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| Ep 374 - The Best Book Rating Systems + Huge News! | 29 Aug 2024 | 00:36:29 | |
Brea and Mallory talk about book rating systems. Which one is the best? Plus, they solve a problem about seasonal book slumps and recommend audiobooks with amazing narrators. And the biggest news ever! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Sponsors - Dipsea Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group CAWPILE: Characters, Atmosphere, Writing Style, Plot, Intrigue, Logic, Enjoyment To join our Slack channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership! Books Mentioned - The Parliament by Amy Pokwatka Twilight Falls by Juneau Black Hex Wives by Ben Blacker and Mirka Andolfo plain bad heroines by emily m danforth Over My Dead Body by Greg Melville Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/joinglasses | |||
| Ep 373 - Top Glasser Books of the 21st Century! | 22 Aug 2024 | 00:34:52 | |
Brea and Mallory talk about the Top Glasser Books of the 21st Century list! Plus, they solve a problem about picking a book for a book club, and recommend graphic memoirs not illustrated by the author. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Top Glasser Books Storygraph Challenge To join our Slack channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership! Books Mentioned - The Last Murder at the End of the World by Stuart Turton I Spit on Your Celluloid by Heidi Honeycutt March by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin, illustrated by Nate Powell They Called Us Enemy by George Takei and Harmony Becker
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| Ep 364 - Best Books of the Year Halftime Show! | 20 Jun 2024 | 00:42:29 | |
Brea and Mallory pick their favorite books of the year… so far. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Sponsors - EarthBreeze
Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group To join our Slack channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership! Mallory’s Idyllwild Library Event Books Mentioned - The Last Werewolf by Glen Duncan The Eyes are the Best Part by Monika Kim The Book of Love by Kelly Link That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon by Kimberly Lemming The Age of Magical Overthinking by Amanda Montell The Husbands by Holly Gramazio A Letter to the Luminous Deep by Sylvie Cathrall Woodworm by Layla Martinez, translated by Sophie Hughes and Annie McDermott Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/joinglasses | |||
| Ep 277 - Be A Book Reaper - How To Deal with Reading FOMO | 13 Oct 2022 | 01:03:03 | |
Brea and Mallory discuss a huge reader woe - book FOMO. Plus, an interview with Andy Marino, and book recommendations set in South America! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Sponsors - Dipsea Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Halloween Readathon Mallory’s New Book! Andy Marino Books Mentioned - And Then I Woke Up by Malcolm Devlin Come Closer by Sara Gran Life and Fate by Vasily Grossman, translated by Robert Chandler The Anthill by Julianne Pachico Two Brothers by Gabriel Ba and Fabio Moon Daytripper by Gabriel Ba and Fabio Moon Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/joinglasses | |||
| Ep 276 - Get Out Your Wool Socks - Cozy Reads | 06 Oct 2022 | 00:52:08 | |
Brea and Mallory discuss cozy books, test out some metal bookmarks, and give advice for reading difficult subject matter with a book club. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Sponsors - Storyworth Magic Spoon CODE: GLASSES Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Halloween Readathon Books Mentioned - A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers Road of Bones by Christopher Golden Furbidden Fatality by Deborah Blake Chapter and Curse by Elizabeth Penney
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| Ep 275 - No Pamphlets! The Best Way to Mail Books | 29 Sep 2022 | 00:50:50 | |
Brea and Mallory talk about the best way to mail books, interview author Ben Acker, and give advice on the best place to review books online! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Sponsors - Green Chef Soylent Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Readathon Ben Acker Stories to Keep You Alive Despite Vampires Books Mentioned - The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Attack of the Black Rectangles by Amy Sarig King
Locke and Key: The Golden Age by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez My Best Friend’s Exorcism by Grady Hendrix
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| Ep 274 - Ask Someone What They’re Reading | 22 Sep 2022 | 00:36:54 | |
