

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
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May 20, 2021 • 44min
Ep 204 - Sarah Books
Brea and Mallory talk about Sarah books, review some good audiobook headphones and discuss book series recaps. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Brea and Mallory talk about Sarah books, review some good audiobook headphones and discuss book series recaps. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations Store Sponsor - BabbelPromo Code - GLASSESBetterHelp Links -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletter Libro.fmAftershokzOther Worlds Film FestivalFilm Quest Books Mentioned - A Little Devil in America by Hanif AbdurraqibMy Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham JonesReal Artists Have Day Jobs by Sara BenincasaThe Echo Wife by Sarah GaileyFrom Little Tokyo, with Love by Sarah KuhnThe Little Stranger by Sarah WatersUnfamiliar Fishes by Sarah VowellShe Come by it Natural by Sarah Smarsh

May 13, 2021 • 51min
Ep 203 - Hair Brushing, Enchanted Forests and Swamp Sounds - How to Find the Right Background Noise for Reading
Brea and Mallory explore ASMR, white noise and soundscapes as background noise for reading and recommend books for the Avengers. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!MAXIMUM FUN DRIVE!Recommendations Store Links -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletter Libro.fmSoundscape VideosMore Vids here and hereASMR For ReadingBooks Mentioned - Sorrowland by Rivers SolomonGood Neighbors by Sarah LanganThinking Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanGreenlights by Matthew McConaugheyDrive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk, translated by Antonia Lloyd-JonesThe Vanishing Half by Brit BennettThe Rage of Dragons by Evan Winter Only Love Can Break Your Heart by Ed TarkingtonCheck, Please! by Ngozi UkazuWe Should All be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

May 6, 2021 • 1h 12min
Ep 202 - How to Decide What to Read Next
Brea and Mallory help you decide what to read next and give out bookish dating advice. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations Store Links -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletter Libro.fm MAX FUN DRIVE!For access to the Slack Channel after you join, email proof of membership to readingglassespodcast @ gmail.comBooks Mentioned - Women and Other Monsters by Jess ZimmermanMilk Blood Heat by Dantiel W. MonizWhy Fish Don’t Exist by Lulu Miller

Apr 29, 2021 • 52min
Ep 201 - Eating A Good Book and Other Book Finishing Rituals and Silvia Moreno-Garcia!
Brea and Mallory talk about book finishing rituals, interview author Silvia Moreno-Garcia and recommend books for Schitt’s Creek watchers. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations Store Sponsor - Better Help Links -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletter Libro.fmTo All The Boys I’ve Loved Before Page to Screen BookClubMay 8th, 12pm PTInstagram Live Silvia Moreno-GarciaThe Beautiful Ones Books Mentioned -Goodbye, Again by Jonny SunThe Auctioneer by Joan SamsonLong Way Down by Jason ReynoldsSharp Teeth by Toby BarlowNights at the Circus by Angela CarterSon of the Storm by Suyi Davies OkungbowaGoblin by Josh MalermanPiranesi by Susanna ClarkeCity of Girls by Elizabeth GilbertOpen Book by Jessica SimpsonPriestdaddy by Patricia LockwoodWe Play Ourselves by Jen SilvermanAll Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot

Apr 28, 2021 • 49min
Dead Pilots Society - Space Bound Table Read
In our episode today we're showing you a pilot from the Dead Pilots Society podcast. In Dead Pilots Society, scripts that were developed by studios and networks but were never produced are given the table reads they deserve. The episode we have for you is from Academy Award-nominated writer/director of Promising Young Woman, Emerald Fennell. Emerald was also the showrunner of Season Two of Killing Eve, and her acting credits include Call the Midwife and The Crown. Her pilot is called Space Bound, it follows an alien who goes on an intergalactic coffee run and finds herself stranded on “the worst planet in the universe”: Earth. A group of eccentric friends takes her in and she discovers she might actually be the most functional person in the world. The cast for this one is out of this world! It stars academy award nominee Carey Mulligan as G456, Sam Richardson as Dan, academy award nominee Richard E. Grant as The Overlord, Max Greenfield as Phil, Emmy nominee Rainn Wilson as Tall Man, Craig Cackowski as Round Man, Lolly Adefope as Venetia, Ellen Wong as Karen, Marcus Bishop-Wright as Detective Fairbanks/Pervy Guy/Terrifying Man/Barista, Greg Santos as Obnoxious Guy/Bongo Drummer/Cop 2, Shulie Cowen as Fancy Dog Owner/Andie Macdowell/Cop 1/Anchor, and Andrew Reich with stage directions. Enjoy it!

