Gloria tesch, maradonia, and the bad behavior of team tesch. Terrible book club listen to podcasts on demand free. After selfpublishing this novel, the tesches went back and cut the book in half, rereleasing it as two separate books titled maradonia and the seven bridges and maradonia and the escape from the underworld. The maradonia trilogy, as the author still calls it, will be made up of nine books. Maradonia and the seven bridges dreadful books wiki. In addition to our usual barnyard language, weve got.
If you havent listened to episode 11 maradonia and the seven bridges by gloria tesch and episode 62 maradonia and the escape from the underworld book 2 of the maradonia sagaseries by gloria tesch you can do that for more background info and to understand how we got here. Nineteeneightyfour the maradonia saga has nine books. When team tesch rereleased the books for kindle and chopped them all in half. One especially grotesque example can be found in the third book of gloria teschs maradonia saga. Gloria tesch began writing her first 800 page book at the ripe age of ten and celebrated her thirteenth birthday with the publication of two novels,maradonia and the seven bridges and maradonia and the escape from the underworld. First, the title as it appears on the front cover is maradonia and the seven bridges. The maradonia saga, starting with maradonia and the seven bridges by.
Early on in the book the didactoriginal and another warrior servant were carrying an builder and a catalog. Maradonia and the dragon riders book 4 by gloria tesch. I have the legal right to use portions of that video and quotations and screencaps from your websites for the purposes of both. Gloria has a severe issue of unwarranted selfimportance and fancies herself being the future j. I own the original edition, so this sporking covers the first.
This book, along with its series, has earned a cult reputation for being terrible in nearly every possible way. The book was also promoted as the first in a series, but there has been no update on the sequel. Memetic mutationliterature all the tropes wiki fandom. No other vampire is more iconic than dracula himself, who, since his debate in bram stokers novel, has become one of the most iconic villains in horror. The maradonia saga begins with two teenaged siblings, maya and joey, who find a mysterious place in a forbidden area, which opens a portal into the land of maradonia. It was apparently always planned to be a trilogy, but then tesch suddenly said that it was always planned to be nine books. Criticism of your video, your website, your public comments, newsletter, and promotional tactics is protected under fair use of u. Swankivy critiques the promotional tactics of gloria teschs maradoniasaga.
Even though her career launched with the publication of the maradonia saga, she also completed a new fiction fantasy book series soon to be. Maradonia and the lost secret of kra as well as maradonia and the unleashed beast and maradonia and the curse of abbadon. Not that i was under the impression ariel and i are doing anything revolutionary or novel over here ha, get it. She released some really bizarre staged video that supposedly showed the excitement around the release of her latest novel. The consensus seems to be that the series stalled due to gloria preferring to focus on themovie. The professor collapsed on his white linen bed as he thought about the content of an ancient book he was studying during the last couple of days and nights. Their arrival in maradonia fulfills a prophesy and launches two ordinary kids into an extraordinary adventure of epic proportions. Gloria began writing her first book at the ripe age of ten and celebrated her thirteenth birthday with the publication of two novels, maradonia and the seven bridges and maradonia and the escape from the underworld. Maradonia and the law of blood and her sixth novel. Her prominent work, the maradonia saga, is notorious for its extremely poor quality, falling into the so bad, its good category however, glorias extreme arrogance and ignorance are not entirely hers. She said, i have a pretty clear concept for at least ten more books of the maradonia saga. Gloria enjoys traveling, creative projects and ideas for the future. Author of a bunch of shitty pride and prejudice porn sequels.
Maradonia book trailer, shows gloria tesch introducing her novels from the maradonia saga. Have any of you ever readheard of the maradonia saga. Criticism of your video, your website, your public comments, newsletter. The last new book to be released was maradonia and the law of blood, all the way back in 2010. In fact, the whole concept of the book is a clear ripoff of chronicles of narnia. He now used his manhood and took advantage of her as darkness fell over notali, the city of evil. So as you may or may not be aware, last week, with utterly no fanfare, the tesches released a reedited version of the first half of the first maradonia book as an ebook on amazon. It may not be as badly written as eye of argon although it comes close, but the ego of the author is astonishing. Episode 63 maradonia and the gold of ophir book 3 of.
