I Blame My Shelf

For this year's Halloween episode, Jen, Rob, and Brendan head to the moors for the 1981 horror-comedy classic An American Werewolf in London, available on Kanopy, the library's streaming video service. Tune in for their review, and remember to beware the moon!

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. For this third 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 An American Werewolf in London and tune in to our next episode to hear our reviews!

Click here to see a list of all the Kanopy films talked about in this episode.

The leaves are turning, the nights are getting longer, and there's magic in the air! Julie and Karen return with another Find Your Next Read episode, rounding up the most anticipated fall fiction releases and stirring up a special look at witchy fiction, from cozy spells and family secrets to dark magic and everything in between.

Check out this list of books talked about in the episode: https://tinyurl.com/26yr8yff

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? Tune in to find out!

• Click here to see the a list of movies discussed in the episode.
• Find the incomplete bracket here.

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? Tune in to find out!

• Click here to see the a list of movies discussed in the episode.
• Find the incomplete bracket here.

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: https://tinyurl.com/26yr8yff

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, Pattee's powerful debut novel tells a gripping story of survival, resilience, and human connection after a massive 9.0 earthquake strikes the Pacific Northwest—an especially resonant story for our community.

Find Tilt and the books Emma recommends in the catalog here: https://wccls.bibliocommons.com/v2/list/display/1297716497/2976820967

Hillsboro Reads 2026 runs through the month of March. Learn more about the Hillsboro Reads selection and events here: https://www.hillsboro-oregon.gov/our-city/departments/library/events-and-programs/hillsboro-reads

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. Does it do the trick? Can you go to parties and pretend you've seen the whole show? Find out as Jen, Brendan, and Rob give it a try with Dawson's Creek!

Check out the whole show from the library here: https://tinyurl.com/53mx82hm

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!