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
Jan 27, 2022 • 44min
Ep 240 - Don’t Bend The Space Rules - Unlikeable Characters and Mike Chen!
Brea and Mallory discuss unlikeable characters, recommend nerdy romance and interview author Mike Chen! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -GreenChefwww.greenchef.com/GLASSESCODE: GLASSES30Evitewww.evite.com/GLASSESLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmBooks Mentioned - The Girl Who Can Move Shit With Her Mind by Jackson FordThe Pallbearers Club by Paul TremblayLight Years from Home by Mike ChenStar Wars: Brotherhood by Mike ChenBunnicula by James and Deborah HoweMeet Me in Another Life by Catriona SilveyThe Love Hypothesis by Ali HazelwoodConventionally Yours by Annabeth Albert
Jan 20, 2022 • 43min
Ep 239 - How To Tie Your Shoes and Other Self Help Books
Brea and Mallory discuss what to get out of a self help book, talk about what to do when your wheelhouse intersects your doghouse, and review the greatest reading-snacking tool of all time. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -SoylentCode: GLASSESLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmShelbyville: An Original Stephen King RPGSnactiv Books Mentioned - Writers & Lovers by Lily KingLight Years from Home by Mike ChenLove Warrior by Glennon DoyleFour Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver BurkemanBody Positive Power by Megan Jane Crabbe
Jan 13, 2022 • 38min
Ep 238 - What To Do With the Books You Got For Christmas
Brea and Mallory discuss what to do with the books you got for Christmas that you don’t want, recommend books for husbands, and offer help for dyslexic e-readers. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -CurologyDipsea Links -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmBooks Mentioned - Broken Places Outer Spaces by Nnedi OkoraforThe Shadow Land by Elizabeth KostovaEcho Park by Michael ConnellyNever Saw Me Coming by Vera KurianThe Spectral City by Leanna Renee HieberStorm Front by Jim Butcher
Jan 6, 2022 • 39min
Ep 237 - Reading Glasses Challenge 2022 and New Years Reader Resolutions
Brea and Mallory talk about 2022 reader resolutions, review book journals and reveal the 2022 Reading Glasses Challenge! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -E-ViteMagic SpoonCODE: GLASSESLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmRhodia Notebook 2022 Reading Glasses ChallengeBooksSelf HelpRetellingThe First of a SeriesAAPI AuthorRead a Book That’s Been Adapted…Activities…And Then Watch the Movie AdaptationAsk Someone What They’re ReadingTrack Your Reading for the YearReading Streak - 10 Minutes a Day for One Week StraightFigure Out Your Reading PathwayReading Pathway Episode Books Mentioned - Any Way the Wind Blows by Rainbow RowellA Winter’s Promise by Christelle Dabos, translated by Hildegarde Serle10th Anniversary Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. CoreyMy Reading Life by Anne Bogel
Dec 30, 2021 • 56min
Ep 236 - 2021 in Reading: Mom Books, Audiobooks and Virtual Events
Brea and Mallory discuss their 2021 reading lives and talk about book trends they saw this year. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -SoylentCODE: GLASSESDipseaBetterHelp Links -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmSkybraryDaryl the LAPL Librarian Reviews Books Mentioned - Wayward Son by Rainbow RowellThe Corpse Queen by Heather M. HerrmanRemote Control by Nnedi OkoraforMediocre by Ijeoma OluoGoodbye, Again by Jonny SunEat the Rich by Sarah GaileyThe Bluest Eye by Toni MorrisonThe Magic Fish by Trung Le NguyenThe Crown Ain’t Worth Much by Hanif AbdurraqibThe Collected Poems of Audre LordeGirly Drinks by Mallory O’MearaRude Talk in Athens by Mark Haskell SmithMy Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham JonesThis Town Sleeps by Dennis E. StaplesThe Art of Taking it Easy by Dr. Brian KingThe Cabinets of Barnaby Mayne by Elsa Hart
Dec 16, 2021 • 56min
Ep 235 - Best Books of 2021!
Brea and Mallory talk about the best books of the year! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -getAbstractSoylent CODE: GLASSESLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmBooks Mentioned - Plain Bad Heroines by emily m. danforthHunting by Stars by Cherie DimalineMiami Blues by Charles WillefordMallory and Brea’s Best Books ListThe Cutting Season by Attica LockeForget This Ever Happened by Cassandra Rose Clarke
Dec 9, 2021 • 1h 13min
Ep 233 - Fonts, Margins and Deckled Edges, Oh My! Book Interiors with Lauren Panepinto
Brea and Mallory talk about book interiors and fonts with Lauren Panepinto! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -StoryworthSoylent Links -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmMallory’s SF Event 12/14Orbit BooksTheir Instagram Books Mentioned - Fuzz by Mary RoachThe Memory Theater by Karin TidbeckGirly Drinks by Mallory O’MearaFancy Illustrated The Witcher!Fancy Leviathan Wakes!
Dec 2, 2021 • 39min
Ep 232 - Pulling Books Out of a Hat - What Makes a Good Book Event
Brea and Mallory discuss what makes a good bookish event, recommend puzzle novels and talk about playlists for books. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -BetterHelpwww.betterhelp.com/GLASSESSoylentwww.soylent.com/GLASSESCODE: GLASSESLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmGirly Drinks Events!Virtual with the Detroit Books and Authors SocietySF Library Event 12/14 Books Mentioned - Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka AokiThe Removed by Brandon HobsonSleeping Giants by Sylvain NeuvelWorld War Z by Max BrooksThe Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward
Nov 25, 2021 • 48min
Ep 231 - Trust Elves But Not Willy Wonka - Magic Food Books
Brea and Mallory finally talk about novels with magical food, review some unusual bookmarks and solve a Little Free Library dilemma. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -Dipseawww.dipseastories.com/GLASSESGreenChefwww.greenchef.com/GLASSES125CODE: GLASSES125 Links -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmMallory at SDCCBooks Mentioned - The Lost Girls by Sonia HartlWith Teeth by Kristen ArnettSourdough by Robin SloanNatalie Tan’s Book of Luck and Fortune by Roselle LimMidnight at the Blackbird Cafe by Heather WebberLittle Chapel on the River by Gwendolyn BoundsAll’s Well by Mona AwadDial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto
Nov 18, 2021 • 37min
Ep 230 - Robots, Werewolves and Weird Sh*t - Books for Native American Heritage Month
Brea and Mallory talk about books they love for Native American Heritage Month, review bookmarks for kids and solve an eReader problem. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -getAbstractSoylentCode: GLASSESLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmPens recommended by Brea’s MomMicronDouble Barrel Pin ClipNotebook BeltsMuji PensMallory’s Talk/Cocktail ClassScratch Bookmarks Books Mentioned - Burnt Offerings by Robert MarascoMonkey Beach by Eden RobinsonFuture Home of the Living God by Louise ErdrichWhite Magic by Elissa WashutaThe Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham JonesSplit Tooth by Tanya TagaqRobopocalypse by Daniel H. WilsonElatsoe by Darcie Little BadgerEmpire of Wild by Cherie DimalineThe Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline
