

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

Feb 15, 2018 • 44min
Ep 36 - Small Presses, Microcosm Publishing and Big Relationship Advice
Brea and Mallory talk about small presses, interview Joe Biel from Microcosm Press, and give out some intense relationship advice. Use the hashtag #ReadingGlasses to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses Tote Bags Barkbox barkbox.com/glasses Links - Reading Glasses Transcriptions on Gretta Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Apex Magazine Page Advice Article Book Riot Small Press Quiz Graywolf Press Soft Skull Press Small Beer Press Feminist Press Unnamed Press Melville House Hawthorne Press Coffee House Press Two Dollar Radio Microcosm Books Mentioned - Black Mad Wheel by Josh Malerman Crash Override by Zoe Quinn Wildwood by Colin Melon The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman Coraline by Neil Gaiman The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman Narconomics by Tom Wainwright Subversives by Seth Rosenfield Trouble Boys by Bob Mehr So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed by Jon Ronson Scam by Erick Lyle

Feb 8, 2018 • 36min
Ep 35 - Classics are Goth, Leni Zumas and Advice to Get Rid of that Stinky Book!
Brea and Mallory discuss whether or not it’s worth reading classic literature, and interview author Leni Zumas. Use the hashtag #ReadingGlasses to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses Tote Bags Sponsor - SquareSpace Offer Code - GLASSES Links - Leni Zumas Leni's Twitter Leni's Website Reading Glasses Transcriptions on Gretta Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Apex Magazine Page Advice Article Reading Glasses Amazon Wish List Books Mentioned - The Nature Fix by Florence Williams Single, Carefree, Mellow by Katherine Heiny The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne Palaces by Simon Jacobs The Wrong Heaven by Amy Bonnafons Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne Moby Dick by Herman Melville The Pillow Book by Sei Shonagon Obras by Juana Ines de la Cruz Gates and Fields by Jennifer Firestone Dear Cyborgs by Eugene Lim

Feb 1, 2018 • 40min
Ep 34 - Get More Pages In and John Hodgman!
Brea and Mallory give out hot tips on getting more reading in and interview author and podcaster John Hodgman! Use the hashtag #ReadingGlasses to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses Tote Bags Links - Reading Glasses Transcriptions on Gretta Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Apex Magazine Page Advice Article Amazon Wish List John Hodgman John's Twitter Judge John Hodgman Podcast BookBeaus Books Mentioned - The Fact of a Body by Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich The Only Harmless Great Thing by Brooke Bolander The Heart Goes Last by Margaret Atwood Find Me be Laura Van Den Berg Love Minus Eighty by Will McIntosh Moby Dick by Herman Melville Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace The Hunter by Richard Stark Provenance by Ann Leckie The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu Our Animal Friends at Maple Hill Farm by Alice and Martin Provensen Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor

Jan 25, 2018 • 41min
Ep 33 - If You Wanna be My Lover, You Gotta Get with My Library and Overdrive’s Adam Sockel and Jill Grunenwald!
Brea and Mallory revel in the glory of libraries, and interview Adam Sockel and Jill Grunenwald from Overdrive. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses Merch Sponsor - SquareSpace Promo Code - glasses Links - Reading Glasses Transcriptions on Gretta Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Apex Magazine Page Advice Article Reading Glasses Amazon Wish List Litsy Overdrive Libby Professional Book Nerds Podcast https://twitter.com/probooknerds Books Mentioned - Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich Sweet Lamb of Heaven by Lydia Millet The Party by Elizabeth Day The Woman In Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew Sullivan The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas Thornhill by Pam Smy Iron Gold by Pierce Brown The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

Jan 18, 2018 • 37min
Ep 32 - Audiobooks, Bed Hamburgers and Wil Wheaton!
Brea and Mallory finally talk about audiobooks, and interview actor, writer and audiobook performer Wil Wheaton! Use the hashtag #ReadingGlasses to participate in online discussion. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Links - Audible Penguin Random House Audio Overdrive Libby Loyal Books Digital Book Open Culture Audie Awards Wil Wheaton https://twitter.com/wilw https://wilwheaton.bandcamp.com/ https://www.amazon.com/Books-Wil-Wheaton https://www.audible.com/search?searchNarrator=Wil+Wheaton Books Mentioned - Reincarnation Blues by Michael Poore Red Clocks by Leni Zumas Not My Father’s Son by Alan Cumming Hunger Makes Me A Modern Girl by Carrie Brownstein Sex Object by Jessica Valenti The Regional Office Is Under Attack! by Manuel Gonzales Fire and Fury by Michael Wolff Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery Home Comforts by Cheryl Mendelson The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas Exit West by Mohsin Hamid Spoonbenders by Daryl Gregory Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds The Book of Dust by Philip Pullman Hunger by Roxane Gay Ready Player One by Ernest Cline Night Shift by Stephen King Carter Beats The Devil by Glen Gold House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski Hell House by Richard Matheson Crash Override by Zoe Quinn The Brothers by Stephen Kinzer

