Here’s what we suggest instead of/in addition to reading The Mistletoe Promise by Richard Paul Evans. Listen to the podcast to hear us talk about some of these titles in more depth!
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Episode 35 – Purity
Kait, Renata, and their guest Sophie (of Two Bossy Dames) read Purity by Jonathan Franzen, a length tome on technology, privacy, and mostly, how women are the worst. They are just the worst! Luckily, these women often have older men around, on whom to fixate their attention. If they’re lucky, they might even get to bone a writer! Also: Jonathan Franzen never got around to adopting that orphan to explain Youth Culture to him, and it shows. Listen now to hear us womansplain the internet!
Content warning: This book contains some questionable sexual content, and so does our discussion of it.
Readers advisory: Here.
Footnotes: The Song Franzen Called A “Great Song” At The End Of Purity Is The Worst Thing About Purity
Lunch With The FT: Jonathan Franzen
Orange Is The New Black Book Funeral
Purity by Jonathan Franzen review – dazzling, hilarious, and problematic
Candy pairing: Kait says overpriced organic fair trade chocolate, Renata says anything that’s been recalled, Sophie says 3 Musketeers.
Coming up next: The Mistletoe Promise by Richard Paul Evans.
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Readers Advisory: Episode 35 – Purity
Here’s what we suggest instead of/in addition to reading Purity by Jonathan Franzen. Listen to the podcast to hear us talk about some of these titles in more depth!
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Episode 34 – Whisper of Death
Kait, Renata, and their guests Abby (The Librarian) and Molly (author of The Princesses of Iowa) read Whisper of Death by Christopher Pike. It’s arguably even more bonkers than the last Christopher Pike book they read, even though it doesn’t even have any lizard people in it (as far as we can tell). Listen now to hear us attempt to unpack this convoluted, anti-bullying, anti-choice, 90s teen thriller!
Content warning: This book contains sexual assault and abortion, and so does our discussion of it.
Readers advisory: Here.
Footnotes: Tips for Teens from Christopher Pike
Candy pairing: Abby says Baby Bottle Pops, Kait says Milk Duds, Molly says Snickers with glass shards, Renata says dark chocolate espresso beans.
Coming up next: Purity by Jonathan Franzen.
* 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 34 – Whisper of Death
Here’s what we suggest instead of/in addition to reading Whisper of Death by Christopher Pike. Listen to the podcast to hear us talk about some of these titles in more depth!
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Episode 33 – The President Did Me From Behind and I Liked It
Kait, Renata, and their guests Becca and Kristi read The President Did Me From Behind And I Liked It, I Got Freaky With Santa Claus And I Liked It, and Bigfoot Did Me From Behind And I Liked It by Raven Blackbird. These self-published erotic comedies proved to be neither very erotic nor very comedic, but they are available for 99 cents on Amazon. Listen to this NSFW (unless you happen to work at the North Pole with Dirty Santa) episode now to hear us long for the straightforward world of dinosaur erotica.
Readers advisory: Here.
Footnotes: Fanfiction 101
Forget Dinosaur Erotica, It’s All About Bigfoot Erotica Now
Candy pairing: Becca says root beer barrels, Kait says Sour Skittles, Kristi says Reese’s peanut butter cups, Renata says Cadbury Screme Eggs.
Coming up next: Whisper of Death by Christopher Pike.
* 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 33 – The President Did Me From Behind And I Liked It
Here’s what we suggest instead of/in addition to reading The President Did Me From Behind And I Liked It by Raven Blackbird. Listen to the podcast to hear us talk about some of these titles in more depth!
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Episode 32 – Dino Park After Dark
Kait, Renata, and their guests Ashley and Sam dipped their toes into the confusing and unsanitary waters of creature erotica with Dino Park After Dark by Christie Sims & Alara Branwen. We’re still not convinced it adds up physiologically, but sometimes love is strange. A bonus (for us): it’s the shortest book we’ve read for the podcast, which gives us more time to devote to reading biographies of Alexander Hamilton!
Readers advisory: Here.
Footnotes: Q&A: The Women Who Write Dinosaur Erotica
Savage Love: Back in the Saddle
Oh Joy Sex Toy: Bad Dragon Cock Sheath review (NSFW)
Candy pairing: Ashley says restaurant peppermints, Kait says a bag of gummy dinos with a few gummy penises accidentally mixed in, Renata says bacon-flavor mystery Dum-Dums, Sam says dinosaur egg Peeps.
Coming up next: The President Did Me From Behind And I Liked It, I Got Freaky With Santa Claus And I Liked It, and Bigfoot Did Me From Behind And I Liked It by Raven Blackbird
* 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 32 – Dino Park After Dark
Here’s what we suggest instead of/in addition to reading Dino Park After Dark by Christie Sims & Alara Branwen. Listen to the podcast to hear us talk about some of these titles in more depth!
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Worst Bestsellers Drinking Game
In celebration of our one year podcastversary, we crowdsourced a Worst Bestsellers drinking game! (Originally, we intended to make a New Moon drinking game to play as we recorded our episode, but we decided it would work better to make a general Worst Bestsellers drinking game that we could play as we recorded, but also that you guys could play along with any Worst Bestsellers episode.)
Disclaimers: If you are not of legal drinking age, or do not partake in alcohol, or if it’s a school night, you can play with a non-alcoholic beverage! If you are playing with actual alcohol, remember that alcohol poisoning is real. Hydrate!
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