Bonus Episode II – Gossip Girl
The Worst Bestsellers
Worst Bestsellers
4.5 • 609 Ratings
🗓️ 6 March 2017
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
Thanks to our Patreon sponsors, we recorded a bonus episode about Gossip Girl (the novel by Cecily von Ziegesar as well as the TV show) with special guest Renata’s mom, Susan. We have to say: we enjoyed this dive into the lives of hyper-privileged Manhattan youths more than we thought we would, despite the fact that almost nothing actually happens in this book. Download this episode to your Swarovski crystal-encrusted Motorola Razr to hear us learn how the other half lives!
Apologies: Whoops, the clanking sound in the background is all of the jewelry Renata’s mom wears, please excuse her beauty. Also, Renata mistakenly said Serena has a cat named Kitty Minky. In fact, Kitty Minky is Blair’s cat. We regret the error and apologize to the fictional cat in question.
Readers advisory: Here.
Footnotes: ‘Gossip Girl’ Creator Spills a Major Secret About Chuck and Blair’s Iconic Relationship
Serena/Blair Works on Archive Of Our Own
Candy pairing: Kait says a half grapefruit & Pop Tarts, Renata says boozy chocolates, Renata’s mom says a single Tic-Tac.
Coming up next: Cookie Meets Peanut by Bethenny Frankel.
* Worst Bestsellers 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 Amazon.com.
(But no pressure, we’re also happy if you get these items from your local library or independent bookstore.)
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| 0:00.0 | Before we get started, this is just a quick reminder to Boston area listeners that we'll be doing a live taping of our show on Thursday, March 9th at 7 p.m., which is rescheduled after snow in February. |
| 0:14.5 | We'll be at Trident Booksellers on Newberry Street in Boston with Margaret H. Willison, discussing Nicholas Sparks' tearjurker about white people |
| 0:22.0 | kissing in the rain, The Notebook. Join us to learn all the behind-the-scenes worst bestseller |
| 0:27.4 | secrets, like how many times we need to re-record our own intro because we're incapable |
| 0:32.4 | of saying it. Hope to see you there. Bye. And hi. Hello and welcome. |
| 0:50.1 | Hello and welcome to the worst bestsellers, where we read about rich people's kids so you don't have to. |
| 0:56.1 | I'm Renata. |
| 0:57.3 | And I'm Kate. |
| 0:58.3 | And for this episode, we read Gossip Girl by Cicely von Stigasar. |
| 1:03.5 | Joining us to discuss this teen book and TV series is My Mom, Susan. |
| 1:09.0 | Hi, Mom. |
| 1:10.1 | Hello, hello, Kate. Hello. Thanks for joining us, Mom. |
| 1:15.1 | My pleasure. So here's a little bit of the intro about what we're doing and why my mom is here. |
| 1:22.4 | This was actually another one of our Patreon bonus episodes from meeting a certain level of donations. |
| 1:30.0 | We promise I would get my mom on the podcast and you guys did it and here she is. |
| 1:35.3 | So fork over a little more. |
| 1:37.6 | Yeah, if you want mom to come back, that's actually not currently a goal, but we could make it one. |
| 1:43.9 | So thank you again to all of our amazing donors. |
| 1:46.9 | And as with our last bonus episode, we are putting this out on the feed for everyone to listen |
| 1:51.9 | to just because it's easier that way, basically. |
| 1:55.7 | But thank you to all of our donors. |
| 1:58.5 | And if you're listening this for free, you know, thank a Patreon donor. |
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