Jan 11, 2018 • 39min
Ep 31 - Short Stories are Like a Box of Chocolates and Interview with author Amal El-Mohtar!
Brea and Mallory talk about short fiction and interview author Amal El-Mohtar! Use the hashtag #ReadingGlasses to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com. Reading Glasses Tote Bags Sponsor - SquareSpace Offer Code - GLASSES Links - Tor.Com New Yorker The Rumpus Apex Magazine Kindle Singles Nevertheless She Persisted by Tor.Com Book Light Amal El-Mohtar "Seasons of Glass and Iron" The Starlit Wood Amal's Twitter Reading Glasses Transcriptions on Gretta Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Apex Magazine Page Advice Article Amazon Wish List Books Mentioned - City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty The Misfit’s Manifesto by Lidia Yukanvitch Get In Trouble by Kelly Link St. Lucy’s Home For Girls Raised by Wolves by Karen Russell Dead Trees Give No Shelter by Wil Wheaton Best American Short Stories 2017 The Doll Collection Bloodchild by Octavia Butler What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours by Helen Oyeyemi Revenge by Yoko Ogawa Gutshot by Amelia Gray Starlings by Jo Walton Tender by Sofia Samatar Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado The Weight of Words - story by Maria Dahvana Headley Telling The Map by Christopher Rowe Travel Light by Naomi Mitchison

Jan 4, 2018 • 26min
Ep 30 - Adding more Ampersands to Your Life and New Year’s Resolutions You MIGHT ACTUALLY KEEP
This episode, Brea and Mallory help you make some New Year’s reader resolutions and test out a reading journal! Use the hashtag #ReadingGlasses to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses Tote Bags Links - Reading Glasses Transcriptions on Gretta Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Apex Magazine Page Advice Article Reading Journal Book Riot Read Harder Challenge Books Mentioned - Chemistry by Weike Wang The Heart’s Invisible Furies by John Boyne Love Warrior by Glennon Doyle

Dec 21, 2017 • 31min
Ep 29 - Born with Glasses and Memoirs with Anna Akana
Brea and Mallory talk about reading memoirs, and interview writer and actor Anna Akana! Use the hashtag #ReadingGlasses to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses Tote Bags and Bookmarks - https://topatoco.com/collections/maximum-fun/reading-glasses Sponsor - Zola www.zola.com/readingglasses Anna Akana https://annaakana.com/ https://twitter.com/annaakana Reading Glasses Transcriptions on Gretta https://gretta.com/1246042223/ Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Apex Magazine Page Advice Article Books Mentioned - The Murders of Molly Southborne by Tade Thompson The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell The Sky Is Falling by Kit Pearson Unbearable Lightness by Portia de Rossi Not My Father’s Son by Alan Cummings Hunger Makes Me A Modern Girl by Carrie Brownstein The Ark of Asking by Amanda Palmer We Are Never Meeting In Real Life by Samantha Irby You Can’t Touch My Hair by Phoebe Robinson You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me by Sherman Alexie Me by Katharine Hepburn Just Kids by Patti Smith Abandon Me by Melissa Febos Whip Smart by Melissa Febos Priestdaddy by Patricia Lockwood The Chronology of Water by Lidia Yuknavitch The Sociopath Next Store by Martha Stout In Real Life: My Journey To A Pixelated World by Joey Graceffa Y The Last Man, Volume One by Brian K. Vaughan, Pia Guerra, Pamela Rambo

Dec 14, 2017 • 27min
Ep 28 What to Give the Book Person who has Everything and Ask a Librarian with Brazos Price!
Brea and Mallory present the Reading Glasses Holiday Gift Giving Guide! Use the hashtag #ReadingGlasses to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses Tote Bags and Bookmarks- https://topatoco.com/collections/maximum-fun/products/maxf-rg-dnd-tote Amazon Wish List http://a.co/dw6o3Jx Sponsor - Storyworth storyworth.com/readingglasses Links - Abe Books https://www.abebooks.com Reading Glasses Transcriptions on Gretta https://gretta.com/1246042223/ Reading Glasses Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/259287784548200/?ref=bookmarks Reading Glasses Goodreads Group https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/224423-reading-glasses---fan-group Apex Magazine Page Advice Article https://www.apex-magazine.com/ Books Mentioned - Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780735224292 Old Man’s War by John Scalzi https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780765348272 The Name of the Wind by Pat Rothfuss https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780756404741 House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780375703768 Fun Home by Alison Bechdel https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780618871711 World War Hulk by Greg Pak and John Romita https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780785125969 Play Their Hearts Out by George Dohrmann https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780345508614 Dream From My Father by Barack Obama https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781400082773 Down Among The Sticks and Bone by Seanan McGuire https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780765392039 Sea of Rust by C. Robert Cargill https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780062405838 The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780062498533 Universal Harvester by John Darnielle https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780374282103 Abandon Me by Melissa Febos https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781632866578 Priestdaddy by Patricia Lockwood https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781594633737 My Favorite Thing Is Monsters by Emil Ferris https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781606999592 The Changeling by Victor LaValle https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780812995947 The Blinds by Adam Sternbergh https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780062661340 Exit West by Mohsin Hamid https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780735212176 We Are Never Meeting In Real Life by Samantha Irby https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781101912195 Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780307949332 I’m Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781501126949 Beggars in Spain by Nancy Kress https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780060733483

Dec 7, 2017 • 35min
Ep 27 Indie Bookstores: Great Place For A Date (Unless You're Mallory) and Steven Salardino of Skylight Books!
This episode, Brea and Mallory talk about why indie bookstores are awesome, interview Skylight Books manager Steven Salardino and bust some page skipping book shame. Use the hashtag #ReadingGlasses to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses Tote Bags Sponsor - Storyworth Links - Annotated Indie Bookstore Episode Skylight Books Skylight's Twitter Skylight's Instagram Reading Glasses Transcriptions on Gretta Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Apex Magazine Page Advice Article Books Mentioned - Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds All About Love by bell hooks Joy Williams TheMystery.Doc by Matthew McIntosh