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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!
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Ghost Music by An Yu
Angelika Frankenstein Makes Her Match by Sally Thorne
Priestdaddy by Patricia Lockwood
The Wayward Children Series by Seanan McGuire
A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay
Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey
Anything by Samantha Irby
Circe by Madeline Miller
Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Dare
We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry
My Best Friend’s Exorcism by Grady Hendrix
The Hunger by Alma Katsu
Library of the Dead by T.L. Huchu
Here and Now and Then by Mike Chen
10,000 Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow
Camp by L.C. Rosen
Dread Nation by Justina Ireland
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Chain Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Sisters of the Lost Nation by Nick Medina
Happy Place by Emily Henry
Advikda and the Hollywood Wives by Kirthana Ramisetti
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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!
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Count Crowley: Amatuer Monster Hunter by David Dastmalchian and Lukas Ketner
Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez and translated by Megan McDowell
The Third Hotel by Laura Van Den Berg
Book Lovers by Emily Henry
This One Summer by Mariko and Jillian Tamaki
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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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A Handful of Earth, A Handful of Sky: The World of Octavia Butler by Lynell George
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Dead Dead Girls by Nekesa Afia
Anatomy: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz
Saga by Brian K Vaughn, Fiona Staples
The Nest by Kenneth Oppel
Rachel Harrison books - Such Sharp Teeth, Cackle, The Return
Priestdaddy: A Memoir by Patricia Lockwood
A.S. King books - Dig, Please Ignore Vera Dietz
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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!
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How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix
White Cat, Black Dog by Kelly Link
Rest is Resistance by Tricia Hersey
All You Need is Kill by Hiroshi Sakurazaka
A Marvelous Light by Freya Marske
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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!
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The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams
Radio Silence by Alyssa Cole
The Shards by Bret Easton Ellis
Love, Pamela by Pamela Anderson
The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter by Theodora Goss
Circe by Madeline Miller
Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi, translated by Jonathan Wright
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Brea and Mallory discuss tracking the locations your books are set in, interview author Cody Daigle-Orians about his new book I Am Ace, and solve a reader problem about graphic novel guilt. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!
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You Just Need to Lose Weight and 19 Other Myths About Fat People by Aubrey Gordon
Long Division by Kiese Laymon
Don’t Fear the Reaper by Stephen Graham Jones
Deep Sniff by Adam Zmith
Loveless by Alice Oseman
Let’s Talk About Love by Clair Kann
How to Be a Normal Person by T.J. Klune
Seek You by Kristen Radtke
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Brea and Mallory talk about worldbuilding, interviewing author Annalee Newitz, and give advice on rating memoirs. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!
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Annalee Newitz
Celebrity Book Club with Chelsea Devantez
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Crescent City by Sarah J. Maas
Lone Women by Victor LaValle
Senlin Ascends by Josiah Bancroft
Babel by R.F. Kuang
William Gibson’s Bridge Trilogy
The Scar by China Mieville
An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon
The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline
The Red Scholar's Wake by Aliette de Bodard
The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz
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Brea and Mallory talk about post book sadness, test out book tracking bookmarks, and recommend Wheel of Time readalikes. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!
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JoCo Cruise
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The Word for Woman for Wilderness by Abi Andrews
Hole in the Middle by Kendra Fortmeyer
Unlikely Animals by Annie Harnett
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
The Broken Earth Trilogy by N.K. Jemisin
The Jewel and Her Lapidary by Fran Wilde
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
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Brea and Mallory recommend vampire books, talk to author Mike Chen, and give advice on book tracking! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!
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Lost in the Moment and Found by Seanan McGuire
How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix
Liar, Dreamer, Thief by Maria Dong
Vampire Weekend by Mike Chen
When I Arrived at the Castle by Emily Carroll
The Lost Girls by Sonia Hartl
Reluctant Immortals by Gwendolyn Kiste
Fledgling by Octavia Butler
Buffy 97 by Jeremy Lambert and Marianna Ignazzi
The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix
The Night Wanderer by Drew Hayden Taylor
The Pallbearers Club by Paul Tremblay
The Fell of Dark by Caleb Roehrig
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
Surrender by Bono
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Brea and Mallory tick off the first box on the 2023 Reading Glasses (Glasses Glasses) Challenge: read a novella! Plus they talk about what to do if you accidentally become a book thief, and recommend fantasy books for book clubs. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!
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There’s No Such Thing as an Easy Job by Kikuko Tsumura, translated by Poll Barton
Monstrilio by Gerardo Samano Cordova
Never Have I Ever by Isabel Yap
The Route of Ice and Salt by Jose Luis Zarate, translated by David Bowles
What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher
When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill
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Brea and Mallory solve all your book club problems, test out some physical reading guides, and recommend scary space books. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!
