{"id":4242,"date":"2020-11-09T12:00:02","date_gmt":"2020-11-09T17:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/?p=4242"},"modified":"2020-11-08T22:44:43","modified_gmt":"2020-11-09T03:44:43","slug":"readers-advisory-episode-161-the-wig-the-bitch-and-the-meltdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/readers-advisory-episode-161-the-wig-the-bitch-and-the-meltdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Readers Advisory: Episode 161 &#8211; The Wig, The Bitch, And The Meltdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s what we suggest instead of\/in addition to reading <i>The Wig, The Bitch, And The Meltdown<\/i>. Listen to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/episode-161-the-wig-the-bitch-and-the-meltdown\">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\/11\/follow.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4243\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/follow-147x220.jpg\" alt=\"Follow the Model by J. Alexander\" width=\"147\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/follow-147x220.jpg 147w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/follow-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/follow.jpg 334w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 147px) 100vw, 147px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/loki.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4190\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/loki-146x220.jpg\" alt=\"Loki: Where Mischief Lies by Mackenzi Lee\" width=\"146\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/loki-146x220.jpg 146w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/loki-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/loki.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 146px) 100vw, 146px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/modelland.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-613\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/modelland-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"Modelland by Tyra Banks\" width=\"144\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/modelland-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/modelland.jpg 227w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 144px) 100vw, 144px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Follow the Model<\/em> by J. Alexander (<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/38oZaro\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781439150511\">Bookshop<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Loki: Where Mischief Lies<\/em> by Mackenzi Lee (<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3l9J6NV\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781368022262\">Bookshop<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Modelland<\/em> by Tyra Banks <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/38sYalY\">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\/11\/perfect.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4244\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/perfect-146x220.jpg\" alt=\"Perfect is Boring by Tyra Banks &amp; Carolyn London\" width=\"146\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/perfect-146x220.jpg 146w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/perfect-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/perfect.jpg 331w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 146px) 100vw, 146px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/uglies.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-2960\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/uglies-146x220.jpg\" alt=\"Uglies by Scott Westerfeld\" width=\"146\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/uglies-146x220.jpg 146w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/uglies-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/uglies.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 146px) 100vw, 146px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/antm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1811\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/antm-150x212.jpg\" alt=\"America's Next Top Model\" width=\"150\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/antm-150x212.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/antm-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/antm.jpg 353w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Perfect is Boring<\/em> by Tyra Banks &amp; Carolyn London <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/32oM2yO\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780143132301\">Bookshop<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Uglies<\/em> by Scott Westerfeld <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3k2tk60\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781442419810\">Bookshop<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2GHuDK6\">America&#8217;s Next Top Model<\/a> (TV show)<\/span><\/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 The Wig, The Bitch, And The Meltdown. 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,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[287,1996,1997,1994,1279,48,30,154,1995,289],"class_list":["post-4242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ra","tag-americas-next-top-model","tag-carolyn-london","tag-j-alexander","tag-jay-manuel","tag-mackenzi-lee","tag-readalikes","tag-readers-advisory","tag-scott-westerfeld","tag-the-wig-the-bitch-and-the-meltdown","tag-tyra-banks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4242","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=4242"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4242\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4251,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4242\/revisions\/4251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}