I Blame My Shelf

I Blame My Shelf

Hillsboro Public Library

Episodes 53
Avg. Duration 43m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 4.9 (14)
Since Sep 2019
Latest Episode Mar 2026

Publishing Details

Schedule
Every 2 Months
Format
Episodic
Consistency
54%
Hosting
rss.libsyn.com

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About This Podcast

A monthly podcast brought to you by staff at the Hillsboro Public Library. We talk about about books, comics, gaming, TV, movies, and pop culture. We are committed to helping you find your next thing to read, watch, or play.

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Recent Episodes

Hillsboro Reads 2026 - An Interview with Author Emma Pattee

Mar 09, 2026 28m

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…

TV FOMO: The First and Last Episodes of Dawson's Creek

Feb 25, 2026 1h 42m

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…

Find Your Next Read - Cozy Winter Edition ❄️📚❄️

Dec 22, 2025 46m

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…

Late Night with the Library 👻😈💀

Oct 27, 2025 1h 19m

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…

Spooky Season on Kanopy! 👻😱🧛

Oct 02, 2025 30m

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…

Hey You Guys! Rose City Comic Con Preview

Aug 28, 2025 48m

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…

Find Your Next Read - Sizzlin' Summer Edition!☀️📚⛱️

Jun 17, 2025 27m

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: …

Librarian Brendan's Super Happy Fun Riddle Game Where the Winner Gets 5 Bucks!!

Apr 16, 2025 1h 13m

On this month's episode of the podcast, library staff members Kate & Jen face off in the library's Thunderdome of Riddles to see who will prevail in this devastatingly difficult gauntlet of…

March Madness - Best Literary Villain

Mar 12, 2025 1h 44m

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…

Find Your Next Read: February Releases & Romantasy 🐉💘⚔️

Feb 03, 2025 31m

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…

Holiday Movie Madness 🎄🎅❄️

Dec 02, 2024 1h 26m

Get your sleigh bells and airhorns ready, its time for the holiday movie showdown! In this episode repost, Jen and Brendan browse the holiday collection at the library and put together a 32-movie…

Hillsboro Public Library vs. The Evil Dead 💀💀💀

Oct 23, 2024 1h 24m

On this week's episode, Jen, Rob, and Brendan watch the 1987 film Evil Dead 2 on Kanopy, the library's streaming video service. Tune in to listen to their review, and find out if Evil Dead 2 really…

Kanopy Watch Party - Spooky Edition! 👻😱🧛

Oct 14, 2024 36m

Jenny and Brendan return to 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…

Find Your Next Read: Fall Releases and Cozy Fantasy

Sep 30, 2024 26m

Get ready for low stakes and tea puns! Find Your Next hosts Julie and Karen are back to share the October and November releases they're most excited about, and to give you a run down some of the best…

Find Your Next Read: The Books of Summer☀️📚⛱️

Jun 20, 2024 29m

Find Your Next host Julie is back, bringing in librarians Chris and Rob to recommed some of the summer's hottest new releases and trends for both kids and adults! Enjoy! Here's a list of the books…

BiblioBirders: Spring Birding at the Brookwood Library 🐦‍⬛🦆🪿

Apr 24, 2024 20m

Katherine and Jay, also known as the BiblioBirders, join the podcast to talk about all the birds you can find on the trails and in the ponds behind the Hillsboro Brookwood Library this spring. Here…

TV FOMO: The First And Last Episodes Of Supernatural

Mar 21, 2024 1h 52m

There will never be 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 may have missed. But on today's podcast episode we…

Hillsboro Reads 2024 - An Interview with Author Thien Pham

Mar 06, 2024 35m

Thien Pham is a graphic novelist, comic artist, and educator based in Oakland, CA. He is the author and illustrator of the graphic novels Family Style and Sumo and did the art for the middle-grade…

Hillsboro Reads 2024 - An Interview with Author Cindy Baldwin

Mar 04, 2024 27m

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…

Find Your Next Read: HPL Staff Picks the Best Books of 2023

Jan 03, 2024 16m

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:…

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