Brea and Mallory tick off another box on the 2022 Reading Glasses Challenge - ask someone what they’re reading. Plus, they talk about introductions in books and recommend titles with ADHD protagonists! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Sponsors - Magic Spoon Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Books Mentioned - 100 Animals That Can Fucking End You by Mamadou Ndiaye The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston Julie and Julia by Julie Powell Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston Heart of Stone by Johannes T Evans Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/joinglasses | |||
| Ep 273 - Bookstores - When You’re Here You’re Family | 15 Sep 2022 | 00:54:57 | |
Brea and Mallory discuss navigating bookstores, interview Rachael Conrad from Print Bookstore, and recommend goofy mystery books. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Sponsors - Dipsea Ever tried Microdosing? Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Books Mentioned - Lavender House by Lev AC Rosen
A Ghost in the Throat by Doireann Ní Ghríofa A Study in Charlotte by Brittany Cavallaro Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q Sutanto Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/joinglasses | |||
| Ep 272 - Dick Lit and Gendered Books with Constance Wu | 08 Sep 2022 | 01:06:04 | |
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! Sponsors - GreenChef Microdose Gummies Links - Making a Scene by Constance Wu Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Books Mentioned - Making a Scene by Constance Wu Oh William! By Elizabeth Strout Five Tuesdays in Winter by Lily King
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| Ep 271 - Flat Bottomed Bags Make the Bookish World Go Round | 01 Sep 2022 | 01:03:18 | |
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! Sponsors - Ever tried Microdosing? Visit Microdose.com and use GLASSES for 30% off + Free Shipping Soylent Storyfest Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Kelly J Ford Books Mentioned - The Women Could Fly by Megan Giddings How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix Sorry Please Thank You by Charles Yu Clark and Division by Naomi Hirahara Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/joinglasses | |||
| Ep 270 - How To Retain More of What You Read | 25 Aug 2022 | 00:39:26 | |
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 at gmail dot com! Sponsors - Soylent Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/joinglasses | |||
| Ep 269 - Read Like You’ve Never Been Hurt Before - Unfinished Series | 18 Aug 2022 | 00:39:20 | |
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 readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Sponsors - Ever tried Microdosing? Visit Microdose.com and use GLASSES for 30% off + Free Shipping Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Hammock and Stand Readathon Schedule - Sunday, 8/21
9:30am, live stream on Instagram to kick it off 10am-11am, Zoom party for MaxFun members 4pm-5pm, Zoom party for MaxFun members 6pm, final live stream on Instagram Books Mentioned - Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus Just like Home by Sarah Gailey The Pallbearers Club by Paul Tremblay The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson Give Me Your Hand by Megan Abbott
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| Ep 268 - Don’t Have a Baby With This Book - Changing Reading Tastes | 11 Aug 2022 | 00:36:48 | |
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! Sponsors - GreenChef Dipsea
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| Ep 363 - Books Set in a Country You’ve Never Been To + Book Muscles! | 13 Jun 2024 | 00:37:15 | |
Brea and Mallory tick off a box on the 2024 Reading Glasses challenge: read a book set in a country you’ve never been to. Plus, talk about how to get strong enough to lift books, and recommendations for “one last job” novels. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Sponsors - Pair Eyewear Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group To join our Slack channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership! WebToons list Books Mentioned - An Education in Malice by S.T. Gibson Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy Whale Fall by Elizabeth O’Connor Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid Even Though I Knew the End by C.L. Polk Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/joinglasses | |||
| Ep 267 - Don’t Get a Sunburn on Your Book - Tips for Outside Reading | 04 Aug 2022 | 00:50:20 | |
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!
