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 272 - Dick Lit and Gendered Books with Constance Wu
Brea and Mallory discuss gendered books with special guest Constance Wu! Plus, they give out advice on beating distractions and finishing books. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!
Ep 271 - Flat Bottomed Bags Make the Bookish World Go Round
Brea and Mallory discuss the ideal book bag, interview author Kelly J Ford, and give advice on a library card dilemma. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!
Ep 270 - How To Retain More of What You Read
Brea and Mallory discuss tips for remembering more of what you read, talk about their favorite book lights, and recommend books that feature engineers and machinery! Email us at readingglassespodcast…
Ep 269 - Read Like You’ve Never Been Hurt Before - Unfinished Series
Brea and Mallory discuss a big reader dilemma - should you wait until a series is published before you finish reading it? Plus, recommendations for how to find cozy romance. Email us at readingglasse…
Ep 268 - Don’t Have a Baby With This Book - Changing Reading Tastes
Brea and Mallory discuss the ways your reading tastes change over time, give advice on making books scarier, and recommend scary novels! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!
Ep 267 - Don’t Get a Sunburn on Your Book - Tips for Outside Reading
Brea and Mallory offer tips for summer reading outside, ask librarians how to combat book banning, and recommend middle grade horror books! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!
Ep 266 - The Best and Worst Reading Positions
Brea and Mallory talk about reading posture, give tips for moving with books, and recommend books to read while recovering surgery. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!
Ep 265 - Like Cover Songs but Books - Why People Love Retellings
Brea and Mallory talk about why people love retellings so much, review a book cart, and discuss how to log a book you’ve read in two different years.
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Ep 264 - How To Get in the Mood to Read
Brea and Mallory give tips on getting yourself in the mood to read, talk about what counts as a series, and recommend Mexican Gothic readalikes! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!
Ep 263 - Extreme Cottagecore - Amish Romances
Brea and Mallory discuss Amish romance novels, talk about what to do when your pets won’t let you read, and recommend audio graphic novels! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!
Ep 262 - Best Books of the Year So Far!
Brea and Mallory discuss their favorite books of 2022 that were released from January to June, and solve a tricky reader problem about large print books. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail do…
Ep 261 - Not Beige - Book Apps You Need!
Brea and Mallory test out a ton of book apps and tell you the best ones! Also, they recommend books with autistic protagonists. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!
Ep 260 - Books with a Tan Line - Preserving Your Books and eReaders
Brea and Mallory talk about how to preserve your print books and eReaders, review some cute bookmarks, and recommend books with bisexual protagonists. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot c…
Ep 259 - Your Main Book and Your Side Pieces - Reading Multiple Books At Once
Brea and Mallory talk about how to read multiple books at once, discuss buying different editions of books, and recommend retellings with Black protagonists. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmai…
Ep 258 - The Best Way to Track Your Reading
Brea and Mallory discuss the best ways to track your reading, test out a wine glass for reading, and recommend historical sci fi. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!
Ep 257 - How to Find Books Like Your Favorite Media with Tade Thompson
Brea and Mallory talk about how to find books like your favorite shows and movies, interview Tade Thompson, and discuss scary reads! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!
Ep 256 - Cozy but also Spicy - Who Makes the Genre Rules? With Glory Edim
Brea and Mallory discuss genre rules and interview Glory Edim, founder of Well Read Black Girl! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!
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Ep 255 - Book Rex for AAPI Heritage Month
Brea and Mallory recommend books by AAPI authors, have a special guest on to review some book tech, and talk about what to do when you see a book in a store ahead of its pub date. Email us at reading…
Ep 254 - Weird Reader Behavior - Is It Really That Weird?
Brea and Mallory talk about weird reader quirks, debate voting in book awards, and recommend ghoul books. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!
Ep 253 - Genre Curious? How To Try A Genre You’ve Never Read Before
Brea and Mallory discuss starting a genre you’ve never tried before and recommend books to help with a reading hangover. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!