The Worst Thing We Read This Week

For all you listeners who survived Friday the 13th: welcome back! Bundle up, grab something warm to drink, and join us for a love story made of mutual stalking and uncomfortable email threads. Also includes: shoulder biting with strangers AND free tickets to the Singles Garden!

TW: Stalking, brief references to domestic abuse and eating disorders

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Book rec(s): The Bromance Book Club, Lyssa Kay Adams; I Was Born for This, Alice Oseman; Cemetery Boys, Aiden Thomas. Non-book rec: Heartstopper comics, Alice Oseman.

Matched has been our most-requested episode to date, dear listeners: ask and you shall receive! Cassia has a mind like a steel trap and a penchant for following the rules. When an unanticipated love triangle disrupts her perfect dystopian life in Communist Utah, who will she choose? Xander, who likes Games, or Kai, who has eyes like everything bagels? 

TW: None

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Book rec: The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, Stuart Turton. Non-book rec: GET YOUR ASS TO THE POLLS AND VOTE, AMERICAN LISTENERS.

SEQUEL: (Connected eps 2, 7, 14, 26) Welcome, Selection Nation, to the shocking conclusion of a series very near and dear to us. Don’t fear your hearts, listeners. Follow them. Let them inspire you to commit treason. (Just... so much treason.) Who’s ready for risky business in the palace?

TW: Brief reference to child abuse

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Book rec: Ink in the Blood, Kim Smejkal. Non-book rec: Kat’s (paperbackdreams) book reviews on Youtube!

SEQUEL(?): (Connected eps 1, 8, 13, 19) A bit of a longer episode this week for our ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY! Woot woot! As you may know, our pal Steph has graced us with 658 pages of new (?) content, and we didn’t want to leave out anything important. Join us for this fun experiment in character assassination and angsty inner dialogue as Edward Melodramatic Cullen answers questions you never knew you had.

TW: Brief reference to sexual assault, violence

Thank you to anyone who donated to Black Lives Matter or Pride organizations! It’s never too late to send us your receipts in exchange for our buckwild vampire bonus episode. If you like The Worst Thing We Read, help us grow by spreading the word! You can support us by leaving a 5-star review on Apple iTunes. Follow us on Instagram @worstthingweread, Twitter @worstthngweread, or email us at [email protected]. Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/102293261-kaitlyn-burton https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/12635391-savanah-tiffany Book rec: Turtles all the Way Down, John Green. Non-book rec: Schitt's Creek, TV series.

SEQUEL: (Previous eps 6, 12, 18, 24)  Welcome back listeners! Have you been on the edge of your seat agonizing over the fate of Injured Brendan?! No? ...Who’s that, you say? It’s okay, we weren’t sure either. But this is a book of answers, so prepare yourselves for the biggest opening flex EVER, really creepy telepathic mermaids, and a love story that transcends time. (Seriously, please make it stop.)

TW: Child abuse, murder, graphic violence

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SEQUEL EP: (See 5, 11, 17, 23) Welcome listeners, to the horniest season of The Bachelor... no, wait, wrong series. This week in the House of Night: Kaitlyn sings a cursed song, nobody is a lesbian, and yeah maybe Zoey killed a man, but at least we’ve got Project Runway to keep us on the straight and narrow. Featuring surprise poetry and ravens who fuck.

(TW: Sexual assault, racism.)

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Book rec: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, Taylor Jenkins Reid. Comic book rec: Saga series, Brian K Vaughan.

Poetry. It moves us, it confuses us, and it reminds us that we should always check books for sexually explicit content before gifting them to children. This week we discuss Savanah's longtime nemesis (this book), Kaitlyn's publishing prowess, and a love poem gone wrong. Drama! Intrigue! Pawning your stalker off on your childhood friend! This episode has it all. 

TW: Brief references to sexual assault. 

Thank you to anyone who donated to BLM or Pride organizations! It’s never too late to send us your receipts in exchange for our buckwild vampire bonus episode. If you like The Worst Thing We Read, help us grow by spreading the word! You can support us by leaving a 5-star review on Apple iTunes. Follow us on Instagram @worstthingweread, Twitter @worstthngweread, or email us at [email protected]. Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/102293261-kaitlyn-burton https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/12635391-savanah-tiffany Book rec: Loveless, Alice Oseman. Non-book rec: This American Life podcast.