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Brea and Mallory talk about how to deal with book snobs! Plus, they test out those snack trays for Stanley Cups to see if they’re good for reading, and recommend historical fiction. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -LumiLabswww.lumigummies.comCODE: GLASSESGreenChefwww.greenchef.com/GLASSESFREECODE: GLASSESFREELinks -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!LAPL Kid BundlesWhichbooksSnack TrayBooks Mentioned -Spinning Silver by Naomi NovakA Heart of Blood and Ashes by Milla Vane Pre Order Daughter of Daring by Mallory!Lincoln in the Bardo by George SaundersThe Alienist by Caleb Carr

Brea and Mallory discuss whether three star reads are good for your literary life! Plus, they solve a problem about a harmful book in a library, and recommend books where typography is part of the plot. 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!Pre Order The No Pressure Book Journal!Books Mentioned - Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady HendrixA Room of One’s Own by Virginia WoolfLong Way Down by Jason ReynoldsRemember You Will Die by Eden RobinsElla Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn

Brea and Mallory talk about their 2025 reader resolutions, and how they did on 2024’s. Plus, they deliver a ruling on whether you’re responsible for what someone buys with a bookstore giftcard. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreCawpile ✨Link to the spreadsheet: please right click on the spreadsheet of your choice and select 'make a copy'. This will then appear in your G drive and you can use it with full access. Sponsors -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!Books Mentioned - Why We Remember by Charan RanganathThe City in Glass by Nghi Vo

Brea and Mallory pick their top books of the year! 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.fmTo join our Slack channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership!Books Mentioned - The Girl in Red by Christina HenryThe Cautious Traveler’s Guide to the Wastelands by Sarah BrooksHorror Movie by Paul TremblayThe Husbands by Holly GramazioThe Night Guest by Hilda Knutsdottir, translated by Mary Robinette KowalMargo’s Got Money Problems by Rufi ThorpeThe Eyes are the Best Part by Monika KimThe Book of Love by Kelly LinkThe Age of Magical Overthinking by Amanda MontellGrief is for People by Sloane CrosleyAn Academy of Liars by Alexis HendersonThat Time I Got Drunk and Saved A Demon by Kimberly LemmingAll This & More by Peng ShepherdSummers End by Juneau BlackA Better Worl

Brea and Mallory do their 2024 reading wrap up! Plus, they announce the 2025 Reading Glasses Challenge! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -Pair Eyewearwww.paireyewear.comCODE: 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!Pre Order the Reading Glasses Book!2025 Reading Glasses ChallengeBOOKSHonker (500+pages)Oldest book on your TBREpistolary novelA science bookAward winning book by a person of colorACTIVITIESPick a book based on the titleRead a book slowly (over the course of a month or two)Subscribe to a library newsletterMake a list of your top ten books of the year (front or backlist!)Two person book club with a friendBooks Mentioned - The Nightmare Before Kissmas by Sara RaaschThe Village Library Demon Hunting Society C.M. Waggo

Brea and Mallory recommend non-numerical reading goals. Plus, they test out a bookish gift kit and recommend audiobooks for boyfriends. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -Dipseawww.dipseastories.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!Bookish Gift KitBooks Mentioned - James by Percival EverettThe Legacy of Arniston House by T.L. HuchuPre order Daughter of Daring!Fourth Wing by Rebecca YarrosWorld War Z by Max BrooksNo Gods No Monsters by Cadwell Turnbull

Brea and Mallory tick off the last box on the 2024 Reading Glasses Challenge - read a cozy book! Plus, they test out a romance challenge and solve a problem about how to talk to authors about their sad memoirs! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com.Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -GreenChefwww.greenchef.com/GLASSES50CODE: GLASSES50Links -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!Ultimate Romance Reading ChallengeThe No Pressure Book Journal!Books Mentioned - Best Possible Place, Worst Possible Time by Barry SonnenfeldCoup de Grace by Sofia AjramWelcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-Reum, translated by Shanna TanFloating Hotel by Grace Curtis

