

Reading Glasses
Brea Grant and Mallory O'Meara
Want to learn how to make the most of your reading life? Join Brea Grant and Mallory O’Meara every week as they discuss tips and tricks for reading better! Listeners will learn how to vanquish their To-Be-Read piles, get pointers on organizing their bookshelves and hear reviews on the newest reading gadgets. Brea and Mallory also offer advice on bookish problems. How do you climb out of a reading slump? How do you support authors while still getting books on the cheap? Where do you hide the bodies of the people who won’t stop talking while you’re trying to read? Mallory and Brea engage in a weekly discussion geared towards all kinds of book lovers -- no matter what you read or how you read it.
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Mar 20, 2023 • 9min
Anticipated Books! (Teaser)
Full episode available to Maximum Fun Members. Go to maximumfun.org/join to join! You will get this bonus episode plus ALL future Anticipated Books episodes (which we will be doing several times a year!). PLUS access to our Slack Channel, invites to our Zoom parties, Maximum Fun gifts (depending on the level you join) including our Bury Me With My TBR Pile sticker, the Max Fun Cookbook and apron! PLUS PLUS, you are helping Brea and Mallory make this show every week! Go to maximumfun.org/join to join!A few of our Anticipated Books: Chain Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-BrenyahSisters of the Lost Nation by Nick MedinaHappy Place by Emily HenryAdvikda and the Hollywood Wives by Kirthana RamisettiTo hear all of our Anticipated Books, go to maximumfun.org/join to join!

Mar 16, 2023 • 44min
Ep 299 - That’s Not Sprite: How Your Thoughts on a Book Can Change
Brea and Mallory discuss how your opinion on a book can change over time, recommend summer books, and pick the books that define them. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -GreenChefwww.greenchef.com/GLASSES60Code: GLASSES60Ever tried Microdosing?Visit Microdose.com and use GLASSES for 30% off + Free Shipping Links -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmTo join our Slack channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership!Books Mentioned - Count Crowley: Amatuer Monster Hunter by David Dastmalchian and Lukas KetnerOur Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez and translated by Megan McDowellThe Third Hotel by Laura Van Den BergBook Lovers by Emily HenryThis One Summer by Mariko and Jillian Tamaki

Mar 9, 2023 • 40min
Ep 298 - How to Figure Out Your Doghouse
Brea and Mallory discuss figuring out your doghouse (and checking off one of the boxes from the Reading Glasses Challenge), review an old school book strap carrier, and decide which books we would like to read again for the first time. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Maximum Fun Drive is March 20th - March 31st! Mark your calendars!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -Dipseawww.dipseastories.com/GLASSESTrade Coffeewww.drinktrade.com/GLASSES Links -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmTo join our Slack channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership!Mallory’s New Book!Rustic Leather Adjustable Book Strap CarrierBooks Mentioned - A Handful of Earth, A Handful of Sky: The World of Octavia Butler by Lynell GeorgeLibro.fm Audio Version read by Adenrele OjoDead Dead Girls by Nekesa AfiaAnatomy: A Love Story by Dana SchwartzSaga by Brian K Vaughn, Fiona StaplesThe Nest by Kenneth OppelRachel Harrison books - Such Sharp Teeth, Cackle, The ReturnPriestdaddy: A Memoir by Patricia LockwoodA.S. King books - Dig, Please Ignore Vera Dietz

Mar 2, 2023 • 56min
Ep 297 - Jackets or Cloaks? What Exactly is Literary Fiction? and Danielle and the Silent Book Club!
Brea and Mallory discuss what the heck literary fiction is, interview bookseller Danielle Beliveau about running a chapter of the Silent Book Club, and recommend readalikes for This is How You Lose the Time War! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -BetterHelpwww.betterhelp.com/GLASSESWarby Parkerwww.warbyparker.com/GLASSESLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmTo join our Slack channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership!Mallory’s New Book!Danielle Beliveauhttps://twitter.com/recdyourbookLife After Magic (visual novel) by Chirashi Games Savoy Bookshop & Caféhttps://www.banksquarebooks.com/https://instagram.com/savoybookshopcafeSilent Book ClubBooks Mentioned - How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady HendrixWhite Cat, Black Dog by Kelly LinkRest is Resistance by Tricia HerseyAll You Need is Kill by Hiroshi SakurazakaA Marvelous Light by Freya Marske

Feb 23, 2023 • 44min
Ep 296 - Bookselves and Bookshelves with Rachel Koller Croft
Brea and Mallory discuss how your bookshelves reflect your identity, interview Rachel Koller Croft, and recommend retellings of classic books! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -GreenChefwww.greenchef.com/GLASSES60CODE: GLASSES60Trade Coffeewww.drinktrade.com/GLASSESLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmNational Library Service888-657-7323 Rachel Koller CroftStone Cold Fox Books Mentioned - The Reading List by Sara Nisha AdamsRadio Silence by Alyssa ColeThe Shards by Bret Easton EllisLove, Pamela by Pamela AndersonThe Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter by Theodora GossCirce by Madeline MillerFrankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi, translated by Jonathan Wright

