Episode 111 – Stranger than Fanfiction
The Worst Bestsellers
Worst Bestsellers
4.5 • 609 Ratings
🗓️ 19 November 2018
⏱️ 89 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Have you been wondering what Chris Colfer has been up to since Glee? Are you ready to read some self-insert celebrity real person fanfiction written by an actual celebrity? Honestly, you’re probably not, and we weren’t either, but we were happy to have Cory along for the ride with us as we read Stranger than Fanfiction by Chris Colfer. Have this podcast queued up to fill the awkward silence the next time you take a roadtrip with your best friends who don’t actually know anything about you!
Readers advisory: Here.
Footnotes: Check, Please
844,739 Ways to Eat a Hamburger
Candy Pairing: Cory says candy cigarettes, Kait says Nerds, Renata says a slushie.
Coming up next: Having it All by Helen Gurley Brown (Part 2).
* 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.)
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to worst bestsellers, where we read about teen Gleeks so you don't have to. |
| 0:17.6 | I'm Renata. |
| 0:18.8 | And I'm Kate. |
| 0:19.9 | And for this episode, we read Stranger Than Fan Fiction by Chris Coulfer. |
| 0:24.9 | Joining us to discuss this self-insert Celebrity Real Person Fanfiction is Corey Eckert, Private |
| 0:31.8 | School Librarian, and actual fan fiction reader. |
| 0:35.7 | Hi, friends. Hi, Corey. |
| 0:39.0 | Thanks for joining us again. |
| 0:41.6 | You're welcome. |
| 0:48.7 | Corey previously talked about Bethany Frankel's picture book with us, and now she's back to, you know what, is this your niche that you just only read books written by |
| 0:52.1 | celebrities with us? |
| 0:53.9 | I didn't think about that. |
| 0:55.0 | Maybe that's what I did, you guys. |
| 0:56.5 | Well, that's part of why I was thought this one would be a good fit, |
| 0:59.9 | is because it's another very bad celebrity book. |
| 1:03.5 | It's true. |
| 1:04.3 | It is both of those things. |
| 1:07.4 | Chris Culfer, by the way, if you are not familiar, |
| 1:10.1 | you might remember as Kurt from Glee, |
| 1:13.4 | and I think only as Kurt from Glee. I don't know. So if you are a child at my school, you know him |
| 1:21.9 | because he wrote an alarmingly popular series of middle grade fantasy adventure books called The Land of Stories. |
| 1:31.1 | And the reason I knew this book was going to be bad |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Worst Bestsellers, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Worst Bestsellers and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.