Reading Glasses

This episode, Brea and Mallory discuss book politics, interview author and podcaster Jessa Crispin and solve your bathtub reading problems. Use the hashtag #PagePolitics on Twitter and Instagram to participate in online discussion! Send your thoughts to readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com. Books Mentioned - A Night In The Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny   Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward   The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson   Tin Star by Cecil Castellucci   The Number Devil by Hans Magnus Enzensberger   Inglorious by Joanna Kavenna   Reading Glasses Tote Bags - https://topatoco.com/collections/maximum-fun/products/maxf-rg-dnd-tote   Sponsor - Read Dog Books http://read.dog/about-us   Links - Reading Glasses Transcriptions on Gretta https://gretta.com/1246042223/ Reading Glasses Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/259287784548200/?ref=bookmarks Reading Glasses Goodreads Group https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/224423-reading-glasses---fan-group   J

This episode, Brea and Mallory talk Halloween reading and interview author Paul Tremblay. You can participate in online discussion by using #ScaryPages! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!   Sponsors - Read Dog Books http://read.dog/glasses   Warby Parker https://www.warbyparker.com/readingglasses   Books Mentioned -   Kill Creek by Scott Thomas A Cold Season by Alison Littlewood My Best Friend’s Exorcism by Grady Hendrix   Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman   The Blondes by Emily Schultz The Lady and Her Monsters by Roseanne Montillo The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury The Red Tree by Caitlin Kiernan Ghostland by Colin Dickey Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan Things We Lost In The Fire by Mariana Enriquez She Said Destroy by Nadia Bulkin Thin Air by Michelle Paver Mongrels by Stephen Graham Jones Treasure Island!!! by Sara Levine Wool by Hugh Howey Books of Blood Vol. 1-3 by Clive Barker Notes on a Life by Eleanor Coppola  

This episode, Brea and Mallory discuss comics and talk to author Amber Benson. Use the hashtag #ReadingComics to participate in discussion on Twitter and Instagram!   Links - Reading Glasses Transcriptions on Gretta https://gretta.com/1246042223/ Reading Glasses Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/259287784548200/?ref=bookmarks Reading Glasses Goodreads Group https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/224423-reading-glasses---fan-group   GeekDad - eReading Comics https://geekdad.com/2016/08/read-digital-comics/ Comixology https://www.comixology.com/ Marvel Unlimited http://marvel.com/comics/unlimited Amber Benson - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/58695/amber-benson https://twitter.com/amber_benson https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781608869831   Books - Wildwood by Colin Meloy https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780062024701   Marrow Island by Alexis M. Smith https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781328710345   Sandman vol.1 by Neil Gaiman https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781401225759   Loc

Show Notes - This episode, Brea and Mallory finally talk about book clubs, review some really weird pillows and share their fears of ending up in a cult. Use the hashtag #RollIntoTheBookClub to participate in discussion on Twitter and Instagram! Reading Glasses Transcriptions on Gretta https://gretta.com/1246042223/ Reading Glasses Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/259287784548200/?ref=bookmarks Reading Glasses Goodreads Group https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/224423-reading-glasses---fan-group Links -   Well Read Black Girl https://wellreadblackgirl.com/ Sword and Laser Book Club http://swordandlaser.com/ Book of the Month https://www.bookofthemonth.com/ Book Riot Read Harder https://bookriot.com/2016/12/15/book-riots-2017-read-harder-challenge/ Book Riot Book Groups https://bookriot.com/2017/01/27/goodbye-book-groups-hello-book-groups/ Vaginal Fantasy Book Club http://vaginalfantasy.com/ Book Pillows https://www.amazon.com/Hog-Wild-Peeramid-Reading-Pillow/dp/B00B8ZHYGE/ref=sr_1_4

This episode, Brea and Mallory talk about the benefits of reading nonfiction and interview author Caitlin Doughty. To participate in discussion on Instagram and Twitter, use the hashtag #NonfictionLove! Links  National Book Award Nonfiction 2017 https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-national-book-awards-longlist-nonfiction-2017   Caitlin Doughty http://www.caitlindoughty.com/  https://twitter.com/TheGoodDeath http://www.orderofthegooddeath.com/  Books Mentioned -  Time Travel: A History by James Gleick - https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780307908797 The Witching Hour by Anne Rice - https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780345384461 What Happened by Hillary Rodham Clinton - https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781501175565   Stiff by Mary Roach - https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780393324822 Hunger Makes Me A Modern Girl by Carrie Brownstein  https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780399184765 Imbibe! By David Wondrich  https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780399532870   The Dirt on Clean by Katherine Ashenburg

