Reading Glasses

A sneak peak at this year's bonus episode -- reading shows from the 80s and 90s!Reading Rainbow, Wishbone, Between the Lions, Arthur, and more!!To hear this episode in its entirety, you must be a Maximum Fun member! Go to maximumfun.org/join  to join for as little as $5/month!  Join today to get all of our bonus content, a link to our member slack, and much more! 

Brea and Mallory discuss the best ways to read better, and recommend low stress reads. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Join us! It’s Max Fun Drive!www.maximumfun.org/joinLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterTo join our Slack channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership!Books Mentioned - Rental Person Who Does Nothing by Shoji MorimotoThe Lady’s Guide to Celestial Mechanics by Olivia WaiteBefore the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi, translated by Geoffrey TrousselotThe Tea Dragon Society by K. O’Neill

This special network wide event is a celebration of the MaxFunDrive! If you’d like to support podcasts you love for just $5 a month and get bonus gifts in the process, go to maximumfun.org/join.We’re kicking off the most exciting time of the year for the MaxFun Network with a trivia game show featuring hosts from tons of great podcasts.J. Keith van Straaten and Helen Hong from “Go Fact Yourself” are joined by:Danielle Radford - “Tights and Fights” John-Luke Roberts -“Sound Heap with John-Luke Roberts” Brea Grant & Mallory O’Meara -“Reading Glasses”If you’d like to hear more hosts competing for trivia supremacy, visit Maximumfun.org for the full version of this show.

Brea and Mallory tick off a box on the 2024 Reading Glasses Challenge - choose which books represent you as a reader. Plus, they recommend character forward thrillers! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -Pair Eyewearwww.paireyewear.comCODE: GLASSESMoshwww.moshlife.com/GLASSESLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmTo join our Slack channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership! Books Mentioned - Inside of a Dog by Alexandra HorowitzA Ghost in the Throat by Doireann Ní GhríofaOnce There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghyDare Me by Megan Abbott 

Brea and Mallory have a hot genre alert for horromance, solve a problem about hot tub reading, and give advice on breaking the spines of library books. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -Hello Comics!www.hellocomics.net/readingglassesCODE: GLASSESMicrodose Gummieswww.microdose.comCODE: GLASSESLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmTo join our Slack channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership!Pango BooksBooks Mentioned - Gender Queer by Maia KobabeBroughtupsy by Christina CookeSilver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-GarciaAn Education in Malice by S.T. GibsonStarling House by Alix E. HarrowEcho by Thomas Olde HeuveltThe Other Side of Midnight by Simone St. James

Brea and Mallory discuss the best ways to organize your books, do an in depth review of Storygraph, and recommend experimental novels. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsor -Moshwww.moshlife.com/GLASSESLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmTo join our Slack channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership!www.maximumfun.org/joinBooks Mentioned - I Can See Your Lies by Izzy LeeThe Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha PhilyawInterior Chinatown by Charles YuOn Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

Brea and Mallory discuss the perks of eReaders, give advice on gifting books, and recommend authors with big backlists. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -Dipseawww.dipseastories.com/GLASSESMiracle Madewww.trymiracle.com/CODECODE: GLASSESLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmTo join our Slack channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership!www.maximumfun.org/joinStarling House by Alix E. HarrowBooks Mentioned - House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J. MaasHorror Movie by Paul TremblayNnedi OkoraforHelen Oyeyemi

Bestselling sci-fi author, Mike Chen, discusses the disconnect between book buying and reading habits, challenges the idea of required reading, explores time loop narratives in literature, and recommends cheesy disaster and underwater setting books on Reading Glasses podcast.

Brea and Mallory discuss the state of reading today, plus give advice on talking about spicy reads and recommend translated books. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -Miracle Madewww.trymiracle.com/GLASSESCODE: GLASSESEarth Breezewww.earthbreeze.com/GLASSES Links -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmTo join our Slack channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership!www.maximumfun.org/joinBook Club:March 1, 5pm PTStarling House by Alix E. HarrowSigned Copy of Girly Drinks in Paperback!Books Mentioned - Mary by Nat CassidyThe Book of Love by Kelly LinkMouthful of Birds by Samanta Schweblin, translated by Megan McDowellAmatka by Karin Tidbeck

Brea and Mallory tick off a box on the 2024 Reading Glasses Challlenge - read a book by a nonbinary author! Plus, a test of a multipage bookmark, and advice on recommending older books.Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -GreenChefwww.greenchef.com/60GLASSESCODE: 60GLASSESDipseawww.dipseastories.com/GLASSESLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmTo join our Slack channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership!Bookclub Pick: Starling House by Alix E. HarrowReadathon: Saturday, 2/3Multi-Ribbon BookmarkBooks Mentioned - Edenville by Sam RebeleinWild and Distant Seas by Tara Karr RobertsHomesick by Nino CipriLakelore by Anna-Marie McLemoreAn Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers SolomonSorrowland by Rivers SolomonEat the Rich by Sarah Gailey and Pius BakPet by Akwaeke EmeziThe Thirty Names of Night by Zeyn JoukhadarThe Merry Dredgers by Jeremy C. ShippThe Heartbreak Bakery by A.R. CapettaFour Lost Cities by Annalee NewitzThe Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw