Late in the Fall of 2017, the Pine Reads Review (formerly known as Tucson Tales) staff was lucky enough to have dinner with the award-winning author Jillian Cantor. Her critically
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Just to put this into simpler terms: A woman, person of color and bisexual was the main character and she went—after saving the world—on vacation with her genius, kick-ass, CEO,
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Love, Simon hit a sweet spot, where there’s just enough cuts to appeal to audiences that prefer movies over books, but can also be enjoyed by those loyal to Simon
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In Love, Simon, we are lucky enough to get two separate scenes where Simon’s parents explicitly express their love and acceptance of him. Both of his parents talked to him
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The weekend that Love, Simon came out, I cried a little bit because I worked that weekend, and the Sunday I had off, I was called in. However, the following
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Here at Pine Reads Review, we spend quite a bit of time talking about young adult literature. It’s fresh, it’s funny, it’s relatable, it’s honest, it’s sometimes heart-wrenching, and it’s
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