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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Episode 107 – 4th Anniversary Twilight Spectacular
It’s our 4th anniversary! Traditionally, we’ve read a new book from the Twilight saga each year to celebrate our anniversary. But last year, we finished the saga, so this year we decided to create our own Twilight adventure. Danielle (of Hello World Tarot) ran a Twilight-themed D&D (5th edition) adventure for Kait, Renata, and Amy (of WTF Is America?). Listen now to hear what happens when a dwarf, a half-elf, and a dark elf walk into a Steaks & Cakes in Forks, Washington and roll for initiative. Please accept 20 points of gratitude for listening to us for all these years!
Footnotes: Renata’s Wolverine character sheet
Episode 40 – Twilight: Life & Death
Worst Bestsellers Drinking Game
Coming up next: My Sweet Audrina by V. C. Andrews.
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Bonus Episode III – Twilight Movies
We’re taking a break from our regularly scheduled book podcast to release this bonus episode about the movies of the Twilight saga! As a Patreon goal, we watched all 5 films and recorded our reactions to them. (Renata’s dazzled reactions and Kait’s….less-dazzled reactions.)
Special note: Check out our Bygone Badass Broads Giveaway, running through 3/25/18, to support an independent bookstore and get cool stuff!
Apologies: Sorry for the delayed episodes and for the iffy audio quality of the first part of these episodes!
Readers advisory: Here.
Footnotes: Storified #TwiWBS
Storified #TwiWBS Breaking Dawn Part 1
Storified #TwiWBS Breaking Dawn Part 2
Candy pairing: Cranberry-apple cider punch
Coming up next: Suzanne’s Diary for Nicholas by James Patterson.
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Episode 82 – Breaking Dawn
It’s been three years since our very first episode, when Carrie read Twilight by Stephenie Meyer with us! (And two years since we read New Moon and one year since we read Eclipse!) We’re back to play the Worst Bestsellers drinking game and drunkenly discuss the final book in the saga, Breaking Dawn. It’s a book with something for everyone–a wedding, a horrifyingly graphic birth scene, a baby, a werewolf pack schism, and a vampire named Renata. Thanks to all our Best Listeners for three great years of terrible books!
How the #podcat gets made 😻 pic.twitter.com/phEOZaVls7
— Renata Sancken (@renatasnacks) September 8, 2017
It’s that time, once again. #wbsdrinkinggame pic.twitter.com/iAJ9COjqMo
— kait 👻🏳️🌈🎃 (@fourteenacross) September 8, 2017
Readers advisory: Twilight
Footnotes: Bonus Episode – Twilight Movies (Patreon patrons only)
Iron Wine – “Flightless Bird, American Mouth” (Breaking Dawn wedding song)
We Might Be Getting More ‘Hunger Games’ and ‘Twilight’ Movies
Great Comet’s Creator Still Can’t Believe How His Show Ended
How Did This Get Made? #27 – Breaking Dawn Part 1
How Did This Get Made? #50 – Breaking Dawn Part 2
Worst Bestsellers Drinking Game
Candy pairing: Carrie says Lik-M-Aid, Kait says Jordan almonds, Renata says Doritos.
Coming up next: Handbook for Mortals by Lani Sarem.
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Episode 58 – Eclipse
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
Special note: We’ve launched our Patreon! Please check it out for information on how to support us.
Footnotes: Another Look at Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight
American Indians in Children’s Literature on 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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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 40 – Twilight Life and Death
For this special episode, Kait, Renata, and their guests Amy (of Join the Girl Gang and Panels), Caroline (of Fantastic Fangirls and Panels), and Samuel (a dazzling youth) all read Twilight Life and Death, the 10th anniversary, gender-swapped edition of Twilight by Stephenie Meyer. We broke down what we liked about the gender swapped version (Julie of the Werewolves) and what we didn’t (Jeremy is a real downgrade from Jessica) and attempted to unpack teenage sexuality in the world of the Twilight saga. Most importantly: Stephenie Meyer played The Rock, Paper, Snikt with us.
Spoiler warning: In this episode we briefly discussed Star Wars: The Force Awakens, just in case you haven’t seen it yet and are still concerned about spoilers.
Readers advisory: Twilight
Footnotes: Twilight vs. Life and Death: A sexy vampire glossary
Fangirl’s Guide to the Galaxy review
36 Ways Twilight changes when the genders are reversed
Twilight Wiki: Life and Death to Twilight Book Differences
Storytellers: New Voices of the Twilight Saga
oh my god, I can go on record saying that one difference between old and new twilight is @TheRock oh my god pic.twitter.com/azCqpn5EJL
— alexis nedd (@alexisthenedd) October 6, 2015
@alexisthenedd haha I would whistle at her…!!
— Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) October 6, 2015
Saw the new Twilight book.. just call me “The Whistler”;) https://t.co/BG6NnWgaMZ
— Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) October 7, 2015
Coming up next: Gerald’s Game by Stephen King.
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Episode 31 – New Moon
It’s been one year since our very first episode, when Caroline of Fantastic Fangirls read Twilight by Stephenie Meyer with us! To celebrate, we decided to return to the scene of the crime and read New Moon, the next book in the Twilight saga. Also, we decided to drink heavily while we talked about it. We crowdsourced a Worst Bestsellers drinking game and played it as we recorded. It turns out that if you drink every time one of us says “literally,” you’ll get pretty drunk! We hope you enjoy listening to this extra-long special episode as much as we enjoyed recording it, but that’s honestly probably impossible. Thanks for listening to us this year! We hope to continue reading stuff so you don’t have to for years to come.
Readers advisory: Here.
Footnotes: Another Look at Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight
American Indians in Children’s Literature on Twilight
Running With The Wolves: A Racialicious Reading of Twilight
New Moon and the Joys of Face Punch
Worst Bestsellers Drinking Game
Forever Young Adult’s New Moon Drinking Game
Candy pairing: Caroline says giant Reese’s peanut butter cups, Kait says Mr. Goodbar, Renata says Dove Promises.
Coming up next: Dino Park After Dark by Christie Sims & Alara Branwen.
Special note: We’re having a Twilight movie tweet-along on 7pm (EST) the evening of October 4th. It’s currently streaming on Netflix. We hope you’ll join us with #TwiWorst ! Netflix took down the Twilight movie on October 1st, so we’ll be livetweeting the documentary TWILIGHT IN VOLTERRA instead.
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Readers Advisory: Episode 31 – New Moon
Here’s what we suggest instead of/in addition to reading New Moon 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.
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Happy Valentine’s Day from Worst Bestsellers!
We love you, Best Listeners!
Please enjoy these romantic tributes to some of our favorite episodes. Share them with your friends and cats! And tune in on Monday, February 16th for our long-awaited Fifty Shades of Grey episode!
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