Sinopse
Want to learn how to make the most of your reading life? Join Brea Grant and Mallory OMeara 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 wont stop talking while youre 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.
Episódios
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Ep 171 - AnnoTEAted Bags
24/09/2020 Duração: 50minBrea and Mallory annotate some books! Use the hashtag #ReadingGlassesPodcast to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletter Libro.fmBrea’s Book! - Mary Books Mentioned - Hidden Valley Road by Robert KolkerDark Archives by Megan RosenbloomThe Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls by Anissa GreyThe War of Art by Steven Pressfield
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Ep 170 - Pandemic Reading
17/09/2020 Duração: 40minBrea and Mallory check in about how the pandemic is changing our reading lives. Use the hashtag #ReadingGlassesPodcast to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations Store Links -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletter Libro.fm Books Mentioned - Packing for Mars by Mary RoachConjure Women by Afia AtakoraChemistry by Weike WangReal Life by Brandon TaylorBunny by Mona Awad
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EP 169 - Friendships in Books with Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman!
10/09/2020 Duração: 47minBrea and Mallory talk about friendships in fiction and interview Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman! Use the hashtag #ReadingGlassesPodcast to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses Merch Recommendations StoreLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletter Libro.fm Loving Little MindsBig FriendshipBig Friendship WebsiteCall Your Girlfriend Books Mentioned - We Could Be Heroes by Mike ChenEmpire of Wild by Cherie DimalineShe Comes by it Natural by Sarah SmarshBrea’s Book! MaryMy Best Friend’s Exorcism by Grady HendrixWe Ride Upon Sticks by Quan BarryUndead Girl Gang by Lily AndersonRayne and Delilah’s Midnite Matinee by Jeff ZentnerThings in Jars by Jess KiddThe Things They FanciedParakeet by Marie-Helene BertinoThe Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
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Ep 168 - Donating Books In Pandemic World
03/09/2020 Duração: 29minBrea and Mallory discuss donating books during the pandemic. Use the hashtag #ReadingGlassesPodcast to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses Merch Recommendations StoreSponsor - BooknicksPromo Code - GLASS20 Links -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletter Libro.fmPromo code - GLASSESBooks Mentioned - Joyland by Stephen KingThe Stitchers by Lorien Lawrence
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Ep 167 - Exiled To The Drawer
27/08/2020 Duração: 44minBrea and Mallory discuss what to do with the books of an author who has become a trash baby. Use the hashtag #ReadingGlassesPodcast to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses Merch Recommendations StoreGrace’s Book BlogBrea’s Film in the UK Sponsor - EveryPlatePromo Code - GLASSES3 Links -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletter Dinosaur Reading LightBooks Mentioned - Intimations by Zadie SmithFearing the Black Body by Sabrina StringsSamantha Irby Essay CollectionsMore Samantha IrbyMostly Dead Things by Kristen ArnettThe Price of Salt by Patricia HighsmithHer Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado
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Bonus! Anticipated Books for the Rest of 2020
25/08/2020 Duração: 12minBrea and Mallory talk about the books they’re looking forward to for the rest of 2020. Use the hashtag #ReadingGlassesPodcast to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations Store Links -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletter Books Mentioned - Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn MuirThe Hollow Places by T. KingfisherOver the Woodward Wall by A Deborah BakerPlaid Bad Heroines by Emily M. DanforthThe Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke EmeziWinter Counts by David Heska Wanbli WeidanThe Midnight Library by Matt HaigDaddy by Emma ClineHarrow Lake by Kat EllisA Girl Is A Body of Water by Jennifer Nansubuga MakumbiRing Shout by P. Djeli ClarkThe Searcher by Tana French
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Ep 166 - Converting Books to Pizza and other Book Nostalgia
20/08/2020 Duração: 48minBrea and Mallory go down memory lane and talk book nostalgia. Use the hashtag #ReadingGlassesPodcast to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsor - Curiosity StreamPromo Code - GLASSESBooknicksPromo Code - GLASS20Links -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletter Brea’s Movies at Fantasia12 Hour ShiftLuckyFrightFest12 Hour ShiftLive Book Club Pick - 9/20 2pm PSTThe Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls by Anissa GreyThe Fleeting Magic of Scholastic Book Fairs by Marina Koren Books Mentioned - Only Harmless Great Thing by Brooke BolanderBuffy The Vampire Slayer: Hellmouth by Jordie Bellaire and Jeremy Lambert, art by Eleonora Carlini
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Ep 165 - Who Is Writing These Questions? Reader Guides
13/08/2020 Duração: 31minBrea and Mallory discuss reader guides in books! Use the hashtag #ReadingGlassesPodcast to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses Merch Recommendations StoreBlack Lives Matter - Ways to HelpSponsor - BookNicksPromo Code - GLASSES20Links -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletter Lit Lovers Reading GuidesBooks Mentioned - Catherine House by Elisabeth ThomasThings in Jars by Jess KiddBrea’s Book!! MaryExit West by Mohsin HamidLong Way Down by Jason Reynolds
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Ep 164 - How Does A Bird Work?