Tomtbook a teenage girl selfpublished a really bad. Maradonia and the seven bridges book 1, maradonia and the escape from the underworld book 2, maradonia and the gold of ophir book 3, maradonia and. Dado maradonia and the seven bridges is a classic but contemporary story depicting the battle between good and evil. The first four yes, four are on kindle, and i own the last one as a physical copy which i bought. She created numerous sock puppet accounts to give her horrible books positive ratings. Either way, it contributes to the general shoddiness of this book. That was written by somebody about the same age as paolini, and it is easily one of the worst novels of all time. Maradonia and the dragon riders the maradonia saga. With terrible spelling and grammar and a clicheridden, nonsensical plot, the maradonia saga includes many cringeworthy passages. In the second book, maradonia and the gold of ophir presplit edition, maya becomes queen of maradonia and develops a fondness for mass executions. Gloria tesch celebrated her thirteenth birthday when she presented her first book of the maradonia saga, maradonia and the seven bridges. Gloria tesch is the author of the maradoniasaga book series. Gloria wrote her maradonia books when she was 10 while dorothy straight wrote her first published work when she was 4 years old. If you havent listened to episode 11 maradonia and the seven bridges by gloria tesch, you should do that for more background info and to.
The author bragged how she was the worlds youngest author. The maradonia saga, written and selfpublished by gloria tesch, selfdefined one. With their arrival in the land of maradonia a prophecy is fulfilled. Maradonia and the seven bridges book 1, maradonia and the escape from the underworld book. Maradonia saga its just your normal horrible book written by young author, but the one that make maradonia saga so outstanding. The nook book ebook of the maradonia and the dragon riders the maradonia saga.
If you havent listened to episode 11 maradonia and the seven bridges by gloria tesch and episode 62 maradonia and the escape from the underworld book 2 of the maradonia sagaseries by gloria tesch you can do that for more background info and to understand how we. Inspire a love of reading with prime book box for kids. Gloria ramirez was an american woman dubbed the toxic lady by the media when several hospital workers became ill. It seems shes still promoting the book at bookstores and comic conventions, but it still hasnt gained any real following. The facebook page for the book which only has about 2,200 likes still posts regularly. Author of the ruin mist chronicles and allaround good guy gilbert morris. Official maradonia book trailer gloria tesch youtube. The book could be a work of genius and it doesnt make a.
A girl called maya and a boy called joey find a mysterious beach in a forbidden area, which opened the way to a world between the worlds. Then a girl called maya and a boy called joey find a world between the worlds. That modesty is not a property of gloria tesch, author of the maradonia saga, a series i was introduced to just this past weekend. Gloria tesch has the brightness of vision necessary to create sweeping epics and it is the storytellers simplicity and gift that makes readers love her. Gloria is currently writing her next trilogy of three novels. Listen free to terrible book club on iheartradio podcasts. Dumbest plot for a teen or young adult novel page 6. The maradonia saga is a classic, but contemporary story. Maradonia, part i welcome, one and all, to the official start of my sporking of the maradonia saga. Once again, friendoftheshow hillary spotted this book in the wild and donated it to us. Credit to bear, and his editors, i only saw one mistake in the book and it was a minor one. The book contains numerous spelling errors and grammatically incorrect sentences.
Gloria tesch is an american young adult fiction writer who lives in tampa, florida. Episode 62 maradonia and the escape from the underworld book 2 of the maradonia sagaseries by gloria tesch. It was some sort of fantasy book, i think the protagonists were a brother and sister. The typical level of writing quality from the maradonia saga. Maradonia and the seven bridges dreadful books wiki fandom. Despite being marketed to young children, the book contains swear words and violence. So theyve got a movie in the works, a 3400 page fantasy series, and, most. Maradonia and the seven bridges the maradonia saga.
I believe she mentioned movie deals, more sequels, theme park among other things. Her books often plagiarize other works, most notably the bible. Upon their arrival a prophecy is fulfilled, whereby they have to try and change the future of maradonia. The maradonia saga, written and selfpublished by gloria tesch, selfdefined one of the worlds youngest novelist, starts as an everyday story. Young adult literature that time an author cheated the. Many words are randomly capitalized, italicized, bold or has unnecessary quotation marks. This book was chosen by our patron dari as part of her patreon reward. A girl called maya and a boy called joey found a mysterious place in a forbidden area which opened the way to a world between the worlds maradonia.
Gloria began writing her first book at the ripe age of ten and celebrated her thirteenth birthday with the publication of two novels,maradonia and the seven bridges and maradonia and the escape from the underworld. The land of maradonia with their arrival in maradonia a prophecy is fulfilled. Gloria tesch began writing her first book at the ripe age of ten, and celebrated her thirteenth birthday with the publication of her debut novel, maradonia and the seven bridges. This book as a whole wasnt totally terrible though it does rely on a lot of noirprivate eye stereotypes. Maradonia and the seven bridges book 1 by gloria tesch. In the original book, dracula is very much implied to be vlad the impaler though not outright confirmed, though. Classics of literature ranging from fantasy epics like the maradonia saga to gripping confessionals like this is why i hate you.