Reading Glasses

This week, Brea and Mallory defend the much maligned term “beach read”, review some weird reading glasses and debate book sharing. Reading Glasses is sponsoring Tonia Thompson’s drive to get copies of The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas into the hands of teens. Link below for details! Use the hashtag #TakeBackBeachRead to participate in online discussion on Twitter and Instagram!   Tonia Thompson https://toniathompson.com/fiction/ https://twitter.com/missdefying   The Hate U Give Donation Link - https://toniathompson.com/thug-for-teens/   Banned Books- http://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks https://www.aclu.org/issues/free-speech/artistic-expression/banned-books   Prism Spectacles- https://www.amazon.com/Prism-Glasses-Eye-Bed-Spectacles/dp/B000RZNBF4   Books Mentioned-   Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew Sullivan https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781501116841   Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life by Ruth Franklin https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780871403131   The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780143038092   The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780062498533   Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780399184598   Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780374104092   The Hike by Drew Magary https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780399563850

This week, Brea and Mallory help you support the authors you love, interview author and podcaster Mur Lafferty and reveal that Mallory is a mole person. You can participate in online discussion using the hashtag #AuthorLove on Instagram and Twitter!   Goodreads Group- https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/224423-reading-glasses---fan-group   Mur Lafferty- http://murverse.com/ http://murverse.com/tag/ditch-diggers/ https://twitter.com/mightymur https://www.amazon.com/Should-Be-Writing-Writers-Workshop/dp/1631063650   Litsy- http://litsy.com/   Brea’s Apple Corer https://www.amazon.com/OXO-Good-Grips-Apple-Corer/dp/B00004OCIQ   Books Mentioned -   My Best Friend’s Exorcism by Grady Hendrix https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781594749766   Stephen Florida by Gabe Habash https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781566894647   Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780316389686   Down Among The Sticks And Bones by Seanan McGuire https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780765392039   Every Heart A Doorway by Seanan McGuire https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780765385505   Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780804172448

Show Notes   This week, Brea and Mallory discuss the best places for book tourism, interview Icelandic crime author Yrsa Sigudardottir and debate spoilers. Use the hashtag #ReadingAroundTheWorld to participate in online discussion on Instagram and Twitter!   Links -   Goodreads Choice Awards https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-books-2016   Overdrive https://www.overdrive.com/   Hoopla https://www.hoopladigital.com/   Library Playaways http://my.playaway.com/playaway/where-to-find/   Libby https://meet.libbyapp.com/   UNESCO Cities of Literature http://www.cityofliterature.com/cities-of-literature/cities-of-literature/   Hay on Wye https://www.hayfestival.com/   El Ateneo http://www.buenostours.com/el-ateneo-grand-splendid-bookstore   Belfast, Maine https://www.belfastbookfestival.com/   National Steinbeck Center http://www.steinbeck.org/   Harry Ransom Center http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/       Yrsa Sigurdardottir https://www.facebook.com/YrsaSig/ https://twitter.com/yrsasig https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781250045621   I Remember You Trailer http://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3431198/chilling-trailer-icelandic-haunter-i-remember-you/   Ngaio Marsh Crime Awards https://www.facebook.com/NgaioMarshAward   Arnaldur Indridason https://blueskiesandbriefchronicles.wordpress.com/2012/02/01/the-reykjavik-murder-mysteries-by-arnaldur-indridason/   Sjon http://sjon.siberia.is/   Audur Ava https://www.pushkinpress.com/author/audur-ava-olafsdottir/   Books Mentioned -   Faller by Will McIntosh https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780765383556   Heroine Complex by Sarah Kuhn https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780756410841   Dark Matter by Blake Crouch https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781101904244      

This week, Brea and Mallory help you navigate different types of book events, interview comics editor Chris Ryall and learn the importance of clean hands. Use the hash tag #BookEvents to participate in online discussion on Twitter and Instagram!     Links-   Being A Book Escort- https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/10/the-modern-face-of-book-tours/407641/   Frankfurt Book Fair- https://www.buchmesse.de/en/fbf/   LA Festival of Books- http://events.latimes.com/festivalofbooks/   Brooklyn Book Festival- http://www.brooklynbookfestival.org/   Emerald City Comic Con- http://www.emeraldcitycomicon.com/   Chris Ryall- https://twitter.com/chris_ryall   IDW Comics- http://www.idwpublishing.com/   Books Mentioned --   American War by Omar El Akkad https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780451493583   Hunger by Roxane Gay https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780062362599   The Secret History of Twin Peaks by Mark Frost https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781250075581   Abandon Me by Melissa Febos https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781632866578   The Shadow of The Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780143034902   On Writing by Stephen King https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781439156810   The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781451678192   A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole  https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780802130204   Carter Beats The Devil by Glen Gold https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780786886326

