Episode 250 – House of Earth and Blood
The Worst Bestsellers
Worst Bestsellers
4.5 • 609 Ratings
🗓️ 26 September 2024
⏱️ 93 minutes
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Summary
Thanks to Porter Square Books for hosting our 250th Anniversary live show! And thanks to everyone who turned out in person or for the livestream! If you missed it, or just want to relive it without all that pesky visual input, here’s the audio-only version of that episode. Meredith Goldstein (the Boston Globe’s Love Letters columnist, author of books including Things That Grow, and Horny Faeries enthusiast) joined us to discuss House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas. Fortunately (for Renata’s parents, who were in attendance) or unfortunately (for readers), this book wasn’t as horny as some of SJM’s other works. Still, we had much to discuss. Perhaps most notably: does Sarah J. Maas think dogs should be allowed to vote?
Readers advisory: Here.
Footnotes: Watch the livestream video replay on Crowdcast!
Sarah J. Maas name pronunciation
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Coming up next: Bride by Ali Hazelwood.
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| 0:00.0 | Thanks for coming out tonight. |
| 0:16.0 | This is really exciting. |
| 0:17.2 | I can't believe how many people are here. |
| 0:19.8 | And we're so excited to talk to you |
| 0:22.9 | about this very strange, very, very, very long book. Yeah. There's two big problems about |
| 0:33.2 | talking, for me personally, about talking about this Sarah J. Mass book. And one is that Sarah |
| 0:41.0 | J.M.S., we all know her as the author of the Horny Ferry series. And my parents are here. |
| 0:50.9 | So, I mean, that's good news, but also but also this book we'll get into it i don't think |
| 0:59.2 | it's nearly as horny as the horny fairies book um this is a different series that's written for |
| 1:04.0 | adults but weirdly less horny and we can discuss that but i think i'm right i agree it is less |
| 1:10.4 | horny it is a crime how much less horny it but I think I'm right. I agree. It is less horny. |
| 1:14.0 | It is a crime how much less horny it is, I think. |
| 1:15.0 | All right. |
| 1:16.8 | So I guess we should get started. |
| 1:22.3 | Welcome to the worst bestsellers, where we read about Murmurters, so you don't have to. |
| 1:23.0 | I'm Kate. |
| 1:24.3 | I'm Renata. |
| 1:28.1 | And for this episode, we read The House of Earth and Blood. |
| 1:34.5 | Joining us to discuss this urban fantasy novel that puts the horny in Luna's horn is Meredith Goldstein, |
| 1:39.3 | an accomplished author, advice columnist, and podcaster who you just heard about a minute ago. |
| 1:50.3 | I am so honored to be here on the special anniversary date and also just so honored to talk about this book I don't fully understand, but also somehow enjoy so much. |
| 1:55.9 | It is, I went into this one wanting to like it more. |
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