Lovelace’s Betsy and Tacy Go Over The Big Hill as a little girl I’ve traveled through my reading. I always wanted to know what was over that hill, around the corner or down the street.
I look for that strong sense of place when I’m picking a book for myself. I want that book to transport me to another city or place, one I might like to learn more about or visit. I love authors who can make you feel and smell and experience the essence of that “sense of place’ in their story. I’ve traveled a bit but not anywhere near as much as I’ve been able to travel in my reading. One day I might be sitting in a coffee shop in Seattle and the next day I’m riding a train through Switzerland. It’s just like virtual travel. How cool is that?

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Great summer thriller: “The Chameleon’s Shadow” by Minette Walters

June 1, 2008 / PatG / 2

If you’ve never tried a book by Minette Walters and you like smart, chilling thrillers, The Chameleon’s Shadow is one to read. Charles Acland, a […]

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Be a Heroine, Or a Regular Teenage Girl? Would You Risk It All To Make History?

May 29, 2008 / ColinT / 0

Sylvia Patterson has a tough decision to make.  The schools in Little Rock, Arkansas are integrating.  Sylvia is choosen to become one of the first African-American […]

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Cross Over to a New World and Discover A Great and Terrible Beauty!

May 27, 2008 / ColinT / 0

 16-year-old Gemma forsees her mother’s death and can do nothing to stop it!  She is sent to a boarding school where a child-spirit leads her […]

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Guyaholic: How a Hockey Puck to the Head Can Bring True Love!

May 22, 2008 / ColinT / 0

  “V” Valentine feels alone.  She can’t count on her mom, who puts her many boyfriends ahead of her.  So “V” bounces from guy to […]

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If You Love Twilight, Try The Host by Stephenie Meyer

May 5, 2008 / ColinT / 0

  Stephenie Meyer’s newest book The Host comes out tomorrow May 6th   RESERVE YOUR COPY TODAY! From www.stepheniemeyer.com Melanie Stryder refuses to fade away. Our […]

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If You Love Shojo Manga…

April 9, 2008 / ColinT / 0

Did you ever want to be invisible, be a fly on the wall to see and hear what people are saying if they think you […]

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