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 112 -How to Boil Water and Other Cookbooks and Sam Slaughter!
08/08/2019 Duração: 48minBrea and Mallory talk about cookbooks and interview writer Sam Slaughter! Use the hashtag #ReadingGlassesPodcast to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses Merch Sponsor - Lola mylola.com Use code GLASSES when you subscribe! Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Amazon Wish List Newsletter Recipe Tracker App - Paprika Sam Slaughter Sam's Twitter Are You Afraid of the Dark Rum? by Sam Slaughter Books Mentioned - Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James Movers and Shakers by Hope Ewing The New Farm Vegetarian Cookbook edited by Louise Hagler and Dorothy R. Bates Chloe's Kitchen by Chloe Coscarelli Isa Does It by Isa Chandra Moskowitz Death & Co: Modern Classic Cocktails by David Kaplan, Nick Fauchald, and Alex Day Smuggler's Cove by Martin Cate and Rebecca Cate Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler
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Ep 111 - Dusty, Sweaty Westerns and Del Howison!
01/08/2019 Duração: 28minBrea and Mallory talk about westerns and interview author Del Howison! Use the hashtag #ReadingGlassesPodcast to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses Merch Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Amazon Wish List Newsletter Del Howison The Survival of Margaret Thomas by Del Howison Buy at Dark Delicacies Books Mentioned - Recursion by Blake Crouch Monster, She Wrote by Lisa Kröger and Melanie R. Anderson River of Porcupines by G. K. Aalborg The Flicker of Old Dreams by Susan Henderson Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry True Grit by Charles Portis Lone Star Planet by Henry Beam Piper River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey Wake of Vultures by Lila Bowen Tempest by Beverly Jenkins The Gunslinger by Stephen King The Hunger by Alma Katsu American Vampire by Scott Snyder, Stephen King, Rafael Albuquereque Vengeance Road by Erin Bowman Aloha Rodeo by David Wolman and Julian Smith Depth of Winter by Craig Johnso
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Ep 110 - The Benefits of the Snargle-Flargen - Your Brain on Books
25/07/2019 Duração: 31minBrea and Mallory talk about what books do to your brain! Use the hashtag #ReadingGlassesPodcast to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses Merch Sponsor - The Great Courses Plus Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Amazon Wish List Newsletter Books Mentioned - They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us by Hanif Abdurraqib The Ice House by Minette Walters 1984 by George Orwell Passing by Nella Larsen Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
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Ep 109 - When a Book is On a Bagel You Can Buy It Anytime and Matilda Sabal from the Bluestockings NYC Bookstore!
18/07/2019 Duração: 42minBrea and Mallory talk about their rules for buying books and interview Matilda Sabal from the Bluestockings NYC Bookstore! Use the hashtag #ReadingGlassesPodcast to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses Merch Sponsor - The Great Courses Plus TheGreatCoursesPlus.Com/Glasses Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Amazon Wish List Newsletter Veteran Reading Service Bluestockings NYC https://twitter.com/bluestockings https://www.instagram.com/bluestockingsnyc/ Matilda's Instagram Books Mentioned - Afterlife with Archie by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and Francesco Francavilla The Killer Across the Table by John E. Douglas and Mark Olshaker City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert Care Work by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee Autonomous by Annalee Newitz A Quick & Easy Guide to They/Them Pronouns by Archie Bongiovanni and Tristan Jimerson
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Ep 108 - Prison Libraries and How to Help Them and Jill Grunenwald
11/07/2019 Duração: 37minBrea and Mallory talk about prison libraries and talk to author and podcaster Jill Grunenwald! Use the hashtag #ReadingGlassesPodcast to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses Merch Sponsor - The Great Courses Promo Code - TheGreatCoursesPlus.com/Glasses Sponsor - Lola MyLola.com Promo Code - Glasses Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Amazon Wish List Newsletter Prison Book Programs Jill Grunenwald https://twitter.com/Jill_Grun Professional Book Nerds Reading Behind Bars Books Mentioned - Exhalation by Ted Chiang The Girl Who Slept with God by Val Brelinski Tacky Goblin by T. Sean Steele An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten, (Translated by) Marlaine Delargy Someone We Know by Shari Lapena
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Ep 107 - Test Out God and Other Nonfiction with Ross Blocher and Carrie Poppy
