Reading Glasses
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.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 42 minutes
- Episodes
- 435
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
Ep 211 - What Makes a Swiss Army Recommendation and Helenna Santos
Mallory and Brea talk about Swiss Army book recommendations, interview writer and filmmaker Helenna Santos and discuss how to read on your side. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!
Ep 210 - We Love Bookstores and Libraries
Brea and Mallory talk about ways to show love for bookstores and libraries, and debate the best ways to share a book with someone. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! #RGlovesbookstor…
Ep 209 - Hot Gossip and Small Town Books
Brea and Mallory talk about why we all love small town books so much and review what might be the ultimate reading chocolate snack. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!
Ep 208 - When You Give a Mouse a Cookie and Books We Read As Kids
Brea and Mallory talk about books that they read as kids and recommend ways to bring library books on a camping trip. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!
Ep 207 - How To Get Rid of Books You Don’t Want
Brea and Mallory talk about getting rid of books you don’t want and compare different types of eReaders! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!
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Ep 206 - We Love Libraries! with T.L. Huchu
Brea and Mallory talk about surprising ways to use the library and interview author T.L. Huchu. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!
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Ep 205 - What To Do When A Book Lets You Down
Brea and Mallory talk about what to do when a book lets you down and how to teach people to find books that they love. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!
Ep 204 - Sarah Books
Brea and Mallory talk about Sarah books, review some good audiobook headphones and discuss book series recaps. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!
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Ep 203 - Hair Brushing, Enchanted Forests and Swamp Sounds - How to Find the Right Background Noise for Reading
Brea and Mallory explore ASMR, white noise and soundscapes as background noise for reading and recommend books for the Avengers. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!
Ep 202 - How to Decide What to Read Next
Brea and Mallory help you decide what to read next and give out bookish dating advice. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!
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Ep 201 - Eating A Good Book and Other Book Finishing Rituals and Silvia Moreno-Garcia!
Brea and Mallory talk about book finishing rituals, interview author Silvia Moreno-Garcia and recommend books for Schitt’s Creek watchers. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!
Dead Pilots Society - Space Bound Table Read
In our episode today we're showing you a pilot from the Dead Pilots Society podcast. In Dead Pilots Society, scripts that were developed by studios and networks but were never produced are given the …
Ep 200 - 200th Episode AMA Celebration!
Brea and Mallory do an AMA to celebrate 200 episodes of the show! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!
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Ep 199 - Space Operas and Charlie Jane Anders!
Brea and Mallory discuss what makes a space book a space opera and talk to Charlie Jane Anders! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!
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Ep 198 - Sh*ts, Giggles and Buying eBooks
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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Ep 197 - If You Wanna Be My Bookmark, You Gotta Get In My Book
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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Ep 196 - Getting Rex From the Library and Annabelle Gurwitch!
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!
Ep 195 - Alert! We Got An Unreliable Narrator Situation!
Brea and Mallory talk about unreliable narrators. Or do they? Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!
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Ep 194 - Reading Is… Reading and Annalee Newitz!
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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Ep 193 - Why We Love Being Stressed Out By Thrillers
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 readingglas…