All Episodes

The End of an Era (We're Graduating!)

Interview with Heather Colley

Eurosummer!

Booktok: Love It or Hate It?

Spring Reading

What Makes a Good Fantasy?

Love Is in the Air

A Deep Dive Into the Ballad of Never After-

Childhood Games & Comics!

Study Room Chat

Books for Autumn & Winter

A Deep Dive into the Seven Year Slip

Our Summer 2024 Reads!

A Deep Dive into Once Upon a Broken Heart (Part 2)

A Deep Dive into Once Upon a Broken Heart and Introducing Our Summer Reads

S8, E7: A Touch of Magic | Women in Literature and a Semi-related Tangent on King Arthur

S8, E6: A Lot More of Everything | The Grishaverse & Other Things (Pt. 2)

S8, E5: A Little Bit of Everything | The Grishaverse & Other Things (Pt. 1)

S8, E4: Introductions and Icebreakers | A Chat with Our New Host!

S8, E3: Nostalgia & Novels | Revisiting Wattpad Classics

S8, E2: Love is in the Air | Romances for Valentine's Day

S8, E1: A Love Letter to Angry Women | A Deep Dive on The Poppy War series by R.F. Kuang

S7, E7: Oh Yeah, One Last Thing! | Our Favorite Books of 2023

S7, E6: Written In the Stars | Assigning Books to Zodiac Signs (Pt. 2)

S7, E3: Myths, Monsters, Magic | Our Take on YA Fantasy

S7, E5: The Sun, Moon, and Stars | Assigning Books to Zodiac Signs (Pt. 1)

S7, E4: Everything Means Nothing Without You | The Importance of Quality Characters in Storytelling

S7, E2: Interview with Crispin Jeffrey-Franco, Co-owner of Stacks Book Club

S7, E1: All About Love | Thoughts on Fictional Romance

S6, E4: On Writing: A Conversation with October contest winner Cleo Florence

S6, E3: On Writing: A Conversation with September contest winner Aeden Romeyn

S6, E2: Women's Equality Day | What Strong Female Characters Mean To Us

S6, E1: Summer Lovin' | TBRs, Tropes, and Themes

S4, E8: Fancasts, Fanart, and Farewells | Casting Our Fave YA Books

S4, E7: Love and Sci-Fi | Readings from the Pine Reads 2022 Contest Winners

S4, E6: Teenagers, Tropes, and Tackling Tough Topics | Our Favorite YA Fantasy Books

S4, E5: A Six of Crows Showdown | Battle of the Book Boos

S4, E4: Guess Who? | A Pine Reads Game Show

S4, E3: The Tessa Johnson Fan Club | A Discussion of HAPPILY EVER AFTERS

S4, E2: Love, Love, Love | Our Favorite YA Romances

S4, E1: The Anti J-Name Episode | A Book Swap

S3, E8: The Holiday Special | Readings From Words of Winter Contest Winners

S3, E7: Out With the Old, In With the New | YA Classics of the 21st Century

S3, E6: The Good, The Bad, and The Questionable | Discussing Book-to-Film Adaptations

The Halloween Special | Readings from Our Spooky Story Contest Winners

S3, E4: The Books That Raised Us | Our Origin Stories

S3, E3: Bad Synopses | A Pine Reads Game Show

S3, E2: There's Something About The Tension | A Discussion of GIRL, SERPENT, THORN

S3, E1: It's All About The Books Baby! | New Hosts And New Reads

S2 Ep. 8: That's All She Wrote | Wrapping Up Season 2 With a Good Old Fashioned Book Swap

S2 Ep. 7: Death, Deception, & Daunis Fontaine | Why We Can't Stop Talking About FIREKEEPER'S DAUGHTER

S2 Ep. 6: She's a Monster | Anti-Heroines and Women Villains in YA Lit

S2 Ep. 5: Once and Future Queen | Arthurian Retellings, Black Girl Magic, & the One and Only Bree Matthews

S2 Ep. 4: Growing Pains | New Adult Books, Life After High School, & Coming-of-Age in YA Contemporary

S2 Ep. 3: It Takes Two to Tango | Dual Narratives and Why We Love Them

S2 Ep. 2: It's All About the Yearning | The Best (and Worst) Romance Tropes

S2 Ep. 1: New Year, New TBR | Books We're Collectively Longing for in 2021

S1 Ep. 12: Wrapping Up Season 1 | The Books of YA Past, Present, and Yet to Come

S1 Ep. 11: Art School, Catfishing, and Love Triangles...Oh My! | Discussing FELIX EVER AFTER by Kacen Callender

S1 Ep. 10: Speculative Indigenous Voices | ELATSOE and RACE TO THE SUN

S1 Ep. 9: Halloween Hauntings | Cemetery Boys

S1 Ep. 8: Investigating the Truth | YA Mysteries

S1 Ep. 7: Returning to Darius | Darius the Great Deserves Better

S1 Ep. 6: Diving into Different Cultures | Darius the Great is Not Okay

S1 Ep. 5: Exploring Intersectionality in Young Adult Literature

S1 Ep. 4: Return to Panem | The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

S1 Ep. 3: Diversifying Sci-Fi and Fantasy | Books with LGBTQ+ Romances and BIPOC Protagonists

S1 Ep. 2: Mental Health Representation in Young Adult Literature

S1 Ep. 1: Introducing Your Hosts | Books, Backgrounds, and More

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