{"id":5751,"date":"2024-03-13T12:17:20","date_gmt":"2024-03-13T16:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/?p=5751"},"modified":"2024-03-13T12:19:32","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T16:19:32","slug":"readers-advisory-episode-236-icebreaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/readers-advisory-episode-236-icebreaker\/","title":{"rendered":"Readers Advisory: Episode 236 &#8211; Icebreaker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s what we suggest instead of\/in addition to reading <i>Icebreaker<\/i> by Hannah Grace. Listen to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/episode-236-icebreaker\/\">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\/2024\/03\/beautiful.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-5752\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/beautiful-146x220.jpg\" alt=\"Beautiful on the Outside by Adam Rippon\" width=\"146\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/beautiful-146x220.jpg 146w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/beautiful-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/beautiful.jpg 265w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 146px) 100vw, 146px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/checkplease.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4417\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/checkplease-150x211.jpg\" alt=\"Check, Please! by Ngozi Ukazu\" width=\"150\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/checkplease-150x211.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/checkplease-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/checkplease.jpg 285w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/cleat.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-5753\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/cleat-143x220.jpg\" alt=\"Cleat Cute by Meryl Wilsner\" width=\"143\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/cleat-143x220.jpg 143w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/cleat-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/cleat.jpg 489w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 143px) 100vw, 143px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781538732403\"><em>Beautiful on the Outside<\/em> by Adam Rippon<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781250177964\"><em>Check Please<\/em> by Ngozi Ukazu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781250873309\"><em>Cleat Cute<\/em> by Meryl Wilsner<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/firekeeper.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-5578\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/firekeeper-143x220.jpeg\" alt=\"Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley\u00a0\" width=\"143\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/firekeeper-143x220.jpeg 143w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/firekeeper-196x300.jpeg 196w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/firekeeper.jpeg 489w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 143px) 100vw, 143px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/home.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-5754\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/home-142x220.jpg\" alt=\"Home Field Advantage by Dahlia Adler \" width=\"142\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/home-142x220.jpg 142w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/home-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/home.jpg 485w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 142px) 100vw, 142px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/lastwill.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-5755\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/lastwill-145x220.jpg\" alt=\"Last Will and Testament (Radleigh University series) by Dahlia Adler\" width=\"145\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/lastwill-145x220.jpg 145w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/lastwill-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/lastwill.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 145px) 100vw, 145px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781250866035\"><em>Firekeeper&#8217;s Daughter<\/em> by Angeline Boulley<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781250765840\"><em>Home Field Advantage<\/em> by Dahlia Adler<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780990916819\"><em>Last Will and Testament<\/em> (Radleigh University series) by Dahlia Adler<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/longest.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-5756\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/longest-145x220.jpg\" alt=\"The Longest Race: Inside the Secret World of Abuse, Doping, and Deception on Nike's Elite Running Team by Kara Goucher\" width=\"145\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/longest-145x220.jpg 145w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/longest-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/longest.jpg 494w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 145px) 100vw, 145px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/gracie.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-5757\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/gracie-147x220.webp\" alt=\"Outofshapeworthlessloser: A Memoir of Figure Skating, F*cking Up, and Figuring It Out by Gracie Gold \" width=\"147\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/gracie-147x220.webp 147w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/gracie-200x300.webp 200w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/gracie.webp 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 147px) 100vw, 147px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/hint.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-5284\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/hint-146x220.jpeg\" alt=\"Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert\" width=\"146\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/hint-146x220.jpeg 146w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/hint-199x300.jpeg 199w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/hint.jpeg 265w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 146px) 100vw, 146px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781982179144\"><em>The Longest Race: Inside the Secret World of Abuse, Doping, and Deception on Nike&#8217;s Elite Running Team<\/em> by Kara Goucher<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780593444047\"><em>Outofshapeworthlessloser: A Memoir of Figure Skating, F*cking Up, and Figuring It Out<\/em> by Gracie Gold<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780062941237\"><em>Take a Hint, Dani Brown<\/em> by Talia Hibbert<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/cutting.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-5760\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/cutting-150x217.webp\" alt=\"The Cutting Edge (movie) \" width=\"150\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/cutting-150x217.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/cutting.webp 207w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/greek.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-5762\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/greek-150x211.jpg\" alt=\"Greek (TV series)\" width=\"150\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/greek-150x211.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/greek-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/greek.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/iceprincess-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-5761\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/iceprincess-150x220.jpg\" alt=\"Ice Princess (movie) \" width=\"150\" height=\"220\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tubitv.com\/movies\/302153\/the-cutting-edge\"><em>The Cutting Edge<\/em> (movie)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hulu.com\/series\/3068d173-2a72-4200-9775-73aa3c640b58\">Greek (TV show)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.disneyplus.com\/movies\/ice-princess\/5EIJPqzrpOQi\"><em>Ice Princess<\/em> (movie)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/love-and-basketball.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-5764\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/love-and-basketball-150x214.jpg\" alt=\"Love and Basketball \" width=\"150\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/love-and-basketball-150x214.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/love-and-basketball-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/love-and-basketball.jpg 718w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/sexlives.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-5765\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/sexlives-148x220.webp\" alt=\"The Sex Lives of College Girls\" width=\"148\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/sexlives-148x220.webp 148w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/sexlives-202x300.webp 202w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/sexlives-691x1024.webp 691w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/sexlives.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 148px) 100vw, 148px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/yuri.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-5766\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/yuri-150x207.jpg\" alt=\"Yuri on Ice\" width=\"150\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/yuri-150x207.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/yuri-217x300.jpg 217w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/yuri.jpg 723w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/title\/60000904?source=35\"><em>Love and Basketball<\/em> (movie)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.max.com\/shows\/sex-lives-of-college-girls\/b1113b51-d27b-4941-a0d4-bc2826158464\">Sex Lives of College Girls (TV show)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.crunchyroll.com\/series\/GY2PEJ0MY\/yuri-on-ice\">Yuri on Ice (TV show)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s what we suggest instead of\/in addition to reading Icebreaker by Hannah Grace. 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":[2423,2422,48,30],"class_list":["post-5751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ra","tag-hannah-grace","tag-icebreaker","tag-readalikes","tag-readers-advisory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5751","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=5751"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5751\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5771,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5751\/revisions\/5771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}