Reading Glasses

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    

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