Brea and Mallory reveal their last anticipated books episode for 2024! Plus, they test out the Boox eReader and settle a debate about Audible Originals. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -Aura Frameswww.auraframes.comCODE: 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!Horny Fairy Book Club - 12/6, 6pm PTKindle Instructions: “On the amazon website, if you go to Kindle E-Readers in the menu and then navigate to Manage Your Content and Devices, you can navigate to the book you want to get onto your Kindle, click "More actions", and then "Download & transfer via USB". You then download the book to your computer, connect your kindle via USB, and move over the fileAuthors Against Book BansBoox Air 3Books Mentioned -The Pairing by Case

Brea and Mallory test out Fable and decide whether bookish social media apps are worth using. Plus, they recommend books with folklorist protagonists and debate whether you should use the library bathroom. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -Pair Eyewearwww.paireyewear.comDipseawww.dipseastories.com/GLASSES Links -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!Books Mentioned -A Better World by Sarah LanganConfess by Rob HalfordA Natural History of Dragons by Marie BrennanEmily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather FawcettThe Fair Folk by Su BristowFruiting Bodies by Kathryn Harlan 

Brea and Mallory tick off another box on the 2024 Reading Glasses Challenge - pick a book based on the cover. Plus, they test a bookish candle and recommend YA books and graphic novels. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -Sol Readerwww.solreader.comCODE: 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!www.maximumfun.org/joinSarah TikTokHorny Fairy Book ClubMallory’s Book!Paddywax Poe CandleMallory’s Candle Rex:Burke and Hare, Lichen and LimestoneBooks Mentioned - Model Home by Rivers SolomonThe Naming Song by Jedediah BerryOnce There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghyThe Manicurist’s Daughter by Susan LieuI Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuistonLaura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me by Mariko Tamaki and Rosemary Valero-O’Connell 

Brea and Mallory talk about books that have been on their TBRs for a long time and why they keep them there. Plus, they recommend graphic novels and solve an audiobook gifting problem! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -Sol Readerwww.solreader.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!Horny Fairy Book Club PickBooks Mentioned -The Life Impossible by Matt HaigAbsolution by Jeff VanderMeerLocal Man by Tim SeeleyHellboy by Mike MignolaManga: Blame! Tokyo Ghoul, Kaguya Sama, Tokyo Revengers, Made in Abyss, Biomega

Brea and Mallory tick off another box on the 2024 Reading Glasses Challenge - read a book about a holiday during that holiday! Plus, they test out a book crate and give advice for mood readers who are also library users. 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.fmBook CrateTo join our Slack channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership!Pre order Mallory’s Book!Books Mentioned - Bury Your Gays by Chuck TingleLooking for Love in all the Haunted Places by Claire KannDeath on Tap by Ellie AlexanderSummers End by Juneau Black

Happy Halloween! Brea and Mallory recommend books about monsters and demons, plus they test out a book stand for bed reading and give out tips on book recommending. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -Pair Eyewearwww.paireyewear.comCODE: GLASSESSol Readerwww.solreader.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!Mallory’s Creature Screening!Book Stand Pre order the Reading Glasses Book!Books Mentioned - The Empusium by Olga Tokarczuk, translated by Antonia Lloyd JonesPayback’s a Witch by Lana HarperProsper’s Demon by KJ ParkerThe Hills of Estrella Roja by Ashely Robin FranklinIncidents Around the House by Josh MalermanThe Exorcist by William Peter BlattySomeone You Can Build a Nest In by John WiswellThe Fervor by Alma KatsuSorrowland by Rivers SolomonPatricia Wants a Cuddle

