{"id":1444363,"date":"2020-07-21T10:00:29","date_gmt":"2020-07-21T14:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"\/blog\/?p=1444363"},"modified":"2020-07-20T16:30:32","modified_gmt":"2020-07-20T20:30:32","slug":"the-7-worst-books-to-read-in-the-middle-of-a-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blog\/the-7-worst-books-to-read-in-the-middle-of-a-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Classic Novels That Are a Little Too Real Right Now"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"http:\/\/img.sparknotes.com\/content\/sparklife\/sparktalk\/phantomoftheoperamask7820MAIN_LargeWide.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In much the same way as you should never watch a scary movie at night when you&#8217;re home alone, there are certain books you should never read in the middle of a global pandemic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course, if you&#8217;re the kind of person who <em>does<\/em> like to watch scary movies at night when you&#8217;re home alone, please mentally remove the word \u201cworst\u201d in the title of this piece and replace it with \u201cbest.\u201d In any case, here are either the best or worst books to read in the middle of a global pandemic, depending on the type of person you are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In much the same way as you should never watch a scary movie at night when you&#8217;re home alone, there are certain books you should never read in the middle of a global pandemic. Of   <a class=\"continue-reading\" href=\"#\"><span class=\"continue-text\">continue reading<\/span><svg class=\"continue-icon\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" alt=\"\">\n    <path fill=\"#007acd\" fill-rule=\"nonzero\" d=\"M13.442 5.558L19.885 12l-6.443 6.442-.884-.884 4.934-4.934L4 12.625v-1.25l13.492-.001-4.934-4.932.884-.884z\"><\/path>\n  <\/svg><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":182,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[25158,628,25156,25017,25157],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1444363"}],"collection":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/182"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1444363"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1444363\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1444508,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1444363\/revisions\/1444508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1444363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1444363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1444363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}