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Reading Glasses

Brea Grant and Mallory O'Meara
Reading Glasses
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  • Reading Glasses

    Ep 457 - Introduction to the Show + Retired Book Hall of Fame!

    04/09/2026 | 40 mins.
    Brea and Mallory explain…Reading Glasses! For new listeners, here’s a breakdown of the show. For veteran listeners, they explain the root of longtime jokes and name all their retired book recommendations. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!

    Reading Glasses Merch

    Recommendations Store

    The Reading Glasses Book!

    Sponsors -

    ZocDoc
    www.zocdoc.com/GLASSES

    Ingram Spark
    www.ingramspark.com/learnmore

    CODE: GLASSES15

    Links -

    Reading Glasses Facebook Group

    Reading Glasses Goodreads Group

    Wish List

    Newsletter

    Libro.fm

    To join our Discord channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership!
    www.maximumfun.org/join

    Mallory’s Books!

     

    Books Mentioned -

    A Midnight Pastry Shop Called Hwawoldang by Lee Onhwa

    Why Are People Into That? by Tina Horn

    Priestdaddy

    Every Heart a Doorway

     

    A Head Full of Ghosts

     

    Magic for Liars

     

    Anything by Samantha Irby

     

    Circe

     

    Exit West

     

    The Girl with the Louding Voice

     

    We Ride Upon Sticks

     

    My Best Friend’s Exorcism

     

    The Hunger

     

    Library of the Dead

     

    Here and Now and Then

     

    10,000 Doors of January

     

    Camp

     

    Dread Nation

    Shady Hollow

     

    The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi

    Mexican Gothic

    A Psalm for the Wild Built

    Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries

    Light from Uncommon Stars

    A Letter to the Luminous Deep

    Legends and Lattes
  • Reading Glasses

    Ep 456 - Most Anticipated for March and April!

    04/02/2026 | 43 mins.
    Brea and Mallory talk about their most anticipated books for the start of spring. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!

    THE BIG GIANT LIST OF ANTICIPATED BOOKS IS HERE!!

    Reading Glasses Merch

    Recommendations Store

    The Reading Glasses Book!

    Sponsors -

    GreenChef
    www.greenchef.com/50GLASSES

    CODE: 50GLASSES

     

    Links -

    Reading Glasses Facebook Group

    Reading Glasses Goodreads Group

    Wish List

    Newsletter

    Libro.fm

    To join our Discord channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership!
    www.maximumfun.org/join

     

    Books Mentioned -

    Coffin Moon by Keith Rosson

    When Two Feathers Fell from the Sky by Margaret Verble

    MARCH PICKS:

    Shared: Wolf Worm by T. Kingfisher

    Horror, historical 1899 North Carolina woods, monstrous maggots!!!

    Brea: Trace Elements by Jo Walton and Ada Palmer

    Mallory:  Turn Off the Light by Jacquie Walters

    Horror, haunted house, two women centuries apart bound by the same secret

    Brea: Python’s Kiss by Louise Erdrich

    Short stories, fantasy, indigenous stories

    Mallory: The Keeper by Tana French

    New Tana fuckin French!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Brea: I Love You Don’t Die by Jade Song

    Literary, horror, fantasy, queer, death-obsessed young woman with depression gets drawn into a throuple

    Mallory: Ruby Falls by Gin Phillips

    Historical mystery, 1920s Tennessee, locked room murder mystery set entirely in an underground waterfall

    Brea: Wretch: or, The Unbecoming of Porcelain Khaw by Eric LaRocca

    Horror, tech-Gothic about memory technology, gay

    Mallory: Spoiled Milk by Avery Curran

    Horror, queer, historical, dark academia, 1920s boarding school

    Brea: Westward Women by Alice Martin

    Sci fi where women 18-35 slow down and are drawn towards the Pacific Ocean until they reach it and disappear

    Mallory: The Geomagician by Jennifer Mandula

    Historical romantasy, a Victorian fossil hunter discovers a baby pterodactyl and  vows to protect him with the help of a fellow scholar and former fiancé

