Tag: sexuality

Celebrate National Coming Out Day with Queer YA Lit

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Last week, we celebrated Banned Books Week, seven days of promoting challenged books and speaking out against censorship. As I read list after list of banned books and the reasons

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Seven Romance Recommendations for the Romance-Repulsed

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Okay, maybe “repulsed” is too strong of a word, but if you’re anything like me, you don’t actively seek out rom-coms or read every single book featuring enemies-to-lovers or cry

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Death by Society | Sierra Elmore

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Death By Society by Sierra Elmore  Out now from Elm Street Publishing; 376 Pages  Content warning: suicide  Bio: Sierra Elmore is a YA contemporary and thriller novel writer as well

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Tough Topics In YA Literature

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Spoilers for On The Subject Of Unmentionable Things by Julia Walton Julia Walton aims to write about conventionally hard issues to tackle in YA books getting into the nitty gritty

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Celebrating Black Boy Joy

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Content Warnings: Police brutality, death of a loved one, racism, anxiety, depression, COVID-19, pandemic discussions What is joy made out of? Is it made of bubbles, talking lizards, spaceships and

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PRR Staff’s Most Anticipated Summer Reads

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After a year of Zoom University, we at Pine Reads Review are so ready for summer break. And what better way to celebrate summer than reading a new book (or

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