Episode 42 – The Perfect Letter
The Worst Bestsellers
Worst Bestsellers
4.5 • 609 Ratings
🗓️ 15 February 2016
⏱️ 89 minutes
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Summary
Kait, Renata, and their guest Margaret (of Two Bossy Dames and Appointment Television) read The Perfect Letter by Chris Harrison. It’s a somewhat competently written romance novel by the host of The Bachelor (and/or an uncredited, under-appreciated ghostwriter). Sadly for us, it has nothing to do with the seedy world of reality television and is instead set in the wholesome world of publishing/horse farms/petty crime. It’s a book that celebrates the power of the written word while sadly undervaluing the importance of sex paperwork. Happy Day After Valentine’s Day! We hope you enjoy your discounted chocolate and free podcasts!
Readers advisory: Here.
Footnotes: DIY Sex Paperwork
Chris Harrison, the Reigning King of #BachelorNation
Candy pairing: Kait says chili pepper chocolate, Margaret says a carne asada burrito, Renata says a gummy rattlesnake.
Coming up next: Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the worst bestsellers where we've read about how to get away with murder so you don't have to. |
| 0:15.5 | I'm Kate. |
| 0:16.3 | And I'm Renata. |
| 0:17.4 | And for this episode, we read The Perfect Letter by Chris Harrison. |
| 0:21.5 | Joining us to discuss this reality TV-spawned romance novel is Margaret H. Willison, |
| 0:27.0 | half of two bossy dames, one-third of appointment television, and Britain's favorite fictional librarian. |
| 0:32.7 | Hi, Margaret. Hi. Hi, guys. Thank you for having me on. |
| 0:36.5 | Thanks so much for joining us again. |
| 0:39.3 | Yeah, you're welcome for reading this book. |
| 0:41.3 | This is not the... |
| 0:43.3 | This is not the... |
| 0:44.3 | Yeah, you read Modaland with us, which is three times as long. |
| 0:49.3 | Three times as long and like one eighth as readable. |
| 0:54.3 | Yeah. |
| 0:59.8 | We should put together some charts or something. |
| 1:05.8 | We were going to make a sliding scale at one point, right? |
| 1:08.4 | With like from Dianetics to Black Hills. |
| 1:10.9 | Yeah, we should still do that. |
| 1:11.7 | Yeah. |
| 1:16.2 | Yeah, and this one was like almost disappointingly competent. |
| 1:22.8 | Like I actively was fine with reading it the entire time I was reading it and I read it really quickly. |
| 1:27.8 | Which was great in terms of like, oh, this isn't as much of a punishment as I was expecting, |
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