

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jun 11, 2020 • 42min
Ep 156 - How To Read Diversely Without Feeling Creepy
Brea and Mallory discuss how to read diversely without feeling invasive. Use the hashtag #ReadingGlassesPodcast to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses Merch Recommendations StoreSponsor - StoryworthStoryworth.comPromo Code - GlassesLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletter Libraries With Non-Resident AccessWays To Support The Black Lives Matter MovementList of Black Owned BookstoresFurther BLM ReadingStay Woke Reading List Books Mentioned - The Atrocities by Jeremy C. ShippThe Inn Between by Marina CohenBrown White Black by Nishta J. MehraMagic Tree House BooksThe Great Brain BooksWild Robot BooksThe Bad Guys SeriesJupiter Pirates BooksWhere The Mountain Meets The Moon by Grace LinStuart Little by E.B. White

Jun 4, 2020 • 52min
Ep 155 - So Horny! Romance Book Challenge with L.C. Rosen
Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations Store Sponsor - Book of the MonthPromo Code - GLASSES Links -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletter Ways To Support The Black Lives Matter MovementList of Black Owned BookstoresFurther BLM ReadingHow to be an AllyStay Woke ListBlack Romance RecommendationsL.C. RosenLev's TwitterCampBooks Mentioned - So You Want To Talk About Race by Ijeoma OluoHow To Be An Antiracist by Ibram X. KendiEloquent Rage by Brittany CooperMe and White Supremacy by Layla F. SaadRed, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuistonThe Knockout Queen by Rufi ThorpeThe Madness of Lord Ian McKenzie by Jennifer AshelyFar From You by Tess SharpeLincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders