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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.

Latest Episodes:

Ep 258 - The Best Way to Track Your Reading Jun 02, 2022

Show notes

Brea and Mallory discuss the best ways to track your reading, test out a wine glass for reading, and recommend historical sci fi. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!

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Books Mentioned -

The Impossible Us by Sarah Lotz

The Thirty Names of Night by Zeyn Joukhadar

To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara

Aue by Becky Manawatu

The Imposter by Suzanne Woods Fisher

My Reading Life by Anne Bogel

The Kingdoms by Natasha Pulley

The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North

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Ep 257 - How to Find Books Like Your Favorite Media with Tade Thompson May 26, 2022

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Brea and Mallory talk about how to find books like your favorite shows and movies, interview Tade Thompson, and discuss scary reads! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!

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Tade Thompson’s new book!
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Books Mentioned -

Tell Me an Ending by Jo Harkin

The Fervor by Alma Katsu

The Mermaid, The Witch, and the Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall

We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry

The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolaňo

The Embodied Image by Juhani Pallasmaa

My Best Friend’s Exorcism by Grady Hendrix

A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay

The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling

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Ep 256 - Cozy but also Spicy - Who Makes the Genre Rules? With Glory Edim May 19, 2022

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Brea and Mallory discuss genre rules and interview Glory Edim, founder of Well Read Black Girl! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!

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Well-Read Black Girl

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On Girlhood: 15 Stories from the Well-Read Black Girl Library - Glory Edim

Books Mentioned -

The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin

When We Were Birds by Ayanna Lloyd Banwo

Black Girl, Call Home by Jasmine Mans

A Woman of Endurance by Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa

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On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden

Garlic and the Vampire by Bree Paulsen

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Ep 255 - Book Rex for AAPI Heritage Month May 12, 2022

Show notes

Brea and Mallory recommend books by AAPI authors, have a special guest on to review some book tech, and talk about what to do when you see a book in a store ahead of its pub date. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!

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Books Mentioned -

The Fall of Babel by Josiah Bancroft

Florida Woman by Deb Rogers

Light Years from Home by Mike Chen

The Forest of Stolen Girls by June Hur

Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling

Minor Feelings by Cathy Park Hong

The Collected Schizophrenias by Esme Weijun Wang

I Love You So Mochi by Sarah Kuhn

The Sun and Her Flowers by Rupi Kaur

Spirit Hunters by Ellen Oh

The Book of M by Peng Shepard

How Much of These Hill is Gold by C Pam Zhang

Present Tense Machine by Gunnhild Oyehaug

What Strange Paradise by Omar el Akkad

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Ep 254 - Weird Reader Behavior - Is It Really That Weird? May 05, 2022

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Brea and Mallory talk about weird reader quirks, debate voting in book awards, and recommend ghoul books. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!

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Books Mentioned -

Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr

What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher

She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan

Horrorstor by Grady Hendrix

Daughter of Hounds by Caitlin Kiernan

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Ep 253 - Genre Curious? How To Try A Genre You’ve Never Read Before Apr 28, 2022

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Brea and Mallory discuss starting a genre you’ve never tried before and recommend books to help with a reading hangover. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!

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Send proof of your membership to readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com to get a personalized book recommendation and access to our Slack channel!

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Books Mentioned -

Hello, Molly! by Molly Shannon

Such Sharp Teeth by Rachel Harrison

The Cartographers by Peng Shepard

Six Months, Three Days, Five Others by Charlie Jane Anders

Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

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Ep 252 - Mighty Morphin’ Authors - Why Authors Use Pen Names Apr 21, 2022

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Brea and Mallory discuss why some authors use pen names, recommend book tracking apps, and talk abouts books that showcase emotional communication. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!

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Book Apps Episode

Books Mentioned -

The Nineties by Chuck Klosterman

Night of the Living Rez by Morgan Talty

Me and Marvin Gardens by Amy Sarig King

The Bad Seed by Jory John and Pete Oswald

Guy Stuff by Cara Natterson

Hatchet by Gary Paulsen

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Ep 251 - Don’t Forget the Barbarians - Reading the First in a Series Apr 14, 2022

Show notes

Brea and Mallory talk about reading book series, how to read scary books when you live alone, and recommend books set in Scotland. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!

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Books Mentioned -

Sundial by Catriona Ward

When I’m Gone, Look for Me in the East by Quan Barry

The Girl Who Could Move Shit With Her Mind

A Winter’s Promise by Christelle Dabos, translated Hildegarde Serle

The End of the World Running Club by Adrian J. Walker

The Library of the Dead by T.L. Huchu

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Ep 250 - No More New Buttholes - What To Do When You Hated A Book Apr 07, 2022

Show notes

Brea and Mallory talk about what to do when you hate a book, review some annotating pens, and recommend enemies to lovers books! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!

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Pens Tested:
The Micron 01

The Muji Gel Ballpoint

Books Mentioned -

Adora and the Distance by Marc Bernardin and Ariela Kristantina

Just Like Home by Sarah Gailey

The Lost Girls by Sonia Hartl

Carry On by Rainbow Rowell

Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

The Wolf and the Woodsman by Ava Reid

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Ep 249 - What’s the Ideal Amount of Time to Read For? Mar 31, 2022

Show notes

Brea and Mallory talk about the ideal amount of time to read for, recommend YA books, and discuss re-reading. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!

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Reading Science Episode

Books Mentioned -

One for All by Lillie Lainoff

A Skinful of Shadows by Frances Hardinge

The Gunslinger by Stephen King

Dying is Easy by Joe Hill and Martin Simmonds

Carry On by Rainbow Rowell

Camp by L.C. Rosen

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