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Retellings Roundtable | Cinderella is Dead & Geekerella

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Warning: Spoilers included below for Geekerella by Ashley Poston and Cinderella is Dead by Kalynn Bayron. Trigger Warnings for Geekerella : Moderately strong language, emotional abuse Trigger Warnings for Cinderella

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When in Doubt, Go to the Bookstore | Welcoming Tyler Steffen to the Pine Reads Team

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When in Doubt, Go to the Bookstore | Welcoming Tyler Steffen to the Pine Reads Team If someone asked me where I am happiest, I would probably say any place

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Charming as a Verb | College Applications, High School Reputations, and Scary New Love…Oh My!

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Warning: Major spoilers for Charming as a Verb by Ben Philippe below! I remember all too well those days when all I could think about was what college I was

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Throwback Thursday Review | The Ascendance Series | Jennifer A. Nielsen

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Warning: This blog contains major spoilers for The Ascendance Series by Jennifer A. Nielsen. I first read The Ascendance Series (what used to be The Ascendance Trilogy) by Jennifer A.

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Endless Possibilities | Welcoming Karyme Cuadras to the Pine Reads Team

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When I was younger, I thought of reading as a task instead of something that could be done for entertainment. Whenever I had to read for a class, I would

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Bisexual Visibility in YA

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Spoilers ahead for The Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar (Page Street Kids, 2020) and Music from Another World by Robin Talley (Inkyard Press, 2020).  As today is Bisexual Visibility Day,

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