March 15, 2022
More Than 16,000 Students Receive Library CardsPlus, we renewed cards for another 46,900 students. Watch for yours in the mail and start using it immediately. |
March 14, 2022
'Libraries Are at the Heart of Everything I Love'Adult Services Librarian, Thea Hart, shares what inspired her career path, a must-read feminist author and some of her favorite places to go birding in Washington County. |
February 2, 2022
Top 21 Titles of 2021: Children’s FictionSome series have serious staying power. |
January 25, 2022
Top 21 Titles of 2021: Young Adult FictionFriendship and loyalty, secrets and lies, tragedy and hope. There’s a lot to love about YA novels. Here, the books patrons devoured last year. |
January 20, 2022
Top 21 Movies of 2021From superhero flicks and action films to book adaptations and period dramas, see what topped the checkout charts last year. |
January 11, 2022
'Truly My Happy Place' is How This Patron Describes His Favorite LibraryAbilash Gunta, an immigrant from India, was awestruck by the beauty of the Hillsboro Brookwood Library and the freedom that came with having a WCCLS library card. |
January 6, 2022
Top 21 Titles of 2021: Adult Non-FictionSurprisingly, none of these books were published in 2021. See what non-fiction reads patrons gobbled up last year. |
January 4, 2022
Top 21 Titles of 2021: Adult FictionSee which books made the list. Hint: John Grisham is still wildly popular and Washington County can’t get enough of Kristin Hannah. |
December 15, 2021
Amy Starke is a Serious BibliophileAs a 9-year-old, she received special approval to check out books from the adult section of the library. Today she’s on a first-name basis with the staff at Garden Home Community Library where she has checked out more than 400 items since 2018. |
December 13, 2021
10 Most Popular Books of 2021The titles and series – new and old, for the young and the young at heart – that were most searched in our catalog this past year. |