{"id":4124,"date":"2020-08-17T12:00:08","date_gmt":"2020-08-17T16:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/?p=4124"},"modified":"2020-08-16T16:13:32","modified_gmt":"2020-08-16T20:13:32","slug":"readers-advisory-episode-155-ground-zero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/readers-advisory-episode-155-ground-zero\/","title":{"rendered":"Readers Advisory: Episode 155 &#8211; Ground Zero"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s what we suggest instead of\/in addition to reading <i>Ground Zero <\/i>by Kevin J. Anderson. Listen to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/episode-155-ground-zero\/\">the podcast<\/a>\u00a0to hear us talk about some of these titles in more depth!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/campspirit.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4125\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/campspirit-150x214.jpg\" alt=\"Camp Spirit by Axelle Lenoir\" width=\"150\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/campspirit-150x214.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/campspirit-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/campspirit.jpg 242w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/cityofghosts.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4126\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/cityofghosts-146x220.jpg\" alt=\"City of Ghosts (Cassidy Blake series) by Victoria Schwab\" width=\"146\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/cityofghosts-146x220.jpg 146w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/cityofghosts-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/cityofghosts.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 146px) 100vw, 146px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/diviners.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-2006\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/diviners-144x220.jpg\" alt=\"The Diviners by Libba Bray\" width=\"144\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/diviners-144x220.jpg 144w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/diviners-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/diviners.jpg 227w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 144px) 100vw, 144px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Camp Spirit<\/em> by Axelle Lenoir (<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3fUSvW8\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781603094658\">Bookshop<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">City of Ghosts <\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Cassidy Blake series) by Victoria Schwab <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2CurDOY\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781338111026\">Bookshop<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>The Diviners<\/em> by Libba Bray (<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2E2Yzi2\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780316126106\">Bookshop<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/ghostsquad.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4128\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/ghostsquad-144x220.jpg\" alt=\"Ghost Squad by Claribel Ortega\" width=\"144\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/ghostsquad-144x220.jpg 144w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/ghostsquad-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/ghostsquad.jpg 327w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 144px) 100vw, 144px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/hiroshima.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4129\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/hiroshima-143x220.jpg\" alt=\"Hiroshima by John Hersey\" width=\"143\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/hiroshima-143x220.jpg 143w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/hiroshima-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/hiroshima.jpg 324w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 143px) 100vw, 143px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/ironcast.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4130\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/ironcast-146x220.jpg\" alt=\"Iron Cast by Destiny Soria\" width=\"146\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/ironcast-146x220.jpg 146w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/ironcast-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/ironcast.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 146px) 100vw, 146px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Ghost Squad<\/em> by Claribel Ortega (<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2CwE78X\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781338280128\">Bookshop<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Hiroshima<\/em> by John Hersey (<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2PWBzUC\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781684116881\">Bookshop<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Iron Cast<\/em> by Destiny Soria <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3kMhZZn\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781419721922\">Bookshop<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/name.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-3885\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/name-146x220.jpg\" alt=\"The Name of the Star by Maureen Johnson\" width=\"146\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/name-146x220.jpg 146w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/name-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/name.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 146px) 100vw, 146px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/spillzone.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2686\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/spillzone-150x210.jpg\" alt=\"Spill Zone by Scott Westerfeld, Alex Puvilland, &amp; Hilary Sycamore\" width=\"157\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/spillzone-150x210.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/spillzone-215x300.jpg 215w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/spillzone.jpg 357w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 157px) 100vw, 157px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/ruins.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4131\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/ruins-133x220.jpg\" alt=\"Ruins by Kevin J. Anderson\" width=\"133\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/ruins-133x220.jpg 133w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/ruins-182x300.jpg 182w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/ruins.jpg 303w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 133px) 100vw, 133px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>The Name of the Star<\/em> by Maureen Johnson (<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3h17jUv\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780142422052\">Bookshop<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Spill Zone<\/em> by Scott Westerfeld &amp; Alex Puvilland (<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3au9rS8\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781250158727\">Bookshop<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Ruins<\/em> by Kevin J. Anderson (<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2PVTGdl\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/shop\/worstbestsellers\">Bookshop<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/trinity.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4132\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/trinity-147x220.jpg\" alt=\"Trinity by Jonathan Fetter-Vorm\" width=\"147\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/trinity-147x220.jpg 147w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/trinity-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/trinity.jpg 333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 147px) 100vw, 147px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/devious.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-3241\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/devious-146x220.jpg\" alt=\"Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson\" width=\"146\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/devious-146x220.jpg 146w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/devious-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/devious.jpg 229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 146px) 100vw, 146px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/txf.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2081\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/txf-150x168.jpeg\" alt=\"The X-Files\" width=\"197\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/txf-150x168.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/txf.jpeg 268w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Trinity<\/em> by Jonathan Fetter-Vorm (<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3h31BRR\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780809093557\">Bookshop<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Truly Devious<\/em> by Maureen Johnson <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/310HgHy\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780062338068\">Bookshop<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3iJoZEp\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The X-Files (TV show)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>*\u00a0<em>Worst Bestsellers<\/em>\u00a0<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\u00a0<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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s what we suggest instead of\/in addition to reading Ground Zero by Kevin J. Anderson. Listen to\u00a0the podcast\u00a0to hear us talk about some of these titles in more depth!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1329,1959,1960,1962,1958,1961,1963,1908,282,118,48,30,154,497,1553],"class_list":["post-4124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ra","tag-alex-puvilland","tag-axelle-lenoir","tag-claribel-ortega","tag-destiny-soria","tag-ground-zero","tag-john-hersey","tag-jonathan-fetter-vorm","tag-kevin-j-anderson","tag-libba-bray","tag-maureen-johnson","tag-readalikes","tag-readers-advisory","tag-scott-westerfeld","tag-the-x-files","tag-victoria-schwab"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4124"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4144,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4124\/revisions\/4144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}