This episode, Brea and Mallory talk about book to movie adaptations, interview author Shrabani Basu, and help you read with motion sickness. Participate in discussion online with the hashtag #BookAdaptations!   Links -   Book Out http://bookoutapp.com/   Libby (Sponsor) https://meet.libbyapp.com/   Shrabani Basu http://www.shrabanibasu.co.uk/ https://twitter.com/shrabanibasu https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780525434412     Books -   Lives of the Monster Dogs by Kirsten Bakis https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780374537142   Broken Harbor by Tana French https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780143123309   Nothing Lasts Forever by Roderick Thorp https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781935169185   Forrest Gump by Winston Groom https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780307947390   The Parent Trap by Erich Kastner https://www.amazon.com/Parent-Trap-Erich-Kastner/dp/1782690557   Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781101972120   It by Stephen King https://www.indiebound.org/bo

This episode, Brea and Mallory discuss translated fiction, interview publisher and translator Didi Chanoch, and Brea thinks you should eat some pancakes. Use the hashtag #TranslatedBookLove on Instagram and Twitter to participate in online discussion! Links - Language of Laughter Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/lolforacause/ Didi Chanoch - https://twitter.com/didic http://www.novapress.co.il/ http://hugonoms2018.wikia.com/wiki/Hugo_Nominees_2018_Wiki http://www.sfintranslation.com/ http://bibliobio.blogspot.com/ https://womenintranslation.tumblr.com/   Shana Dubois - https://twitter.com/booksabound Translated Genre Books - http://booksabound.net/2017/09/19/translation-station-reading-glasses-podcast/ PEN Translated Book Prize - https://pen.org/literary-award/pen-translation-prize-3000/ Best Translated Book Award - http://www.rochester.edu/College/translation/threepercent/index.php?id=18842 Gray Wolf Press - https://www.graywolfpress.org/ FSG - https://us.macmillan.com/fsg/ Soft Skull Press - https://

This episode, Brea and Mallory discuss the fine points of book etiquette and interview author Gail Carriger. Participate in online discussion with the use of this week’s hashtag #Readtiquette! Emily Post - http://emilypost.com/ Gail Carriger- http://gailcarriger.com/ https://twitter.com/gailcarriger   Books Mentioned- Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780804172448 The Blinds by Adam Sternbergh https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780062661340 The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780142001806 Soulless by Gail Carriger https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780316056632/Gail-Carriger/Soulless

This week, we talk BOOK SHAME! Brea and Mallory talk about their own shameful book secrets, interview Daniel H Wilson about The Clockwork Dynasty and his own book shame, and Mallory finally gets to talk about her book brush. Use the hashtag #BustBookShame on Instagram and Twitter to participate in online discussion! Texas Library Association Disaster Relief Fund - https://squareup.com/store/txla/ Daniel H. Wilson - http://www.danielhwilson.com/ https://twitter.com/danielwilsonpdx https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780385541787 Book Brush - https://www.amazon.com/B%C3%BCrstenhaus-Redecker-Natural-Pearwood-8-Inches/dp/B003WJNP30/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1504723954&sr=8-4&keywords=book+brush Goodreads Fan Group - https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/224423-reading-glasses---fan-group Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/259287784548200/ Books discussed: Waking Gods - Sylvain Neuvel https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781101886724 Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death, and Jazz Chickens - Eddie I

This episode, Brea and Mallory talk about bibliotherapy and interview writer and disability advocate Heather Ratcliff. You can participate in online discussion with the use of the hashtag #BookTherapy! Books Mentioned -   My Favorite Thing Is Monsters by Emil Ferris https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781606999592   Body Horror by Anne Elizabeth Moore https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781940430881   The Girl Who Slept With God by Val Brelinski https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780143109433   The Novel Cure By Ella Berthoud and Susan Elderkin https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780143125938   Necrotech by K.C. Alexander https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780857666246   Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781451673319   The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780307388674 Other links:    NPR Bibliotherapy Article http://www.npr.org/2015/09/04/437597031/to-cure-what-ails-you-bibliotherapists-prescribe-literature   Literary Disco http://www.literarydisco.com/   New Yor

