Pine Reads Pod Reviews

"With millions of dollars at stake, walking away isn't an option."  Do you crave an adventure beyond Earth or do want to solve a good mystery? Well, in this episode of Pine Reads Pod Review, Nick and Noah sit down and put on their space monocles and try to crack open the mystery of a mind bending substance and the shady company, Babel Communications, in Scott Reintgen's novel, Nyxia. 

“…not to critique the American Dream or anything, BUT…” Teens, authors, and a last goodbye! Tune into this very special episode to hear author Matt Mendez and three teen reading ambassadors from World of Words join us as we review Dealing in Dreams! Christy tries to radicalize some teenagers! Matt talks about allegory! Our teen cohosts weigh in on the age question! All that and more in this episode of Pine Reads Pod Reviews!

“You cannot joust without stirrups, you idiots!” Sci-Fi Jeff Bezos and King Arthur! Sapphic King Arthur retelling in space! Christy gets heated about medieval Europe! Jen gets roasted! We get a lot of the Arthur myths totally wrong! All that and more in this episode of Pine Reads Pod Reviews!

"Humans are the problem.” Disaster teens face off against angst. The real monster was their trauma. Creepy lullabies, Stranger Things, hat semantics, and a good good cat! Christy wants to stab a boy! Jen says a bad word! We’re here for girls with swords! All that and more in this episode of Pine Reads Pod Reviews!

“Listen, just because you majored in three things, doesn’t mean you get to make fun of us!” Is this book really YA? Are our hosts really grownups? Will we ever figure out what episode number we're up to? Vivisection, mountainous callouts, Penny Dreadful, and compulsive heterosexuality! Jen went to corpse camp! Chris doesn’t know what color muscle is! Christy says some cursed things! All that and more on this episode of Pine Reads Pod Reviews!

“I could punch an owl, is what I’m saying.” Gender fluid Italian adventures with magic! Alanna, but actually becoming a boy!   Flap copy, life-or-death makeouts, fantasy Franco-Italian relations, and the relative merits of queer allegory! Christy has some serious revelations about her gender! Michelle claims geese kill people! We discover a typo and commit some book sins! All that and more in our review of The Brilliant Death by Amy Rose Capetta!

“Meredith, it’s the Illuminati!”   The power of friendship steals from imperialists! Magical realism meets interesting historical fantasy! Sneaky teens have a bad time!   We start a new format! Jen’s got more Classics knowledge than she knows what to do with, Michelle shares a hot take, and Christy yells about secret societies! All that and more in our review of The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi!

“I got that Finding Nemo vibe.” Is the world still a scary place with robots to keep everyone in check? A lonely scientist, her robot babies, and the return of our favorite goose! Lee gets his dogs! Cheyenne talks about her dog! We just really love dogs! All that and more in this episode of Pine Reads Pod Reviews!

“I want her to show this dog the wild side.” Do robots actually speak dog? An old man, a Tesla, and some hypothetical chickens in some hypothetical danger! Lee admits he likes dogs better than geese! Cheyenne debates robot voices and the Uncanny Valley! We wonder how this wild robot is planning to escape! All that and more in this episode of Pine Reads Pod Reviews!