Hood River County Reads gets started this weekend. Kickoff programs and book distributions are planned for Saturday at the Hood River, Cascade Locks, and Parkdale library branches, with a program at the Hood River library at 2 p.m. This year’s book is a graphic memoir A Fire Story by Brian Fies, which chronicles the 2017 wildfires in Northern California in which his home and thousands of others were burned. Hood River County Reads member Bonnie Withers says she’s excited about choosing a book with the graphic format. A complete schedule of Hood River County Reads events to take place in April and early May are available at hoodriverlibrary.org.