Mallory and Brea break down all the different book types, talk about transitioning from graphic novels to prose books, and interview Tor.com's Mordicai Knode.    Sarah Gailey’s Twitter https://twitter.com/gaileyfrey   Calibre https://calibre-ebook.com/   Tor.Com https://www.tor.com/ https://twitter.com/tordotcom Mordicai Knode- https://twitter.com/mordicai https://www.tor.com/author/mordicai-knode/   Books Mentioned-   The Flamethrowers by Rachel Kushner https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781439142011   River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780765395238 Every Heart A Doorway by Seanan McGuire https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780765385505   Binti by Nnedi Okorafor https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780765385253   The Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780312890179   House of Leaves by Mark Danielewski https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780375703768   Silver on the Road by Laura Anne Gilman https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781481429696   Stories

Brea and Mallory help you manage your TBR pile, interview author and disability activist Elsa Sjunneson-Henry and absolve you of your book guilt. Participate in online discussion by using the hashtag #ConquerTBR on Instagram and Twitter! Link below if you want to support the Disabled People Destroy Science Fiction! kickstarter. Disabled People Destroy Science Fiction! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lynnemthomas/disabled-people-destroy-science-fiction-uncanny-ma Bookshelf - American Federation for the Blind http://www.afb.org/bookshelf/librarylogin.asp Books Discussed:  The Regional Office Is Under Attack! By Manuel Gonzales The Witches by Stacey Schiff Ready Player One by Ernest Cline Updraft by Fran Wilde Borderline by Mishell Baker Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel Spoonbenders by Daryl Gregory

This episode, Brea and Mallory talk about book fashion, interview author Sarah Kuhn and help you improve your reading speed. Participate in online discussion using the hashtag #BookChic on Instagram and Twitter! Books Discussed:    Heroine Complex and Heroine Worship by Sarah Kuhn   The Refrigerator Monologues by Catherynne Valente The Party by Elizabeth Day Trade Me by Courtney Milan    

This week, Brea and Mallory defend the much maligned term “beach read”, review some weird reading glasses and debate book sharing. Reading Glasses is sponsoring Tonia Thompson’s drive to get copies of The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas into the hands of teens. Link below for details! Use the hashtag #TakeBackBeachRead to participate in online discussion on Twitter and Instagram!   Tonia Thompson https://toniathompson.com/fiction/ https://twitter.com/missdefying   The Hate U Give Donation Link - https://toniathompson.com/thug-for-teens/   Banned Books- http://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks https://www.aclu.org/issues/free-speech/artistic-expression/banned-books   Prism Spectacles- https://www.amazon.com/Prism-Glasses-Eye-Bed-Spectacles/dp/B000RZNBF4   Books Mentioned-   Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew Sullivan https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781501116841   Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life by Ruth Franklin https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780871403131   The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan h

This week, Brea and Mallory help you support the authors you love, interview author and podcaster Mur Lafferty and reveal that Mallory is a mole person. You can participate in online discussion using the hashtag #AuthorLove on Instagram and Twitter!   Goodreads Group- https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/224423-reading-glasses---fan-group   Mur Lafferty- http://murverse.com/ http://murverse.com/tag/ditch-diggers/ https://twitter.com/mightymur https://www.amazon.com/Should-Be-Writing-Writers-Workshop/dp/1631063650   Litsy- http://litsy.com/   Brea’s Apple Corer https://www.amazon.com/OXO-Good-Grips-Apple-Corer/dp/B00004OCIQ   Books Mentioned -   My Best Friend’s Exorcism by Grady Hendrix https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781594749766   Stephen Florida by Gabe Habash https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781566894647   Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780316389686   Down Among The Sticks And Bones by Seanan McGuire https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780765392039   Every Heart A Doorway by Se