This week, Brea and Mallory solve vacation reading dilemmas, learn where Jesus keeps his e-books and talk bookish technology with Tom Merritt! Use the hashtag #TravelingReader to participate in online discussion on Twitter and Instagram! And check our Facebook and Goodreads groups!    Links -   Whispersync https://www.amazon.com/Whispersync-for-Voice-Learn-More-Kindle-Store/b?ie=UTF8&node=12527156011   Sword and Laser http://swordandlaser.com/   Tom Merritt http://www.tommerritt.com/ http://tommerrittbooks.com/   Books Mentioned -   Heroine Worship by Sarah Kuhn https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780756413262   The House of Small Shadows by Adam Nevill https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781250068811   The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780553588941   Pilot X by Tom Merritt http://tommerrittbooks.com/blog/2016/4/9/pilot-x

This episode, Brea and Mallory decode the madness of book awards, refuse to tolerate trash babies, and interview writer and past National Book Award judge Cecil Castellucci. Participate in online discussion for this episode using #BookAwards on Twitter and Instagram! Twitter: @readinggpodcast Instagram: ReadingGlassesPodcast   Reading Glasses Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/259287784548200/   Overdrive https://www.overdrive.com/   Book Awards Short Cuts http://www.bookspot.com/awards/   Cecil Castellucci https://castellucci.wordpress.com/about/   Lambda Awards http://www.lambdaliterary.org/the-2016-lambda-literary-award-winners/   Books Mentioned The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780385542364   What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours by Helen Oyeyemi https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781594634642   Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781250077028   Zone One by Colson Whitehead https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780307455178   Eliza and Her Monsters by Francesca Zappia https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780062290137   The Harrowing by Alexandra Sokoloff https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780312357498   The Devourers by Indra Das https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781101967539

This week, Brea and Mallory solve the dilemma of how to read around other people, find the coolest library in the world, ask a Book Professional Brazos Price and hopefully save a reader marriage. Use the hashtag #ReadingInTheRealWorld to participate in online discussion on Twitter and Instagram! Book Story- http://mynews4.com/on-your-side/on-your-side-iteam/controversial-books-not-banned-instead-washoe-county-libraries-stocks-up Book Light- https://www.amazon.com/Camkey-Rechargeable-Reading-flexible-Padded/dp/B01HTC7LXU/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1497655788&sr=8-7&keywords=book+light Silent Reading Party- http://www.silentreadingpartypdx.com/ Books Mentioned- Make Trouble by John Waters https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781616206352 The Fact of A Body by Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781250080547  

Brea and Mallory discuss new releases, interview author Nick White about his book How to Survive a Summer and hopefully save you some money! Use the hashtag #BrandNewBooks to participate in online discussion on Instagram and Twitter! Links - Book News - http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2017/05/bogota-bibliophile-trash-collector-rescues-books-170522084707682.html   Nick White -  http://www.thenickwhite.com/books/ http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/535386/how-to-survive-a-summer-by-nick-white/9780399573682/ https://twitter.com/nickwhite1985?lang=en Book of the Month Club - https://www.bookofthemonth.com/   Books Mentioned Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780812995343   Lives of the Monster Dogs by Kirsten Bakis https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780374537142    The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780060530945    The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780060080846   A Separate Peace by John Knowles https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780743253970   The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780062498533   Let Me Tell You by Shirley Jackson https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780812987324   The Heart Goes Last by Margaret Atwood https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781101912362

This week, Mallory and Brea discuss ways to get out of a book slump and interview author Sara Benincasa about her fundraiser to help refugees and have Neil Gaiman read the Cheesecake Factory menu out loud! Use the hashtag #SayNoToBookSlump to participate in online discussion on Twitter and Instagram! Bookish News Story- http://www.obsentinel.com/calendar/reading-labs--a-program-pairing-emerging-readers-with-furry/event_7dd92586-3fcf-11e7-b6ac-4711c2218565.html Sara Benincasa- https://sarabenincasa.com/ www.neilcake.com https://twitter.com/SaraJBenincasa BookRiot Podcasts- http://bookriot.com/listen/ Books Mentioned- No Matter The Wreckage by Sarah Kay https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781938912481 Borne by Jeff Vandermeer https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780374115241 Get In Trouble by Kelly Link https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780812986495 Author Tana French https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780143113492 Runtime by S.B. Divya https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780765389794 Bunnicula by Deborah and James Howe https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781416928171 From The Mixed-Up Files Of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konisburg https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780689711817 Yes Please by Amy Poehler https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780062268358 Sex Criminals Vol. 1 by Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781607069461