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
- 434
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
Ep. 14 - Book Shame and How to Deal with It plus Confessions from Daniel H. Wilson
This week, we talk BOOK SHAME! Brea and Mallory talk about their own shameful book secrets, interview Daniel H Wilson about The Clockwork Dynasty and his own book shame, and Mallory finally gets to t…
Ep. 13 - Don't Drink a Mud Puddle and Other Bibliotherapy! Plus Disability Advocate Heather Ratcliff
This episode, Brea and Mallory talk about bibliotherapy and interview writer and disability advocate Heather Ratcliff. You can participate in online discussion with the use of the hashtag #BookTherap…
Ep 12 - Books: Not Just for Rich People Anymore! and Tor.com's Mordicai Knode
Mallory and Brea break down all the different book types, talk about transitioning from graphic novels to prose books, and interview Tor.com's Mordicai Knode.
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Ep 11 - You're Gonna Die with a TBR List! (And How to Accept that) and Writer/Disability Activist Elsa Sjunneson-Henry
Brea and Mallory help you manage your TBR pile, interview author and disability activist Elsa Sjunneson-Henry and absolve you of your book guilt. Participate in online discussion by using the hashtag…
Ep 10 - Get a Dead Finger - Put Your Book Love on Display and Sarah Kuhn
This episode, Brea and Mallory talk about book fashion, interview author Sarah Kuhn and help you improve your reading speed. Participate in online discussion using the hashtag #BookChic on Instagram …
Ep 9 Who Did the Murdering in this Book & Beach Reads Reclaimed! Plus Banned Books with Tonia Thompson
This week, Brea and Mallory defend the much maligned term “beach read”, review some weird reading glasses and debate book sharing. Reading Glasses is sponsoring Tonia Thompson’s drive to get copies o…
Ep 8 - Authors: They're Just Like Us! They Even Use Pinterest! Plus interview with Mur Lafferty
This week, Brea and Mallory help you support the authors you love, interview author and podcaster Mur Lafferty and reveal that Mallory is a mole person. You can participate in online discussion using…
Ep 7 - Mallory is Obsessed with Iceland and Interview with Yrsa Sigurðardóttir
Show Notes
This week, Brea and Mallory discuss the best places for book tourism, interview Icelandic crime author Yrsa Sigudardottir and debate spoilers. Use the hashtag #ReadingAroundTheWorld to p…
Ep. 6 - Wipe Your Hands and Other Book Event Advice with IDW's Chris Ryall
This week, Brea and Mallory help you navigate different types of book events, interview comics editor Chris Ryall and learn the importance of clean hands. Use the hash tag #BookEvents to participate …
Ep 5 - Jesus Holds Your E-Books and Other Travel Tips with Tom Merritt
This week, Brea and Mallory solve vacation reading dilemmas, learn where Jesus keeps his e-books and talk bookish technology with Tom Merritt! Use the hashtag #TravelingReader to participate in onlin…
Should You Give a S*^t about Book Awards? and Cecil Castellucci
This episode, Brea and Mallory decode the madness of book awards, refuse to tolerate trash babies, and interview writer and past National Book Award judge Cecil Castellucci. Participate in online dis…
Ep 3 - Readers in a Non-Reader World
This week, Brea and Mallory solve the dilemma of how to read around other people, find the coolest library in the world, ask a Book Professional Brazos Price and hopefully save a reader marriage. Use…
Episode 2 - Navigating New Releases/Nick White
Brea and Mallory discuss new releases, interview author Nick White about his book How to Survive a Summer and hopefully save you some money! Use the hashtag #BrandNewBooks to participate in online di…
Episode 1 - Book Slumps with Sara Benincasa
This week, Mallory and Brea discuss ways to get out of a book slump and interview author Sara Benincasa about her fundraiser to help refugees and have Neil Gaiman read the Cheesecake Factory menu out…