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
Nov 26, 2020 • 47min
Ep 180 - Alligators, Chimpanzees and Family Books, Oh My!
Brea and Mallory recommend their favorite novels about families. Use the hashtag #ReadingGlassesPodcast to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations Store Sponsors- Fortunato Chocolate!Kitty Poo ClubPromo Code - GLASSES Links -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fm Books Mentioned - The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi DareWinter Counts by David Heska Wanbli WeidenFuture Home of the Living God by Louise ErdrichThe Yield by Tara June WinchTranscendent Kingdom by Yaa GyasiSwamplandia! by Karen RussellWe Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy FowlerEmpire of Wild by Cherie DimalineMiddlegame by Seanan McGuireLife Among the Savages by Shirley JacksonText Me When You Get Home by Kayleen SchaeferWhy Fish Don’t Exist by Lulu Miller
Nov 19, 2020 • 50min
Ep 179 - A Big Thanks to Google Docs - How To Make A Book Podcast
Brea and Mallory take you behind the scenes and interview Sean!! Use the hashtag #ReadingGlassesPodcast to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations Store Sponsor - Green ChefPromo Code - GLASSES90Fortunato ChocolatePromo Code - GLASSESLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletter Libro.fm Books Mentioned - Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa GyasiCemetery Boys by Aiden ThomasEileen by Ottessa MoshfeghMary by Brea Grant and Yishan Li
Nov 12, 2020 • 48min
Ep 178 - Survived the Titanic? Get a Ghostwriter!
Brea and Mallory talk about ghost writers, and not the spooky kind. Use the hashtag #ReadingGlassesPodcast to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsor - Kitty Poo ClubPromo Code - GLASSESShort Story Advent CalendarPromo Code - GLASSES Links -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletter Libro.fmOne More Page Books Holiday Book GuidePage To Screen BookEmail the show for your Zoom link to the live event on 11/24!HIPPEAS Books Mentioned - The Book of M by Peng ShepherdPiranesi by Susanna ClarkeEverything I Never Told You by Celeste NgWow, No Thank You by Samantha IrbyWildwood by Colin Meloy and Carson EllisThe Stranger in the Woods by Michael Finkel
Nov 5, 2020 • 56min
Ep 177 - The Writing Advice Episode
Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsor - Curiosity StreamPromo Code - GLASSESShort Story Advent CalendarPromo Code - GLASSES Links -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletter Libro.fmKingcast x Reading Glasses Crossover“The Raft” from Stephen King’s Skeleton Crew matched with Creepshow 2Live Event for MaxFun Subscribers - 11/24 7pm PSTAgent Talk with DongWon Song Books Mentioned - Ring Shout by P. Djeli ClarkPlain Bad Heroines by emily m. danforth
Oct 29, 2020 • 41min
Ep 176 - Find A Book You Love and Let It Kill and Megan Rosenbloom
Use the hashtag #ReadingGlassesPodcast to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses Merch Recommendations Store Sponsor - Tor Nightfire Links -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletter Libro.fmLetters Against IsolationReading Glasses Spooky Book ShopMegan RosenbloomDark Archives Books Mentioned - It Will Just Be Us by Jo KaplanThe Night Gardener by Jonathan AuxierThe Club Dumas by Arturo Perez-Reverte, translated by Sonia SotoMidnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew SullivanMister B. Gone by Clive BarkerKill Creek by Scott ThomasThe Red Tree by Caitlin KiernanThe Year of Witching by Alexis HendersonThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaDuino Elegies by Rainer Maria Rilke, translated by Stephen MitchellThe Dream Songs by John BerrymanAlgorithms of Oppression by Safiya Umoja NobleAuto-Da-Fe by Elias Canetti, translated by D V Wedgewood
Oct 22, 2020 • 50min
Ep 175 - A Hot Mug of Bookmarks in the Morning
Brea and Mallory discuss bookmarks. Use the hashtag #ReadingGlassesPodcast to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations Store Sponsor - Kitty Poo Club20% Off First OrderPromo Code - GLASSESGreen ChefPromo Code - $80 Off - GLASSES80 Links -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fm Virtual Short Story EventReading Glasses Saints Art by Samantha RalphThe Book Seat Books Mentioned - Count Crowley: Reluctant Midnight Monster Hunter by David Dastmalchian, art by Lukas KetnerMason Mooney: Paranormal Investigator by Searra MillerSenlin Ascends by Josiah Bancroft
Oct 15, 2020 • 35min
Ep 174 - No Pants, No Parking - Virtual Book Events
Brea and Mallory discuss virtual book events. 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.fm Mallory’s Disney TalkPortland Book FestivalLA Times Festival of BooksCharlie Jane Anders’ Newsletter Books Mentioned - Rebecca by Daphne Du MaurierThe Hollow Places by T. KingfisherBeowulf, translated by Maria Dahvana HeadleyHaunted Heroine by Sarah KuhnCity of Girls by Elizabeth GilbertLittle Fires Everywhere by Celeste NgFangirl by Rainbow Rowell
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