04/07/2019 Duração: 50minBrea and Mallory tick off another box on the Reading Glasses 2019 Reader Challenge with Carrie Poppy and Ross Blocher from Oh No Ross and Carrie! - read a nonfiction book you don’t know anything about! Use the hashtag #ReadingGlassesPodcast to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses Merch Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Amazon Wish List Newsletter Oh No Ross and Carrie! https://www.facebook.com/ONRAC/ https://twitter.com/ohnopodcast Books Mentioned - Vessel by Lisa A. Nichols Experimental Film by Gemma Files The Stars are Legion by Kameron Hurley A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe by Alex White The Top Five Regrets of the Dying by Bronnie Ware Being Mortal by Atul Gawande The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage by Sydney Padua Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins Your Inner Fish by Neil Shubin The Body Keeps
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Ep 106 - Pride Reading Recommendations 2019
27/06/2019 Duração: 28minBrea and Mallory recommend books for Pride month! Use the hashtag #ReadingGlassesPodcast to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses Merch Sponsor - Arm and Hammer Cloud Control Kitty Litter Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Amazon Wish List Newsletter Books Mentioned - The Farm by Joanne Ramos Mostly Dead Things by Kristen Arnett Out by Natsuo Kirino Vessel by Lisa A. Nichols On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong We Set the Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia I Can't Date Jesus by Michael Arceneaux Six Months, Three Days, Five Others by Charlie Jane Anders Things to Do When You're Goth in the Country by Chavisa Woods An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon Sweet and Low by Nick White Zami by Audre Lorde Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls by T Kira Madden
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Ep 105 - Authors are Like Spiders with Sarah Kuhn!
20/06/2019 Duração: 48minBrea and Mallory tick off another box on the 2019 Reading Glasses Reader Challenge - tell an author you love their work - with author Sarah Kuhn! Use the hashtag #ReadingGlassesPodcast to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses Merch Sponsor - Arm and Hammer Cloud Control Kitty Litter! Sponsor - The Great Courses - The Art of Reading TheGreatCourses.com/Glasses Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Amazon Wish List Newsletter Sarah Kuhn https://twitter.com/sarahkuhn I Love You So Mochi by Sarah Kuhn Books Mentioned - The Blinds by Adam Sternbergh Dig by A.S. King A Prince on Paper by Alyssa Cole Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey
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Ep 104 - Empty Planets, Trains and Swamps and Deb Spera!
13/06/2019 Duração: 42minBrea and Mallory talk about a book’s sense of place and interview author Deb Spera! Use the hashtag #ReadingGlassesPodcast to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses Merch Sponsor - The Great Courses The Art of Reading TheGreatCourses.com/glasses Sponsor - Arm and Hammer Cloud Control Cat Litter Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Amazon Wish List Newsletter Deb Spera https://twitter.com/DebSpera Call Your Daughter Home by Deb Spera Books Mentioned - Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey The Book of Flying by Keith Miller The Power by Naomi Alderman Bloodchild by Octavia Butler The Beauty by Aliya Whiteley The Gloaming by Melanie Finn Melmoth by Sarah Perry Infomocracy by Malka Older Gather the Daughters by Jennie Melamed Queen of the Conquered by Kacen Callender Amatka (Paperback) By Karin Tidbeck A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles The Essential Wendell Berry by Wendell Berry The Stor
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Ep 103 - Cups and Balls and Magic with Sarah Gailey
06/06/2019 Duração: 48minBrea and Mallory talk about magic systems with author Sarah Gailey! Use the hashtag #ReadingGlassesPodcast to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses Merch Sponsor - Storyworth storyworth.com/readingglasses Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Amazon Wish List Newsletter Sarah Gailey Sarah's Twitter Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey See Sarah and Mallory at Skylight Books in LA on 6/13! Books Mentioned - The Haunting of Tram Car 015 by P. Djèlí Clark Rayne & Delilah's Midnite Matinee by Jeff Zentner Last Chance to See by Douglas Adams The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor The Magicians by Lev Grossman Sabriel by Garth Nix Get in Trouble by Kelly Link Exit West by Mohsin Hamid In The Woods by Tana French Doom Patrol Vol. 1 by Gerard Way and Nick Derington
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Ep 102 - How To Talk About Books and Stoya!
