As we head our way into August, we are also approaching back to school season. With this comes the need to get course books for college students, books for English and reading classes, or perhaps a book to pass time while you’re in school. Whatever the reason may be, you can get these books fairly cheaply or for no price at all.

Luckily, our very own Wayne County Public library is extremely large and offers a vast number of different genres for all ages. As it is a library obviously the books are all free, and with the sign up of a library card (providing you have a parent or guardian sign for you if you’re under 18) you can get as many as you want. Our library no longer has a set return time for how long you may keep the books, so you can keep them as long as it takes you to read them. When you finish your books, the library not only offers book pick ups, but also book drop offs just outside the doors of the building. Additionally, if you prefer to keep them on your phone instead of a physical copy, they also have e-book options on their website.

Inside the library are two whole floors filled with books. To your right of the entrance you will find the checkout area but if you walk past that you will also find the hold section. This is where your books go if you are waiting for a certain book to be brought back to the library. It goes by the last name of the hold that you placed and you can go grab it when the library notifies you that your book is there. Their first level is mostly children’s books, e-books, and their activity room, which hosts a variety of events throughout the year. But leading to the second floor are their enormous and beautiful steps, in which you can look out their windows to see a high up view of downtown Wooster. On the second floor is where their adult books and teen books are located. The teen books are actually located on what is named as the teen room. They have uniquely shaped couches that are quite comfortable, an assortment of genres, and a few computers which can be used for printing papers or other activities.

But if you’re looking for a book you can keep then you would want to go to Books In Stock. Books in Stock is a second-hand bookstore that is also two floors. It is a quiet but rather adorable looking bookshop that has an old feel to it, but it still remains in touch with newer books. Inside the store you can still smell that new book scent that all readers love without having to pay for full price books. If you’re looking for a specific genre of book then you needn’t look further, both floors are very well marked with signs above the bookcases, such as sci-fi, history, children’s books, self help, and fantasy.

Even if you’re not a reader I would encourage you to go to one or both of these places. Reading can truly be for everyone, it is all about finding your genre and tastes in books. Both of these places are a great place to explore your continued love of reading or to begin.