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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 198 - Sh*ts, Giggles and Buying eBooks Apr 08, 2021

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Brea and Mallory talk about where to buy eBooks and how to escape from the stress of a huge TBR. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!

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Mallory in Conversation with Clay McLeod Chapman

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Victories Greater Than Death by Charlie Jane Anders

Whisper Down the Lane by Clay McLeod Chapman

To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han

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Ep 197 - If You Wanna Be My Bookmark, You Gotta Get In My Book Apr 01, 2021

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Brea and Mallory discuss the ideal parameters of a bookmark and recommend a more diverse western. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!

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Bookmark Parameters

Rigidity
Thickness
Stamina
Durability
Aesthetic
Length
+ Environmental Factors

Books Mentioned -

The Crown Ain’t Worth Much by Hanif Abdurraqib

A Little Devil in America by Hanif Abdurraqib

Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger

To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han

Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey

River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey

How Much of These Hills is Gold by C Pam Zhang

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Ep 196 - Getting Rex From the Library and Annabelle Gurwitch! Mar 25, 2021

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Brea and Mallory tick off another box on the 2021 Reading Glasses Challenge - read a book recommended by your library! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!

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Annabelle Gurwitch

You're Leaving When?: Adventures in Downward Mobility by Annabelle Gurwitch

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The 7 ½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

Snapdragon by Kat Leyh

The Cabinets of Barnaby Mayne by Elisa Hart

Hella by David Gerrold

Knocking on Heaven’s Door by Lisa Randall

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Ep 195 - Alert! We Got An Unreliable Narrator Situation! Mar 18, 2021

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Brea and Mallory talk about unreliable narrators. Or do they? Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!

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Books by the Foot

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The Memory Theater by Karin Tidbeck

The Cutting Season by Attica Locke

Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin, translated by Megan McDowell

The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks

We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

The Red Tree by Caitlin Kiernan

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk, translated by Antonia-Lloyd Jones

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Ep 194 - Reading Is… Reading and Annalee Newitz! Mar 11, 2021

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Brea and Mallory discuss what counts as reading. And interview Annalee Newitz to weigh in! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!

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Monster, She Wrote by Lisa Kroger and Melanie R. Anderson

This Was Our Pact by Ryan Andrews

Dark Emu by Bruce Pascoe

Stormsong by C.L. Polk

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Ep 193 - Why We Love Being Stressed Out By Thrillers Mar 04, 2021

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Brea and Mallory talk about why they like stressing themselves out by reading thrillers, recommend books for long distance besties and give advice on tracking omnibus reading. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!

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Books Mentioned -

The Unlikely Thru-Hiker by Derick Lugo

No One Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood

The Red Tree by Caitlin Kiernan

The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey

The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware

The Cutting Season by Attica Locke

The Perfect Nanny by Leila Slimani, translated by Sam Taylor

Red Hands by Christopher Golden

Big Friendship by Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman

Text Me When You Get Home by Kayleen Schaefer

My Glory Was I Had Such Friends by Amy Silverstein

The Future of Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz

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Ep 192 - Poetry Cleared My Skin and Now I Can Do More Sit Ups Feb 25, 2021

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Brea and Mallory tick off another box on the 2021 Reading Glasses Challenge - read a poetry collection. They also give out some video game readalikes and recommend some games to play with your book club. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!

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Books Mentioned -

The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling

Carry by Toni Jensen

There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyonce by Morgan Parker

The Crown Ain’t Worth Much by Hanif Abdurraqib

The Black Unicorn by Audre Lorde

Home Is Not A Country by Sara Elhillo

The Hill We Climb by Amanda Gorman

The Best American Poetry 2020

Bannerless by Carrie Vaughn

Sea of Rust by C. Robert Cargill

Gods Monsters and the Lucky Peach by Kelly Robson

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Ep 191 - I’ll Just Read the Book! Review a Book by a BIPOC Author Feb 18, 2021

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Brea and Mallory tick off a box on the Reading Glasses 2021 challenge - review a book by a BIPOC author! Also books with anxious leading characters and does fanfic count towards reading goals? Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!

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The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

Check, Please! by Ngozi Ukazu

Mediocre by Ijeoma Oluo

Why We Can’t Sleep by Ada Calhoun

The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion

Wow, No Thank You by Samantha Irby

The Nest by Kennth Oppel

Where’d You Go Bernadette by Maria Semple

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Ep 190 - Bookshelf Creeping Feb 11, 2021

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Brea and Mallory discuss why we’re all obsessed with peeping on other peoples’ bookshelves. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!

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Demi Moore’s Bathroom

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When Women We Were Birds by Terry Tempest Williams

The Lions of Fifth Avenue by Fiona Davis

The Last Days of Video by Jeremy Hawkins

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Ep 189 - What Takes Us Out of Books and Author Sylvain Neuvel Feb 04, 2021

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Brea and Mallory discuss what to do when something takes you out of a book and interview author Sylvain Neuvel. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!

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UK Edition of The Lady from the Black Lagoon

A History of What Comes Next by Sylvain Neuvel

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Books Mentioned -

The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna by Juliet Grames

The Secret Women by Sheila Williams

Both Flesh and Not by David Foster Wallace

Plain Bad Heroines by emily m. danforth

The Oppenheimer Alternative by Robert J. Sawyer

The Future is Yours by Dan Frey

Hard Reboot by Django Wexler

Version Zero by David Yoon

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