Episode 104 – House of Danger
The Worst Bestsellers
Worst Bestsellers
4.5 • 609 Ratings
🗓️ 13 August 2018
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
If you’d like to continue with Flashback Summer, turn to page 2 for Kait, Renata, and Becca’s discussion of House of Danger by R.A. Montgomery. If you’re curious about the Choose Your Own Adventure franchise’s crossover into board game territory, roll a die. If you’re curious about how a single dangerous house can contain aliens, ghosts, carnivorous plants, and counterfeiting chimpanzees, listen to this episode now.
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House of Danger on BoardGameGeek.com
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the worst bestsellers, where we chose your adventure so you don't have to. |
| 0:15.1 | I'm Kate. |
| 0:15.8 | And I'm Renata. |
| 0:16.9 | And for this episode, we read House of Danger by R.A. Montgomery. |
| 0:21.8 | Joining us to discuss this Choose Your Own Adventure novel is Becca, an aspiring detective and psychic investigator who lives in her mom's basement and can or cannot drive maybe. |
| 0:31.7 | Who knows? |
| 0:32.6 | Hello. |
| 0:34.0 | I choose my own adventure, bike or car. |
| 0:37.1 | Is bike, I can't actually drive. |
| 0:38.8 | What's up? |
| 0:40.9 | Becca, would you say, are you like 12 or 26 or 40? |
| 0:45.3 | I don't... |
| 0:45.7 | I just don't know. |
| 0:47.1 | I just don't know, to be honest. |
| 0:51.2 | There's clues pointing in all directions. |
| 0:53.4 | Maybe you're just 30 years old, live in your parents' basement, have your, like, detective |
| 0:59.0 | life, and just are friends with two 12-year-olds. |
| 1:01.5 | Could, could happen. |
| 1:02.5 | It could be a real, like, Marty McFly dock situation. |
| 1:06.2 | Yes. |
| 1:06.5 | Oh, yep, you're right. |
| 1:07.8 | No further questions. |
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