{"id":1815,"date":"2016-09-12T12:01:47","date_gmt":"2016-09-12T16:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/?p=1815"},"modified":"2016-09-12T10:08:31","modified_gmt":"2016-09-12T14:08:31","slug":"episode-57-the-selection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/episode-57-the-selection\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 57 &#8211; The Selection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/selection.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1816 size-medium aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/selection-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"The Selection by Kiera Cass\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/selection-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/selection-146x220.jpg 146w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/selection.jpg 229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/>\u00a0 <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kait, Renata, and their guest <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/babegladwellers\">Sophi<\/a> received special hand-delivered invitations to discuss <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2cPeoqK\"><em>The Selection<\/em> by Kiera Cass<\/a>. Imagine a combination of The Bachelor and <em>The Hunger Games<\/em>, but then throw that combination in the trash and read a J. Crew catalog instead, and that&#8217;s <em>The Selection. <\/em>The worldbuilding and characters make no sense, and yet somehow&#8230;we loved it even more than Prince Maxon of Illea loves America Singer? We can&#8217;t explain it, but we all accepted this rose, and we hope you will too.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers advisory<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/readers-advisory-episode-57-the-selection\">Here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Special note: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/wbssurvey\">Please take a short survey about our potential Patreon account!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Footnotes: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/theselection.wikia.com\/wiki\/Caste_System\"><em>The Selection<\/em> caste system<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net\/theselection\/images\/c\/c7\/Screenshot_2015-10-13-16-43-09.png\/revision\/latest?cb=20151020212525\"><em>The Selection<\/em> map<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rosebuddies.libsyn.com\/\">Rose Buddies podcast<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Gfq4MiFhbwI\"><em>The Selection<\/em> CW promo<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kieracass.com\/news\/2013\/5\/14\/yes-the-cw-passed-on-the-selection.html\">Yes, The CW Passed on <em>The Selection<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0Candy pairing:\u00a0 <\/strong>Kait says a <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2cPi0ZP\">fancy lollipop<\/a>, Renata says <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2coSwUW\">cotton candy<\/a>, Sophi says <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2cPj8gg\">rock candy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Coming up next: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2c4sgQS\"><em>Eclipse<\/em> by Stephenie Meyer<\/a> (and the return of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/worst-bestsellers-drinking-game\/\">Worst Bestsellers Drinking Game!<\/a>)<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>* <em>Worst Bestsellers<\/em> <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 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/b?_encoding=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;node=1000&amp;site-redirect=&amp;tag=worstbests0e-20&amp;linkId=Z2A4ORUYFZJ4UA6Q\">Amazon.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(But no pressure, we\u2019re also happy if you get these items from your local library or independent bookstore.)<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8560\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1815-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/the_worst_bestsellers\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/audio\/57TheSelection.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/the_worst_bestsellers\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/audio\/57TheSelection.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/the_worst_bestsellers\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/audio\/57TheSelection.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/the_worst_bestsellers\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/audio\/57TheSelection.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/?powerpress_pinw=1815-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/the_worst_bestsellers\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/audio\/57TheSelection.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"57TheSelection.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Kait, Renata, and their guest Sophi received special hand-delivered invitations to discuss The Selection by Kiera Cass. 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