Episode 113 – The Thorn Birds
The Worst Bestsellers
Worst Bestsellers
4.5 • 609 Ratings
🗓️ 17 December 2018
⏱️ 96 minutes
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Summary
As the weather outside grows frightful, we decided to have our editor Becca join us for a trip Down Under. We read The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough, the 700-page epic saga of the Cleary family, who have almost as many shocking secrets as they do sheep. (And they have a lot of sheep.) Join us now in swearing fealty to Boy King!
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the worst bestsellers, where we read about so much so you don't have to. |
| 0:17.2 | I'm Kate. |
| 0:18.1 | And I'm Renata. |
| 0:19.3 | And for this episode, we read The Thornbirds by Colleen McCullough. |
| 0:24.7 | Joining us to discuss the 700-page Australian Family's Guide to Sheep Farming and Misery is Becca, someone who regrets her decisions. |
| 0:35.3 | Hi. |
| 0:36.3 | Hello. |
| 0:38.5 | I'm here. Hi. Hello. I'm here. |
| 0:40.8 | On a scale of marrying Luke to joining the seminary, how much do you regret your decisions? |
| 0:50.6 | I don't know if I'd scale it in that direction. |
| 0:53.1 | Yeah, I said it backwards. |
| 0:54.4 | Okay. I'm going to say, I'm like, I would join. I didn't know if I'd scale it in that direction. Yeah, I said it backwards. Okay. |
| 0:54.9 | I'm like, I don't know. |
| 0:56.9 | I didn't specify what was best, what was worse. |
| 1:00.7 | I'm just going backwards. |
| 1:01.7 | Do I, am I then definitely going to drown? |
| 1:05.1 | Um, no. |
| 1:06.1 | Spoilers. |
| 1:09.0 | No, if you're joining seminary, it's just to fulfill your life's purpose and experience perfect happiness. |
| 1:14.9 | Yeah, that's fine. |
| 1:17.0 | I don't think I'd marry a Luke. |
| 1:19.8 | No, but I'm saying on that scale, where would you place reading this book? |
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