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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Sep 23, 2021 • 54min
Ep 222 - Improving Your Reading Habits with Anne Bogel
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Sep 16, 2021 • 56min
Ep 221 - Send That Monster to the Grocery Store and Cadwell Turnbull!
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Sep 9, 2021 • 49min
Ep 220 - Gotta Get Back to Kansas - Characters on a Journey and Cassandra Khaw
Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -BetterHelpSoylentCODE - GLASSES!Links -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmPre Order a Signed Copy of Girly Drinks!Brea’s Women on a Journey MovieCassandra KhawThe All Consuming World by Cassandra KhawAnnotating PensPapermate FlairMarvy Le PenSharpie Ultra FinePilot Precise V5 Extra FineBooks Mentioned - Empire of Wild by Cherie DimalineThe Lost Coast by Amy Rose CapettaMiami Blues by Charles WillefordThe Hike by Drew MagaryThe Road by Cormac McCarthySenlin Ascends by Josiah BancroftNothing but Blackened Teeth by Cassandra KhawMongrels by Stephen Graham Jones
Sep 2, 2021 • 52min
Ep 219 - What Books Are Coming Out? Plus Spooky Season Kickoff with Becky Spratford
Brea and Mallory talk about figuring out which books are coming out when, and interview author and librarian Becky Spratford! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -Feals CBDRotman Business School Links -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fm Erotica Book Club!9/5 12pm PST on our Instagram - Live!NetGalleyEdelweissBecky SpratfordRA for AllBecky's TwitterBooks Mentioned - Never Say You Can’t Survive by Charlie Jane AndersThe House with Chicken Legs by Sophie AndersonQueen of Teeth by Hailey PiperThe Bright Lands by John Fram
Aug 26, 2021 • 46min
Ep 218 - How to Call a Book on the Phone and Tom Merritt
Brea and Mallory talk about ISBN numbers and interview author and podcaster Tom Merritt! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -BabbelCode: GLASSESRotman Business School Links -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmErotica Book ClubSunday 9/5 12pm PST on our Instagram Livehttps://adrianaherreraromance.com/mangoes-and-mistletoe/Girly Drinks!Send your pre-order proof to girlydrinkskoozie@gmail.comISBN Number JokeTom MerrittBooks Mentioned - The Past is Red by Catherynne M. ValenteWhite Magic by Elissa WashutaThe Ruthless Lady’s Guide to Wizardry by C.M. WaggonerNight Film by Marisha Pessl
Aug 19, 2021 • 48min
Ep 217 - Enemies, Lovers, Chosen Ones - All About Tropes
Brea and Mallory discuss tropes, interview Madeleine Roux and talk about using library books on your Kindle. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -Feals CBDRotman Business School Links -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmMangoes and Mistletoe by Adriana HerreraLive Erotica Book Club 9/5 12pm on our Instagram!Madeleine RouxReclaimed by Madeleine RouxMadeleine's Twitter Books Mentioned -One Last Stop by Casey McQuistonI Am Not Starfire by Mariko Tamaki and Yoshi YoshitaniThe Past is Red by Catherynne M. Valente
Aug 12, 2021 • 41min
Ep 216 - How To Become a Book Dragon - Getting Books for Cheap
Brea and Mallory talk about finding books for cheap. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -Rotman Business Schoolwww.uoft.me/ExecutivePresenceBetterHelp Online Therapywww.betterhelp.com/glasses Links -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmMangoes and Mistletoe - Erotica Book Club! Buy here.9/5/21 - 12pm PT on our Instagram Live!Powell’sBetter World BooksBookbubHumble BumbleSkylight Books Signed Book Club Books Mentioned - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins ReidThe Mermaid, The Witch and The Sea by Maggie Tokuda-HallForget This Ever Happened by Cassandra Rose ClarkeDaughters Unto Devils by Amy Lukavics
Aug 5, 2021 • 37min
Ep 215 - How to Dump Books without Dumping Social Justice Goals
Brea and Mallory talk about some social justice book dumping dilemmas. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors - DipseaFeals Links -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fm Korean FictionHan Books Books Mentioned - Defekt by Nino CipriThe Haunting of Alma Fielding by Kate SummerscaleHow to Build a Girl by Caitlin Moran, narrated by Louise BrealeyRebecca by Daphne de Maurier, narrated by Anna MasseyPerfume by Patrick Suskind, narrated by Nigel PattersonJoyland by Stephen King, narrated by Michael KellyPlain Bad Heroines by emily m danforth, narrated by Xe SandsThe Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi, narrated by Chukwudi Iwuji and Yetide BadakiCatherine House by Elisabeth Thomas, narrated by Inés del Castillo
Jul 29, 2021 • 39min
Ep 214 - How To Review A Book You Hated
Brea and Mallory talk about how to review a book you didn’t like and recommend books about danger lesbians. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmLibrary Passes Books Mentioned - Pew by Catherine LaceyThe Widow of Rose House by Diana BillerThe Space Between Worlds by Micaiah JohnsonBeyond the Ruby Veil by Mara Fitzgerald
Jul 22, 2021 • 53min
Ep 213 - How To Read When You’re Stressed Out and Kobo CEO Michael Tamblyn
Brea and Mallory talk about stressed out reading, interviewing Kobo CEO Michael Tamblyn, and talk about whether RPG books are books. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsor - Feals CBDPromo Code - GLASSESBetterHelpPromo Code - GLASSES Links -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletter Libro.fmGirly Drinks Pre Order!girlydrinkskoozie@gmail.comKobo StoreKobo in Conversation Podcast Books Mentioned - The Anthropocene Reviewed by John GreenGirlhood by Melissa FebosRing Shout by P. Djeli ClarkThe Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette KowalBlindsight by Peter WattsDetransition, Baby by Torrey Peters
