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
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
Apr 4, 2019 • 50min
Ep 94 - Wet Grocery Flyers and How to Relax with Books with Lynn Chen!
Brea and Mallory talk about relaxing with books and interview Lynn Chen, narrator of the Crazy Rich Asians audiobook. Use the hashtag #ReadingGlassesPodcast to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses Merch Sponsor - Lola www.mylola.com Promo Code - GLASSES Lull Mattress lull.com/reading Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Amazon Wish List Newsletter Lynn Chen https://twitter.com/MsLynnChen Books Mentioned - The Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker Beautiful Bad by Annie Ward The Broken Earth trilogy by N.K. Jemisin The Earthseed series by Octavia Butler The Prey of Gods by Nicky Drayden Warcross by Marie Lu Ghost Summer by Tananarive Due Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan, Lynn Chen (Narrator) Meaty by Samantha Irby We Are Never Meeting in Real Life by Samantha Irby 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
Mar 28, 2019 • 50min
Ep 93 - Sci Fi vs. The Bible with Henry Zebrowski
Brea and Mallory welcome special guest Henry Zebrowski for a special MaxFunDrive episode about the Bible! 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 Mallory’s Seattle Event Henry Zebrowski Last Podcast on the Left Books Mentioned - The Trauma Cleaner by Sarah Krasnostein Raising Demons by Shirley Jackson A Whole New Mind by Daniel H. Pink Gulp by Mary Roach Bonk by Mary Roach The Female Brain by Louann Brizendine Naked at Lunch by Mark Haskell Smith Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson The Gospel According to Jesus Christ by José Saramago
Mar 21, 2019 • 48min
Ep 92 - Harry Potter and All The Magical Animals with Podcaster Vanessa Zoltan!
Brea and Mallory finally talk about Harry Potter and interview one of the hosts of Harry Potter and the Sacred Text, Vanessa Zoltan! Use the hashtag #ReadingGlassesPodcast to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses Merch Max Fun Drive! Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Amazon Wish List Newsletter Mallory’s DTLA Event Harry Potter and the Sacred Text https://twitter.com/hpsacredtext Vanessa Zoltan https://twitter.com/vanessamzoltan Books Mentioned - The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders The Dollhouse by Fiona Davis Everything Under by Daisy Johnson Suddenly You by Lisa Kleypas Sex Object by Jessica Valenti Shrill by Lindy West Becoming by Michelle Obama
Mar 14, 2019 • 38min
Ep 92 - Sexy Book Lists and Other Book Quirks with Mike Chen!
Brea and Mallory talk about book quirks and interview author Mike Chen! Use the hashtag #ReadingGlassesPodcast to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses Merch Sponsor - SquareSpace squarespace.com Promo Code - GLASSES for 10% off! Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Amazon Wish List Newsletter Mike Chen https://twitter.com/mikechenwriter Books Mentioned - Here and Now and Then by Mike Chen The Water Cure by Sophie Mackintosh The Mystery of the Exploding Teeth And Other Curiosities from the History of Medicine by Thomas Morris Blackfish City by Sam J. Miller Famous Men Who Never Lived by K. Chess
Mar 7, 2019 • 41min
Ep 91 - Pre Orders Are Like Book Sex and Lit Agent DongWon Song!
Brea and Mallory check another box on the 2019 Reading Glasses Challenge (pre orders/library requests) and talk to literary agent DongWon Song. Use the hashtag #ReadingGlassesPodcast to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses Merch Sponsor - SquareSpace Promo Code - GLASSES for 10% Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Amazon Wish List Newsletter San Diego Live Event 3-8-19 DongWon Song https://twitter.com/dongwon Books Mentioned - Prism Stalker vol 1 by Sloane Leong Goldengrove by Francine Prose The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders Binti by Nnedi Okorafor The Test by Sylvain Neuvel Your Favorite Band Cannot Save You by Scotto Moore Snow White Learns Witchcraft by Theodora Goss The Witches Are Coming by Lindy West The Witch Elm by Tana French The Ruin of Kings by Jenn Lyons The Lonesome Bodybuilder by Yukiko Motoya, Asa Yoneda (Translator)
Feb 28, 2019 • 35min
Ep 90 - Open Your Mouth and Pages Come Out : How to Make a Book
Brea and Mallory go behind the scenes in publishing and talk about weird things found in library books! 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 Books Mentioned - The Lady from the Black Lagoon by Mallory O'Meara Here and Now and Then by Mike Chen The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
Feb 21, 2019 • 31min
Ep 89 - If That Book Comes A-Honkin’: Long Books and Jenn Lyons!
Brea and Mallory talk about reading really long books and interview author Jenn Lyons! 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 Jenn Lyons Jenn's Twitter The Ruin of Kings by Jenn Lyons Books Mentioned - The Psychopath Test by Jon Ronson The Haunting of Tram Car 015 by P. Djèlí Clark Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir The Chronicles of Amber by Roger Zelazny Gentleman Bastards by Scott Lynch The Farseer Trilogy Book 1 by Robin Hobb Book One of The Malazan Book of the Fallen by Steven Erikson