30/05/2019 Duração: 37minBrea and Mallory discuss the best way to talk about books and interview author Stoya. Use the hashtag #ReadingGlassesPodcast to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses Merch Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Amazon Wish List Newsletter Stoya Philosophy, Pussycats, & Porn by Stoya https://twitter.com/stoya https://www.instagram.com/stoya/ Sorting Hat Chats Women of Harry Potter and the Sacred Text What’s the Name of That Book? Name That Book LibraryThing The Fiction_L listserv Reddit’s whatsthatbook thread "Stump the Bookseller" blog Big Book Search Books Mentioned - The Rending and the Nest by Kaethe Schwehn Maid by Stephanie Land Horrorstor by Grady Hendrix The Vagina Bible by Jennifer Gunter You Daughters of Freedom by Claire Wright
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Ep 101 - Animal, Vegetable or Jesus? And Other Nature Books and Meredith May!
23/05/2019 Duração: 37minBrea and Mallory talk about nature books and interview author Meredith May! Use the hashtag #ReadingGlassesPodcast to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses Merch Sponsor - The Great Courses Promo Code - TheGreatCourses.com/Glasses Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Amazon Wish List Newsletter Meredith May twitter.com/MeredithMaySF The Honey Bus by Meredith May Books Mentioned - The Light Brigade by Kameron Hurley Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff Animal Vegetable Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver H is for Hawk by Helen MacDonald The Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery Never Cry Wolf by Farley Mowat The Ravenmaster by Christopher Skaife All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein The Editor by Steven Rowley Wesley the Owl by Stacey O'Brien
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Ep 100 - Reader Challenge Check In - Our 100th Episode!
16/05/2019 Duração: 39minBrea and Mallory celebrate 100 episodes of Reading Glasses with a reading challenge check in! Use the hashtag #ReadingGlassesPodcast to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses Merch Sponsor - The Great Courses Promo Code - TheGreatCourses.com/GLASSES Sponsor - BookCon Promo Code - BookCon2019.com/ReadingGlasses Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Amazon Wish List Newsletter Books Mentioned - Middlegame by Seanan McGuire Wicked Saints by Emily A. Duncan Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata, Ginny Tapley Takemori (Translator) Flowers of Mold & Other Stories by Seong-Nan Ha, Janet Hong (Translator) Mouthful of Birds by Samanta Schweblin, translated by Megan McDowell Prism Stalker Volume 1 by Sloane Leong When I Arrived at the Castle by Emily Carroll Working Stiff by Judy Melinek MD and T.J. Mitchell Real Queer America by Samantha Allen Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Mach
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Ep 99 - Mysteries But In A Hurry and Tom Ryan!
09/05/2019 Duração: 40minBrea and Mallory talk about thrillers vs. mysteries, and interview author Tom Ryan! Use the hashtag #ReadingGlassesPodcast to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses Merch Sponsor - Lola Promo Code - 40% off with code GLASSES Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Amazon Wish List Newsletter Tom Ryan Order Tom's Book Keep This To Yourself by Tom Ryan Books Mentioned - Let Me Lie by Claire Mackintosh Notes on a Nervous Planet by Matt Haig All About Love by bell hooks A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes Dare Me by Megan Abbott The Blinds by Adam Sternbergh We Eat Our Own by Kea Wilson The Perfect Nanny by Leila Slimani Affinity by Sarah Waters Sunburn by Laura Lippman
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Ep 98 - French Flaps and Fancy Books and Alex Brown!
02/05/2019 Duração: 28minBrea and Mallory talk about fancy book extras and interview author Alex Brown! Use the hashtag #ReadingGlassesPodcast to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses Merch Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Amazon Wish List Newsletter MaxFun Pin Sale Alex Brown The Hidden History of Napa Valley by Alex Brown Punk-Ass Book Jockey Books Mentioned - Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado 78 Degrees of Wisdom by Rachel Pollack Night Film by Marisha Pessl Scream Site by Justina Ireland The Lost Coast by Amy Rose Capetta The Candle and the Flame by Nafiza Azad All of Us With Wings by Michelle Ruiz Keil Nature Poem by Tommy Pico
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Ep 97 - Becoming A Tree Child and Adventure Books and Christopher Golden!
