

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

Jan 31, 2019 • 43min
Ep 86 - So Many Books! Tracking Your Reading and M. Lynx Qualey!
Brea and Mallory talk about tracking your reading and interview podcaster and translator M. Lynx Qualey! 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 Dark Delicacies Fundraiser M. Lynx Qualey Bulaq Books Twitter Arabist Twitter Arabist World Kid Lit Twitter ArabLit Books Mentioned - Girl by Blake Nelson Untrue by Wednesday Martin Jokes for the Gunmen by Mazen Maarouf, translated by Jonathan Wright How To Mend: Motherhood and Its Ghosts by Iman Mersal Withered Flowers by Stella Gaitano, translated Anthony Calderbank Children of the Alley by Naguib Mahfouz

Jan 24, 2019 • 34min
Ep 85 - Seize the Book and Little Free Libraries
Brea and Mallory talk about Little Free Libraries and tips for dyslexic readers! 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 Little Free Libraries Dyslexic Book Tech Open Dyslexic http://dyslex.io/personalisation See What It's Like to Have Dyslexia here Books Mentioned - The Lady from the Black Lagoon by Mallory O'Meara Made for Love by Alissa Nutting The Noma Guide to Fermentation by René Redzepi and David Zilber

Jan 17, 2019 • 38min
Ep 84 - Our Fav Trans Authors and Author Holly Malholm!
Mallory and Brea talk about their favorite trans authors and interview writer Holly Maholm! 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 LAMBDA Awards Holly Maholm What Would a Unicorn Do? Books Mentioned - Stronger, Faster, and More Beautiful by Arwen Elys Dayton Growing Things by Paul Tremblay All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders Six Months, Three Days and Five Others by Charlie Jane Anders The Drowning Girl by Caitlin Kiernan The Red Tree by Caitlin Kiernan The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion by Margaret Killjoy Tomorrow Will Be Different by Sarah McBride The Merry Spinster by Daniel Mallory Ortberg An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon Gumballs by Erin Nation Normal Life by Dean Spade Finding Masculinity by Alexander Walker and Emmett J. P. Lundberg Transcendent 3 by Bogi Takacs Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee I'm Afraid of Men by Vivek Shraya Mark 947 by Calpernia Sarah Addams Branded T by Rosalyne Blumenstein The Soul of the Horse by Joe Camp

Jan 10, 2019 • 48min
Ep 83 - Tomatoes, Movies and Craft Books with Don Coscarelli
Brea and Mallory talk about craft books with filmmaker and author Don Coscarelli! 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 Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Amazon Wish List Don Coscarelli True Indie by Don Coscarelli Books Mentioned - Sourdough by Robin Sloan The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katarina Bivald The Library Book by Susan Orlean Magic For Liars by Sarah Gailey Chloe Flavor by Chloe Coscarelli Herzog on Herzog by Paul Cronin The Power of the Actor by Ivana Chubbuck Make Your Own Damn Movie by Lloyd Kaufman with Adam Jahnke and Trent Haaga Damn Fine Story by Chuck Wendig The Kickass Writer by Chuck Wendig Lynch on Lynch by Chris Rodley H is for Hawk by Helen MacDonald Hammer Head by Nina Maclaughlin The Actor and the Target by Declan Donnellan Smoke Gets In Your Eyes by Caitlin Doughty Penpal by Dathan Auerbach Time and Again by Jack Finney A Kim Jong-il Production by Paul Fischer A Corpse in the Koryo by James Church Sea of Rust by C. Robert Cargill The Half-Made World by Felix Gilman The Animators by Kayla Rae Whitaker Ink and Paint by Mindy Johnson

Jan 3, 2019 • 47min
Ep 82 - Books To Get Your Sh*t Together with Gaby Dunn!
Brea and Mallory talk to Gaby Dunn about books that help you get your shit together in 2019! 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 Gaby Dunn Gaby's Twitter Bad With Money by Gaby Dunn Books Mentioned - Autonomous by Annalee Newitz The Witch Elm by Tana French Give People Money by Annie Lowrey The Art of Money by Bari Tessler Daily Rituals by Mason Currey Catching the Big Fish by David Lynch Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski $2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America by Kathryn J. Edin and H. Luke Shaefer

