Reading Glasses

Show Notes - This episode, Brea and Mallory finally talk about book clubs, review some really weird pillows and share their fears of ending up in a cult. Use the hashtag #RollIntoTheBookClub to participate in discussion on Twitter and Instagram! 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 Links -   Well Read Black Girl https://wellreadblackgirl.com/ Sword and Laser Book Club http://swordandlaser.com/ Book of the Month https://www.bookofthemonth.com/ Book Riot Read Harder https://bookriot.com/2016/12/15/book-riots-2017-read-harder-challenge/ Book Riot Book Groups https://bookriot.com/2017/01/27/goodbye-book-groups-hello-book-groups/ Vaginal Fantasy Book Club http://vaginalfantasy.com/ Book Pillows https://www.amazon.com/Hog-Wild-Peeramid-Reading-Pillow/dp/B00B8ZHYGE/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1507678651&sr=8-4&keywords=peeramid https://www.amazon.com/Worlds-Best-Tablet-Support-Pillow/dp/B00EXL5F2A/ref=sr_1_12?s=home-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1507678689&sr=1-12&keywords=ereader+pillow Books -   The Good People by Hannah Kent https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780316243964   In The Days of Rain by Rebecca Stott https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780812989083   The Girls by Emma Cline https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780812988024   You Too Can Have A Body Like Mine by Alexandra Kleeman https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780062388681   The Passage by Justin Cronin https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780345504975   The Strain by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780061558245

This episode, Brea and Mallory talk about the benefits of reading nonfiction and interview author Caitlin Doughty. To participate in discussion on Instagram and Twitter, use the hashtag #NonfictionLove! Links  National Book Award Nonfiction 2017 https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-national-book-awards-longlist-nonfiction-2017   Caitlin Doughty http://www.caitlindoughty.com/  https://twitter.com/TheGoodDeath http://www.orderofthegooddeath.com/  Books Mentioned -  Time Travel: A History by James Gleick - https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780307908797 The Witching Hour by Anne Rice - https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780345384461 What Happened by Hillary Rodham Clinton - https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781501175565   Stiff by Mary Roach - https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780393324822 Hunger Makes Me A Modern Girl by Carrie Brownstein  https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780399184765 Imbibe! By David Wondrich  https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780399532870   The Dirt on Clean by Katherine Ashenburg https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780374531379   The Book by Keith Houston  https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780393244793   Me by Katharine Hepburn  https://www.amazon.com/Me-Stories-Life-Katharine-Hepburn/dp/0345410092   Smoke Gets In Your Eyes by Caitlin Doughty  https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780393351903   The Idiot by Elif Batuman  https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781594205613   The Red Parts by Maggie Nelson  https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781555977368   The Journalist and The Murderer by Janet Malcolm  https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780679731832   The Denial of Death by Ernest Becker  https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780684832401   The Legend of Drizzt: Book 1 by R.A. Salvatore https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780786965373

This episode, Brea and Mallory talk about book to movie adaptations, interview author Shrabani Basu, and help you read with motion sickness. Participate in discussion online with the hashtag #BookAdaptations!   Links -   Book Out http://bookoutapp.com/   Libby (Sponsor) https://meet.libbyapp.com/   Shrabani Basu http://www.shrabanibasu.co.uk/ https://twitter.com/shrabanibasu https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780525434412     Books -   Lives of the Monster Dogs by Kirsten Bakis https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780374537142   Broken Harbor by Tana French https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780143123309   Nothing Lasts Forever by Roderick Thorp https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781935169185   Forrest Gump by Winston Groom https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780307947390   The Parent Trap by Erich Kastner https://www.amazon.com/Parent-Trap-Erich-Kastner/dp/1782690557   Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781101972120   It by Stephen King https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781501142970   Under the Skin by Michael Faber https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780156011600   The Mountain Between Us by Charlies Martin https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780767927024   Let It Snow by John Green, Maureen Johnson, Lauren Myracle https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780142412145   Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780062073501   Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780374104092   The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780743247542/Jeannette-Walls/Glass-Castle

This episode, Brea and Mallory discuss translated fiction, interview publisher and translator Didi Chanoch, and Brea thinks you should eat some pancakes. Use the hashtag #TranslatedBookLove on Instagram and Twitter to participate in online discussion! Links - Language of Laughter Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/lolforacause/ Didi Chanoch - https://twitter.com/didic http://www.novapress.co.il/ http://hugonoms2018.wikia.com/wiki/Hugo_Nominees_2018_Wiki http://www.sfintranslation.com/ http://bibliobio.blogspot.com/ https://womenintranslation.tumblr.com/   Shana Dubois - https://twitter.com/booksabound Translated Genre Books - http://booksabound.net/2017/09/19/translation-station-reading-glasses-podcast/ PEN Translated Book Prize - https://pen.org/literary-award/pen-translation-prize-3000/ Best Translated Book Award - http://www.rochester.edu/College/translation/threepercent/index.php?id=18842 Gray Wolf Press - https://www.graywolfpress.org/ FSG - https://us.macmillan.com/fsg/ Soft Skull Press - https://softskull.com/ Melville House - https://www.mhpbooks.com/ https://twitter.com/melvillehouse Books- Who Fears Death? By Nnedi Okorafor https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780756406691 Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780142420911 Drawing Blood by Molly Crabapple https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780062323644 Chronicle of the Murdered House by Lucio Cardoso, translated by Benjamin Moser, Margaret Jull Costa https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781940953502 Extracting the Stone of Madness by Alejandra Pizarnik, translated by Yvette Siegert https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780811223966 Ready Player One by Ernest Cline https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780307887443 The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780062459367 Dune by Frank Herbert https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780441172719 The Brightest Fell by Seanan McGuire https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780756413316 Uprooted by Naomi Novik https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780804179034 Every Heart A Doorway by Seanan McGuire https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780765385505