Sponsors - Magic Spoon Microdose Gummies Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Every Library Book Censorship Database Books Mentioned - The Candy House by Jennifer Egan The Thief of Always by Clive Barker Scary Stories for Young Foxes by Christian McKay Heidicker
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| Ep 266 - The Best and Worst Reading Positions | 28 Jul 2022 | 00:37:46 | |
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! Sponsors - Magic Spoon code: GLASSES
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| Ep 265 - Like Cover Songs but Books - Why People Love Retellings | 21 Jul 2022 | 00:43:08 | |
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. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Sponsors - BetterHelp Nightfire by Tor Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Summer Readathon: 8/21 Books Mentioned - The Golden Season by Madeline Kay Sneed ODY-C by Matt Fraction and Christian Ward Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/joinglasses | |||
| Ep 264 - How To Get in the Mood to Read | 14 Jul 2022 | 00:38:46 | |
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! Sponsors - Dipsea What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher
Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Books Mentioned - The Book of the Most Precious Substance by Sara Gran Reluctant Immortals by Gwendolyn Kiste Empire of Wild by Cherie Dimaline
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| Ep 263 - Extreme Cottagecore - Amish Romances | 07 Jul 2022 | 00:47:01 | |
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! Sponsors - GreenChef www.greenchef.com/GLASSES135 Trade Coffee
Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Tom Merritt’s New Podcast Books Mentioned - Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson What We Fed to the Manticore by Talia Lakshmi Kolluri Tracy Flick Can’t Win by Tom Perrotta Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree The Imposter by Suzanne Woods Fisher
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| Ep 262 - Best Books of the Year So Far! | 30 Jun 2022 | 00:46:54 | |
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 dot com! Sponsors - Ever tried Microdosing? Visit Microdose.com and use GLASSES for 30% off + Free Shipping. Magic Spoon CODE: GLASSES Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group
Readathon: August 21st Books Mentioned - Anatomy: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz Fruiting Bodies by Kathryn Harlan The Imposter by Suzanne Woods Fisher The Cartographers by Peng Shepard When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel Light Years from Home by Mike Chen Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree A Caribbean Heiress in Paris by Adriana Herrera Where the Drowned Girls Go by Seanan McGuire The Book of the Most Precious Substance by Sara Gran To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara Unlikely Animals by Annie Harnett When We Were Birds by Ayanna Lloyd Banwo Our Lady of Mysterious Ailments by T.L. Huchu What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/joinglasses | |||
| Ep 261 - Not Beige - Book Apps You Need! | 23 Jun 2022 | 00:48:48 | |
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! Sponsors - Ever tried Microdosing?
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Apps Tested: Books Mentioned - South to America by Imani Perry An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon Experimental Film by Gemma Files Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/joinglasses | |||
| Ep 260 - Books with a Tan Line - Preserving Your Books and eReaders | 16 Jun 2022 | 00:42:18 | |
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 com! Sponsors - Dipsea Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Books Mentioned - You Made a Fool of Death With Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi Hola Papi by John Paul Brammer Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/joinglasses | |||
| Ep 259 - Your Main Book and Your Side Pieces - Reading Multiple Books At Once | 09 Jun 2022 | 00:38:55 | |
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 gmail dot com! Sponsors - Magic Spoon Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group
Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century by Kim Fu Ghost Eaters by Clay McLeod Chapman A Song Below Water by Bethany C Morrow Cinderella Is Dead by Kalynn Bayron Episode Rex: Episode 37: Drop that Book Guilt and a Review of a Plastic Bag! -- Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/joinglasses | |||
| Ep 258 - The Best Way to Track Your Reading | 02 Jun 2022 | 00:44:12 | |
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! Sponsors - Tor NightFire Trade Coffee Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Watch Brea’s Movie! Books Mentioned - The Impossible Us by Sarah Lotz The Thirty Names of Night by Zeyn Joukhadar To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara The Imposter by Suzanne Woods Fisher The Kingdoms by Natasha Pulley The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/joinglasses | |||
| Ep 362 - Gateway Fantasy Rex! Plus Honker Reading Tips | 06 Jun 2024 | 00:42:42 | |
Brea and Mallory recommend gateway fantasy books, talk about using multiple book tracking apps, and answer a question about reading honkers. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Sponsors - Factor Dipsea Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group To join our Slack channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership! Books Mentioned - Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-Reum, translated by Shanna Tan Grief in the Fourth Dimension by Jennifer Yu The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman The Girl Who Speaks Bear by Sophie Anderson The Women Could Fly by Megan Giddings That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon by Kimberly Lemming The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty A Song Below Water by Bethany C Morrow The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna
