Reading Glasses

Brea Grant and Mallory O'Meara
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Aug 20, 2020 • 49min

Ep 166 - Converting Books to Pizza and other Book Nostalgia

Brea and Mallory go down memory lane and talk book nostalgia. Use the hashtag #ReadingGlassesPodcast to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsor - Curiosity StreamPromo Code - GLASSESBooknicksPromo Code - GLASS20Links -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletter Brea’s Movies at Fantasia12 Hour ShiftLuckyFrightFest12 Hour ShiftLive Book Club Pick - 9/20 2pm PSTThe Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls by Anissa GreyThe Fleeting Magic of Scholastic Book Fairs by Marina Koren Books Mentioned - Only Harmless Great Thing by Brooke BolanderBuffy The Vampire Slayer: Hellmouth by Jordie Bellaire and Jeremy Lambert, art by Eleonora Carlini 
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Aug 13, 2020 • 32min

Ep 165 - Who Is Writing These Questions? Reader Guides

Brea and Mallory discuss reader guides in books! Use the hashtag #ReadingGlassesPodcast to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses Merch Recommendations StoreBlack Lives Matter - Ways to HelpSponsor - BookNicksPromo Code - GLASSES20Links -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletter Lit Lovers Reading GuidesBooks Mentioned - Catherine House by Elisabeth ThomasThings in Jars by Jess KiddBrea’s Book!! MaryExit West by Mohsin HamidLong Way Down by Jason Reynolds 
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Aug 6, 2020 • 50min

Ep 164 - How Does A Bird Work?

Brea and Mallory finally talk about bird books. Use the hashtag #ReadingGlassesPodcast to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!MAX FUN DRIVE! Reading Glasses Merch Recommendations StoreDrunken Erotica Pick - Being NeighborlySponsor - Book NicksPromo Code - GLASSES20Links -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletter Books Mentioned - Lakewood by Megan GiddingsBoys of Alabama by Genevieve HudsonThe Genius of Birds by Jennifer AckermanH is for Hawk by Helen MacDonaldThe Feather Thief by Kirk Wallace JohnsonThe Ravenmaster by Christopher SkaifeHollow Kingdom by Kira Jane BuxtonStellaluna by Janell CannonMouthful of Birds by Samantha Schweblin, translated by Megan McDowellMidnight at the Blackbird Cafe by Heather WebberGrief is the Thing With Feathers by Max PorterThe Swan Thieves by Elizabeth Kostova 
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Jul 30, 2020 • 52min

Ep 163 - Authors: They Like to Eat

Mallory and Brea break down how authors get paid! Use the hashtag #ReadingGlassesPodcast to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!MAXFUNDRIVE!Reading Glasses Merch Recommendations StoreSponsors -Rotman School of Businessuoft.me/maxfunEveryPlatePromo Code - GLASSES 3Links -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletter Tub TrayNeck Reading GlassesBooks Mentioned -Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-GarciaBeing Heumann by Judith Heumann and Kristin Joiner 
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Jul 23, 2020 • 55min

Ep 162 - Two First Names - Dad Books with Noah Segan

Noah Segan joins Brea and Mallory to discuss DAD BOOKS! Use the hashtag #ReadingGlassesPodcast to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses Merch MAX FUN DRIVE!https://maximumfun.org/joinSponsor -Rotman Business SchoolLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletter Books Mentioned - Walkaway by Cory DoctorowUncanny Valley by Anna WienerThe Crooked Hinge by John Dickson CarrFatale by Jean-Patrick ManchetteThe Devil and the White City by Erik LarsonLong Range by C.J. BoxYou’d Be A Stranger, Too by Weston Cutter 
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Jul 16, 2020 • 1h 1min

Ep 161 - Book Criminals with Rider Strong

Rider Strong from Literary Disco joins Brea and Mallory to confess from bad book habits! Use the hashtag #ReadingGlassesPodcast to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchMAXIMUM FUN DRIVE 2020Sponsor - Rotman Business School Links -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletter Literary Disco Books Mentioned - Nothing to See Here by Kevin WilsonThe Third Rainbow Girl by Emma Copley EisenburgYour House Will Pay by Steph Cha  
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Jul 9, 2020 • 43min