Show Notes   This week, Brea and Mallory discuss the best places for book tourism, interview Icelandic crime author Yrsa Sigudardottir and debate spoilers. Use the hashtag #ReadingAroundTheWorld to participate in online discussion on Instagram and Twitter!   Links -   Goodreads Choice Awards https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-books-2016   Overdrive https://www.overdrive.com/   Hoopla https://www.hoopladigital.com/   Library Playaways http://my.playaway.com/playaway/where-to-find/   Libby https://meet.libbyapp.com/   UNESCO Cities of Literature http://www.cityofliterature.com/cities-of-literature/cities-of-literature/   Hay on Wye https://www.hayfestival.com/   El Ateneo http://www.buenostours.com/el-ateneo-grand-splendid-bookstore   Belfast, Maine https://www.belfastbookfestival.com/   National Steinbeck Center http://www.steinbeck.org/   Harry Ransom Center http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/       Yrsa Sigurdardottir https://www.facebook.com/YrsaSig/ https://twitter.com/yrsasig https://www.indiebound.org/b

This week, Brea and Mallory help you navigate different types of book events, interview comics editor Chris Ryall and learn the importance of clean hands. Use the hash tag #BookEvents to participate in online discussion on Twitter and Instagram!     Links-   Being A Book Escort- https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/10/the-modern-face-of-book-tours/407641/   Frankfurt Book Fair- https://www.buchmesse.de/en/fbf/   LA Festival of Books- http://events.latimes.com/festivalofbooks/   Brooklyn Book Festival- http://www.brooklynbookfestival.org/   Emerald City Comic Con- http://www.emeraldcitycomicon.com/   Chris Ryall- https://twitter.com/chris_ryall   IDW Comics- http://www.idwpublishing.com/   Books Mentioned --   American War by Omar El Akkad https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780451493583   Hunger by Roxane Gay https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780062362599   The Secret History of Twin Peaks by Mark Frost https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781250075581   Abandon Me by Melissa Febos https:

This week, Brea and Mallory solve vacation reading dilemmas, learn where Jesus keeps his e-books and talk bookish technology with Tom Merritt! Use the hashtag #TravelingReader to participate in online discussion on Twitter and Instagram! And check our Facebook and Goodreads groups!    Links -   Whispersync https://www.amazon.com/Whispersync-for-Voice-Learn-More-Kindle-Store/b?ie=UTF8&node=12527156011   Sword and Laser http://swordandlaser.com/   Tom Merritt http://www.tommerritt.com/ http://tommerrittbooks.com/   Books Mentioned -   Heroine Worship by Sarah Kuhn https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780756413262   The House of Small Shadows by Adam Nevill https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781250068811   The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780553588941   Pilot X by Tom Merritt http://tommerrittbooks.com/blog/2016/4/9/pilot-x

This episode, Brea and Mallory decode the madness of book awards, refuse to tolerate trash babies, and interview writer and past National Book Award judge Cecil Castellucci. Participate in online discussion for this episode using #BookAwards on Twitter and Instagram! Twitter: @readinggpodcast Instagram: ReadingGlassesPodcast   Reading Glasses Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/259287784548200/   Overdrive https://www.overdrive.com/   Book Awards Short Cuts http://www.bookspot.com/awards/   Cecil Castellucci https://castellucci.wordpress.com/about/   Lambda Awards http://www.lambdaliterary.org/the-2016-lambda-literary-award-winners/   Books Mentioned The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780385542364   What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours by Helen Oyeyemi https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781594634642   Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781250077028   Zone One by Colson Whitehead https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780307455178  

This week, Brea and Mallory solve the dilemma of how to read around other people, find the coolest library in the world, ask a Book Professional Brazos Price and hopefully save a reader marriage. Use the hashtag #ReadingInTheRealWorld to participate in online discussion on Twitter and Instagram! Book Story- http://mynews4.com/on-your-side/on-your-side-iteam/controversial-books-not-banned-instead-washoe-county-libraries-stocks-up Book Light- https://www.amazon.com/Camkey-Rechargeable-Reading-flexible-Padded/dp/B01HTC7LXU/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1497655788&sr=8-7&keywords=book+light Silent Reading Party- http://www.silentreadingpartypdx.com/ Books Mentioned- Make Trouble by John Waters https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781616206352 The Fact of A Body by Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781250080547