This episode, Brea and Mallory discuss the fine points of book etiquette and interview author Gail Carriger. Participate in online discussion with the use of this week’s hashtag #Readtiquette! Emily Post - http://emilypost.com/ Gail Carriger- http://gailcarriger.com/ https://twitter.com/gailcarriger   Books Mentioned- Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780804172448 The Blinds by Adam Sternbergh https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780062661340 The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780142001806 Soulless by Gail Carriger https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780316056632/Gail-Carriger/Soulless

This week, we talk BOOK SHAME! Brea and Mallory talk about their own shameful book secrets, interview Daniel H Wilson about The Clockwork Dynasty and his own book shame, and Mallory finally gets to talk about her book brush. Use the hashtag #BustBookShame on Instagram and Twitter to participate in online discussion! Texas Library Association Disaster Relief Fund - https://squareup.com/store/txla/ Daniel H. Wilson - http://www.danielhwilson.com/ https://twitter.com/danielwilsonpdx https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780385541787 Book Brush - https://www.amazon.com/B%C3%BCrstenhaus-Redecker-Natural-Pearwood-8-Inches/dp/B003WJNP30/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1504723954&sr=8-4&keywords=book+brush Goodreads Fan Group - https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/224423-reading-glasses---fan-group Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/259287784548200/ Books discussed: Waking Gods - Sylvain Neuvel https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781101886724 Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death, and Jazz Chickens - Eddie Izzard https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780399175831 The Road - Cormac McCarthy https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780307387899 The Traitor Baru Cormorant - Seth Dickinson https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780765380739 His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780307957832 Tiny, Beautiful Things - Cheryl Strayed https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780307949332 Where The Red Fern Grows - Wilson Rawls https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780440412670 She’s Come Undone - Wally Lamb https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780671021009 The Difference Engine - William Gibson https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780440423621 Boneshaker - Cherie Priest https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780765318411  

This episode, Brea and Mallory talk about bibliotherapy and interview writer and disability advocate Heather Ratcliff. You can participate in online discussion with the use of the hashtag #BookTherapy! Books Mentioned -   My Favorite Thing Is Monsters by Emil Ferris https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781606999592   Body Horror by Anne Elizabeth Moore https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781940430881   The Girl Who Slept With God by Val Brelinski https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780143109433   The Novel Cure By Ella Berthoud and Susan Elderkin https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780143125938   Necrotech by K.C. Alexander https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780857666246   Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781451673319   The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780307388674 Other links:    NPR Bibliotherapy Article http://www.npr.org/2015/09/04/437597031/to-cure-what-ails-you-bibliotherapists-prescribe-literature   Literary Disco http://www.literarydisco.com/   New Yorker Article http://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/can-reading-make-you-happier   Heather Ratcliff https://twitter.com/MortuaryReport http://www.mortuaryreport.com/   Elsa Sjunneson-Henry http://feministsonar.com/elsa/   S.E. Smith https://twitter.com/sesmith

Mallory and Brea break down all the different book types, talk about transitioning from graphic novels to prose books, and interview Tor.com's Mordicai Knode.    Sarah Gailey’s Twitter https://twitter.com/gaileyfrey   Calibre https://calibre-ebook.com/   Tor.Com https://www.tor.com/ https://twitter.com/tordotcom Mordicai Knode- https://twitter.com/mordicai https://www.tor.com/author/mordicai-knode/   Books Mentioned-   The Flamethrowers by Rachel Kushner https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781439142011   River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780765395238 Every Heart A Doorway by Seanan McGuire https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780765385505   Binti by Nnedi Okorafor https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780765385253   The Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780312890179   House of Leaves by Mark Danielewski https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780375703768   Silver on the Road by Laura Anne Gilman https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781481429696   Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781101972120

Brea and Mallory help you manage your TBR pile, interview author and disability activist Elsa Sjunneson-Henry and absolve you of your book guilt. Participate in online discussion by using the hashtag #ConquerTBR on Instagram and Twitter! Link below if you want to support the Disabled People Destroy Science Fiction! kickstarter. Disabled People Destroy Science Fiction! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lynnemthomas/disabled-people-destroy-science-fiction-uncanny-ma Bookshelf - American Federation for the Blind http://www.afb.org/bookshelf/librarylogin.asp Books Discussed:  The Regional Office Is Under Attack! By Manuel Gonzales The Witches by Stacey Schiff Ready Player One by Ernest Cline Updraft by Fran Wilde Borderline by Mishell Baker Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel Spoonbenders by Daryl Gregory

This episode, Brea and Mallory talk about book fashion, interview author Sarah Kuhn and help you improve your reading speed. Participate in online discussion using the hashtag #BookChic on Instagram and Twitter! Books Discussed:    Heroine Complex and Heroine Worship by Sarah Kuhn   The Refrigerator Monologues by Catherynne Valente The Party by Elizabeth Day Trade Me by Courtney Milan