

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

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

Jul 15, 2021 • 1h 2min
Ep 212 - Book Sniffing and Jordan Morris and Tony Cliff talking Bubble!
Brea and Mallory talk about book sniffing, interview author and podcaster Jordan Morris and Tony Cliff and finally review THE LAMINATOR! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -BabbelPromo Code - GLASSESDipsea Links -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fm Girly Drinks Pre Order!girlydrinkskoozie@gmail.comBubble by Jordan Morris, Sarah Morgan, Tony Cliff, and Natalie ReissJordan MorrisJordan's TwitterTony CliffThe Laminator Books Mentioned - In the Quick by Kate Hope DayThe Helm of Midnight by Marina LostetterNo One Is Talking About This by Patricia LockwoodThe Old Ways by Robert MacFarlaneZorro by Isabel AllendeThe Infinite Noise by Lauren Shippen

Jul 8, 2021 • 53min
Ep 211 - What Makes a Swiss Army Recommendation and Helenna Santos
Mallory and Brea talk about Swiss Army book recommendations, interview writer and filmmaker Helenna Santos and discuss how to read on your side. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsor - GreenChefPromo Code - GLASSES100 Links -Helenna SantosA Long Dark Summer by Helenna SantosReading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletter Libro.fmTBR Games - Bookopoly and TBR PursuitBooks Mentioned - Crying in H Mart by Michelle ZaunerSeance Tea Party by Reimena YeeConvenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata, translated by Ginny Tapley TakemoriPriestdaddy by Patricia LockwoodStation Eleven by Emily St. John MandelSourdough by Robin SloanWe Ride Upon Sticks by Quan BarryHouse of Hollow by Krystal SutherlandAnimal by Lisa TaddeoArsenic and Adobo by Mia R. ManansalaLife of the Party by Olivia GatwoodBetween Two Kingdoms by Suleika JaouadThe Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoTo Shake the Sleeping Self by Jedidiah Jenkins

Jul 1, 2021 • 39min
Ep 210 - We Love Bookstores and Libraries
Brea and Mallory talk about ways to show love for bookstores and libraries, and debate the best ways to share a book with someone. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! #RGlovesbookstores #RGloveslibrariesReading Glasses MerchRecommendations Store Sponsor - Care/OfPromo Code - GLASSES50BetterHelp Links -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletter Libro.fm Books Mentioned - You’ll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey by Amber Ruffin and Lacey LamarWhat Big Teeth by Rose SzaboGirly Drinks by Mallory!How To Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles YuA Beginning at the End by Mike ChenThe Old Drift by Namwali Serpell

Jun 24, 2021 • 46min
Ep 209 - Hot Gossip and Small Town Books
Brea and Mallory talk about why we all love small town books so much and review what might be the ultimate reading chocolate snack. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!NEW Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations Store Sponsor - DipseaPromo Code - GLASSESOwl Crate JrPromo Code - GLASSES Links -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletter Libro.fmUnreal Chocolates Books Mentioned - Cemetery Boys by Aiden ThomasWelcome to the Pine Away Motel and Cabins by Katarina Bivald, translated by Alice MenziesGirly Drinks by Mallory!!Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica LockeThe Readers from Broken Wheel Recommend by Katarina Bivald, translated by Alice MenziesForget This Ever Happened by Cassandra Rose ClarkeQuiet Neighbors by Catriona McPherson

Jun 17, 2021 • 51min
Ep 208 - When You Give a Mouse a Cookie and Books We Read As Kids
Brea and Mallory talk about books that they read as kids and recommend ways to bring library books on a camping trip. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses x VoidmerchRecommendations Store Sponsors - Owl Crate Jr.Promo Code - GLASSESBabbelPromo Code - GLASSES Links -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fm Recaps LinksRecaptains.co.ukbookseriesrecaps.com Books Mentioned - Day Zero by C. Robert CargillThe Wanderers by Meg HowreyGirly Drinks Pre Order! By Mallory!Or Here!The Luminous Dead by Caitlin StarlingSix Wakes by Mur LaffertyThe House Next Door by Anne Rivers SiddonsThe Elementals by Michael McDowell

Jun 10, 2021 • 48min
Ep 207 - How To Get Rid of Books You Don’t Want
Brea and Mallory talk about getting rid of books you don’t want and compare different types of eReaders! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations Store Sponsors- StoryworthPromo Code - GLASSESBetterHelp Links -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletter Libro.fmBooks Mentioned - Lore by Alexandra BrackenDial A for Aunties by Jesse Q Sutanto

Jun 3, 2021 • 50min
Ep 206 - We Love Libraries! with T.L. Huchu
Brea and Mallory talk about surprising ways to use the library and interview author T.L. Huchu. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations Store Sponsors - The Rock from the Sky by Jon Klassen OwlCrate Jr.https://www.owlcrate.com/collections/owlcrate-jrPromo Code - GLASSES Links -T.L. HuchuENO Doublenest HammockNebula AwardsReading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fm Books Mentioned - The Remaking by Clay McCleod ChapmanThe Wicked Deep by Shea ErnshawRequiem Moon by C.T. RwiziLuckenbooth by Jenni Fagan

May 27, 2021 • 39min
Ep 205 - What To Do When A Book Lets You Down
Brea and Mallory talk about what to do when a book lets you down and how to teach people to find books that they love. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations Store Sponsor - The Rock from the Sky by Jon Klassen!OwlCrate Jr.Promo Code - GLASSESLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmWine GlassTea Mug Books Mentioned - Livewired by David EaglemanMilk Fed by Melissa BroderThe Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins ReidCity of Girls by Elizabeth GilbertRed, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuistonConvenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata, translated by Ginny Tapley TakemoriPriestdaddy by Patricia Lockwood