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! List...
Brea and Mallory talk about how to deal with book snobs! Plus, they test out those snack trays for Stanley Cups to see if they’re good for reading, and recommend historical fiction. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -LumiLabswww.lumigummies.comCODE: GLASSESGreenChefwww.greenchef.com/GLASSESFREECODE: GLASSESFREELinks -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!LAPL Kid BundlesWhichbooksSnack TrayBooks Mentioned -Spinning Silver by Naomi NovakA Heart of Blood and Ashes by Milla Vane Pre Order Daughter of Daring by Mallory!Lincoln in the Bardo by George SaundersThe Alienist by Caleb Carr
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Ep 393 - Why 3 Star Reads Are Important
Brea and Mallory discuss whether three star reads are good for your literary life! Plus, they solve a problem about a harmful book in a library, and recommend books where typography is part of the plot. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -Pair Eyewearwww.paireyewear.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!Pre Order The No Pressure Book Journal!Books Mentioned - Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady HendrixA Room of One’s Own by Virginia WoolfLong Way Down by Jason ReynoldsRemember You Will Die by Eden RobinsElla Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn
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Ep 392 - 2025 Reader Resolutions!
Brea and Mallory talk about their 2025 reader resolutions, and how they did on 2024’s. Plus, they deliver a ruling on whether you’re responsible for what someone buys with a bookstore giftcard. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreCawpile ✨Link to the spreadsheet: please right click on the spreadsheet of your choice and select 'make a copy'. This will then appear in your G drive and you can use it with full access. Sponsors -Pair Eyewearwww.paireyewear.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!Books Mentioned - Why We Remember by Charan RanganathThe City in Glass by Nghi Vo
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Ep 391 - Best Books of 2024!
Brea and Mallory pick their top books of the year! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -Miracle Madewww.trymiracle.com/GLASSESCODE: 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 - The Girl in Red by Christina HenryThe Cautious Traveler’s Guide to the Wastelands by Sarah BrooksHorror Movie by Paul TremblayThe Husbands by Holly GramazioThe Night Guest by Hilda Knutsdottir, translated by Mary Robinette KowalMargo’s Got Money Problems by Rufi ThorpeThe Eyes are the Best Part by Monika KimThe Book of Love by Kelly LinkThe Age of Magical Overthinking by Amanda MontellGrief is for People by Sloane CrosleyAn Academy of Liars by Alexis HendersonThat Time I Got Drunk and Saved A Demon by Kimberly LemmingAll This & More by Peng ShepherdSummers End by Juneau BlackA Better World by Sarah LanganEnlightenment by Sarah PerryI’m Starting to Worry about This Black Box of Doom by Joseph ParginThe Village Library Demon Hunting Society by C.M WaggonerModel Home by Rivers SolomonGrief in the Fourth Dimension by Jennifer YuMinistry of Time by Kaliane BradleyThe Bog Wife by Kay ChronisterSomeone You Can Build a Nest In by John WiswellThe Hunter by Tana FrenchThe Kamogawa Food Detectives by Hisashi Kashiwai, translated by Jesse KirkwoodWoodworm by Layla Martinez, translated by Sophie Hughes and Annie McDermottHack/Slash: Back to School by Zoe ThorogoodThe Night Mother by Jeremy Lambert and Alexa SharpeI Shouldn’t Be Telling You This (But I’m Going to Anyway) by Chelsea DevantazI’m Mostly Here to Enjoy Myself by Glynnis MacNicolAnnie Bot by Sierra GreerA Letter to the Luminous Deep by Sylvie CathrallThe Parliament by Aimee PokwatkaParasol Against the Axe by Helen OyeyemiIn Utero by Chris GoochSacrificial Animals by Kailee PedersonHomesick: Stories by Nino CipriConfess by Rob Halford
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Ep 390 - 2024 Challenge Wrap Up + Next Year’s Challenge!
Brea and Mallory do their 2024 reading wrap up! Plus, they announce the 2025 Reading Glasses Challenge! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -Pair Eyewearwww.paireyewear.comCODE: GLASSESMiracle Madewww.trymiracle.com/GLASSESCODE: 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!Pre Order the Reading Glasses Book!2025 Reading Glasses ChallengeBOOKSHonker (500+pages)Oldest book on your TBREpistolary novelA science bookAward winning book by a person of colorACTIVITIESPick a book based on the titleRead a book slowly (over the course of a month or two)Subscribe to a library newsletterMake a list of your top ten books of the year (front or backlist!)Two person book club with a friendBooks Mentioned - The Nightmare Before Kissmas by Sara RaaschThe Village Library Demon Hunting Society C.M. Waggoner
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.
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