Apr 22, 2021 • 52min
Ep 200 - 200th Episode AMA Celebration!
Brea and Mallory do an AMA to celebrate 200 episodes of the show! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors - StoryworthAutumn’s FireLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletter Libro.fm Books Mentioned - Severance by Ling MaThirsty Mermaids by Kat LeyhCarry On by Rainbow RowellPiranesi by Susanna ClarkeSave the Cat! By Blake SnyderChase Darkness With Me by Billy Jensen

Apr 15, 2021 • 51min
Ep 199 - Space Operas and Charlie Jane Anders!
Brea and Mallory discuss what makes a space book a space opera and talk to Charlie Jane Anders! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations Store Sponsor - BabbelPromo Code - GLASSESLibby! Links -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletter Libro.fmPhoebe Reads a MysteryCharlie Jane Anders Victories Greater Than Death Books Mentioned - Ten Lessons for a Post Pandemic World by Fareed ZakariaTo All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny HanEurovision by Catherynne M. ValenteHyperion by Dan SimmonsThe Stars are Legion by Kameron HurleyDune by Frank HerbertThe Collapsing Empire by John ScalziBinti by Nnedi OkoraforHome Sick Pilots by Dan Watters and Caspar WijngaardGirl Haven by Lilah Sturges and Meaghan CarterDetransition, Baby by Torrey PetersConsider Phlebas by Iain M. BanksThe Hainish Cycle by Ursula K. Le GuinThe Best of all Possible Worlds by Karen LordThe Light Brigade by Kameron HurleyThe Unbroken by C.L. Clark

Apr 8, 2021 • 43min
Ep 198 - Sh*ts, Giggles and Buying eBooks
Brea and Mallory talk about where to buy eBooks and how to escape from the stress of a huge TBR. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsor - StoryworthGreen ChefLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletter Libro.fmMallory in Conversation with Clay McLeod ChapmanBooks Mentioned - Victories Greater Than Death by Charlie Jane AndersWhisper Down the Lane by Clay McLeod ChapmanTo All The Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han

Apr 1, 2021 • 41min
Ep 197 - If You Wanna Be My Bookmark, You Gotta Get In My Book
Brea and Mallory discuss the ideal parameters of a bookmark and recommend a more diverse western. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsor - Libby!Links -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmBookmark ParametersRigidityThicknessStaminaDurabilityAestheticLength+ Environmental FactorsBooks Mentioned - The Crown Ain’t Worth Much by Hanif AbdurraqibA Little Devil in America by Hanif AbdurraqibElatsoe by Darcie Little BadgerTo All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny HanUpright Women Wanted by Sarah GaileyRiver of Teeth by Sarah GaileyHow Much of These Hills is Gold by C Pam Zhang

Mar 25, 2021 • 41min
Ep 196 - Getting Rex From the Library and Annabelle Gurwitch!
Brea and Mallory tick off another box on the 2021 Reading Glasses Challenge - read a book recommended by your library! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsor - Libby!Links -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletter Libro.fmBig Library ReadAnnabelle GurwitchYou're Leaving When?: Adventures in Downward Mobility by Annabelle GurwitchBarkthins Books Mentioned - The 7 ½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart TurtonSnapdragon by Kat LeyhThe Cabinets of Barnaby Mayne by Elisa HartHella by David GerroldKnocking on Heaven’s Door by Lisa Randall