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How To Do Nothing by Jenny Odell
The Dawnhounds by Sascha Stronach
The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling
Hyperion by Dan Simmons
Far from the Light of Heaven by Tade Thompson
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Brea and Mallory help you bust the most extreme book slumps, finally review the automatic page turner for ereaders, and recommend audiobooks for the gym! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!
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Page Turner
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Vesper Flights by Helen MacDonald
The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks by Shauna Robinson
Monsters Born and Made by Tanvi Berwah
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Curses by Lish McBride
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Brea and Mallory wrap up 2022 in reading, check on their resolutions, and announce the 2023 Reading Glasses Challenge! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!
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2023 CHALLENGE
BOOKS• Read a novella
• Give a book a second chance
• Read a book with a disabled protagonist
• Read a book about a book/library/bookstore
• Read the favorite book of someone close to you
ACTIVITIES
• Track the countries where your books take place
• Attend a library event - either virtually or in person
• Figure out your doghouse
• Try background reading music - ambient sounds, the author’s book playlist, etc
• Read an interview with an author you love
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Vampire Weekend by Mike Chen
Trespasses by Louise Kennedy
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Brea and Mallory announce their favorite books of 2022! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!
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Well-Behaved Indian Women by Saumya Dave
Babel by R.F. Kuang
Our Best Books Of 2022
Unlikely Animals by Annie Harnett
Rabbit Cake by Annie Harnett
Such Sharp Teeth by Rachel Harrison
The Pallbearers Club by Paul Tremblay
Out There by Kate Folk
A Caribbean Heiress by Adriana Herrera
Rust in the Root by Justina Ireland
We Spread by Iain Reid
Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng
Just Like Home by Sarah Gailey
And Then I Woke Up by Malcom Devlin
The Cartographers by Peng Shepard
The Measure by Nikki Erlick
The Wild Hunt by Emma Seckel
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
The Book of the Most Precious Substance by Sara Gran
Siren Queen by Nghi Vo
I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston
Stolen Focus by Johann Hari
Attack of the Black Rectangles by A.S. King
Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes
Which Side Are You On by Ryan Lee Wong
To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara
Did Ye Hear Mammy Died? by Seamas O’Reilly
Hide by Kiersten White
Jackal by Erin E. Adams
God Country by Donny Cates and Geoff Shaw
This Thing Between Us by Gus Moreno
Book Lovers by Emily Henry
White Horse by Erika T. Wurth
Anatomy: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz
The Corpse Queen by Heather M. Herrman
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Brea and Mallory discuss the best cozy reading set ups, test out the Rocketbook, and recommend non-boring literary fiction. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!
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Into Every Generation a Slayer is Born by Evan Ross Katz
The Marvelous Land of Snergs by Veronica Cossanteli
Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson
When We Were Birds by Ayanna Lloyd Banwo
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Brea and Mallory discuss special editions of books, interview Lauren Panepinto of Orbit Books about them, and recommend books with hard magic systems. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!
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I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston
Did Ye Hear Mammy Died? by Seamas O’Reilly
The Faithless by C.L. Clark
The Leviathan Wakes Anniversary Edition by James S.A. Corey
Ruination: A League of Legends Novel
The Witcher Illustrated Edition
Special Edition of The Foxglove King by Hannah Whitten
Special Edition of The World We Make by N.K. Jemisin
Night Angel Nemesis by Brent Weeks
Rust in the Root by Justina Ireland
The Broken Earth Trilogy by N.K. Jemisin
The Library of the Dead by T.L. Huchu
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Brea and Mallory discuss reading books and watching their adaptations, talk about what makes a good bookstore shelf talker, and recommend setting-as-a-character books. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!
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Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
The Book of Gothel by Mary McMyne
Firestarter by Stephen King
Witch by Christopher Pike
The Deep by Alma Katsu
Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes
Good Neighbors by Sarah Langan
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Brea and Mallory discuss what it means for a book to be frontlist, or backlist. They also review a reading challenge kit and recommend breakup books. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!
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Stolen Focus by Johann Hari
Which Side Are You On by Ryan Lee Wong
The Ultimate Reading Challenge!
Writers & Lovers by Lily King
The Pisces by Melissa Broder
Milkfed by Melissa Broder
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Brea and Mallory discuss book extras like sprayed edges and alternative book jackets, plus they solve a problem about communal books, and recommend fantasy with bisexual protagonists. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!
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Totepack
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Rust in the Root by Justina Ireland
The Night Ship by Jess Kidd
Borderline by Mishell Baker
Not Your Sidekick by C.B. Lee
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