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.
308 Available Episodes (308 Total)Average duration: 00:43:04
Apr 20, 2023
Ep 304 - How Giving a Book Another Chance Can Improve Your Reading Life
00:50:26
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 readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!
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!
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
00:56:36
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
00:56:57
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.org/join to sign up to support them!
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 year!). PLUS access to our Slack Channel, invites to our Zoom parties, Maximum Fun gifts (depending on the level you join) including our Bury Me With My TBR Pile sticker, the Max Fun Cookbook and apron! PLUS PLUS, you are helping Brea and Mallory make this show every week! Go to maximumfun.org/join to join!
Ep 299 - That’s Not Sprite: How Your Thoughts on a Book Can Change
00:44:16
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!
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 like to read again for the first time. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!
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Ep 297 - Jackets or Cloaks? What Exactly is Literary Fiction? and Danielle and the Silent Book Club!
00:55:56
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 the Time War! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!
Ep 296 - Bookselves and Bookshelves with Rachel Koller Croft
00:43:57
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!