06/08/2020 Duração: 50minBrea and Mallory finally talk about bird books. Use the hashtag #ReadingGlassesPodcast to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!MAX FUN DRIVE! Reading Glasses Merch Recommendations StoreDrunken Erotica Pick - Being NeighborlySponsor - Book NicksPromo Code - GLASSES20Links -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletter Books Mentioned - Lakewood by Megan GiddingsBoys of Alabama by Genevieve HudsonThe Genius of Birds by Jennifer AckermanH is for Hawk by Helen MacDonaldThe Feather Thief by Kirk Wallace JohnsonThe Ravenmaster by Christopher SkaifeHollow Kingdom by Kira Jane BuxtonStellaluna by Janell CannonMouthful of Birds by Samantha Schweblin, translated by Megan McDowellMidnight at the Blackbird Cafe by Heather WebberGrief is the Thing With Feathers by Max PorterThe Swan Thieves by Elizabeth Kostova
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Ep 163 - Authors: They Like to Eat
30/07/2020 Duração: 51minMallory and Brea break down how authors get paid! Use the hashtag #ReadingGlassesPodcast to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!MAXFUNDRIVE!Reading Glasses Merch Recommendations StoreSponsors -Rotman School of Businessuoft.me/maxfunEveryPlatePromo Code - GLASSES 3Links -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletter Tub TrayNeck Reading GlassesBooks Mentioned -Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-GarciaBeing Heumann by Judith Heumann and Kristin Joiner
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Ep 162 - Two First Names - Dad Books with Noah Segan
23/07/2020 Duração: 55minNoah Segan joins Brea and Mallory to discuss DAD BOOKS! Use the hashtag #ReadingGlassesPodcast to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses Merch MAX FUN DRIVE!https://maximumfun.org/joinSponsor -Rotman Business SchoolLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletter Books Mentioned - Walkaway by Cory DoctorowUncanny Valley by Anna WienerThe Crooked Hinge by John Dickson CarrFatale by Jean-Patrick ManchetteThe Devil and the White City by Erik LarsonLong Range by C.J. BoxYou’d Be A Stranger, Too by Weston Cutter
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Ep 161 - Book Criminals with Rider Strong
16/07/2020 Duração: 01h54sRider Strong from Literary Disco joins Brea and Mallory to confess from bad book habits! Use the hashtag #ReadingGlassesPodcast to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchMAXIMUM FUN DRIVE 2020Sponsor - Rotman Business School Links -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletter Literary Disco Books Mentioned - Nothing to See Here by Kevin WilsonThe Third Rainbow Girl by Emma Copley EisenburgYour House Will Pay by Steph Cha
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Ep 160 - Aliens, Animals, Amoebas and Other Nonhuman Protagonists
09/07/2020 Duração: 43minBrea and Mallory tick off another box on the Reading Glasses 2020 Challenge - read a book with a nonhuman protagonist! Use the hashtag #ReadingGlassesPodcast to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses Merch Recommendations Store#IsolationBookClub - Birds in the Mouth by Samanta Schweblin (translated by Joel Streiker) Sponsor - Rotman School of ManagementLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletter Help Get Justice for Breonna TaylorWays to Help the BLM MovementBlack Owned Businesses to SupportAnti Racist Reading RecommendationsSupporting Black LGBTQ Mental Health Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica LockeWhy Fish Don’t Exist by Lulu MillerLittle Eyes by Samanta SchweblinCatfishing on Catnet by Naomi KritzerCod by Mark KurlanskyRedwall by Brian JacquesAll Systems Red (Murderbot #1) by Martha WellsThe Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le GuinLincoln in the Bardo by George SaundersLives of the Monster Dogs by
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Ep 159 - Downsizing? Divorcing? Death? Gimme Those Books!
