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 331 - How to Get Into New Book Formats
Brea and Mallory give advice on falling in love with other book formats, help you track anthologies, and recommend Antarctica horror. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!
Ep 330 - Readers Who Read… Too Much!
Brea and Mallory discuss what to do when you read… too much. Plus, advice on dumping buzzy books and recommendations for adventure mysteries! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!
Ep 329 - Hearing the Tinkling of the Fairies - Making Yourself Love a Genre
Brea and Mallory discuss whether or not you can make yourself love a genre, what to do when you hate Mylar book coverings, and good books to read for spooky season. Email us at readingglassespodcast …
Ep 328 - Disabled Protagonists and Troublesome Dragons with Sharon Emmerichs!
Brea and Mallory tick off the final box on the 2023 Reading Glasses challenge: read a book with a disabled protagonist and interview author Sharon Emmerichs and Robert Carter, host of the accessibili…
Ep 327 - Kill-dren and Stressed Out Parent Horror with Clay McLeod Chapman
Brea and Mallory finally talk about stressed out parent horror, interview author and friend of the show Clay McLeod Chapman, and give advice on what to do when your book club HATES your favorite book…
Ep 326 - Don’t Light Your Book on Fire - Getting Stickers Off of Books
Brea and Mallory test out the best ways to get stickers off of books, solve a stinky book problem, and recommend cyberpunk books. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!
Ep 325 - Haunted F*ckin Houses, Baby - Spooky Settings with Sarah Hollowell
Brea and Mallory discuss scary settings for books, interview Sarah Hollowell, and give advice on displaying a book when an author has changed their name. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail do…
Ep 324 - Libraries Are So Cool - Attend a Library Event
Brea and Mallory tick off a box on the 2023 Reading Glasses Challenge - attend a library event! They also give advice on displaying zines and recommend queer middle grade horror. Email us at readingg…
Ep 323 - Too Many Hobbies, Too Many Vitamins - How to Balance Your Reading Life
Brea and Mallory discuss balancing reading with other hobbies, give advice on what to do when a bookstore sends you two of the same book, and recommending books for spooky season. Email us at reading…
Ep 322 - How to Get More From Audiobooks
Brea and Mallory help you get more from your audiobooks, debate if it’s okay to sell books bought at a library sale, and recommend books that will put you to sleep. Email us at readingglassespodcast …
Ep 321 - How to Buy Books on Vacation
Brea and Mallory give tips for buying books on vacation, help a nail biting reader, and recommend horror romances. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!
Ep 320 - The Spoiler is Coming From Inside the Book!
Brea and Mallory discuss what to do when something in your wheelhouse is a spoiler! Plus, how many times should you renew a book at the library, and recommendations for sci fi audiobooks. Email us at…
Ep 319 - The Favorite Book of Someone You Love & Do AI Book Recommenders Work?
Brea and Mallory tick off a box on the 2023 Reading Challenge: read the favorite book of someone you love. They also investigate AI book recommenders and recommend genre books with protagonists that …
Ep 318 - Our Favorite Beach Reads!
Brea and Mallory recommend beach reads, solve a book tech problem about sharing ebooks, and discuss the best way to read book translations from different translators. Email us at readingglassespodcas…
Ep 317 - Can Readers Be TOO Picky?
Brea and Mallory talk about being a picky reader, review a book tracking spreadsheet, and recommend queer sci fi for your straight dad. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!
Ep 316 - Guilt-Free Reading Time with Seanan McGuire
Brea and Mallory discuss taking the guilt out of your reading time, interview Seanan McGuire, and recommend academia novels. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!
Ep 315 - The Sounds of a Fairy Cottage - Reading Background Music and Liz Kerin
Brea and Mallory tick off a box on the 2023 Reading Glasses Challenge: listen to background music or sounds while you read. Plus, an interview with Liz Kerin and recommendation honkers! Email us at r…
Ep 314 - Best Books of the Year Halftime Show 2023
Brea and Mallory name their top books of the year… so far! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!
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Ep 313 - Bookish Civil Disobedience - Little Free Library Drama
Brea and Mallory solve some big Little Free Library dilemmas, fix a traveling Libby problem, and recommend queer books for reading with someone else. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot co…
Ep 312 - Books for Grieving and Polyamorous Shelving
Brea and Mallory recommend books on grief, test out sticky notes for annotating, and solve a polyamorous book display problem. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!