{"id":5253,"date":"2022-11-21T12:00:38","date_gmt":"2022-11-21T17:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/?p=5253"},"modified":"2022-11-21T08:37:18","modified_gmt":"2022-11-21T13:37:18","slug":"readers-advisory-episode-208-wish-you-were-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/readers-advisory-episode-208-wish-you-were-here\/","title":{"rendered":"Readers Advisory: Episode 208 &#8211; Wish You Were Here"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s what we suggest instead of\/in addition to reading <i>Wish You Were Here<\/i> by Rita Mae Brown. Listen to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/episode-208-wish-you-were-here\/\">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\/2022\/11\/blanche.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-5254\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/blanche-142x220.jpeg\" alt=\"Blanche on the Lam by Barbara Neely\" width=\"142\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/blanche-142x220.jpeg 142w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/blanche-194x300.jpeg 194w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/blanche.jpeg 259w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 142px) 100vw, 142px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/edge.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-5255\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/edge-135x220.jpeg\" alt=\"Cat On the Edge (Joe Grey series) by Shirley Rousseau Murphy\" width=\"135\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/edge-135x220.jpeg 135w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/edge-184x300.jpeg 184w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/edge.jpeg 245w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 135px) 100vw, 135px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/endgame.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-5256\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/endgame-134x220.jpeg\" alt=\"Cat In an Alphabet Endgame (Midnight Louie, PI series) by Carole Nelson Douglas\" width=\"134\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/endgame-134x220.jpeg 134w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/endgame-182x300.jpeg 182w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/endgame.jpeg 243w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 134px) 100vw, 134px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781941298381\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Blanche on the Lam<\/em> by Barbara Neely<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780061056000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Cat On the Edge<\/em> (Joe Grey series) by Shirley Rousseau Murphy<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781943175079\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Cat In an Alphabet Endgame (<\/em>Midnight Louie, PI series) by Carole Nelson Douglas<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/hollow.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-5257\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/hollow-144x220.jpeg\" alt=\"Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Burton\" width=\"144\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/hollow-144x220.jpeg 144w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/hollow-197x300.jpeg 197w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/hollow.jpeg 492w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 144px) 100vw, 144px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/murderous.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4695\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/murderous-138x220.jpg\" alt=\"The Murderous Haircut of the Mayor of Bel Air by Phillip Mottaz\" width=\"138\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/murderous-138x220.jpg 138w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/murderous-188x300.jpg 188w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/murderous.jpg 313w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 138px) 100vw, 138px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/feline.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-5258\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/feline-143x220.jpeg\" alt=\"The No. 2 Feline Detective Agency (Hettie Bagshot Mysteries) by Mandy Morton\" width=\"143\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/feline-143x220.jpeg 143w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/feline-195x300.jpeg 195w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/feline.jpeg 325w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 143px) 100vw, 143px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781538745830\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Hollow Kingdom<\/em> by Kira Jane Burton<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781737238416\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>The Murderous Haircut of the Mayor of Bel Air (<\/em>Psychic Barber mystery series) by Phillip Mottaz<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780749022204\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>The No. 2 Feline Detective Agency<\/em> (Hettie Bagshot Mysteries) by Mandy Morton<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/fool.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-5259\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/fool-137x220.jpeg\" alt=\"Purrfect Fool (Mysteries of Max series) by Nic Saint\" width=\"137\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/fool-137x220.jpeg 137w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/fool-187x300.jpeg 187w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/fool.jpeg 468w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 137px) 100vw, 137px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/rubyfruit.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-5260\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/rubyfruit-143x220.jpeg\" alt=\"Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown\" width=\"143\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/rubyfruit-143x220.jpeg 143w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/rubyfruit-195x300.jpeg 195w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/rubyfruit.jpeg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 143px) 100vw, 143px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/spell.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-5261\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/spell-144x220.jpeg\" alt=\"A Spell of Murder (Witch Cats of Cambridge series) by Clea Simon\" width=\"144\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/spell-144x220.jpeg 144w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/spell-196x300.jpeg 196w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/spell.jpeg 261w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 144px) 100vw, 144px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9789464446289\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Purrfect Fool<\/em> (Mysteries of Max series) by Nic Saint<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781101965122\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Rubyfruit Jungle<\/em> by Rita Mae Brown<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781947993815\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>A Spell of Murder<\/em> (Witch Cats of Cambridge series) by Clea Simon<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s what we suggest instead of\/in addition to reading Wish You Were Here by Rita Mae Brown. 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":[2250,2252,2256,2253,2254,2249,2255,2098,48,30,2247,2251,2248],"class_list":["post-5253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ra","tag-barbara-neely","tag-carole-nelson-douglas","tag-clea-simon","tag-kira-jane-burton","tag-mandy-morton","tag-mrs-murphy","tag-nic-saint","tag-phillip-mottaz","tag-readalikes","tag-readers-advisory","tag-rita-mae-brown","tag-shirley-rousseau-murphy","tag-wish-you-were-here"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5253","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=5253"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5253\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5264,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5253\/revisions\/5264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}