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| Ep 257 - How to Find Books Like Your Favorite Media with Tade Thompson | 26 May 2022 | 00:48:03 | |
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! Sponsors - Tor Books Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group
Tade Thompson’s new book! Books Mentioned - Tell Me an Ending by Jo Harkin The Mermaid, The Witch, and the Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolaňo The Embodied Image by Juhani Pallasmaa My Best Friend’s Exorcism by Grady Hendrix A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/joinglasses | |||
| Ep 256 - Cozy but also Spicy - Who Makes the Genre Rules? With Glory Edim | 19 May 2022 | 00:38:20 | |
Brea and Mallory discuss genre rules and interview Glory Edim, founder of Well Read Black Girl! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Sponsors - BetterHelp Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group On Girlhood: 15 Stories from the Well-Read Black Girl Library - Glory Edim Books Mentioned - The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin When We Were Birds by Ayanna Lloyd Banwo Black Girl, Call Home by Jasmine Mans A Woman of Endurance by Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa Garlic and the Vampire by Bree Paulsen Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/joinglasses | |||
| Ep 255 - Book Rex for AAPI Heritage Month | 12 May 2022 | 00:34:49 | |
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 readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Asian American Pacific Islander Month Sponsors - Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Books Mentioned - The Fall of Babel by Josiah Bancroft Light Years from Home by Mike Chen The Forest of Stolen Girls by June Hur Minor Feelings by Cathy Park Hong The Collected Schizophrenias by Esme Weijun Wang I Love You So Mochi by Sarah Kuhn The Sun and Her Flowers by Rupi Kaur How Much of These Hill is Gold by C Pam Zhang Present Tense Machine by Gunnhild Oyehaug What Strange Paradise by Omar el Akkad Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/joinglasses | |||
| Ep 254 - Weird Reader Behavior - Is It Really That Weird? | 05 May 2022 | 00:41:11 | |
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! Twitch Link for Tonight - twitch.tv/readingglassespodcast Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Books Mentioned - Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan Daughter of Hounds by Caitlin Kiernan Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/joinglasses | |||
| Ep 253 - Genre Curious? How To Try A Genre You’ve Never Read Before | 28 Apr 2022 | 00:38:06 | |
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! MaxFunDrive! Send proof of your membership to readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com to get a personalized book recommendation and access to our Slack channel! Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Books Mentioned - Hello, Molly! by Molly Shannon Such Sharp Teeth by Rachel Harrison The Cartographers by Peng Shepard Six Months, Three Days, Five Others by Charlie Jane Anders Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/joinglasses | |||
| Ep 252 - Mighty Morphin’ Authors - Why Authors Use Pen Names | 21 Apr 2022 | 00:36:46 | |
Brea and Mallory discuss why some authors use pen names, recommend book tracking apps, and talk abouts books that showcase emotional communication. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Sponsors - BetterHelp Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Books Mentioned - The Nineties by Chuck Klosterman Night of the Living Rez by Morgan Talty Me and Marvin Gardens by Amy Sarig King The Bad Seed by Jory John and Pete Oswald Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/joinglasses | |||
| Ep 251 - Don’t Forget the Barbarians - Reading the First in a Series | 14 Apr 2022 | 00:40:49 | |
Brea and Mallory talk about reading book series, how to read scary books when you live alone, and recommend books set in Scotland. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Sponsors - Microdose Gummies Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Books Mentioned - When I’m Gone, Look for Me in the East by Quan Barry The Girl Who Could Move Shit With Her Mind A Winter’s Promise by Christelle Dabos, translated Hildegarde Serle The End of the World Running Club by Adrian J. Walker The Library of the Dead by T.L. Huchu
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| Ep 250 - No More New Buttholes - What To Do When You Hated A Book | 07 Apr 2022 | 00:38:42 | |
Brea and Mallory talk about what to do when you hate a book, review some annotating pens, and recommend enemies to lovers books! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Sponsors - GreenChef Microdose Gummies Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Pens Tested: The Muji Gel Ballpoint Books Mentioned - Adora and the Distance by Marc Bernardin and Ariela Kristantina Just Like Home by Sarah Gailey Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston The Wolf and the Woodsman by Ava Reid Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/joinglasses | |||
| Ep 249 - What’s the Ideal Amount of Time to Read For? | 31 Mar 2022 | 00:33:58 | |
Brea and Mallory talk about the ideal amount of time to read for, recommend YA books, and discuss re-reading. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Sponsors - Microdose Gummies Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Books Mentioned - A Skinful of Shadows by Frances Hardinge The Gunslinger by Stephen King Dying is Easy by Joe Hill and Martin Simmonds Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/joinglasses | |||
| Ep 248 - Slow Readers and Fast Eaters | 24 Mar 2022 | 00:40:06 | |
Brea and Mallory talk about different reading speeds and whether or not it matters. They also review bluetooth speakers for audiobooks and recommend books with Sarah protagonists. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Sponsors - Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Bluetooth Speaker The Mad Scientist’s Daughter by Cassandra Rose Clarke This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan The Red Tree by Caitlin Kiernan Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/joinglasses | |||
