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The Pine Reads Podcast is BACK! Hosts Sadie and Adrianna kick off season 4 with a passionate discussion of their recent book swap. Listen along to hear Adrianna lose her mind over One Of Us Is Lying, Sadie share her thoughts on babies born in space, and why they both detest characters whose names start with the letter J! 

In this jolly season finale, hosts Adrianna and Sadie are joined by the two winners of the Pine Reads Review Words of Winter writing contest: Gabriel and Logan. Get to hear readings of their festive winning pieces, learn about their holiday traditions, and much more! 

Special thanks to Gabriel and Logan for joining us for this episode, and a big congratulations to them for winning our Words of Winter contest!

Percy Jackson and The Olympians by Rick Riordan, The Fault in Our Stars by John Green, and Twilight by Stephenie Meyer are all household names in the world of YA literature. In this episode of the Pine Reads Podcast, Sadie and Adrianna are joined by three special guests to discuss why they believe these books deserve to be recognized as classics, their cultural impacts, and their predictions on what the future holds for these iconic YA titles.

SPOILER WARNING: This episode contains in-depth discussions and spoilers for the Percy Jackson and The Olympians series, The Fault in Our Stars, and the Twilight series.

Join Adrianna, Sadie, and Taylor as they talk about their most loved and most hated book-to-film adaptations. Listen to hear a debate of the age old question "is the book better than the movie?", Sadie lose it over the events in The Mortal Instruments, and the most important thing of all: are your hosts Team Jacob or Team Edward. 

This episode features an in depth discourse about popular YA novels and contains some MAJOR SPOILERS. 

In today's spooky Halloween episode of the Pine Reads Podcast, hosts Sadie and Adrianna are joined by Aeden and Ezikiel, the winners of the Pine Reads Spooky Short Story and Poetry contest! Get to hear chilling readings of their winning pieces, a behind-the-scenes look at their writing processes, and much more!

Special thanks to Aeden and Ezikiel for joining us for this episode, and a big congratulations to them for winning our first ever Spooky Story and Poetry contest!

Join Adrianna and Sadie as they recount their favorite books growing up and the impact they had on their reading journeys. 

Books mentioned in this episode:

Johnny Lion's Book by Edith Thacher Hurd & illustrated by Clement Hurd, Harvey Potter's Balloon Farm by Jerdine Nolen, Catalina Magdalena Hoopensteiner Wallendiner Hogan Logan Bogan Was Her Name by Tedd Arnold, Skippyjon Jones by Judy Schachner, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie series by Laura Numeroff & illustrated by Felicia Bond, There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly by Lucille Colandro & illustrated by Jared Lee, Magic Treehouse series by Mary Pope-Osborn, Rotten Apple/Candy Apple series, Franny K. Stein series by Jim Benton, Ivy and Bean series by Annie Barrows & illustrated by Sophie Blackall, Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson, Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo, Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan, The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare, The Fault In Our Stars by John Green, and The Vampire Academy series Richelle Mead

On today's episode, Sadie and Adrianna are joined by two special guests, fellow Pine Reads Review staff members Erika and Kayla for a fun book guessing game! Play along with your hosts and their guests, and try to guess the book based on their bad synopses.

CONTENT WARNINGS: Today's episode contains brief discussions of cancer, death, murder, the confederacy, and white-washed characters in films.

This episode may also contain spoilers for the following books: The Fault in Our Stars by John Green, Divergent by Veronica Roth, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, Simon vs. The Homosapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli, Pride and Premeditation by Tirzah Price, They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera, Dumplin' by Julie Murphy, Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson, Twilight by Stephenie Meyer, Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust, XOXO by Axie Oh, Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan, Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo, and Now That I've Found You by Kristina Forest. There are also spoilers for the film Jane.

Join our hosts for a roundtable discussion of Melissa Bashardoust's GIRL, SERPENT, THORN, a recent YA, Persian fairytale re-telling. Topics include: a brief summary, some of our favorite moments, our ships and their wrecks, the poisonous ending, and that sweet, sweet tension. SPOILERS AHEAD!

Get to know your new hosts and their favorite books from this summer!

Books featured in today's episode:  

From the Desk of Zoe Washington by Janae Marks

XOXO by Axie Oh

Last Chance Books by Kelsey Rodkey

The Prison Healer by Lynette Noni

In the season 2 finale, join Hannah, Jackie, and Wendy for one last bookish chat. After choosing books for each other to read, our hosts discuss FIREBORNE by Rosaria Munda, PERMANENT RECORD by Mary H.K. Choi, and LEGEND by Marie Lu, as well as some of their most anticipated releases and favorite podcast moments. As always, thanks for listening and keep reading, folks!