Episode 258 – The Awakening
The Worst Bestsellers
Worst Bestsellers
4.5 • 609 Ratings
🗓️ 10 February 2025
⏱️ 83 minutes
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Summary
Dragon Fever has been sweeping the nation, and Our Lady Nora Roberts has been infected. Our reigning Nora Roberts expert Christine Ricketts, author of The Ship, has returned to discuss The Awakening (Book #1 of the Dragon Heart Legacy) with us. Listen to this on your next dragon ride!
Readers advisory: Here.
Footnotes: Guide to Irish Names and Terms in The Awakening
Full English Breakfast vs Full Irish Breakfast: What’s the Difference?
Coming up next: Birthright by Nora Roberts.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the worst bestsellers where we read about a girl, her gay best friend, and her dragon, so you don't have to. |
| 0:16.3 | I'm Kate. |
| 0:17.3 | And I'm Renata. |
| 0:18.4 | And for this episode, we read The Awakening by Nora Roberts. It's |
| 0:22.4 | Nora Month, everyone. Joining us to discuss this portal fantasy by our lady Nora Roberts is |
| 0:28.2 | Nora Roberts enthusiast, returning Boonsboro Bud, and author of the ship, Christine. |
| 0:34.1 | Hey, guys. Thanks for having me back. Of course. |
| 0:38.5 | Yay. |
| 0:41.6 | This is such a great way to kick off 2025. |
| 0:42.8 | Right? |
| 0:44.7 | Let's really put this energy into 2025. |
| 0:46.3 | Oh, my God. |
| 0:49.8 | Sorry, I'm just looking at the dock and I did not realize this book was on Hoopla. |
| 0:53.1 | The reason it took me so long to read it was because I was waiting on a library hold. |
| 0:55.7 | Oh, my God, K. Read. |
| 0:57.0 | I know. |
| 1:02.1 | But I got it and I finished it. |
| 1:03.5 | Oh, boy. |
| 1:05.4 | Well, here we are. |
| 1:12.4 | So if you are new around to hear these here parts, welcome. |
| 1:19.3 | Um, a few years ago we started a tradition of designing February as Nora Roberts month where we just read Nora Roberts books for fun and mild profit. Um, because, because we deserve it. you it's you deserve one month where you're not |
| 1:30.6 | reading garbage yeah one here's the thing is we keep giving ourselves excuses not to read garbage |
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