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Celebrity Memoirs: Good Taste, Bad Taste, and Aftertaste

September 27, 2023 / AndreaL / Adult, Matchmakers, Memoir, Non-Fiction / No Comments

The Matchmakers welcome new Matchmaker Lisa Gordon! Lisa writes: Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci (2021) The pungent odor of sautéed onions wafts […]

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Dark Thriller: Dennis Lehane

September 6, 2023 / AndreaL / Adult, Crime, Fiction, Matchmakers, Thrillers / No Comments

Matchmaker Michele Hirschfeld writes: I was so excited to see that Dennis Lehane had published a new novel, but also apprehensive about how it might […]

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Groundbreaking History: From The Recent Past

August 31, 2023 / LukeN / Adult, History, Matchmakers, Non-Fiction / No Comments

“There is a great river and it flows through this land, and we have named it History.” -Ursula K. Le Guin Dig into the past […]

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Butterflies at the Library

August 23, 2023 / LouiseL / Animals/Nature, Children, Gardening, Matchmakers, Picture Books, Science / No Comments

If you visit our Coventry Village Branch, you’ll get more than your standard library services at this time of year. Our reference desks are staffed […]

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Tech Tales

August 17, 2023 / Erika Hogan / Children, Matchmakers, Sci-Fi, Technology, Thrillers / No Comments

Children of all ages are facing a whole new world of technology. If you’re looking for stories that feature contemplative, humorous, or critical approaches to […]

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YA Psychological Thriller with a twist!

August 9, 2023 / Amanie / Crime, Matchmakers, Teens, Thrillers / No Comments

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

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Historical Fiction Roundup: Marianne Wiggins and Jane Smiley

August 2, 2023 / AndreaL / Adult, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Matchmakers, Mystery / 1 Comment

Yee-haw! Welcome to the American West, via two terrific historical fiction novels! If you want a sweeping saga set in California in the first half […]

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Adult Summer Reading: 5-Star Reviews

July 26, 2023 / AndreaL / Adult, Biography, Fantasy, Fiction, Matchmakers, Non-Fiction, Romance / No Comments

Adult Summer Reading: 5-Star Reviews The Adult Summer Reading Program is in full swing, and our Summer Readers have been busy reading or listening to […]

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Nothing but Rocs and Sky Above

July 19, 2023 / SteveS / Adult, Fantasy, Fiction, Matchmakers / No Comments

Some of the best stories we read are the ones that leave you wanting more once you’ve finished. Untethered Sky did that to me recently. […]

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Vacation Reads: Getaways Gone Wrong

July 14, 2023 / Sara Phillips / Adult, Matchmakers, Thrillers / No Comments

It’s vacation season and what better way to commemorate that than with some books featuring getaways gone wrong? After reading these thrillers, you may find […]

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Thriller: Erin Kelly’s The Skeleton Key

July 5, 2023 / AndreaL / Adult, Fiction, Matchmakers, Mystery, Thrillers / No Comments

Today the Matchmakers team welcomes guest blogger Michele Hirschfeld, an avid mystery reader. Michele writes: British author Erin Kelly’s latest novel, The Skeleton Key, is […]

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Local Poets: Rita Dove and George Bilgere

July 3, 2023 / LukeN / Adult, Fiction, Local Authors, Matchmakers / No Comments

“laughing softly at the beauty and intransigence of indescribable phenomena” from “Touched”, by George Bilgere I am recommending two new collections of poetry by regional […]

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Adult Summer Reading Program: 5-Star Reviews

June 21, 2023 / AndreaL / Adult, Fantasy, Fiction, Matchmakers, Memoir, Mystery, Romance, Thrillers / No Comments

The Matchmakers team welcomes our Adult Summer Reading Coordinator, Jen, as our guest blogger! Jen writes: As part of our Adult Summer Reading Program, your […]

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Celebrating Berry Season!

June 15, 2023 / LouiseL / Animals/Nature, Children, Cooking, Matchmakers, Picture Books / No Comments

This week, the mulberry tree outside of our Coventry Village Branch is finally heavy with fruit. The serviceberry trees are ripening around the neighborhood. Sidewalks […]

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Read if You Dare: Middle Grade Summer Scares

June 7, 2023 / Erika Hogan / Children, Horror, Matchmakers / No Comments

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 […]

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Journeys of Self-discovery

March 24, 2022 / Sara Phillips / 0

I read a lot of romance, but these two books struck me as a little bit different than your typical romantic faire. Must Love Books and Float Plan […]

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Cryptocurrency: What is it?

March 18, 2022 / jkaiser / 1

What is cryptocurrency? Cryptocurrency is a digital payment system that doesn’t rely on banks to verify transactions. It’s a peer-to-peer system that can enable anyone, […]

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Book cover for Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut

Hair Stories

March 16, 2022 / MaggieL / 0

Hair! What a surprisingly powerful part of us. Hair is one way we can celebrate our individuality, our cultures and histories, our identities. Hair can […]

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Stream Movies at Heights Libraries! 

March 10, 2022 / LukeN / 1

I thought I would use my blog post this month to promote our movie streaming services. Heights Libraries gives cardholders access to thousands of movies […]

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Take a Nature Walk—With a Book!

March 2, 2022 / LouiseL / 2

Though the Northeast Ohio winter seems to drag on forever, the slow transition into spring can be extremely rewarding to those with an appreciation for […]

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Black History Month: New Af-Am Fiction

February 23, 2022 / AndreaL / 0

As we celebrate Black History Month, here is a list of new titles in the Heights Libraries African-American Fiction collection. We want to lift these […]

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Goodbye Overdrive, Hello Libby

February 17, 2022 / jkaiser / 23

Have you been using OverDrive to get eBooks and audio books for a long time? Well, there is a change coming, and it’s name is […]

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Toni Morrison’s Sula

February 16, 2022 / SteveS / 0

Jamaican-born author Marlon James has recently become one of my favorites. I have blogged about his novel Black Leopard, Red Wolf in the past, and […]

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The Bobby Gold Stories by Anthony Bourdain

February 10, 2022 / LukeN / 0

Before vaulting to fame with Kitchen Confidential and shows like No Reservations, Anthony Bourdain penned a series of crime novels in the late nineties. All […]

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Steve Luxenberg on Plessy versus Ferguson

January 31, 2022 / John Piche / 0

Steve Luxenberg is an associate editor at The Washington Post and an award-winning author. During his forty years as a newspaper editor and reporter, Luxenberg […]

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When you just want to get away

January 26, 2022 / Sara Phillips / 0

I don’t know about you, but when the weather turns snowy and gray, I long to be somewhere much more tropical than Cleveland. Since travel […]

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So, You Want To Buy A New Computer? A Guide To Purchasing a Computer

January 20, 2022 / jkaiser / 1

So, you want to buy a new laptop or desktop computer. But what do all the abbreviations and jargon mean? Let’s start by looking at […]

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Andrea’s Best Books of 2021

January 19, 2022 / AndreaL / 0

Happy New Year (somewhat belatedly, 2022 is already shaping up to be another strange year, right?) from the Matchmakers team! I like to read “Best […]

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1619 - Ibrahim Sundiata on Slavery and the 1619 Project

Ibrahim Sundiata on Slavery and the 1619 Project

January 12, 2022 / John Piche / 0

Professor Ibrahim K. Sundiata is Emeritus Professor of History and African and African American Studies at Brandeis University. He received his doctorate from Northwestern University, […]

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The Global Humbling: Zadie Smith’s “Intimations”

January 7, 2022 / LukeN / 0

Zadie Smith’s Intimations is the first book I have read about the pandemic. It is a short book of six essays, written during the first […]

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