Reading Glasses
Brea Grant and Mallory O'Meara
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.
- 47 minutes 19 secondsEp 459 - Do You Have Bad Taste in Books?
Brea and Mallory debate whether or not they have bad taste in books. Plus, they debate the ethics of selling used books, and recommend romances where the protagonists swap bodies. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!
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Event: Instagram Live at 5pm Friday, April 24th
Here’s the Book We’re Reading!
Books Mentioned -
Lights Out by Navessa Allen
A Place Both Wonderful and Strange by Scott MeslowSwitched by Evangeline Anderson
My Lady My Lord by Katharine Ashe
Devil Inside by Clay McLeod Chapman
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23 April 2026, 2:30 pm - 10 minutes 21 secondsBONUS Teaser - Reading Our Secret Book Journals!
Brea and Mallory go through their old secret book journals! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!
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21 April 2026, 2:30 pm - 21 minutes 14 secondsCasters on Casters: Jordan Morris and Mallory O'Meara
It's MaxFunDrive. And here, for the first time, we give you an exclusive look (well, listen) at the craft of podcasting: presenting Casters on Casters.
In this episode, Mallory O'Meara (Reading Glasses & Reading Smut), and Jordan Morris (Free with Ads & Jordan, Jesse, Go!) improvise a musical number, sing the praises of one another, and Yes, AND...with one another. It's a hilarious conversation with a few life lessons sprinkled in.
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Edited by Jesus Ambrosio and Produced by Laura Swisher for Maximum Fun.
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20 April 2026, 7:05 am - 40 minutes 10 secondsEp 458 - Mostly Vibes - What We Picture When We Read
Brea and Mallory talk about what they picture when they read! Plus, they debate who should check out large print books from the library, and recommend compelling middle grade books. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!
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Books Mentioned -
Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan
The Beatryce Prophecy by Kate DiCamillo
The Last Mapmaker by Christina Soontornvat
A Wish in the Dark
The Tryout: A Graphic Novel
Measuring Up: A Graphic novel by Lily Lamotte
The House with Chicken Legs by Sophie Anderson
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16 April 2026, 2:30 pm - 40 minutes 41 secondsEp 457 - Introduction to the Show + Retired Book Hall of Fame!
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!
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Mallory’s Books!
Books Mentioned -
A Midnight Pastry Shop Called Hwawoldang by Lee OnhwaWhy Are People Into That? by Tina Horn
Priestdaddy
Every Heart a Doorway
The Girl with the Louding Voice
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
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9 April 2026, 2:30 pm - 43 minutes 54 secondsEp 456 - Most Anticipated for March and April!
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!!
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Books Mentioned -
Coffin Moon by Keith Rosson
When Two Feathers Fell from the Sky by Margaret VerbleMARCH 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 secretBrea: Python’s Kiss by Louise Erdrich
Short stories, fantasy, indigenous storiesMallory: 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 throupleMallory: Ruby Falls by Gin Phillips
Historical mystery, 1920s Tennessee, locked room murder mystery set entirely in an underground waterfallBrea: Wretch: or, The Unbecoming of Porcelain Khaw by Eric LaRocca
Horror, tech-Gothic about memory technology, gayMallory: Spoiled Milk by Avery Curran
Horror, queer, historical, dark academia, 1920s boarding schoolBrea: 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 disappearMallory: 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 fiancéAPRIL PICKS
Shared: The Photonic Effect by Mike Chen
Sci fi, space operaBrea: The Radiant Dark by Alexandra Oliva
Sci fi, Arrival meets Wild Dark ShoreMallory: Honor and Heresy by Max Francis
Horromance, gothic, dark academia, rivals to lovers, queer, haunted libraryBrea: 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 arrivesMallory: The Infinite Sadness of Small Appliances by Glenn Dixon
Cozy sci fi, near future where all appliances are sentientBrea: Molka by Monika Kim
Horror, thriller, spy cameras, revenge, technologyMallory: Witch Queen Rising by Savannah Stephens
Romantasy, witches, vampires, New OrleansBrea: Japanese Gothic by Kylie Lee Baker
Horror, historical, parallel timelines, Japan, 1870s, mythology, ghostsMallory: Permanence by Sophie Mackintosh
Magical realism, sapphic, two women having an affair find a secret world where adulterers can live as couplesBrea: Death Meets Cute by J Penner
Cozy romantasy, witches, baked goods, necromancyMallory: 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!!
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2 April 2026, 2:30 pm - 35 minutes 30 secondsEp 455 - Hot Tips for ADHD Readers + Pirate/Treasure Hunting Rex!
Brea and Mallory give out tips for ADHD readers and recommend pirate/treasure hunting books. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!
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Authors Against Book Bans
Mallory’s Books:Books Mentioned -
All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson
The Burning Library by Gilly Macmillan
Burning Midnight by Will McIntosh
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26 March 2026, 2:30 pm - 1 hour 8 minutesEp - 454 - Solving All Your Book Club Drama with Chelsea Stardust!
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!
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Chelsea Stardust
Books Mentioned -
Willing Prey by Allie Oleander
The City of Stardust by Georgia Summers
Geek Love by Katherine Dunn
Lullaby by Chuck PalahniukHappy MaxFunDrive! Right now is the best time to start a membership to support your favorite shows. Learn more and join at https://maximumfun.org/joinglasses
19 March 2026, 2:30 pm - 28 minutes 36 secondsEp 453 - Permission to Read - Why We Love Readathons
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!
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831 Stories
Books Mentioned -
Reinventing Love by Mona Chollet, translated by Susan Emanuel
Metropolitan Life by Fran Lebowitz
The Year We Fell Down by Sabrina Bowen
Unbroken: 13 Stories Starring Disabled Teens edited by Marieke NijkampHappy MaxFunDrive! Right now is the best time to start a membership to support your favorite shows. Learn more and join at https://maximumfun.org/joinglasses
12 March 2026, 2:30 pm - 40 minutes 16 secondsEp 452 - Escapist Book Rex!
Brea and Mallory recommend escapist reads, solve a book tech problem about buying an ereader, and answer a question about the jacket copy on books. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!
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Book Banning Bill
Books Mentioned -
The Cautious Traveller’s Guide to the Wasteland by Sarah Brooks
Black-Owned by Char Adams
The Mill House Murders by Yukito Ayatsuji, translated by Ho-Ling Wong
Cambric Creek series by C.M. Nacosta
Senlin Ascends by Josiah Bancroft
Space Opera by Catherynne M. Valente
Mr. Flood’s Last Resort by Jess Kidd
Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz
The Mermaid The Witch and the Sea by Maggie Tokuda Hall
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5 March 2026, 3:30 pm - 53 minutes 52 secondsEp 451 - Being Well Read with Rebecca Schinsky!
Mallory and Brea discuss the term “well-read” with special guest Rebecca Schinsky, chief of staff at Bookriot! Plus, they recommend fiction books for non-fiction readers and solve a problem about putting books down. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!
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Rebecca Schinsky
Zero to Well Read
Books Mentioned -
The Knockout Queen by Rufi ThorpeThe Humboldt Cut by Allison Mick
Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins ReidWild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy
The Wilderness by Angela Flournoy
Welcome to the Hyunam- Dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-Reum, translated by Shanna Tan
How Much of These Hills is Gold by C Pam Zhang
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