{"id":1047,"date":"2015-12-07T12:01:38","date_gmt":"2015-12-07T17:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/?p=1047"},"modified":"2015-12-06T22:44:24","modified_gmt":"2015-12-07T03:44:24","slug":"episode-36-the-mistletoe-promise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/episode-36-the-mistletoe-promise\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 36 – The Mistletoe Promise"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Kait, Renata, and their returning guest Caitlin read The Mistletoe Promise<\/a> <\/em>by Richard Paul Evans and unanimously agreed: it’s not nearly as bad as The Christmas Sweater<\/em><\/a> was! In fact we actually… kinda liked The Mistletoe Promise<\/em>? We liked it almost as much as the heroine of this book likes sweet pork salads, which is a lot. Listen now to hear us learn what exactly a sweet pork salad is, plus an important moral lesson (but not the lesson we were expecting to learn).<\/p>\n

Content warning: <\/strong>This book contains infant death, and so does our discussion of it.<\/p>\n

Readers advisory<\/strong>: Here.<\/a><\/p>\n

Footnotes: <\/strong>Fatal Distraction by Gene Weingarten<\/a><\/p>\n

Cafe Rio Sweet Pork Salads<\/a><\/p>\n

Alton Brown’s Mincemeat Pie<\/a><\/p>\n

Special note: <\/strong>We’re having a contest and the grand prize is a signed copy of The Mistletoe Promise<\/em>. Click here for details on how to enter!<\/a><\/p>\n

Candy pairing:\u00a0 <\/strong>Caitlin says Necco wafers<\/a>, Kait says peppermint bark<\/a>, Renata says kettle korn<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Coming up next: <\/strong>Bests & Worsts of 2015 (Part 1, Children’s and YA)<\/p>\n

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* Worst Bestsellers<\/em> 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<\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n

(But no pressure, we\u2019re also happy if you get these items from your local library or independent bookstore.)<\/em><\/p>\n

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