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Explore " storygraph" with insightful episodes like "MoMBl Book Club: April 2023", "MoMBl Book Club: February 2023", "MoMBl Book Club: January 2023", "Setting & Reaching Reading Goals in 2023" and "Ep 279 - Halloween Sporror Special with Clay McLeod Chapman!" from podcasts like ""Monkey Off My Backlog", "Monkey Off My Backlog", "Monkey Off My Backlog", "The Readirect Podcast" and "Reading Glasses"" and more!

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MoMBl Book Club: April 2023

Elyse joins us to discuss what they read for the April book club prompt. 00:00 - Book challenge updates from MoMBl regulars and listeners The April Prompt: Read a book written by a comedian, fiction or non-fiction. 00:05:27 - Elyse talks about Just One More Thing: Stories from My Life 00:19:52 - Sam talks about Ten Steps to Nanette: A Memoir Situation 00:40:47 - Tessa talks about Please Don't Sit On My Bed in Your Outside Clothes 00:58:20 - The Romance Reading Sub-Challenge: Mistakes Were Made and Immortality Homework for the Bjork episode, courtesy of Jarret: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6O8R1id6scdxHLL8sC8meHCikCZKoSfe Join our discord community here: https://t.co/VXKe87hY6g

Monkey Off My Backlog

enMay 01, 2023

MoMBl Book Club: February 2023

Matt joins us to discuss what he read for the February book club prompt. 00:00 - Book challenge updates from MoMBl regulars and listeners The February Prompt: Read a book about filmmaking of film history. 00: 9:56 - Matt talks about Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex-Drugs-and-Rock 'N Roll Generation Saved Hollywood. 00:45: 18 - Sam talks about Five Came Back: A Story of Hollywood and the Second World War. 01:03:30 - Tessa talks about Hollywood Harmony: Musical Wonder and the Sound of Cinema. The March Prompt: Read a book that takes place over the course of fifty or more years. 01:13:35 - The Romance Reading Sub-Challenge: The Bodyguard by Katherine Center, Souless by Gail Carriger, and The Lotus Palace by Jeannie Lin. Elyse's link for all the films mentioned in Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: https://letterboxd.com/chicken__tendi/list/easy-riders-raging-bulls-filmography-1967/ Join our discord community here: https://t.co/VXKe87hY6g

Monkey Off My Backlog

enFebruary 27, 2023

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MoMBl Book Club: January 2023

01:10 - Why a book challenge? 06:30 - Things we've learned during the first month of the challenge The January Prompt: Read a book you've been meaning to read for a long time. 10:30 - January picks from Melissa (Bloody Jack by L.A. Meyer), Elyse (Heir to the Empire by Timothy Zahn), Jack (Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets by David Simon), and Lozy (Raw Spirit by Iain Banks). 17:38 - Ryan talks about The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell 34:15 - Tessa talks about The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende 55:01 - Sam talks about Shatterpoint by Matthew Stover (as well as Heir to the Empire and the Star Wars Essential Legends Collection The February Prompt: Read a book about filmmaking of film history. 1:15:33 - The Romance Reading Sub-Challenge: Before I Let Go by Kennedy Ryan, Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus, A Duke, The Lady, and the Baby by Vanessa Riley Authentic Books: https://www.authenticbooks.com/ Join our discord community here: https://t.co/VXKe87hY6g

Monkey Off My Backlog

enJanuary 30, 2023

Setting & Reaching Reading Goals in 2023

We all make New Year's Resolutions, but we don't always stick to them! Did you make reading more a goal for 2023? Are you looking for our tips, tricks and suggestions to stay on track?

Whether you want to read more books, diversify your reading, join a book club or start a book podcast this year, we've got the episode for you. Maybe you're a numbers girl (like Emily) or you prefer qualitative goals (that would be Abigail), but either way we have some advice for you.

Mentioned this episode:
Online Reading Tools:
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https://www.goodreads.com/

Libby (online library tool):
https://www.overdrive.com/apps/libby

If We Were Villians by M.L. Rio:
https://bookshop.org/p/books/if-we-were-villains-m-l-rio/8476867?ean=9781250095299

Hester by Laurie Lico Albanese:
https://bookshop.org/p/books/hester-laurie-lico-albanese/17856048?ean=9781250278555

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The Readirect Podcast

en-usJanuary 10, 2023

Ep 279 - Halloween Sporror Special with Clay McLeod Chapman!

Brea and Mallory talk about sporror (mushroom horror) for Halloween! They also interview Clay McLeod Chapman about why mushrooms are scary, and give advice on reviewing books you don’t like by authors you want to support. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!

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Books Mentioned -

Small Town, Big Magic by Hazel Beck

Jackal by Erin E. Adams

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher

The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey

Agents of Dreamland by Caitlin R. Kiernan

Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake

The Beauty by Aliya Whiteley

The Nest by Kenneth Oppel

This Thing Between Us by Gus Moreno

enOctober 27, 2022

Ep 275 - No Pamphlets! The Best Way to Mail Books

Brea and Mallory talk about the best way to mail books, interview author Ben Acker, and give advice on the best place to review books online! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!

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Readathon
10/23
Flyaway by Kathleen Jennings

Ben Acker

Stories to Keep You Alive Despite Vampires
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Books Mentioned -

The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Attack of the Black Rectangles by Amy Sarig King

Teen Killers Club by Lily Sparks

Locke and Key: The Golden Age by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez

My Best Friend’s Exorcism by Grady Hendrix

Richard Stark’s Parker

enSeptember 29, 2022

Ep 214 - How To Review A Book You Hated

Brea and Mallory talk about how to review a book you didn’t like and recommend books about danger lesbians. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!

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Books Mentioned -

Pew by Catherine Lacey

The Widow of Rose House by Diana Biller