Here’s what we suggest instead of/in addition to reading Rotten Romans (Horrible Histories series) by Terry Deary & Martin Brown. Listen to the podcast to hear us talk about some of these titles in more depth!
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Readers Advisory: Episode 129 – Rotten Romans (Horrible Histories series)
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Episode 128 – Pickle Puss (Polk Street School)
Flashback Summer continues with a trip to the Polk Street School, where the kids aren’t alright. Becca joined us to read Pickle Puss by Patricia Reilly Giff, an early chapter book about how not to run a summer reading program or care for a pet. Listen to this episode on your way to deceive your local librarian!
Readers advisory: Here.
Footnotes: Endangered Series: The Kids of Polk Street School.
Candy Pairing: Becca says melted Hershey’s kisses, Kait says sugar free hard candy, Renata says Scandinavian Swimmers.
Coming up next: Rotten Romans (Horrible Histories series) by Terry Deary & Martin Brown.
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Episode 127 – Sideways Stories from Wayside School
The next stop on our Flashback Summer vacation is the 30th floor of an elementary school. Literary agent Amy joined us to read Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar. Everyone should listen to this episode, unless you’re secretly a dead rat in a raincoat. Dead rats are not allowed. Everyone else, join us on Apple podcasts before Mrs. Gorf turns you into an apple!
Readers advisory: Here.
Footnotes: “The Absurd Joy of ‘Sideways Stories From Wayside School'” by Adrienne LaFrance
Candy Pairing: Amy says candy apples, Kait says Sky Bars, Renata says dinosaur egg oatmeal.
Coming up next: Pickle Puss (Polk Street School Kids series) by Patricia Reilly Giff.
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Episode 126 – Bunnicula
It’s the return of Flashback Summer and the 40th anniversary of beloved children’s classic Bunnicula by James & Deborah Howe. We were joined by Laura to discuss the story of some irresponsible pet owners. Listen now to hear one weird trick to make your vegetables more Instagrammable!
Readers advisory: Here.
Footnotes: “The Enduring Legacy of Bunnicula, a 40-Year-Old In-Joke That’s Still Hilarious” by Sarah Gailey
Candy Pairing: Kait says Ecto Cooler, Laura says white chocolate, Renata says white Skittles.
Coming up next: Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar.
* 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.
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Readers Advisory: Episode 126 – Bunnicula
Here’s what we suggest instead of/in addition to reading Bunnicula by James and Deborah Howe. Listen to the podcast to hear us talk about some of these titles in more depth!
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Transcript: Episode 125 – Interview With the Vampire
Hello! This is an experiment. We love the idea of having podcast transcripts and we know they’re important for accessibility, but the truth is it’s also very expensive and time-consuming to create transcripts, and, well, we all have full-time non-podcast jobs. This transcript was largely done by the Otter app with editing by our editor Becca. We’d like to keep making transcripts of our episodes but won’t be able to do them regularly.
We know this transcript isn’t perfect, but we hope you enjoy it anyway! If you have feedback about this transcript or how we can make transcripts more useful for you, you can email us at worstbestsellers at gmail.com or let us know on Twitter or Facebook!
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Episode 125 – Interview With the Vampire
We ran out of Twilight books so we had to read about some less-sparkly vampires, ugh! Fortunately, we were #blessed with the company of not only Meredith Goldstein (author of the Boston Globe’s Love Letters column as well as the books Can’t Help Myself and Chemistry Lessons) but also a live audience at Trident Booksellers, for our discussion of Interview With the Vampire by Anne Rice. If you weren’t able to join us in person, now at last you can hear our agonized discussion of a book with a lot of arson and insufficient glam (which could have been rectified by the addition of Cher.)
Transcript (experimental): Here.
Readers advisory: Here.
Footnotes: Interview With the Vampire film on Wikipedia
Candy Pairing: Kait says black jellybeans, Meredith says Hershey’s Hugs, Renata says atomic fireballs.
Coming up next: Bunnicula by Deborah and James Howe.
* 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.
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Readers Advisory: Episode 125 – Interview With The Vampire
Here’s what we suggest instead of/in addition to reading Interview With The Vampire by Anne Rice. Listen to the podcast to hear us talk about some of these titles in more depth!
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