{"id":4155,"date":"2020-08-31T12:01:46","date_gmt":"2020-08-31T16:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/?p=4155"},"modified":"2020-08-30T14:44:12","modified_gmt":"2020-08-30T18:44:12","slug":"episode-156-devils-advocate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/episode-156-devils-advocate\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 156 – Devil’s Advocate"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Did you ever wonder what Special Agent Dana Scully was like as a teenager? Did you assume she was probably really into taking classes at her small town’s extremely popular New Age shop? No? Well, she was, and meanwhile also the government was doing some kind of shadowy experiments with unknown goals. That’s according to The X-Files Origins: Devil’s Advocate<\/a><\/em>, an X-Files YA prequel novel by Jonathan Maberry. We’re confused as to why this book was published in 2017, but since it was, we read it with Kait’s True Believer cousin, writer Nicole DeGennaro<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Readers advisory<\/strong>:\u00a0Here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Footnotes: <\/strong>“X-Files Origins: Inside The Mind of Young Fox Mulder With Author Kami Garcia” by Chris Longo<\/a><\/p>\n

“X-Files Origins: Author Jonathan Maberry on Young Dana Scully\u2019s Path To Belief” by Chris Longo<\/a><\/p>\n

The Montauk Project on Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n

The Adventure Zone: Amnesty<\/a><\/p>\n

This chocolate-covered Brussels sprouts prank is pure evil genius<\/a><\/p>\n

Fanfiction 101<\/a><\/p>\n

Candy Pairing:\u00a0<\/strong> Kait says some dirt<\/a>, Nicole says Mit-Mats (knock off Kit-Kats)<\/a>, Renata says carob chip cookies<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Coming up next:\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>I Know This Much is True<\/em> by Wally Lamb<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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