Monthly Archives: September 2016

Episode 58 – Eclipse

Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer

It’s been two years since our very first episode, when Caroline of Fantastic Fangirls read Twilight by Stephenie Meyer with us! (And one year since we read New Moon!) And now we’ve added Danielle to our crew to play the Worst Bestsellers drinking game discuss the third book in the saga, Eclipse. Even though not that much happens in this book, and there are barely any Civil War vampire scenes, we couldn’t stop talking about it, and we hope you enjoy listening to it! Thanks to all our Best Listeners for two great years!

Readers advisory: Twilight

New Moon

Eclipse

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Footnotes: Another Look at Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight

American Indians in Children’s Literature on Twilight

Sucking The Quileute Dry

Truth Versus Twilight

Running With The Wolves: A Racialicious Reading of Twilight

Worst Bestsellers Drinking Game

Candy pairing:  Caroline says Nerds, Danielle says Pop Tarts, Kait says Mike and Ikes, Renata says Twizzlers.

Coming up next: A is for Alibi by Sue Grafton.

 

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(But no pressure, we’re also happy if you get these items from your local library or independent bookstore.)

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Readers Advisory: Episode 58 – Eclipse

Here’s what we suggest instead of/in addition to reading Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer. Listen to the podcast to hear us talk about some of these titles in more depth! See also: our readers advisory for Twilight and our readers advisory for New Moon.

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Episode 57 – The Selection

The Selection by Kiera Cass 

Kait, Renata, and their guest Sophi received special hand-delivered invitations to discuss The Selection by Kiera Cass. Imagine a combination of The Bachelor and The Hunger Games, but then throw that combination in the trash and read a J. Crew catalog instead, and that’s The Selection. The worldbuilding and characters make no sense, and yet somehow…we loved it even more than Prince Maxon of Illea loves America Singer? We can’t explain it, but we all accepted this rose, and we hope you will too.

Readers advisory: Here.

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Footnotes: The Selection caste system

The Selection map

Rose Buddies podcast

The Selection CW promo

Yes, The CW Passed on The Selection

 Candy pairing:  Kait says a fancy lollipop, Renata says cotton candy, Sophi says rock candy.

Coming up next: Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer (and the return of the Worst Bestsellers Drinking Game!)

 

* Worst Bestsellers is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.

(But no pressure, we’re also happy if you get these items from your local library or independent bookstore.)

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Readers Advisory: Episode 57 – The Selection

Here’s what we suggest instead of/in addition to reading The Selection by Kiera Cass. Listen to the podcast to hear us talk about some of these titles in more depth!

Continue reading

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