{"id":4522,"date":"2021-05-10T12:00:47","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T16:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/?p=4522"},"modified":"2021-05-09T09:14:24","modified_gmt":"2021-05-09T13:14:24","slug":"readers-advisory-episode-171-greenlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/readers-advisory-episode-171-greenlights\/","title":{"rendered":"Readers Advisory: Episode 171 &#8211; Greenlights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s what we suggest instead of\/in addition to reading <i>Greenlights<\/i> by Matthew McConaughey. Listen to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/episode-171-greenlights\/\">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\/2021\/05\/everything.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4523\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/everything-142x220.jpg\" alt=\"Everything is Horrible and Wonderful by Stephanie Wittels Wachs\" width=\"142\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/everything-142x220.jpg 142w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/everything-193x300.jpg 193w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/everything.jpg 322w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 142px) 100vw, 142px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/everythingsad.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4524\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/everythingsad-147x220.jpg\" alt=\"Everything Sad is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri\" width=\"147\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/everythingsad-147x220.jpg 147w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/everythingsad-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/everythingsad.jpg 333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 147px) 100vw, 147px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/namedrop.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4525\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/namedrop-145x220.jpg\" alt=\"Name Drop by Ross Mathews\" width=\"145\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/namedrop-145x220.jpg 145w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/namedrop-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/namedrop.jpg 228w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 145px) 100vw, 145px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Everything is Horrible and Wonderful<\/em> by Stephanie Wittels Wachs (<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3h8bkJM\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781492669852\">Bookshop<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Everything Sad is Untrue<\/em> by Daniel Nayeri (<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3xPjyfJ\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781646140008\">Bookshop<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Name Drop<\/em> by Ross Mathews (<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3eW1GqV\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781982116484\">Bookshop<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/sexlives.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4526\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/sexlives-142x220.jpg\" alt=\"The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific by J. Maarten Troost\" width=\"142\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/sexlives-142x220.jpg 142w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/sexlives-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/sexlives.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 142px) 100vw, 142px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/stories.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/stories-147x220.jpg\" alt=\"Stories I Only Tell My Friends by Rob Lowe\" width=\"147\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/stories-147x220.jpg 147w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/stories-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/stories.jpg 334w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 147px) 100vw, 147px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/unheard.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4527\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/unheard-145x220.jpg\" alt=\"The Unheard: A Memoir of Deafness and Africa by Josh Swiller\" width=\"145\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/unheard-145x220.jpg 145w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/unheard-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/unheard.jpg 330w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 145px) 100vw, 145px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific<\/em> by J. Maarten Troost (<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3vLLjEa\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780767915304\">Bookshop<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Stories I Only Tell My Friends<\/em> by Rob Lowe (<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3f1arQf\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781250008855\">Bookshop<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>The Unheard: A Memoir of Deafness and Africa<\/em> by Josh Swiller (<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/33iKgPV\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780805082104\">Bookshop<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/magicmike.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4528\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/magicmike-150x175.jpg\" alt=\"Magic Mike\" width=\"189\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/magicmike-150x175.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/magicmike-257x300.jpg 257w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/magicmike.jpg 342w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 189px) 100vw, 189px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/reign.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4529\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/reign-150x198.jpg\" alt=\"Reign of Fire\" width=\"167\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/reign-150x198.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/reign-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/reign.jpg 337w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 167px) 100vw, 167px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/true.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4530\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/true-150x208.jpg\" alt=\"True Detective\" width=\"159\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/true-150x208.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/true-216x300.jpg 216w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/true.jpg 321w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 159px) 100vw, 159px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2SxiHQH\"><em>Magic Mike<\/em><\/a> (movie)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2QYZqXR\"><em>Reign of Fire<\/em><\/a> (movie)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3b9xxTX\">True Detective<\/a> (TV show)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\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 Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey. 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":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[2042,2038,2039,2040,2044,2037,48,30,2045,125,2043,2041,2046],"class_list":["post-4522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ra","tag-daniel-nayeri","tag-greenlights","tag-j-maarten-troost","tag-josh-swiller","tag-magic-mike","tag-matthew-mcconaughey","tag-readalikes","tag-readers-advisory","tag-reign-of-fire","tag-rob-lowe","tag-ross-mathews","tag-stephanie-wittels-wachs","tag-true-detective"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4522","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=4522"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4522\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4535,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4522\/revisions\/4535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}