Episode 10
On this week’s episode, we set up a literal matchmaker with six books. Yeah, it’s meta!
Matchmaker Maria is a business owner, matchmaker, and dating coach. She is host of the Ask a Matchmaker podcast, a frazzled super mom, a happy wife, a mother’s caretaker, and an Instagram “dating influencer.”
Tune in to find out which reads we recommend—and what it’s like to be a real-life matchmaker!
This is also the final episode of our first season. Thank you so much for listening! Stay tuned to learn more about Season 2, coming your way next year.

Round 1 Picks
The Green Shore by Natalie Bakopoulos
Rough Magic by Lara Prior-Palmer
Space Opera by Catherynne M. Valente
Round 2 Picks
Mergers and Acquisitions: Or, Everything I Know About Love I Learned on the Wedding Pages by Cate Doty
Gold Diggers by Sanjena Sathian
Luster by Raven Leilani
Featured Bookstores
Third Street Books in McMinnville, OR
Birchbark Books & Native Arts in Minneapolis, MN
Loyalty Bookstores in Washington, DC