Reading Glasses

Brea and Mallory have special guest Jordan Morris on the show to talk about how to deal with people’s bad book opinions, test out reading on the TV, and recommend books with weird comp titles. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -Dipseawww.dipseastories.com/GLASSESPair Eyewearwww.paireyewear.comCODE: GLASSESLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmTo join our Slack channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership!Youth Group by Jordan Morris and Bowen McCurdyBrea’s Anthology Anthology PatreonFree with AdsJordan’s Instagram Books Mentioned - Creativity, Inc by Ed CatmullThe Rabbit Back Literature Society Pasi Ilari Jaaskelainen, translated by Lola RogersFirestarter by Stephen KingParable of the Sower by Octavia ButlerLunar New Year Love Story by Gene Luen Yang and Leuyen PhamI Heart Skullcrusher by Josie Campbell and Alissio ZonnoBless Your Heart by Lindy RyanThe Puzzle Master by Danielle Trussoni

Brea and Mallory discuss all the different types of fantasy, test out a book pillow, and recommend feminist horror that isn’t gory. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -Miracle Madewww.trymiracle.com/GLASSESCODE: GLASSESLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmReading PillowTo join our Slack channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership!Mallory’s Book!Brea’s Movie Podcast!Books Mentioned - Your Lonely Nights Are Over by Adam SassThis Wretched Valley by Jenny KieferPerdido Street Station by China MievilleThe Haunting of Velkwood by Gwendolyn KisteVenCo by Cherie Dimaline

Brea and Mallory tick off a box on the 2024 Reading Glasses Challenge - read a buzzy book from this year! Plus, they test out spinner rings for reading concentration, and solve a problem about jacket copy. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -GreenChefwww.greenchef.com/GLASSES50CODE: GLASSES50EarthBreezewww.earthbreeze.com/GLASSESLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmASL Kid’s BooksSpinner RingBrea's New Podcast, Anthology Anthology: AppleSpotifyPatreonAmazon WishlistTo join our Slack channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership!Books Mentioned - Beautyland by Marie-Helene BertinoThe Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel JoyceHouse of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J MaasExhibit by R.O. KwonMallory’s Book!! 

Brea and Mallory discuss converting nonreaders, interview writer Jeremy Lambert, and recommend fantasy books that deal with grief. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -Dipseawww.dipseastories.com/GLASSESMiracle Madewww.trymiracle.com/GLASSESCODE: GLASSESLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmTo join our Slack channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership!Jeremy LambertThe Hollywood SpecialBooks Mentioned - I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This by Chelsea DevantezI’m Mostly Here to Enjoy Myself by Glynnis MacNicholThe Book of Love by Kelly LinkPlease Ignore Vera Dietz by A.S. KingThe Measure by Nikki Erlick

Brea and Mallory pick their favorite books of the year… so far. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -EarthBreezewww.earthbreeze.com/GLASSESMiracle Madewww.trymiracle.com/GLASSESLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmTo join our Slack channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership!Mallory’s Idyllwild Library EventBooks Mentioned - Night’s Edge by Liz KerinThe Last Werewolf by Glen DuncanHorror Movie by Paul TremblayThe Eyes are the Best Part by Monika KimThe Book of Love by Kelly LinkBaby X by Kiera PickoffThat Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon by Kimberly LemmingThe Age of Magical Overthinking by Amanda MontellThe Hunter by Tana FrenchThe Husbands by Holly GramazioA Letter to the Luminous Deep by Sylvie CathrallZ Word by Lindsey King-MillerWoodworm by Layla Martinez, translated by Sophie Hughes and Annie McDermottRebel Girl by Kathleen HannahEmily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett

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!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -Pair Eyewearwww.paireyewear.comCODE: GLASSESLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmTo join our Slack channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership!WebToons listCrumbs- cozy magic, bakery, magic school, sweet romanceJackie Rose- what if Indiana Jones was a teenage girl?Gourmet Hound- girl with magical sense of smell, family history, restaurant found familyMiss Abbot and the Doctor AND Lady Liar - historical romance, funny and sweetMagic Soda Pop - middle school girl gets magical soda that gives her weird powers but also potentially spookyThe Blind Prince - spooky forest, girl with magical powers/curseBooks Mentioned - Funny Story by Emily HenryAn Education in Malice by S.T. GibsonOnce There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghyWhale Fall by Elizabeth O’ConnorCarrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins ReidEven Though I Knew the End by C.L. Polk

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!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -Factorwww.factormeals.com/GLASSES50CODE: GLASSES50Dipseawww.dipseastores.com/GLASSESLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmTo join our Slack channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership!Mallory’s BookBooks Mentioned - Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-Reum, translated by Shanna TanGrief in the Fourth Dimension by Jennifer YuThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanThe Girl Who Speaks Bear by Sophie AndersonThe Women Could Fly by Megan GiddingsThat Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon by Kimberly LemmingThe Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi by Shannon ChakrabortyUprooted by Naomi NovikA Song Below Water by Bethany C MorrowThe Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna 

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!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -Hello Comicshttps://www.hellocomics.net/readingglassesLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmTo join our Slack channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership!Rex Party - June 14th, 6pm PT - email for invite!Mallory’s Book!Alonso DuraldeHollywood PrideBooks Mentioned - Rebel Girl by Kathleen HannaSleepaway Camp by BJ and Harmony ColangeloTCM Underground by Millie de Chirico and Quatoyiah Murry 

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!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -Microdose Gummieswww.microdose.comCODE: GLASSESMiracle Madewww.trymiracle.com/GLASSESCODE: GLASSESLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmSilicon CoastersTo join our Slack channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership!Books Mentioned - Your Shadow Half Remains by Sunny MoraineLady Macbeth by Ava ReidTitanium Noir by Nick HarkawayThis Body Isn’t Big Enough for the Both of Us by Edgar Cantero

Brea and Mallory give their hottest tips for reading in public, test to see if those viral cups are good for reading, and recommend non-memoir non-fiction. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -Dipseawww.dipseastories.com/GLASSESMiracle Madewww.trymiracle.com/GLASSESCODE: GLASSESLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmTo join our Slack channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership!Library ExtensionSimple Modern TumblrGlasser Zoom Party - 6/14 at 6pm PTEmail for link!Books Mentioned - Fifty Beasts to Break Your Heart by Gennarose NethercottThe Night Guest by Hildur Knutsdottir, translated by Mary Robinette KowalArtemis Awakened by Jane LindskoldThe Nineties by Chuck KlostermanThe Museum of Whales You Will Never See by A. Kendra Greene