Brea and Mallory talk about book hangovers and how to cure them! Plus, they interview Tom Ryan about his new mystery book and recommend enticing books to get you out of a book slump. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -Hello Comicswww.hellocomics.nethttps://www.hellocomics.net/readingglassesCODE: GLASSESMiracle Madewww.trymiracle.com/GLASSESCODE: GLASSESLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmContrabannedMallory’s Creature Event!Tom RyanThe Treasure Hunters ClubTo join our Slack channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership!Books Mentioned - So Thirsty by Rachel HarrisonThe Bog Wife by Kay ChronisterI Might be in Trouble by Daniel AlemanThe Examiner by Janice HallettRaw Dog by Jamie LoftusHouse of Hidden Meaning by Ru PaulThe God of the Woods by Liz Moore

Brea and Mallory debate at what point a buzzy book evolves into a modern classic. Plus, they solve a problem about book dumping and recommend books set in Austria.  Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -Dipseawww.dipseastories.com/GLASSESSol Readerwww.solreader.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!www.maximumfun.org/joinSpooky Read-A-Thon 10/13!Books Mentioned - Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John WiswellBeneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees by Patrick Horvath and Hassan Otsmane-ElhaouThe Countess by Rebecca JohnsHotel of Secrets by Diana Biller

Brea and Mallory dive into another edition of solving book club problems! Plus, they recommend books set in restaurants or breweries. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -GreenChefwww.greenchef.com/GLASSES50CODE: GLASSES50MicroDose Gummieswww.microdose.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!Books Mentioned - All Fours by Miranda JulyBrooms by Jasmine Walls and Teo DuVallBefore the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaghuchi, translated by Geoffery TrousselotThe Lager Queen of Minnesota by J. Ryan Stradal

Brea and Mallory name their most anticipated books for October and November! Plus, they discuss a book tech problem about ex libris stickers. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -Hello Comicshttps://www.hellocomics.net/readingglassesCODE: GLASSESPair Eyewearwww.paireyewear.comCODE: GLASSESLinks -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmwww.maximumfun.org/joinTo join our Slack channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership!Readathon is Sunday 10/13!Books Mentioned - Hum by Helen PhillipsSummers End by Juneau Black OCTOBERThe Nightmare Before Kissmas by Sara RaaschRed White and Royal Blue meets the Nightmare before ChristmasCoup de Grace by Sofia AjramQueer horror, Montreal, time loop, psychologicalThe Bog Wife by Kay CaronisterHorror, Appalachian gothic, siblings, supernatural bargain, family, nature magicThe Dark Becomes Her by Judy I. LinYA horror, sisterh

Brea and Mallory talk about finding people who are reading the same book as you! Plus, they test out some annotation tabs, and recommend space operas. 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!Join here!Brea’s Movie at BeyondFest!Annotation TabsBooks Mentioned - Fourth Wing by Rebecca YarrosThe Bad Ones by Melissa AlbertCollapsing Empire by John ScalziThe Stars are Legion by Kameron HurleyVictories Greater Than Death by Charlie Jane Anders

Brea and Mallory recommend queer horror for spooky season! Plus, they discuss the best book carts, and solve a problem about learning smutty vocabulary in another language! 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.fmTo join our Slack channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership!Pre Order the Reading Glasses Book!! SidiocrateMallory’s Book CartPre-order Adriana Herrera’s New Book!Books Mentioned - Nestlings by Nat CassidyThe House of Last Resort by Christopher GoldenYour Lonely Night Are Over by Adam SassMy Favorite Thing is Monsters by Emil FerrisSorrowland by Rivers SolomonHouse of Hunger by Alexis HendersonWhat Stalks Among Us by Sarah HollowellAn Education in Malice by S.T. GibsonNight’s Edge by Liz KerinThe Forest Demands Its Due by Kosoko JacksonRain by Joe H

Brea and Mallory test out the CAWPILE rating system! Plus, they settle a debate about sleep reading and if it counts, and recommend books based on favorite TV shows. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreLinks -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!CAWPILE SpreadsheetBook RoastBooks Mentioned - All This & More by Peng ShepardThe God of the Woods by Liz MooreThe Reading Glasses Book!!!Mouthful of Birds by Samanta Schweblin, translated by Megan McDowellFoe by Iain Reid