Dec 27, 2018 • 42min
Ep 81 - Our 2019 Challenge and Sam Maggs!
Brea and Mallory talking about 2019 reader goals and interview author Sam Maggs! 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 One Second A Day App Sam Maggs Sam's Twitter Girl Squads by Sam Maggs Marvel Fearless and Fantastic! Female Super Heroes Save the World by Sam Maggs, Ruth Amos, Emma Grange Books Mentioned - Bedfellow by Jeremy C. Shipp The Real Lolita by Sarah Weinman The Phoenix Empress by K Arsenault Rivera Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers The Woman's Hour by Elaine Weiss

Dec 20, 2018 • 40min
Ep 80 - Cats With Knives and Our Fav Books of 2018!
Brea and Mallory talk about their favorite books of 2018! 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 Books Mentioned - The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden The Library Book by Susan Orlean The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay Tell the Machine Goodnight by Katie Williams Undead Girl Gang by Lily Anderson Convenience Store Woman b Sayaka Murata, translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori Troubling Love by Elena Ferrante, translated by Ann Goldstein Sweet and Low by Nick White Dread Nation by Justina Ireland Eternal Life by Dara Horn There There by Tommy Orange How To Be Famous by Caitlin Moran My Life as a Goddess by Guy Branum Eloquent Rage by Brittney Cooper Text Me When You Get Home by Kayleen Schaefer Meaty by Samantha Irby Like Brothers by Mark Duplass and Jay Duplass Foe by Iain Reid Animosity - Evolution Vol. 1 by Marguerite Bennett and art by Eric Gapstur So Lucky by Nicola Griffith Give Me Your Hand by Megan Abbott Circe by Madeline Miller So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo

Dec 13, 2018 • 47min
Ep 79 - Mr. Billy Bookshelf and Other Great Bookish Gifts and bookseller Amber Brown!
Brea and Mallory talk about getting gifts for readers and interview bookseller Amber 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 BookRiot TBR All the Creatures Were Stirring or here Amber Brown Quail Ridge Books Their Twitter Bookin' Books Mentioned - Hate To Want You by Alisha Rai This Body's Not Big Enough for Both of Us by Edgar Cantero My Life as a Goddess by Guy Branum Dread Nation by Justina Ireland Becoming by Michelle Obama Girl Squads by Sam Maggs Little by Edward Carey Circe by Madeline Millar Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo Walk Through Walls by Marina Abramovic Educated by Tara Westover Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens Frederick Douglass - Prophet of Freedom by David W. Blight Dear Evan Hansen by Val Emmich, Steven Levenson, Benj Pasek, Justin Paul Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan

Dec 6, 2018 • 50min
Ep 78 - Book Recommendation Flow Chart with Nnekay Fitzclarke
Brea and Mallory talk about the art of recommending books and interview podcaster and librarian Nnekay Fitzclarke! 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 Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library The Lady from the Black Lagoon Audiobook On Kobo On Audible Bookthinkers.com Nnekay Fitzclarke Minority Korner Zyzzyva Books Mentioned - Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi The Female Persuasion by Meg Wolitzer Calypso by David Sedaris Heart Berries by Teresa Marie Mailhot Mem by Bethany C. Morrow Love, Hate and Other Filters by Samira Ahmed The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory Anger is a Gift by Mark Oshiro The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson

Nov 29, 2018 • 43min
Ep 77 - Books Are Like Sandwiches and publisher Chad W Post!
This episode, Brea and Mallory talk about finding recommendations for books around the world and interview publisher Chad W. Post. Use the hashtag #ReadingGlassesPodcast to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses Merch Sponsor - Storyworth Promo Code - readingglasses for $20 off! Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Amazon Wish List Ann Morgan TED Talk Chad W. Post Three Percent Open Letter Books Words Without Borders Conversational Reading Asymptote Books Mentioned - An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green The Spectral City by Leanna Renee Hieber The Nocilla Trilogy by Agustín Fernández Mallo, translated by Thomas Buns Flowers of Mold & Other Stories by Seong-Nan Ha, Translated by Janet Hong