Ep 337 - 30 Minutes From Horny Town to Cozy Town - Reading Holiday Books

Brea and Mallory have a hot genre alert for horromance, solve a problem about hot tub reading, and give advice on breaking the spines of library books. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!

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Books Mentioned - 

Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe

Broughtupsy by Christina Cooke

Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

An Education in Malice by S.T. Gibson

Starling House by Alix E. Harrow

Echo by Thomas Olde Heuvelt

The Other Side of Midnight by Simone St. James

Brea and Mallory discuss the best ways to organize your books, do an in depth review of Storygraph, and recommend experimental novels. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!

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Books Mentioned - 

I Can See Your Lies by Izzy Lee

The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw

Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu

On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

Brea and Mallory discuss the perks of eReaders, give advice on gifting books, and recommend authors with big backlists. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!

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Starling House by Alix E. Harrow

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House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J. Maas

Horror Movie by Paul Tremblay

Nnedi Okorafor

Helen Oyeyemi

Brea and Mallory discuss the differences between book buying and book reading, interview Glasser favorite Mike Chen, and recommend underwater disaster books! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!

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Starling House by Alix E. Harrow - Book Club pick!

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A Quantum Love Story

Books Mentioned - 

Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy

That Time I Got Drunk and Saved A Demon by Kimberly Lemming

The Secret History of Twin Peaks by Mark Frost

Meet Me in Another Life by Catriona Silvey

The Islands at the End of the World by Austin Aslan

The Deep by Nick Cutter

Brea and Mallory discuss the state of reading today, plus give advice on talking about spicy reads and recommend translated books. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!

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Book Club:

March 1, 5pm PT
Starling House by Alix E. Harrow

Signed Copy of Girly Drinks in Paperback!

Books Mentioned - 

Mary by Nat Cassidy

The Book of Love by Kelly Link

Mouthful of Birds by Samanta Schweblin, translated by Megan McDowell

Amatka by Karin Tidbeck

Brea and Mallory tick off a box on the 2024 Reading Glasses Challlenge - read a book by a nonbinary author! Plus, a test of a multipage bookmark, and advice on recommending older books.

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Bookclub Pick: Starling House by Alix E. Harrow

Readathon: Saturday, 2/3

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Books Mentioned - 

Edenville by Sam Rebelein

Wild and Distant Seas by Tara Karr Roberts

Homesick by Nino Cipri

Lakelore by Anna-Marie McLemore

An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon

Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon

Eat the Rich by Sarah Gailey and Pius Bak

Pet by Akwaeke Emezi

The Thirty Names of Night by Zeyn Joukhadar

The Merry Dredgers by Jeremy C. Shipp

The Heartbreak Bakery by A.R. Capetta

Four Lost Cities by Annalee Newitz

The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw

Brea and Mallory help you find books you’ll like, solve a problem about reading in a genre you write, and recommend good buddy reads. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!

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Starling House by Alix E. Harrow

Books Mentioned - 

Sharks in the Time of Saviors by Kawai Strong Washburn

A Letter to the Luminous Deep by Sylvie Cathrall

My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh

Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff

The Future of Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz

Dykette by Jenny Fran Davis

Brea and Mallory discuss ways to improve your print books, recommend gateway fantasy books, and give advice on getting the most from a used bookstore visit. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!

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Books Mentioned - 

Boys in the Valley by Philip Fracassi

Against Technoableism by Ashley Shew

Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett

Half a Soul by Olivia Atwater

Hot Genre Alert! Brea and Mallory talk about romantasy, plus reviews of a leather bookmark and advice on getting a book signed by the audiobook narrator. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!

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Books Mentioned - 

House of Sky and Breath by Sarah J Maas

The Collected Regrets of Clover by Mikki Brammer

A House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J Maas

That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon by Kimberly Lemming

A Letter to the Luminous Deep by Sylvie Cathrall

Brea and Mallory discuss their old and new reader resolutions, and pick some of their most anticipated books of 2024! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!

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Books Mentioned - 

Murder at the Circus by Lee Strauss

The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff

Mislaid in Parts Half-Known by Seanan McGuire

The Book of Love by Kelly Link

The Age of Magical Overthinking by Amanda Montell

My Favorite Thing is Monsters Book 2 by Emil Ferris