25/04/2019 Duração: 32minBrea and Mallory talk about adventure books and interview author Christopher Golden! Use the hashtag #ReadingGlassesPodcast to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses Merch Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Amazon Wish List Newsletter Christopher Golden https://twitter.com/ChristophGolden Three Guys with Beards Defenders Dialogue Books Mentioned - A Thousand Naked Strangers by Kevin Hazzard Reading Behind Bars by Jill Grunenwald Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O'Brien, Zena Bernstein (Illustrator) The Pandora Room by Christopher Golden Dead Mountain - The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident By Donnie Eichar The Wake by Scott Snyder, Sean Murphy (Illustrator) Rat Queens Volume 1 by Kurtis J. Wiebe, Roc Upchurch (Artist) Swamplandia! by Karen Russell Manifest Destiny Volume 1 by Chris Dingess, Matthew Roberts (Artist), Owen Gieni (Artist) Robicheaux by James Lee Burke
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Ep 96 - Cult Watch 2019 and Erica Boyce!
18/04/2019 Duração: 35minBrea and Mallory talk about cult books and interview author Erica Boyce! Use the hashtag #ReadingGlassesPodcast to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses Merch Sponsor - BookCon June 1st & 2nd NYC bookcon2019.com/readingglasses Links - Erica BoyceErica’s TwitterErica’s Instagram Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Amazon Wish List Newsletter Books Mentioned - Working Stiff by Melinek, MD, Judy, MD, T.J. Mitchell Bowlaway by Elizabeth McCracken The Giant's House by Elizabeth McCracken Gather the Daughters by Jennie Melamed The Progeny by Tosca Lee The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North The Girls by Emma Cline Within These Walls by Ania Ahlborn The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown The Supernatural Enhancements by Edgar Cantero Breaking Free: How I Escaped Polygamy, the FLDS Cult, and My Father, Warren Jeffs by Rachel Jeffs Educate
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Ep 95 - Come Hither and Read with Kameron Hurley!
11/04/2019 Duração: 37minBrea and Mallory talk about where you read and interview Kameron Hurley! Use the hashtag #ReadingGlassesPodcast to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses Merch Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Amazon Wish List Newsletter Kameron Hurley Kameron's Twitter Kameron's Patreon Books Mentioned - The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner True Indie by Don Coscarelli The Lady from the Black Lagoon by Mallory O'Meara A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness The Witch Boy by Molly Ostertag The Light Brigade by Kameron Hurley A Burglar's Guide to the City by Geoff Manaugh The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling Salvation Day by Kali Wallace
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Ep 94 - Wet Grocery Flyers and How to Relax with Books with Lynn Chen!
04/04/2019 Duração: 50minBrea and Mallory talk about relaxing with books and interview Lynn Chen, narrator of the Crazy Rich Asians audiobook. Use the hashtag #ReadingGlassesPodcast to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses Merch Sponsor - Lola www.mylola.com Promo Code - GLASSES Lull Mattress lull.com/reading Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Amazon Wish List Newsletter Lynn Chen https://twitter.com/MsLynnChen Books Mentioned - The Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker Beautiful Bad by Annie Ward The Broken Earth trilogy by N.K. Jemisin The Earthseed series by Octavia Butler The Prey of Gods by Nicky Drayden Warcross by Marie Lu Ghost Summer by Tananarive Due Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan, Lynn Chen (Narrator) Meaty by Samantha Irby We Are Never Meeting in Real Life by Samantha Irby 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
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Ep 93 - Sci Fi vs. The Bible with Henry Zebrowski
28/03/2019 Duração: 50minBrea and Mallory welcome special guest Henry Zebrowski for a special MaxFunDrive episode about the Bible! Use the hashtag #ReadingGlassesPodcast to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses Merch Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Amazon Wish List Newsletter Mallory’s Seattle Event Henry Zebrowski Last Podcast on the Left Books Mentioned - The Trauma Cleaner by Sarah Krasnostein Raising Demons by Shirley Jackson A Whole New Mind by Daniel H. Pink Gulp by Mary Roach Bonk by Mary Roach The Female Brain by Louann Brizendine Naked at Lunch by Mark Haskell Smith Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson The Gospel According to Jesus Christ by José Saramago