Brea and Mallory tick off another box on the 2026 Reading Glasses Challenge: give an author a second chance. Plus, they test out Briarwick candles, and give tips for when you space out during audiobooks. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!

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Briarwick Candles

 

Books Mentioned - 

Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman

The Perilous Deep by Karl Bell

Cloud Nine by Fearne Hill

Halo by E.M. Lindsey

Love Him Desperate by E.M. Lindsey

White Cat Black Dog by Kelly Link

The Panopticon by Jenni Fagan

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Brea and Mallory talk about the pros and cons of multitasking while reading. Plus they test out popular home walking pad, and interview author Mike Chen! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!

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Mike Chen

The Photonic Effect by Mike Chen

Walking Pad

 

Books Mentioned - 

Enshitiffication by Cory Doctorow

Agnes Aubert’s Mystical Cat Shelter by Heather Fawcett

We Could Be…Bowie and His Heroes by Tom Hagler

The Third Period Comeback by E.K. Johnston

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Brea and Mallory talk about why they read! Plus, they give advice on figuring out if a book is not for you or it’s just a bad audiobook narrator, and recommend books about religion gone wrong. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!

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Books Mentioned - 

Spectators by Brian K. Vaughn and Nico Henrichon

Spoiled Milk by Avery Curran

The Body by Bethany C Morrow

The Boatman’s Daughter by Andy Davison

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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 Meslow

Switched by Evangeline Anderson

My Lady My Lord by Katharine Ashe

Devil Inside by Clay McLeod Chapman

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Brea and Mallory go through their old secret book journals! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!

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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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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 - 

The Sixth Nik by Daniel Kraus

Unread by Oliver James

 

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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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!

 

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A Midnight Pastry Shop Called Hwawoldang by Lee Onhwa

Why Are People Into That? by Tina Horn

Priestdaddy

Every Heart a Doorway

 

A Head Full of Ghosts

 

Magic for Liars

 

Anything by Samantha Irby

 

Circe

 

Exit West

 

The Girl with the Louding Voice

 

We Ride Upon Sticks

 

My Best Friend’s Exorcism

 

The Hunger

 

Library of the Dead

 

Here and Now and Then

 

10,000 Doors of January

 

Camp

 

Dread Nation

Shady Hollow
 

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

Legends and Lattes

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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 Verble

MARCH 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 secret

Brea: Python’s Kiss by Louise Erdrich
Short stories, fantasy, indigenous stories

Mallory: 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 throuple

Mallory: Ruby Falls by Gin Phillips
Historical mystery, 1920s Tennessee, locked room murder mystery set entirely in an underground waterfall

Brea: Wretch: or, The Unbecoming of Porcelain Khaw by Eric LaRocca
Horror, tech-Gothic about memory technology, gay

Mallory: Spoiled Milk by Avery Curran
Horror, queer, historical, dark academia, 1920s boarding school

Brea: 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 disappear

Mallory: 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 fiancé

APRIL PICKS

Shared: The Photonic Effect by Mike Chen
Sci fi, space opera

Brea: The Radiant Dark by Alexandra Oliva
Sci fi, Arrival meets Wild Dark Shore

Mallory: Honor and Heresy by Max Francis
Horromance, gothic, dark academia, rivals to lovers, queer, haunted library

Brea: 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 arrives

Mallory: The Infinite Sadness of Small Appliances by Glenn Dixon
Cozy sci fi, near future where all appliances are sentient

Brea: Molka by Monika Kim
Horror, thriller, spy cameras, revenge, technology

Mallory: Witch Queen Rising by Savannah Stephens
Romantasy, witches, vampires, New Orleans

Brea: Japanese Gothic by Kylie Lee Baker
Horror, historical, parallel timelines, Japan, 1870s, mythology, ghosts

Mallory: Permanence by Sophie Mackintosh
Magical realism, sapphic, two women having an affair find a secret world where adulterers can live as couples

Brea: Death Meets Cute by J Penner
Cozy romantasy, witches, baked goods, necromancy

Mallory: 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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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:

Daughter of Daring

Girly Drinks

Girls Make Movies

Books Mentioned -

All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson

The Burning Library by Gilly Macmillan

Burning Midnight by Will McIntosh

Captured by Beverly Jenkins

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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 Palahniuk

Perfume by Patrick Suskind

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