March Madness - Best Literary Villain
Mar 12, 2025
March Madness is back! This month, Jen and Brendan tackle a bracket of literary villains to determine who is the most conniving, most ruthless, and most cold-blooded of them all.
Click here to see the list of books mentioned in the episode.
Find the incomplete bracket here, and the completed bracket
Find Your Next Read: February Releases & Romantasy 🐉💘⚔️
Feb 3, 2025
Ah, love is in air... and it's hurtling across the sky on the back of an enormous fire-breathing dragon! Julie and Karen are back with another Find Your Next Read episode. This time around, they're talking about what upcoming February titles they are looking forward to and try their best to define Romantasy, the hottest...
Hillsboro Reads 2024 - An Interview with Author Cindy Baldwin
Mar 4, 2024
Cindy Baldwin is the author of the critically acclaimed novels Where the Watermelons Grow, Beginners Welcome, The Stars of Whistling Ridge, and No Matter the Distance (a Junior Library Guild selection). Her book Where the Watermelons Grow is the Hillsboro Reads 2024 selection for young readers.
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Find Your Next Read: HPL Staff Picks the Best Books of 2023
Jan 3, 2024
Looking for some great reads from 2023? Hillsboro Public Library staff share some of their favorites of the last year.
Here's the list of titles from the podcast episode: https://wccls.bibliocommons.com/list/share/1297716497/2450904359
Find Your Next Read: Winter Releases and LitRPGs
Nov 22, 2023
Faeries and djinn, cooking and family secrets, romance and murder are all on the menu this Winter. Hosts Julie and Karen share some upcoming releases they’re excited about, and guest Phil joins them to talk about LitRPGs and why they're so hot right now.
Here are some lists the books mentioned in this...