    APRIL PICKS

    Shared: The Photonic Effect by Mike Chen

    Sci fi, space opera

    Brea: The Radiant Dark by Alexandra Oliva

    Sci fi, Arrival meets Wild Dark Shore

    Mallory: Honor and Heresy by Max Francis

    Horromance, gothic, dark academia, rivals to lovers, queer, haunted library

    Brea: Ms. Mebel Goes Back to the Chopping Block by Jesse Q. Sutanto

    Cozy mystery, almost divorced woman goes to culinary school to win back her husband and everything is suspicious when she arrives

    Mallory: The Infinite Sadness of Small Appliances by Glenn Dixon

    Cozy sci fi, near future where all appliances are sentient

    Brea: Molka by Monika Kim

    Horror, thriller, spy cameras, revenge, technology

    Mallory: Witch Queen Rising by Savannah Stephens

    Romantasy, witches, vampires, New Orleans

    Brea: Japanese Gothic by Kylie Lee Baker

    Horror, historical, parallel timelines, Japan, 1870s, mythology, ghosts

    Mallory: Permanence by Sophie Mackintosh

    Magical realism, sapphic, two women having an affair find a secret world where adulterers can live as couples

    Brea: Death Meets Cute by J Penner

    Cozy romantasy, witches, baked goods, necromancy

    Mallory: Big Girl Blitz by Danielle Allen

    Contemporary romance, football, sports romance, plus size FMC, coming home to a small town

    GO HERE FOR THE ENTIRE GIANT LIST MALLORY SPENT A WHOLE DAY PUTTING TOGETHER!!
  • Reading Glasses

    Ep 455 - Hot Tips for ADHD Readers + Pirate/Treasure Hunting Rex!

    03/26/2026 | 35 mins.
    Brea and Mallory give out tips for ADHD readers and recommend pirate/treasure hunting books. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!

    Reading Glasses Merch

    Recommendations Store

    The Reading Glasses Book!

    Sponsors -

    Ingram Spark

    CODE: GLASSES15

    Links -

    Reading Glasses Facebook Group

    Reading Glasses Goodreads Group

    Wish List

    Newsletter

    Libro.fm

    To join our Discord channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership!
    www.maximumfun.org/join

    Authors Against Book Bans

    Mallory’s Books:

    Daughter of Daring

    Girly Drinks

    Girls Make Movies

    Books Mentioned -

    All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson

    The Burning Library by Gilly Macmillan

    Burning Midnight by Will McIntosh

    Captured by Beverly Jenkins
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    Ep - 454 - Solving All Your Book Club Drama with Chelsea Stardust!

    03/19/2026 | 1h 8 mins.
    Brea and Mallory have a special mega episode this week, solving all your book club dilemmas with special guest Chelsea Stardust! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!

    Reading Glasses Merch

    Recommendations Store

    The Reading Glasses Book!

    Sponsor -

    GreenChef
    www.greenchef.com/50GLASSES

    CODE: 50GLASSES

    Links -

    Reading Glasses Facebook Group

    Reading Glasses Goodreads Group

    Wish List

    Newsletter

    Libro.fm

    To join our Discord channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership!
    www.maximumfun.org/join

    Chelsea Stardust

     

    Books Mentioned - 

    Willing Prey by Allie Oleander

    The City of Stardust by Georgia Summers

    Geek Love by Katherine Dunn

    Lullaby by Chuck Palahniuk

    Perfume by Patrick Suskind
  • Reading Glasses

    Ep 453 - Permission to Read - Why We Love Readathons

    03/12/2026 | 28 mins.
    Brea and Mallory tick off another box on the 2026 Reading Glasses Challenge: participate in a readathon! Plus, they give tips on finding novellas and recommend romance with protagonists that use wheelchairs. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!

    Reading Glasses Merch

    Recommendations Store

    The Reading Glasses Book!

    Sponsors -

    IngramSpark

    Links -

    Reading Glasses Facebook Group

    Reading Glasses Goodreads Group

    Wish List

    Newsletter

    Libro.fm

    To join our Discord channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership!
    www.maximumfun.org/join

    Tor dot com

    831 Stories

     

    Books Mentioned -

    Reinventing Love by Mona Chollet, translated by Susan Emanuel

    Metropolitan Life by Fran Lebowitz

    Knot My Type by Evie Mitchell

    The Year We Fell Down by Sabrina Bowen

    Unbroken: 13 Stories Starring Disabled Teens edited by Marieke Nijkamp

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About 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.
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