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Do you tell your children to Beware the Wheelers? Do you have an unreasonable fear of Judge Doom putting you in The Dip? Do you wish that Artax had fought harder to resist the sadness? Then this episode is for you! This month, Jen, Rob, and Brendan tackle a 32-movie bracket of traumatic, nightmare-inducing children's movies, March Madness-style. Only one movie can win it all, but which will it be?…
Do you tell your children to Beware the Wheelers? Do you have an unreasonable fear of Judge Doom putting you in The Dip? Do you wish that Artax had fought harder to resist the sadness? Then this episode is for you! This month, Jen, Rob, and Brendan tackle a 32-movie bracket of traumatic, nightmare-inducing children's movies, March Madness-style. Only one movie can win it all, but which will it be?…
Spring has sprung - and so have rivalries, revolutions, and long-forgotten stories! Julie and Karen return with another Find Your Next Read episode, rounding up the buzziest spring releases and taking a closer look at historical fiction, a genre packed with intrigue, resilience, and echoes of the world we live in today. Check out this list of books talked about in the episode:…
Emma Pattee is a climate journalist and fiction writer whose work has appeared in The Atlantic, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Guardian, and more. Her debut novel, Tilt, is the 2026 selection for the Hillsboro Reads program and is a national bestseller, a New York Times Editor's Choice, and was named a best book of the year by NPR, Time, Vogue, and Bustle. Set in Portland, Oregon,…
You don't want to wait for your life to be over, you want to know right now, is Dawson's Creek worth watching? There is never enough time in the day to watch all those television shows that people are always talking about, or to catch up on the ones you missed. On today's podcast episode, we experiment with a new way to alleviate TV FOMO by only watching the first and last episode of a series.…
Find Your Next hosts Julie and Karen are back to share some upcoming winter book releases they are excited about, and to share their favorite audiobook narrators. Check out the list of books recommended in this episode: https://wccls.bibliocommons.com/v2/list/display/1297716497/2915817487
For this year's Halloween episode, Jen, Rob, and Brendan watch the 2023 film Late Night with the Devil on Kanopy, the library's streaming video service. Tune in to listen to their review, and find out if it's really a good idea to commune with devil on live television!
Jenny, Rob, and Brendan are back on the pod to explore more of Kanopy, the steaming video service you have access to with your WCCLS library card. This time around, they pick out some horror movie selections, discuss which ones they think would work well for a group watch, and land on a flick you'll (hopefully) love. So go on over to Kanopy , spend a credit to watch Late Night with the Devil and…
Jen and Elizabeth from Hillsboro Public Library's SciFi Fantasy Collective return to the pod to celebrate the sixth anniversary of the show! They join Brendan to preview this year's Rose City Comic Con coming to the Oregon Convention Center Sept. 05-07. They talk about what they've been reading lately, which authors and comics creators will be at the con, how excited they are about the Goonies and…
Find Your Next hosts Julie and Karen are here to help you get ready for summer with some of the hottest upcoming releases! Check out the list of books recommended in this episode: https://wccls.bibliocommons.com/v2/list/display/1297716497/2793482017
