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
Jun 22, 2017 • 33min
Ep 3 - Readers in a Non-Reader World
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
Jun 15, 2017 • 36min
Episode 2 - Navigating New Releases/Nick White
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
Jun 8, 2017 • 32min
Episode 1 - Book Slumps with Sara Benincasa
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