| Ep 361 - Ep 361 - How to Budget Your Book Money + Alonso Duralde & Hollywood Pride! | 30 May 2024 | 00:46:53 | |
Brea and Mallory talk about budgeting your book money! Plus, they interview fellow MaxFunyun Alonso Duralde about his new book Hollywood Pride, and solve a problem about requesting author events! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Sponsors - Hello Comics Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group To join our Slack channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership! Rex Party - June 14th, 6pm PT - email for invite! Books Mentioned - Sleepaway Camp by BJ and Harmony Colangelo TCM Underground by Millie de Chirico and Quatoyiah Murry
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| Ep 247 - Do Visual Novels Count as Books? | 17 Mar 2022 | 00:42:24 | |
Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Sponsors - Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Games Tested: Books Mentioned - A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/joinglasses | |||
| Ep 246 -Talking Bears and Long Roads - Finding Very Specific Books with Sara Gran! | 10 Mar 2022 | 00:39:10 | |
Brea and Mallory talk about how to find books with very specific wheelhouse items, interview Sara Gran, and recommend books that mix genres. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Sponsors - GreenChef Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group The Book of the Most Precious Substance by Sara Gran
Books Mentioned - A Gift for a Ghost by Borja Gonzalez Secret Identity by Alex Segura Dread Nation by Justina Ireland The Conductors by Nicole Glover The Helm of Midnight by Marina Lostetter
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| Ep 245 - Being a Reader is So Sexy - Reader/Non Reader Couples | 03 Mar 2022 | 00:45:08 | |
Brea and Mallory talk about life with a significant other who doesn’t read and interview Tom Merritt to get his thoughts on the subject! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Sponsors - Lumi Labs Nightfire Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Books Mentioned - How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America by Kiese Laymon The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo Pandora’s Star by Peter F. Hamilton Here and Now and Then by Mike Chen
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| Ep 244 - Why Am I Reading This Book?! | 24 Feb 2022 | 00:37:04 | |
Brea and Mallory talk about that weird reading feeling - “why am I reading this book?!” They also give advice on getting rid of academic books and recommend books to read before you fall asleep. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Sponsors - Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Books Mentioned - God Country by Donny Cates and Geoff Shaw Jawbone by Monica Ojeda, translated by Sarah Booker The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo Eat, and Love Yourself by Sweeney Boo Thick by Tressie McMillan Cottom Wildwood by Colin Meloy and Carson Ellis Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/joinglasses | |||
| Ep 243 - Are You Shelfrighteous? Bookklempt? Specific Words for Reader Feelings | 17 Feb 2022 | 00:49:15 | |
Brea and Mallory discuss some specific words for reader feelings, review bookmarks, and give advice on feeling intimidated by your favorite author’s writing. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Sponsors - Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Books Mentioned - The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King Road of Bones by Christopher Golden Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/joinglasses | |||
| Ep 242 - Queer Romances for Valentine’s Day! | 10 Feb 2022 | 00:38:12 | |
Brea and Mallory recommend queer romances for Valentine’s day, discuss eReaders for kids, and talk about mass market paperbacks. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Sponsors - Greenchef Lumi Labs
Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Books Mentioned - A Haunted History of Invisible Women by Leanna Renee Hieber, Andrea Janes, and Elizabeth Kerri Mahon That Full Moon Feeling by Ashely Robin Franklin One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston Let’s Talk About Love by Claire Kann The Lightning Struck Heart by TJ Klune
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| Ep 241 - To Sleep or Not to Sleep - Should You Stay Up All Night with a Book? | 03 Feb 2022 | 00:47:12 | |
Brea and Mallory discuss what to do when you want to stay up all night reading. Plus advice on grad school reading and recommendations for light dystopias! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Sponsors - LumiLabs Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Books Mentioned - To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker The Heart Goes Last by Margaret Atwood Love Minus Eighty by Will McIntosh A Psalm for the Wild Built by Becky Chambers
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| Ep 240 - Don’t Bend The Space Rules - Unlikeable Characters and Mike Chen! | 27 Jan 2022 | 00:43:52 | |
Brea and Mallory discuss unlikeable characters, recommend nerdy romance and interview author Mike Chen! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Sponsors - GreenChef Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Books Mentioned - The Girl Who Can Move Shit With Her Mind by Jackson Ford The Pallbearers Club by Paul Tremblay Light Years from Home by Mike Chen Star Wars: Brotherhood by Mike Chen Bunnicula by James and Deborah Howe Meet Me in Another Life by Catriona Silvey The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood Conventionally Yours by Annabeth Albert
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| Ep 239 - How To Tie Your Shoes and Other Self Help Books | 20 Jan 2022 | 00:42:33 | |
Brea and Mallory discuss what to get out of a self help book, talk about what to do when your wheelhouse intersects your doghouse, and review the greatest reading-snacking tool of all time. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!
