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
Oct 8, 2020 • 47min
Ep 173 - Gimme Those Chunks! How to Get Through Required Reading
Brea and Mallory help you get through some required reading. 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 Libro.fmWatch 12 Hour Shift!Drunken Erotica Book Club - 10/11 6pm PT Instagram LiveBeing Neighborly Books Mentioned - The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah JohnsonThe Scapegracers by Hannah Abigail ClarkeEileen by Ottessa MoshfeghCompany Town by Madeline AshbyThe Fair Fight by Anna FreemanWhat I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami
Oct 1, 2020 • 43min
Ep 172 - How Do You Make A Graphic Novel?
Mallory talks to Brea about the process of writing a graphic novel! Use the hashtag #ReadingGlassesPodcast to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsor - BabbelPromo Code - GLASSESUnfamiliar FamiliarsPromo Code - FAMILIARS Links -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletter Libro.fmBrea’s Movie - 12 HOUR SHIFT ON VOD!Books Mentioned - Brea’s Book! Mary!When I Arrived at the Castle by Emily CarrollMore Than a Woman by Caitlin MoranA Rather Haunted Life by Ruth FranklinMidnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew SullivanThe Library Book by Susan OrleanThe Lions of Fifth Avenue by Fiona Barton
Sep 24, 2020 • 50min
Ep 171 - AnnoTEAted Bags
Brea and Mallory annotate some books! 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 Libro.fmBrea’s Book! - Mary Books Mentioned - Hidden Valley Road by Robert KolkerDark Archives by Megan RosenbloomThe Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls by Anissa GreyThe War of Art by Steven Pressfield
Sep 17, 2020 • 40min
Ep 170 - Pandemic Reading
Brea and Mallory check in about how the pandemic is changing our reading lives. Use the hashtag #ReadingGlassesPodcast to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations Store Links -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletter Libro.fm Books Mentioned - Packing for Mars by Mary RoachConjure Women by Afia AtakoraChemistry by Weike WangReal Life by Brandon TaylorBunny by Mona Awad
Sep 10, 2020 • 48min
EP 169 - Friendships in Books with Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman!
Brea and Mallory talk about friendships in fiction and interview Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman! Use the hashtag #ReadingGlassesPodcast to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses Merch Recommendations StoreLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletter Libro.fm Loving Little MindsBig FriendshipBig Friendship WebsiteCall Your Girlfriend Books Mentioned - We Could Be Heroes by Mike ChenEmpire of Wild by Cherie DimalineShe Comes by it Natural by Sarah SmarshBrea’s Book! MaryMy Best Friend’s Exorcism by Grady HendrixWe Ride Upon Sticks by Quan BarryUndead Girl Gang by Lily AndersonRayne and Delilah’s Midnite Matinee by Jeff ZentnerThings in Jars by Jess KiddThe Things They FanciedParakeet by Marie-Helene BertinoThe Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
Sep 3, 2020 • 30min
Ep 168 - Donating Books In Pandemic World
Brea and Mallory discuss donating books during the pandemic. Use the hashtag #ReadingGlassesPodcast to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses Merch Recommendations StoreSponsor - BooknicksPromo Code - GLASS20 Links -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletter Libro.fmPromo code - GLASSESBooks Mentioned - Joyland by Stephen KingThe Stitchers by Lorien Lawrence
Aug 27, 2020 • 44min
Ep 167 - Exiled To The Drawer
Brea and Mallory discuss what to do with the books of an author who has become a trash baby. Use the hashtag #ReadingGlassesPodcast to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses Merch Recommendations StoreGrace’s Book BlogBrea’s Film in the UK Sponsor - EveryPlatePromo Code - GLASSES3 Links -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletter Dinosaur Reading LightBooks Mentioned - Intimations by Zadie SmithFearing the Black Body by Sabrina StringsSamantha Irby Essay CollectionsMore Samantha IrbyMostly Dead Things by Kristen ArnettThe Price of Salt by Patricia HighsmithHer Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado
Aug 25, 2020 • 12min
Bonus! Anticipated Books for the Rest of 2020
Brea and Mallory talk about the books they’re looking forward to for the rest of 2020. Use the hashtag #ReadingGlassesPodcast to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations Store Links -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletter Books Mentioned - Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn MuirThe Hollow Places by T. KingfisherOver the Woodward Wall by A Deborah BakerPlaid Bad Heroines by Emily M. DanforthThe Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke EmeziWinter Counts by David Heska Wanbli WeidanThe Midnight Library by Matt HaigDaddy by Emma ClineHarrow Lake by Kat EllisA Girl Is A Body of Water by Jennifer Nansubuga MakumbiRing Shout by P. Djeli ClarkThe Searcher by Tana French
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
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
