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Reading Glasses

Reading Glasses

Written by: Brea Grant and Mallory O'Meara
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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. Art
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  • Ep 484 - Most Anticipated Books for October!

    Ep 484 - Most Anticipated Books for October!
    Oct 15 2026
    Brea and Mallory name their most anticipated books for October 2026! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreThe Reading Glasses Book! Links -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupNewsletterTo join our Discord channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership! Join us here! Books Mentioned - Decomposition Book by Sara Van Os Looking for Love in All the Haunted Places by Claire Kann OCTOBER Partita by Barbara KingsolverHistorical fiction, art, music, love Victorious by V.E. SchwabFantasy, Villains #3The Witch by Freida McFaddenThriller, witchcraft, haunted house, MassachusettsA Court of Splintered Harmony by Sarah J. MaasACOTAR #6Reap & Sow by Charlotte B. PlumbGothic romantasy, demon bargain, slow burn, magic Peck & Peck by Bonnie GarmusHistorical fiction, books about books, poetry publishingAs You Wake, Break the Shell by Becky ChambersSci fi, queer, found family, romance, what it means to be humanThe Museum of Modern Love by Mariko TurkYA, rom com, New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art Look What the Cat Dragged In by Jason RekulakSupernatural thriller, woman petsitting a cat with a mysterious secret, illustrated To Dream in Darkness by Ann LiangRomantasy, historical, China, two gods striking a bargainBroken Rival by Tessa BaileyRomance, sci fi, YA, time travelOne of My Patients is a Vampire by Abigail MoyerGothic thriller, romance, vampires, horrorOff the Reservation by Stephen Graham JonesSequel to Only Good Indians Once, Again, Always by Amanda GayleRomance, second chance, memory loss, rivals to loversUndone by Peyton CorinneRomance, second chance, hockey, angsty, coach’s daughterLife Out of Order by Audrey NiffeneggerSci fi, time travel, romance, time traveling as a diseaseMortal Things by Marie LuYA romantasy, immortals, rivalries, mythologyScorpion Deep by C.G. DrewsQueer horror, gothic romance, gay, eldritch godsThe Sixth Faction by Veronica RothYA dystopian romantasy, new Divergent seriesThe Keeper by Ana HuangSports romance, soccer, grumpy sunshineSolace House by Will MacleanHorror, historical, dark academia, gothic, mystery, weird Victorian mansionDive Bar at the End of the Road by Kelley ArmstrongHorror, sci fi, mystery, Final Destination meets Cabin at the End of the World Bad Words by Rioghnach RobinsonRomance, books about books, author and critic who ruined his careerPublic Access Afterworld by Jane SchoenbrunQueer horror, mysterious TV realm, conspiracy, thriller It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Murder by Ally CarterHoliday romance, mystery, Christmas, murder, slow burn, forced proximityThe Four Wives and Five Deaths of Richard Milford by Nafissa Thompson-SpiresHistorical mystery, funny, murder of a moonshiner in a small townThe Thrice-Bound Fool by Christopher BuehlmanBlacktongue #2 Trust No One by Mary BurtonThriller, woman’s return to creepy family estate, murdererPlease Enjoy Your Stay by Tara GoedjenThriller, true crime, glamorous European castle-turned hotel, family secrets, murdered family memberThe House Built on Alligator Bones by Sophia HuneycuttHorror, Southern Gothic, sudden death of her mother causes woman to learn of long lost rich relatives in a weird Florida mansion/alligator farm Mothsblood by Lynn D. JungRomantasy, gothic, dark academia, queer, sapphic, alchemy Rottenheart by Kat DunnQueer horror, sapphic, historical, retelling of Hamlet, gothic The Tarot Trials by Katee RobertRomantasy, queer, tarot, magic, a deadly competitionQueen of Lombard Street by Lisa KleypasHistorical fiction, love, mystery, Victorian England, financial corruptionMissing Molly by Natalie BarelliThriller, journalist trying to hide her secrets, cold case murder of young girlWhale Harbor by Mary Beth KeaneHistorical fiction, Ireland, family drama, 1960s, huge family, family sagaThe Lost Guardian by Natalia HernandezRomantasy, mythology, New Adult, Peru, archaeology, lost tomb, mysterious mapHallowed Bones by Lucy SmokeRomantasy, witches, dark romance, why choose, secret societiesRoyal Witch by Philippa GregoryHistorical fantasy, Britain, witches, court intrigue, historical reimaginingThe Memory of Borrowed Books by Meg AndersonFantasy, books about books, librarian who discovers a hidden room of unfinished memoriesThis Shattered Tempest by Thea GuanzonThe Hurricane Wars #3It Ends Here by Heidi PerksThriller, crime, killer in a small seaside townA Married Little Christmas by Abby JimenezRomance, Christmas, three novellas, illustrated, recipes Succubus: A Love Story by Kate FoxParanormal romance, succubus death doula falls for doctor Mystery Play by Elizabeth KostovaHistorical horror, dark academia, mystery, Dracula Monster in the Mirror by Janasha PrabhuHorror, thriller, serial killer legacy, small townThe Throwaways by Greta KellyThriller, multiple generations of women, spies, creepy dollsAnother Name for Red by Amber Blaeser-WardzalaHorror, mystery, woman searching...
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    40 mins
  • Ep 483 - Banned Books Week - Being a Reader in a Dystopian Hellscape

    Ep 483 - Banned Books Week - Being a Reader in a Dystopian Hellscape
    Oct 8 2026

    Brea and Mallory tick off another book on the 2026 Reading Glasses Challenge: read a banned book by an author that is still alive! Plus, they celebrate (mourn) banned books week with some tips on how to be readers in a dystopian world! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!

    Reading Glasses Merch

    Recommendations Store

    The Reading Glasses Book!

    Sponsor - ZocDoc
    www.zocdoc.com/GLASSES

    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! Join us here!

    Brea’s Movie at Sitges in Spain and Film Quest in Provo, Utah!

    Authors Against Book Bans

    EveryLibrary

    Texas Freedom to Read

    PEN America

    Books Mentioned -

    The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI by Cory Doctorow

    The Third Period Comeback by E.K. Johnston

    All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson

    Out of Darkness by Ashely Hope Perez

    Banned Together: YA Anthology

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    38 mins
  • Ep 482 - Dump ‘Em Out - When Good Books Peter Out

    Ep 482 - Dump ‘Em Out - When Good Books Peter Out
    Oct 1 2026

    Brea and Mallory discuss what to do when a book starts out amazing…and peters out into a boring read. Plus, they solve a problem about taking books from a little free library, and recommend starter horror books. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!

    Reading Glasses Merch

    Recommendations Store

    The Reading Glasses Book!

    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! Join us here!

    Books Mentioned -

    Bride by Ali Hazelwood

    Runner by Ashton Lattimore

    We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

    The Bewitching by Silvia Moreno-Garcia


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    28 mins
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