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We had the chance to chat with our September Contest winner, Aeden Romeyn about all things writing: from spooky stories to must-haves when creating great fiction, Aeden gives us the run-down on the creative process. 

In celebration of Women’s Equality Day, the members of the PRR team got together to discuss the importance of strong female characters in Young Adult literature. Check out this month’s episode to hear about some of our favorite female and female-identifying characters, romance in YA, and why we need well-written women and girls in literature. 

Hey Readers! The Pine Reads Podcast is back! While we're sad to see Sadie and Adrianna go, we're so excited to see what happens next for them post graduation. Your new hosts for this season, Taylor and Sophie, kick off this episode by discussing Summer Reading: the TBRs, tropes, and themes that make it fun! They are joined by new Pine Reads interns Emma and Megan, who have quite a few amazing recommendations to share. 

Check out some of the books we mentioned!

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo 

Chlorine Sky by Mahogany L. Browne

Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares

The Girl From the Sea by Molly Knox

Every Body Looking by Candance Iloh

The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han 

Burn for Burn Series by Siobhan Vivian and Jenny Han 

The Summer of Salt by Katrina Leno

Join your hosts, Sadie and Adrianna, in their last episode of the Pine Reads Podcast. Sadie shows Adrianna the ropes of fancasting with Happily Ever Afters by Elise Bryant and One of Us is Lying by Karen M. McManus, while Adrianna teaches Sadie the joy of Fanart. Which one is your favorite? 

On this very special episode of the Pine Reads Podcast, Adrianna and Sadie are joined by Jordan Emory Vens and Melanie Moreno, the winners of our Love Me, Love Me Not contest, and Vinny Cuadrado, the winner of our Spring Into Sci-Fi and Fantasy contest! Listen along to hear the winners read excerpts of their winning pieces, as well as chat with the hosts about their inspiration, writing processes, and other works!

On this episode of the Pine Reads Podcast your host Adrianna is joined by Pine Reads Review interns Taylor and Sophie to talk all about fantasy. Kale, Chaol, Coal? Rowan Whitethorn as Tinker Bell? Listen along as they talk about all the best staples of the fantasy genre: odd names and how they are pronounced, multiple POV changes, and many, many creatures. 

Books and Series Mentioned: The Mortal Instruments, The Infernal Devices, The Last Hours, The Dark Artifices, Vampire Academy, The Cruel Prince, Crave, Eragon, Throne of Glass, Air Awakens, Six of Crows, The Witch King, The Beautiful, Rebel of the Sands 

On today's episode of the Pine Reads Podcast, hosts Sadie and Adrianna judge the biggest battle of the season: who is the ultimate book boo? Fellow PRR interns Emily and Sophie join in to argue for who they think the best book boo is. This debate gets heated as the pair tries to convince Sadie and Adrianna that their book boo is the best. Who will win this bookish battle: Emily's choice, Kaz Brekker, or Sophie's pick, Matthias Helvar? Listen to find out!

SPOILER WARNING: This episode contains MAJOR spoilers for the Six of Crows duology by Leigh Bardugo.

Adrianna and Sadie are joined by two Pine Reads interns, Erika and Sophie, for a game of Guess Who: YA Book Character edition! Tensions rise and the players get competitive as they battle to see who has the most knowledge of famous YA book characters. Listen and play along, and be sure to let us know how many you guessed right!

Characters mentioned in this episode: 

Percy Jackson, Lara Jean Covey, Tessa Johnson, Hazel Grace Lancaster, Katniss Everdeen, Tris Prior, Kiva Meridan, Lenore Bennett, Bronwyn Rojas, Bree Matthews, Madeline Moore, Nate Macauley, Kaz Brekker, Inej Ghafa, Laia (An Ember in the Ashes!), Starr Carter, Simon Snow, June Iparis, Simon Spier

SPOILER WARNING: This episode contains MAJOR SPOILERS for the book HAPPILY EVER AFTERS. Read the book before listening to this episode! 

On today's episode of the Pine Reads Podcast, Sadie and Adrianna discuss all things HAPPILY EVER AFTERS by Elise Bryant! From sweet confections to love confessions, this fluffy YA rom-com is just delectable. Listen along to hear your hosts gush over all of the sweetness this book has to offer and why they're the latest members of the Tessa Johnson fan club!

Listen along as Sadie, Adrianna, and Taylor get into the Valentine's Day spirit with discussions of their favorite YA romances! From tears of sadness to tears of joy, these books have it all. Be sure to let us know what your favorite YA romance is!