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 311 - Getting More from a Book with Author Interviews
Brea and Mallory tick off a box on the 2023 Reading Glasses Challenge - read an interview with an author you love. Plus, they test out a dimmable book light and answer a question about returning book…
Ep 310 - What to Do When a Book is… Just Okay
Brea and Mallory debate whether or not to keep reading books that are just okay, test out a book holder for the beach, and recommend queer speculative fiction. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gm…
Ep 309 - Movies as Books - Novelizations and Tre’vell Anderson
Brea and Mallory discuss novelizations, interview Tre’vell Anderson, and give advice on bookish dating. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!
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Ep 308 - Books with a Side of Books: Why We Love Books about Books
Brea and Mallory talk about why we all love books about books, review a reading blanket, and give advice on getting notified about new book releases. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot co…
Ep 307 - Spring Flowers and Winter Swords - Seasonal Reads
Brea and Mallory discuss seasonal reads, test out some magnetic bookmarks, and solve a problem about book club questions. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!
Ep 305 - Fan Fiction Counts as Real Books with Sarah Kuhn and Arielle Jovellanos
Brea and Mallory discuss fan fiction with the help of Sarah Kuhn and Arielle Jovellanos, and solve a reader problem about getting rid of bookmarks. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!
Ep 305 - Which Books to Bring on Vacation
Brea and Mallory help you pick which books to bring on vacation, recommend cozy animal books, and debate whether skimming counts as reading. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!
Ep 304 - How Giving a Book Another Chance Can Improve Your Reading Life
Brea and Mallory discuss giving a book a second chance, review a very fancy bookmark, and answer a very controversial question about letting other people read your books. Email us at readingglassespo…
Ep 303 - Are You a Mood Reader?
Brea and Mallory discuss mood reading, test out an unusual night light, and solve a problem about how to get rid of personalized books. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!
Ep 302 - So Much Velvet - Dark Academia Reads
Brea and Mallory discuss dark academia, review a reading pillow, and give advice on how to dump a good book. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!
Ep 301 - Best Books to Bust You Out of a Reading Slump
Brea and Mallory recommend their favorite slump-busting books, and give advice on reading in grad school. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!
Ep 300! - Best of Reading Glasses - 300 Episode Extravaganza
Brea and Mallory celebrate 300 episodes of Reading Glasses by sharing their favorite hot book tips, tech, and recommendations. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Head to maximumfun.o…
Anticipated Books! (Teaser)
Full episode available to Maximum Fun Members. Go to maximumfun.org/join to join! You will get this bonus episode plus ALL future Anticipated Books episodes (which we will be doing several times a ye…
Ep 299 - That’s Not Sprite: How Your Thoughts on a Book Can Change
Brea and Mallory discuss how your opinion on a book can change over time, recommend summer books, and pick the books that define them. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!
Ep 298 - How to Figure Out Your Doghouse
Brea and Mallory discuss figuring out your doghouse (and checking off one of the boxes from the Reading Glasses Challenge), review an old school book strap carrier, and decide which books we would li…
Ep 297 - Jackets or Cloaks? What Exactly is Literary Fiction? and Danielle and the Silent Book Club!
Brea and Mallory discuss what the heck literary fiction is, interview bookseller Danielle Beliveau about running a chapter of the Silent Book Club, and recommend readalikes for This is How You Lose t…
Ep 296 - Bookselves and Bookshelves with Rachel Koller Croft
Brea and Mallory discuss how your bookshelves reflect your identity, interview Rachel Koller Croft, and recommend retellings of classic books! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!
Ep 295 - Hornytown, USA: Tracking Your Book Settings and Cody Daigle-Orians
Brea and Mallory discuss tracking the locations your books are set in, interview author Cody Daigle-Orians about his new book I Am Ace, and solve a reader problem about graphic novel guilt. Email us …
Ep 294 - You Don’t Need a Tower - Worldbuilding with Annalee Newitz
Brea and Mallory talk about worldbuilding, interviewing author Annalee Newitz, and give advice on rating memoirs. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!
Ep 293 - How to Deal with Post Book Sadness
Brea and Mallory talk about post book sadness, test out book tracking bookmarks, and recommend Wheel of Time readalikes. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!