Episode 57 – The Selection
The Worst Bestsellers
Worst Bestsellers
4.5 • 609 Ratings
🗓️ 12 September 2016
⏱️ 85 minutes
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Summary
Kait, Renata, and their guest Sophi received special hand-delivered invitations to discuss The Selection by Kiera Cass. Imagine a combination of The Bachelor and The Hunger Games, but then throw that combination in the trash and read a J. Crew catalog instead, and that’s The Selection. The worldbuilding and characters make no sense, and yet somehow…we loved it even more than Prince Maxon of Illea loves America Singer? We can’t explain it, but we all accepted this rose, and we hope you will too.
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Footnotes: The Selection caste system
Yes, The CW Passed on The Selection
Candy pairing: Kait says a fancy lollipop, Renata says cotton candy, Sophi says rock candy.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to worst bestsellers, where we read about dystopian reality shows so you don't have to. |
| 0:18.1 | I'm Renata. |
| 0:19.4 | And I'm Kate. |
| 0:20.5 | And for this episode, we read The Selection by Kira Cass. |
| 0:24.6 | Joining us to discuss this drunk teen bachelor is world chess champion Sophie. |
| 0:30.3 | Hi. |
| 0:31.2 | Hi, Sophie. Welcome back. |
| 0:32.6 | Hello. Yay. |
| 0:34.6 | You might remember Sophie from our Flowers in the Attic episode. |
| 0:39.3 | She's back. |
| 0:40.8 | Yes, I am. |
| 0:41.8 | Because I have a very serious love-hate relationship with the selection series. |
| 0:50.3 | Same. |
| 0:51.8 | It's a really big problem in my life. |
| 0:55.0 | And so I'm glad to have an outlet to finally talk about it. |
| 1:00.0 | Yes, I'm here for you. |
| 1:02.0 | We can talk about it, well, for at least an hour. |
| 1:06.0 | Yeah. |
| 1:07.0 | And then after we end the recording, probably much longer, just to really get a hashed out. |
| 1:12.4 | Yes. |
| 1:13.1 | I have a lot of feelings. |
| 1:14.9 | Yes. |
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