Reading Glasses

Ep 236 - 2021 in Reading: Mom Books, Audiobooks and Virtual Events

Brea and Mallory discuss their 2021 reading lives and talk about book trends they saw this year. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!<a href="https://voidmerch.threadless.com/collections/reading-glasses-podcast-x-voidmerch" target="_blank">Reading Glasses Merch</a><a href="https://bookshop.org/shop/readingglasses" target="_blank">Recommendations Store</a>Sponsors -<a href="www.soylent.com/glasses" target="_blank">Soylent</a> CODE: GLASSES<a href="www.dipseastories.com/glasses" target="_blank">Dipsea</a> <a href="www.betterhelp.com/glasses" target="_blank">BetterHelp</a>  Links -<a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/259287784548200/?ref=bookmarks" target="_blank">Reading Glasses Facebook Group</a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/224423-reading-glasses---fan-group" target="_blank">Reading Glasses Goodreads Group</a><a href="http://a.co/4kHx7t9" target="_blank">Amazon Wish List</a><a href="https://mailchi.mp/774b242d9e7c/readingglasses?fbclid=IwAR0CnBwoo37fxuvYD_nqXahu1756TXgwwhr2AlOWLJswFamEkJVcs0LHfLY" target="_blank">Newsletter</a><a href="http://libro.fm/redeem/GLASSES" target="_blank">Libro.fm</a><a href="https://www.skybrary.org/skybrary" target="_blank">Skybrary</a><a href="https://www.lapl.org/books-emedia/lapl-reads" target="_blank">Daryl the LAPL Librarian Reviews</a>  Books Mentioned - <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9781250146076" target="_blank">Wayward Son by Rainbow Rowell</a><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9781984816702" target="_blank">The Corpse Queen by Heather M. Herrman</a><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9781250772800" target="_blank">Remote Control by Nnedi Okorafor</a><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9781580059510" target="_blank">Mediocre by Ijeoma Oluo</a><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9780062880857" target="_blank">Goodbye, Again by Jonny Sun</a><a href="https://www.boom-studios.com/archives/eat-the-rich-in-sarah-gailey-and-pius-baks-new-original-series-from-boom-studios/" target="_blank">Eat the Rich by Sarah Gailey</a><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9780307278449" target="_blank">The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison</a><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9781984851598" target="_blank">The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen</a><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9781943735044" target="_blank">The Crown Ain’t Worth Much by Hanif Abdurraqib</a><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9780393319729" target="_blank">The Collected Poems of Audre Lorde</a><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9781335282408" target="_blank">Girly Drinks by Mallory O’Meara</a><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9781951213343" target="_blank">Rude Talk in Athens by Mark Haskell Smith</a><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9781982137632" target="_blank">My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones</a><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9781640094642" target="_blank">This Town Sleeps by Dennis E. Staples</a><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9781948062466" target="_blank">The Art of Taking it Easy by Dr. Brian King</a><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9781250142818" target="_blank">The Cabinets of Barnaby Mayne by Elsa Hart</a>

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.