

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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Jun 13, 2019 • 42min
Ep 104 - Empty Planets, Trains and Swamps and Deb Spera!
Brea and Mallory talk about a book’s sense of place and interview author Deb Spera! Use the hashtag #ReadingGlassesPodcast to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses Merch Sponsor - The Great Courses The Art of Reading TheGreatCourses.com/glasses Sponsor - Arm and Hammer Cloud Control Cat Litter Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Amazon Wish List Newsletter Deb Spera https://twitter.com/DebSpera Call Your Daughter Home by Deb Spera Books Mentioned - Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey The Book of Flying by Keith Miller The Power by Naomi Alderman Bloodchild by Octavia Butler The Beauty by Aliya Whiteley The Gloaming by Melanie Finn Melmoth by Sarah Perry Infomocracy by Malka Older Gather the Daughters by Jennie Melamed Queen of the Conquered by Kacen Callender Amatka (Paperback) By Karin Tidbeck A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles The Essential Wendell Berry by Wendell Berry The Stories of Breece D'J Pancake by Breece D'J Pancake Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward There There by Tommy Orange An American Marriage by Tayari Jones Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders Country Dark by Chris Offutt Southernmost by Silas House My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante and translated by Ann Goldstein The Bucolic Plague by Josh Kilmer-Purcell Wicked Saints by Emily A. Duncan

Jun 6, 2019 • 49min
Ep 103 - Cups and Balls and Magic with Sarah Gailey
Brea and Mallory talk about magic systems with author Sarah Gailey! Use the hashtag #ReadingGlassesPodcast to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses Merch Sponsor - Storyworth storyworth.com/readingglasses Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Amazon Wish List Newsletter Sarah Gailey Sarah's Twitter Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey See Sarah and Mallory at Skylight Books in LA on 6/13! Books Mentioned - The Haunting of Tram Car 015 by P. Djèlí Clark Rayne & Delilah's Midnite Matinee by Jeff Zentner Last Chance to See by Douglas Adams The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor The Magicians by Lev Grossman Sabriel by Garth Nix Get in Trouble by Kelly Link Exit West by Mohsin Hamid In The Woods by Tana French Doom Patrol Vol. 1 by Gerard Way and Nick Derington

May 30, 2019 • 37min
Ep 102 - How To Talk About Books and Stoya!
Brea and Mallory discuss the best way to talk about books and interview author Stoya. Use the hashtag #ReadingGlassesPodcast to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses Merch Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Amazon Wish List Newsletter Stoya Philosophy, Pussycats, & Porn by Stoya https://twitter.com/stoya https://www.instagram.com/stoya/ Sorting Hat Chats Women of Harry Potter and the Sacred Text What’s the Name of That Book? Name That Book LibraryThing The Fiction_L listserv Reddit’s whatsthatbook thread "Stump the Bookseller" blog Big Book Search Books Mentioned - The Rending and the Nest by Kaethe Schwehn Maid by Stephanie Land Horrorstor by Grady Hendrix The Vagina Bible by Jennifer Gunter You Daughters of Freedom by Claire Wright

May 23, 2019 • 38min
Ep 101 - Animal, Vegetable or Jesus? And Other Nature Books and Meredith May!
Brea and Mallory talk about nature books and interview author Meredith May! Use the hashtag #ReadingGlassesPodcast to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses Merch Sponsor - The Great Courses Promo Code - TheGreatCourses.com/Glasses Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Amazon Wish List Newsletter Meredith May twitter.com/MeredithMaySF The Honey Bus by Meredith May Books Mentioned - The Light Brigade by Kameron Hurley Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff Animal Vegetable Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver H is for Hawk by Helen MacDonald The Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery Never Cry Wolf by Farley Mowat The Ravenmaster by Christopher Skaife All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein The Editor by Steven Rowley Wesley the Owl by Stacey O'Brien

May 16, 2019 • 39min
Ep 100 - Reader Challenge Check In - Our 100th Episode!
Brea and Mallory celebrate 100 episodes of Reading Glasses with a reading challenge check in! Use the hashtag #ReadingGlassesPodcast to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses Merch Sponsor - The Great Courses Promo Code - TheGreatCourses.com/GLASSES Sponsor - BookCon Promo Code - BookCon2019.com/ReadingGlasses Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Amazon Wish List Newsletter Books Mentioned - Middlegame by Seanan McGuire Wicked Saints by Emily A. Duncan Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata, Ginny Tapley Takemori (Translator) Flowers of Mold & Other Stories by Seong-Nan Ha, Janet Hong (Translator) Mouthful of Birds by Samanta Schweblin, translated by Megan McDowell Prism Stalker Volume 1 by Sloane Leong When I Arrived at the Castle by Emily Carroll Working Stiff by Judy Melinek MD and T.J. Mitchell Real Queer America by Samantha Allen Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado Growing Things by Paul Tremblay Gumballs by Erin Nations I'm Afraid of Men by Vivek Shraya The Gameshouse by Claire North The Farm by Joanne Ramos The Reckless Oath We Made by Bryn Greenwood Horrorstor by Grady Hendrix Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman

May 9, 2019 • 40min
Ep 99 - Mysteries But In A Hurry and Tom Ryan!
Brea and Mallory talk about thrillers vs. mysteries, and interview author Tom Ryan! Use the hashtag #ReadingGlassesPodcast to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses Merch Sponsor - Lola Promo Code - 40% off with code GLASSES Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Amazon Wish List Newsletter Tom Ryan Order Tom's Book Keep This To Yourself by Tom Ryan Books Mentioned - Let Me Lie by Claire Mackintosh Notes on a Nervous Planet by Matt Haig All About Love by bell hooks A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes Dare Me by Megan Abbott The Blinds by Adam Sternbergh We Eat Our Own by Kea Wilson The Perfect Nanny by Leila Slimani Affinity by Sarah Waters Sunburn by Laura Lippman

May 2, 2019 • 29min
Ep 98 - French Flaps and Fancy Books and Alex Brown!
Brea and Mallory talk about fancy book extras and interview author Alex Brown! Use the hashtag #ReadingGlassesPodcast to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses Merch Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Amazon Wish List Newsletter MaxFun Pin Sale Alex Brown The Hidden History of Napa Valley by Alex Brown Punk-Ass Book Jockey Books Mentioned - Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado 78 Degrees of Wisdom by Rachel Pollack Night Film by Marisha Pessl Scream Site by Justina Ireland The Lost Coast by Amy Rose Capetta The Candle and the Flame by Nafiza Azad All of Us With Wings by Michelle Ruiz Keil Nature Poem by Tommy Pico

Apr 25, 2019 • 32min
Ep 97 - Becoming A Tree Child and Adventure Books and Christopher Golden!
Brea and Mallory talk about adventure books and interview author Christopher Golden! Use the hashtag #ReadingGlassesPodcast to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses Merch Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Amazon Wish List Newsletter Christopher Golden https://twitter.com/ChristophGolden Three Guys with Beards Defenders Dialogue Books Mentioned - A Thousand Naked Strangers by Kevin Hazzard Reading Behind Bars by Jill Grunenwald Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O'Brien, Zena Bernstein (Illustrator) The Pandora Room by Christopher Golden Dead Mountain - The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident By Donnie Eichar The Wake by Scott Snyder, Sean Murphy (Illustrator) Rat Queens Volume 1 by Kurtis J. Wiebe, Roc Upchurch (Artist) Swamplandia! by Karen Russell Manifest Destiny Volume 1 by Chris Dingess, Matthew Roberts (Artist), Owen Gieni (Artist) Robicheaux by James Lee Burke Wild by Cheryl Strayed The Hunger by Alma Katsu The Mole People by Jennifer Toth The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman Everyone Brave is Forgiven by Chris Cleave

Apr 18, 2019 • 36min
Ep 96 - Cult Watch 2019 and Erica Boyce!
Brea and Mallory talk about cult books and interview author Erica Boyce! Use the hashtag #ReadingGlassesPodcast to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses Merch Sponsor - BookCon June 1st & 2nd NYC bookcon2019.com/readingglasses Links - Erica BoyceErica’s TwitterErica’s Instagram Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Amazon Wish List Newsletter Books Mentioned - Working Stiff by Melinek, MD, Judy, MD, T.J. Mitchell Bowlaway by Elizabeth McCracken The Giant's House by Elizabeth McCracken Gather the Daughters by Jennie Melamed The Progeny by Tosca Lee The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North The Girls by Emma Cline Within These Walls by Ania Ahlborn The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown The Supernatural Enhancements by Edgar Cantero Breaking Free: How I Escaped Polygamy, the FLDS Cult, and My Father, Warren Jeffs by Rachel Jeffs Educated by Tara Westover The Perfect Mother by Aimee Molloy The Fifteen Wonders of Daniel Green by Erica Boyce

Apr 11, 2019 • 38min
Ep 95 - Come Hither and Read with Kameron Hurley!
Brea and Mallory talk about where you read and interview Kameron Hurley! Use the hashtag #ReadingGlassesPodcast to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses Merch Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Amazon Wish List Newsletter Kameron Hurley Kameron's Twitter Kameron's Patreon Books Mentioned - The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner True Indie by Don Coscarelli The Lady from the Black Lagoon by Mallory O'Meara A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness The Witch Boy by Molly Ostertag The Light Brigade by Kameron Hurley A Burglar's Guide to the City by Geoff Manaugh The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling Salvation Day by Kali Wallace