{"id":6221,"date":"2025-05-05T12:00:18","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T16:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/?p=6221"},"modified":"2025-05-05T10:34:07","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T14:34:07","slug":"readers-advisory-episode-264-dinner-for-vampires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/readers-advisory-episode-264-dinner-for-vampires\/","title":{"rendered":"Readers Advisory: Episode 264 \u2013 Dinner For Vampires"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s what we suggest instead of\/in addition to reading <i>Dinner For Vampires<\/i> by Bethany Joy Lenz. Listen to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/episode-264-dinner-for-vampires\/\">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\/2025\/05\/death.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6222\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/death-146x220.jpg\" alt=\"Death in the Jungle by Candace Fleming\" width=\"146\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/death-146x220.jpg 146w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/death-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/death.jpg 665w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 146px) 100vw, 146px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/disney.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6223\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/disney-144x220.jpg\" alt=\"Disney High by Ashley Spencer\" width=\"144\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/disney-144x220.jpg 144w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/disney-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/disney.jpg 656w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 144px) 100vw, 144px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/livelaugh.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6224\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/livelaugh-146x220.jpg\" alt=\"Live, Laugh, Kidnap by Gabby Noone\" width=\"146\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/livelaugh-146x220.jpg 146w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/livelaugh-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/livelaugh.jpg 662w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 146px) 100vw, 146px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780593480069\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Death in the Jungle<\/em> by Candace Fleming<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781250283450\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Disney High<\/em> by Ashley Spencer<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780593327296\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Live, Laugh, Kidnap<\/em> by Gabby Noone<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/nigeria.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/nigeria-146x220.jpg\" alt=\"Nigeria Jones by Ibi Zoboi\" width=\"146\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/nigeria-146x220.jpg 146w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/nigeria-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/nigeria.jpg 664w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 146px) 100vw, 146px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/scam.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6226\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/scam-143x220.jpg\" alt=\"Scam Goddess by Laci Moseley\" width=\"143\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/scam-143x220.jpg 143w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/scam-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/scam.jpg 651w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 143px) 100vw, 143px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/sure.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6227\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/sure-142x220.jpg\" alt=\"Sure, I'll Join Your Cult by Maria Bamford\" width=\"142\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/sure-142x220.jpg 142w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/sure-193x300.jpg 193w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/sure.jpg 644w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 142px) 100vw, 142px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780062888853\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Nigeria Jones<\/em> by Ibi Zoboi<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780762484652\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Scam Goddess<\/em> by Laci Moseley<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781982168575\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Sure, I&#8217;ll Join Your Cult<\/em> by Maria Bamford<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/troublemaker.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-5832\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/troublemaker-143x220.jpg\" alt=\"Troublemaker by Leah Remini\" width=\"143\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/troublemaker-143x220.jpg 143w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/troublemaker-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/troublemaker.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 143px) 100vw, 143px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/uncultured.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6228\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/uncultured-143x220.jpg\" alt=\"Uncultured by Daniella Mestyanek Young\" width=\"143\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/uncultured-143x220.jpg 143w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/uncultured-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/uncultured.jpg 652w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 143px) 100vw, 143px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/81IKwqLm0L._AC_UF8941000_QL80_.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6229\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/81IKwqLm0L._AC_UF8941000_QL80_-150x145.jpg\" alt=\"One Tree Hill\" width=\"227\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/81IKwqLm0L._AC_UF8941000_QL80_-150x145.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/81IKwqLm0L._AC_UF8941000_QL80_-300x290.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/81IKwqLm0L._AC_UF8941000_QL80_.jpg 894w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 227px) 100vw, 227px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781101886984\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Troublemake<\/em>r by Leah Remini<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781250835475\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Uncultured<\/em> by Daniella Mestyanek Young<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.max.com\/shows\/one-tree-hill\/7ba20260-6073-4aa2-a7d0-d558fae52ef7\">One Tree Hill (TV show)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s what we suggest instead of\/in addition to reading Dinner For Vampires by Bethany Joy Lenz. 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":[2561,2557,2298,2291,2558,2562,1790,2559,2439,2560,2008,48,30],"class_list":["post-6221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ra","tag-ashley-spencer","tag-bethany-joy-lenz","tag-candace-fleming","tag-daniella-mestyanek-young","tag-dinner-for-vampires","tag-gabby-noone","tag-ibi-zoboi","tag-laci-moseley","tag-leah-remini","tag-maria-bamford","tag-one-tree-hill","tag-readalikes","tag-readers-advisory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6221","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=6221"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6221\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6232,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6221\/revisions\/6232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}