

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.
Episodes
Mentioned books

May 12, 2022 • 35min
Ep 255 - Book Rex for AAPI Heritage Month
Brea and Mallory recommend books by AAPI authors, have a special guest on to review some book tech, and talk about what to do when you see a book in a store ahead of its pub date. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreAsian American Pacific Islander Monthhttps://asianpacificheritage.gov/Sponsors -DipseaGreenChefCODE: GLASSES130Links -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmBook Page TurnerBooks Mentioned - The Fall of Babel by Josiah BancroftFlorida Woman by Deb RogersLight Years from Home by Mike ChenThe Forest of Stolen Girls by June HurWhy Not Me? by Mindy KalingMinor Feelings by Cathy Park HongThe Collected Schizophrenias by Esme Weijun WangI Love You So Mochi by Sarah KuhnThe Sun and Her Flowers by Rupi KaurSpirit Hunters by Ellen OhThe Book of M by Peng ShepardHow Much of These Hill is Gold by C Pam ZhangPresent Tense Machine by Gunnhild OyehaugWhat Strange Paradise by Omar el Akkad

May 5, 2022 • 41min
Ep 254 - Weird Reader Behavior - Is It Really That Weird?
Brea and Mallory talk about weird reader quirks, debate voting in book awards, and recommend ghoul books. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Join the MaxFunDrive!Twitch Link for Tonight - twitch.tv/readingglassespodcast Links -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmBooks Mentioned - Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony DoerrWhat Moves the Dead by T. KingfisherShe Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-ChanHorrorstor by Grady HendrixDaughter of Hounds by Caitlin Kiernan

Apr 28, 2022 • 38min
Ep 253 - Genre Curious? How To Try A Genre You’ve Never Read Before
Brea and Mallory discuss starting a genre you’ve never tried before and recommend books to help with a reading hangover. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreMaxFunDrive!www.maximumfun.org/joinSend proof of your membership to readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com to get a personalized book recommendation and access to our Slack channel!Links -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmBooks Mentioned - Hello, Molly! by Molly ShannonSuch Sharp Teeth by Rachel HarrisonThe Cartographers by Peng ShepardSix Months, Three Days, Five Others by Charlie Jane AndersNinth House by Leigh Bardugo

Apr 21, 2022 • 37min
Ep 252 - Mighty Morphin’ Authors - Why Authors Use Pen Names
Brea and Mallory discuss why some authors use pen names, recommend book tracking apps, and talk abouts books that showcase emotional communication. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -BetterHelpwww.betterhelp.com/GLASSESMicrodose GummiesEver tried Microdosing? Visit Microdose.com and use GLASSES for 30% off + Free Shipping Links -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmBook Apps Episode Books Mentioned - The Nineties by Chuck KlostermanNight of the Living Rez by Morgan TaltyMe and Marvin Gardens by Amy Sarig KingThe Bad Seed by Jory John and Pete OswaldGuy Stuff by Cara NattersonHatchet by Gary Paulsen

Apr 14, 2022 • 41min
Ep 251 - Don’t Forget the Barbarians - Reading the First in a Series
Brea and Mallory talk about reading book series, how to read scary books when you live alone, and recommend books set in Scotland. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -DipseaMicrodose GummiesEver tried Microdosing? Visit Microdose.com and use GLASSES for 30% off + Free ShippingLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmBookCrossing Books Mentioned - Sundial by Catriona WardWhen I’m Gone, Look for Me in the East by Quan BarryThe Girl Who Could Move Shit With Her MindA Winter’s Promise by Christelle Dabos, translated Hildegarde SerleThe End of the World Running Club by Adrian J. WalkerThe Library of the Dead by T.L. Huchu

Apr 7, 2022 • 39min
Ep 250 - No More New Buttholes - What To Do When You Hated A Book
Brea and Mallory talk about what to do when you hate a book, review some annotating pens, and recommend enemies to lovers books! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -GreenChefCODE: GLASSES130Microdose GummiesEver tried Microdosing? Visit Microdose.com and use GLASSES for 30% off + Free ShippingLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmPens Tested:The Micron 01The Muji Gel BallpointBooks Mentioned - Adora and the Distance by Marc Bernardin and Ariela KristantinaJust Like Home by Sarah GaileyThe Lost Girls by Sonia HartlCarry On by Rainbow RowellRed, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuistonThe Wolf and the Woodsman by Ava Reid

Mar 31, 2022 • 34min
Ep 249 - What’s the Ideal Amount of Time to Read For?
Brea and Mallory talk about the ideal amount of time to read for, recommend YA books, and discuss re-reading. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -Microdose GummiesCODE: GLASSESNativeCODE: GLASSESLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmReading Science Episode Books Mentioned - One for All by Lillie LainoffA Skinful of Shadows by Frances HardingeThe Gunslinger by Stephen KingDying is Easy by Joe Hill and Martin SimmondsCarry On by Rainbow RowellCamp by L.C. Rosen

Mar 24, 2022 • 40min
Ep 248 - Slow Readers and Fast Eaters
Brea and Mallory talk about different reading speeds and whether or not it matters. They also review bluetooth speakers for audiobooks and recommend books with Sarah protagonists. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -CurologyWarby Parker Links -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmBluetooth SpeakerBooks Mentioned - The Mad Scientist’s Daughter by Cassandra Rose ClarkeThis Poison Heart by Kalynn BayronSarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlanThe Red Tree by Caitlin KiernanThe Alienist by Caleb Carr

Mar 17, 2022 • 42min
Ep 247 - Do Visual Novels Count as Books?
Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -BetterHelpDipsea Stories Links -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmGames Tested:Year Walk, What Remains of Edith Finch, Device 6, Doki Doki Literature ClubBooks Mentioned - Anthem by Noah HawleyUnmasked by Lorien LawrenceA Marvellous Light by Freya MarskeThe Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValleGet in Trouble by Kelly Link

Mar 10, 2022 • 39min
Ep 246 -Talking Bears and Long Roads - Finding Very Specific Books with Sara Gran!
Brea and Mallory talk about how to find books with very specific wheelhouse items, interview Sara Gran, and recommend books that mix genres. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -GreenChefCODE: GLASSES130Tor NightfireSundial by Catriona WardLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmSara GranThe Book of the Most Precious Substance by Sara Gran Books Mentioned - Lullaby by Chuck PalahniukA Gift for a Ghost by Borja GonzalezSecret Identity by Alex SeguraThe Pallbearer’s ClubDread Nation by Justina IrelandThe Conductors by Nicole GloverThe Helm of Midnight by Marina Lostetter