02/07/2020 Duração: 41minBrea and Mallory discuss the ethics of used bookstores and review the weirdest book tech ever. Use the hashtag #ReadingGlassesPodcast to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses Merch Recommendations StoreSponsor - Rotman Business SchoolLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListJoin our Newsletter Noname’s Book Club Help Get Justice for Breonna TaylorWays to Help the BLM MovementBlack Owned Businesses to SupportAnti Racist Reading RecommendationsSupporting Black LGBTQ Mental Health Books Mentioned - Wow No Thank You by Samantha IrbyThe Bright Lands by John Fram
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Ep 158 - Harry Potter Readalikes That Aren’t Written By Trash Babies
25/06/2020 Duração: 39minBrea and Mallory recommend readalikes for Harry Potter that aren’t written by trash babies! Use the hashtag #ReadingGlassesPodcast to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletter Support for Trans KidsBlack-led LGBTQ+ Organizations To SupportBlack Owned Bookstores to Support Books Mentioned - The Lesson by Cadwell TurnbullHow Much of These Hills Is God by C Pam ZhangThe Ninth House by Leigh BardugoWhen We Were Magic by Sarah GaileyMagic for Liars by Sarah GaileyAll The Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jan AndersSupermutant Magic Academy by Jillian TamakiA Study in Charlotte by Brittany CavallaroThe Witch Boy by Molly OstertagEvery Heart A Doorway by Seanan McGuireI’m A Gay Wizard by V.S. SantoniAkata Witch by Nnedi OkoraforBurn the Dark by S.A. HuntAlice: From Dream to Dream by Giulio Macaione and Giulia AdragnaNot Your Sidekick by C.B. Lee
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Ep 157 - Read More Black Authors!
18/06/2020 Duração: 46minBrea and Mallory recommend books by Black authors! Use the hashtag #ReadingGlassesPodcast to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses Merch Recommendations Store Links -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletter AgentTalk Ways To Support The Black Lives Matter MovementList of Black Owned BookstoresFurther BLM ReadingStay Woke Reading ListWays To Support Black Trans People Books Mentioned - A Song Below Water by Bethany C MorrowDarkly by Leila TaylorVersion Control by Dexter PalmerWe Ride Upon Sticks by Quan BarryRemembrance by Rita WoodsFreshwater by Akwaeke EmeziThe Murders of Molly Southbourne by Tade ThompsonThe Turner House by Angela FlournoyThe Nickel Boys by Colson WhiteheadWhat Is Not Yours Is Not Yours by Helen OyeyemiThe Hate U Give by Angie ThomasThe Mothers by Brit BennettFriday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-BrenyahMy Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan BraithwaiteDread Nation by Justina IrelandZone
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Ep 156 - How To Read Diversely Without Feeling Creepy
11/06/2020 Duração: 42minBrea and Mallory discuss how to read diversely without feeling invasive. Use the hashtag #ReadingGlassesPodcast to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses Merch Recommendations StoreSponsor - StoryworthStoryworth.comPromo Code - GlassesLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletter Libraries With Non-Resident AccessWays To Support The Black Lives Matter MovementList of Black Owned BookstoresFurther BLM ReadingStay Woke Reading List Books Mentioned - The Atrocities by Jeremy C. ShippThe Inn Between by Marina CohenBrown White Black by Nishta J. MehraMagic Tree House BooksThe Great Brain BooksWild Robot BooksThe Bad Guys SeriesJupiter Pirates BooksWhere The Mountain Meets The Moon by Grace LinStuart Little by E.B. White
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Ep 155 - So Horny! Romance Book Challenge with L.C. Rosen
04/06/2020 Duração: 51minReading Glasses MerchRecommendations Store Sponsor - Book of the MonthPromo Code - GLASSES Links -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletter Ways To Support The Black Lives Matter MovementList of Black Owned BookstoresFurther BLM ReadingHow to be an AllyStay Woke ListBlack Romance RecommendationsL.C. RosenLev's TwitterCampBooks Mentioned - So You Want To Talk About Race by Ijeoma OluoHow To Be An Antiracist by Ibram X. KendiEloquent Rage by Brittany CooperMe and White Supremacy by Layla F. SaadRed, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuistonThe Knockout Queen by Rufi ThorpeThe Madness of Lord Ian McKenzie by Jennifer AshelyFar From You by Tess SharpeLincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
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Ep 154 - Don't Get Crumbs in Your Book Butt (aka THE SNACK EPISODE)!
28/05/2020 Duração: 42minReading Glasses MerchRecommendations Store Links -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletter Recommended HeadphonesHeadphones Amp Books Mentioned - The Return by Rachel HarrisonThe Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang
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Ep 153 - How To Focus on Reading During Quarantine
21/05/2020 Duração: 38minReading Glasses Merch Recommendations Store Sponsor -Book of the MonthPromo Code - GLASSESLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletter Isolation Book Club Pick - The Floor of the Basement is the Roof of HellLive on Instagram on 5/24 Books Mentioned - The Hod King by Josiah BancroftThe Need by Helen PhillipsThis One Summer by Jillian and Mariko TamakiUpright Women Wanted by Sarah GaileyThe Twisted Ones by T. KingfisherThe Devourers by Indra DasAgents of Dreamland by Caitlin Kiernan