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Books Mentioned - Light Years from Home by Mike Chen Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman Body Positive Power by Megan Jane Crabbe
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| Ep 238 - What To Do With the Books You Got For Christmas | 13 Jan 2022 | 00:37:36 | |
Brea and Mallory discuss what to do with the books you got for Christmas that you don’t want, recommend books for husbands, and offer help for dyslexic e-readers. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Sponsors - Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Books Mentioned - Broken Places Outer Spaces by Nnedi Okorafor The Shadow Land by Elizabeth Kostova Never Saw Me Coming by Vera Kurian The Spectral City by Leanna Renee Hieber
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| Ep 360 - Overcoming Content Warnings and Crappy Stickers | 23 May 2024 | 00:35:21 | |
Brea and Mallory give advice on overcoming content warnings, discuss book subscription boxes, and recommend sci fi noir. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Sponsors - Microdose Gummies Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group To join our Slack channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership! Books Mentioned - Your Shadow Half Remains by Sunny Moraine Titanium Noir by Nick Harkaway This Body Isn’t Big Enough for the Both of Us by Edgar Cantero Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/joinglasses | |||
| Ep 237 - Reading Glasses Challenge 2022 and New Years Reader Resolutions | 06 Jan 2022 | 00:39:29 | |
Brea and Mallory talk about 2022 reader resolutions, review book journals and reveal the 2022 Reading Glasses Challenge! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Sponsors - E-Vite Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group 2022 Reading Glasses Challenge Books
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Books Mentioned - Any Way the Wind Blows by Rainbow Rowell A Winter’s Promise by Christelle Dabos, translated by Hildegarde Serle 10th Anniversary Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/joinglasses | |||
| Ep 236 - 2021 in Reading: Mom Books, Audiobooks and Virtual Events | 30 Dec 2021 | 00:55:42 | |
Brea and Mallory discuss their 2021 reading lives and talk about book trends they saw this year. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Sponsors - Soylent Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Daryl the LAPL Librarian Reviews Books Mentioned - The Corpse Queen by Heather M. Herrman Remote Control by Nnedi Okorafor The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen The Crown Ain’t Worth Much by Hanif Abdurraqib The Collected Poems of Audre Lorde Girly Drinks by Mallory O’Meara Rude Talk in Athens by Mark Haskell Smith My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones This Town Sleeps by Dennis E. Staples The Art of Taking it Easy by Dr. Brian King The Cabinets of Barnaby Mayne by Elsa Hart
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| Ep 235 - Best Books of 2021! | 16 Dec 2021 | 00:56:26 | |
Brea and Mallory talk about the best books of the year! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Sponsors - Soylent CODE: GLASSES Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Books Mentioned - Plain Bad Heroines by emily m. danforth Hunting by Stars by Cherie Dimaline Miami Blues by Charles Willeford Mallory and Brea’s Best Books List The Cutting Season by Attica Locke Forget This Ever Happened by Cassandra Rose Clarke
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