Ep 160 - Aliens, Animals, Amoebas and Other Nonhuman Protagonists

Brea and Mallory tick off another box on the Reading Glasses 2020 Challenge - read a book with a nonhuman protagonist! Use the hashtag #ReadingGlassesPodcast to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses Merch Recommendations Store#IsolationBookClub - Birds in the Mouth by Samanta Schweblin (translated by Joel Streiker) Sponsor - Rotman School of ManagementLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletter Help Get Justice for Breonna TaylorWays to Help the BLM MovementBlack Owned Businesses to SupportAnti Racist Reading RecommendationsSupporting Black LGBTQ Mental Health Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica LockeWhy Fish Don’t Exist by Lulu MillerLittle Eyes by Samanta SchweblinCatfishing on Catnet by Naomi KritzerCod by Mark KurlanskyRedwall by Brian JacquesAll Systems Red (Murderbot #1) by Martha WellsThe Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le GuinLincoln in the Bardo by George SaundersLives of the Monster Dogs by Kirsten BakisHollow Kingdom by Kira Jane BuxtonThe Traveling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa, translated by Philip GabrielSourdough by Robin SloanReincarnation Blues by Michael PooreBarbarian Days by William Finnegan  
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Jul 2, 2020 • 41min

Ep 159 - Downsizing? Divorcing? Death? Gimme Those Books!

Brea and Mallory discuss the ethics of used bookstores and review the weirdest book tech ever. Use the hashtag #ReadingGlassesPodcast to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses Merch Recommendations StoreSponsor - Rotman Business SchoolLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListJoin our Newsletter Noname’s Book Club Help Get Justice for Breonna TaylorWays to Help the BLM MovementBlack Owned Businesses to SupportAnti Racist Reading RecommendationsSupporting Black LGBTQ Mental Health Books Mentioned - Wow No Thank You by Samantha IrbyThe Bright Lands by John Fram 
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Jun 25, 2020 • 40min

Ep 158 - Harry Potter Readalikes That Aren’t Written By Trash Babies

Brea and Mallory recommend readalikes for Harry Potter that aren’t written by trash babies! Use the hashtag #ReadingGlassesPodcast to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletter Support for Trans KidsBlack-led LGBTQ+ Organizations To SupportBlack Owned Bookstores to Support Books Mentioned - The Lesson by Cadwell TurnbullHow Much of These Hills Is God by C Pam ZhangThe Ninth House by Leigh BardugoWhen We Were Magic by Sarah GaileyMagic for Liars by Sarah GaileyAll The Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jan AndersSupermutant Magic Academy by Jillian TamakiA Study in Charlotte by Brittany CavallaroThe Witch Boy by Molly OstertagEvery Heart A Doorway by Seanan McGuireI’m A Gay Wizard by V.S. SantoniAkata Witch by Nnedi OkoraforBurn the Dark by S.A. HuntAlice: From Dream to Dream by Giulio Macaione and Giulia AdragnaNot Your Sidekick by C.B. Lee  
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Jun 18, 2020 • 47min

Ep 157 - Read More Black Authors!

Brea and Mallory recommend books by Black authors! Use the hashtag #ReadingGlassesPodcast to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses Merch Recommendations Store Links -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletter AgentTalk Ways To Support The Black Lives Matter MovementList of Black Owned BookstoresFurther BLM ReadingStay Woke Reading ListWays To Support Black Trans People Books Mentioned - A Song Below Water by Bethany C MorrowDarkly by Leila TaylorVersion Control by Dexter PalmerWe Ride Upon Sticks by Quan BarryRemembrance by Rita WoodsFreshwater by Akwaeke EmeziThe Murders of Molly Southbourne by Tade ThompsonThe Turner House by Angela FlournoyThe Nickel Boys by Colson WhiteheadWhat Is Not Yours Is Not Yours by Helen OyeyemiThe Hate U Give by Angie ThomasThe Mothers by Brit BennettFriday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-BrenyahMy Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan BraithwaiteDread Nation by Justina IrelandZone One by Colson Whitehead 

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