Feb 16, 2023 • 42min
Ep 295 - Hornytown, USA: Tracking Your Book Settings and Cody Daigle-Orians
Brea and Mallory discuss tracking the locations your books are set in, interview author Cody Daigle-Orians about his new book I Am Ace, and solve a reader problem about graphic novel guilt. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -Microdose GummiesEver tried Microdosing?Visit Microdose.com and use GLASSES for 30% off + Free Shipping.Dipseawww.dipseastories.com/GLASSESLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmBrea on Go Fact YourselfCody Daigle-Orianswww.acedadadvice.com@acedadadviceI Am AceBooks Mentioned - You Just Need to Lose Weight and 19 Other Myths About Fat People by Aubrey GordonLong Division by Kiese LaymonDon’t Fear the Reaper by Stephen Graham JonesDeep Sniff by Adam ZmithLoveless by Alice OsemanLet’s Talk About Love by Clair KannHow to Be a Normal Person by T.J. KluneSeek You by Kristen Radtke

Feb 9, 2023 • 53min
Ep 294 - You Don’t Need a Tower - Worldbuilding with Annalee Newitz
Brea and Mallory talk about worldbuilding, interviewing author Annalee Newitz, and give advice on rating memoirs. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors - GreenChefwww.greenchef.com/GLASSES60Code: Glasses60Ever tried Microdosing? Visit Microdose.com and use GLASSES for 30% off + Free Shipping. Links -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmBrea on Go Fact YourselfAnnalee NewitzCelebrity Book Club with Chelsea DevantezBooks Mentioned - Crescent City by Sarah J. MaasLone Women by Victor LaValleSenlin Ascends by Josiah BancroftBabel by R.F. KuangWilliam Gibson’s Bridge TrilogyThe Scar by China MievilleAn Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers SolomonThe Marrow Thieves by Cherie DimalineThe Red Scholar's Wake by Aliette de BodardThe Terraformers by Annalee Newitz

Feb 2, 2023 • 43min
Ep 293 - How to Deal with Post Book Sadness
Brea and Mallory talk about post book sadness, test out book tracking bookmarks, and recommend Wheel of Time readalikes. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -Trade Coffeewww.drinktrade.com/glassesDipseawww.dipseastories.com/glassesLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmJoCo CruiseLevenger’s BookmarksBooks Mentioned - The Word for Woman for Wilderness by Abi AndrewsHole in the Middle by Kendra FortmeyerUnlikely Animals by Annie HarnettLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryThe Broken Earth Trilogy by N.K. JemisinThe Jewel and Her Lapidary by Fran WildeThe Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

Jan 26, 2023 • 57min
Ep 292 - So Sexy - Why We Love Vampire Books with Mike Chen!
Brea and Mallory recommend vampire books, talk to author Mike Chen, and give advice on book tracking! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -Ever tried Microdosing? Visit Microdose.com and useGLASSES for 30% off + Free Shipping. Better Helpwww.betterhelp.com/GLASSESLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmMike ChenTwitterBooks Mentioned - Lost in the Moment and Found by Seanan McGuireHow to Sell a Haunted House by Grady HendrixLiar, Dreamer, Thief by Maria DongVampire Weekend by Mike ChenWhen I Arrived at the Castle by Emily CarrollThe Lost Girls by Sonia HartlReluctant Immortals by Gwendolyn KisteFledgling by Octavia ButlerBuffy 97 by Jeremy Lambert and Marianna IgnazziThe Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady HendrixThe Night Wanderer by Drew Hayden TaylorThe Pallbearers Club by Paul TremblayThe Fell of Dark by Caleb RoehrigThe Phantom Tollbooth by Norton JusterSurrender by Bono

Jan 19, 2023 • 40min
Ep 291 - The Novella and the Book Thief
Brea and Mallory tick off the first box on the 2023 Reading Glasses (Glasses Glasses) Challenge: read a novella! Plus they talk about what to do if you accidentally become a book thief, and recommend fantasy books for book clubs. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -GreenChefwww.greenchef.com/glasses60Code: GLASSES60 Dipseawww.dipseastories.com/GLASSES Links -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmMallory’s new book! Books Mentioned - There’s No Such Thing as an Easy Job by Kikuko Tsumura, translated by Poll BartonMonstrilio by Gerardo Samano CordovaNever Have I Ever by Isabel YapThe Route of Ice and Salt by Jose Luis Zarate, translated by David BowlesWhat Moves the Dead by T. KingfisherWhen Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill


