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Brea and Mallory discuss what goes into making a best-of book list. Plus, they interview Meredith Borders from Fangoria about their new book, and recommend immersive books. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses Merch Recommendations Store The Reading Glasses Book! Sponsors - Aura Frames www.auraframes.com CODE: GLASSES Storyworth www.storyworth.com/GLASSES Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Wish List Newsletter Libro.fm To join our Discord channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership! www.maximumfun.org/join Fangoria Kickstarter Meredith Borders Books Mentioned - A Merry Little Meet Cute by Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone Shark Heart by Emily Habeck King Sorrow by Joe Hill Weaveworld by Clive Barker Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy Enlightenment by Sarah Perry

Brea and Mallory debate whether or not your wheelhouse can be too big. Plus, they list libraries that give out of country cards, and recommend books that will metaphorically punch you in the stomach. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses Merch Recommendations Store The Reading Glasses Book! Sponsors - Apron www.apronnotebooks.com CODE: GLASSES GreenChef www.greenchef.com/50GLASSES CODE: 50GLASSES Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Wish List Newsletter Libro.fm To join our Discord channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership! www.maximumfun.org/join Libraries with Out of Country Cards: Chappel Hill public library, Broward county library in Florida, The new york society, The mercantile, Redwood Library, Austin public library Queens Borough Library, NY has an annual membership for non residents - $50 Many of the London borough libraries - free international membership that you can sign up for online - Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea libraries Charlotte Mecklenburg Library in Charlotte, North Carolina Queer Liberation Library - free Orange County Public Library System in Florida - $150/year Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley- $10 for six months Books Mentioned - The Hounding by Xenobe Purvis What Fury Brings by Tricia Levenseller Angel Down by Daniel Kraus Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

Brea and Mallory discuss their favorite establishments in books! Plus, they review StoryTerra and solve a reader problem about which library to use. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses Merch Recommendations Store The Reading Glasses Book! Sponsors - ZocDoc www.zocdoc.com/GLASSES Factor www.factormeals.com/GLASSES50OFF CODE: GLASSES50OFF Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Wish List Newsletter Libro.fm To join our Discord channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership! www.maximumfun.org/join StoryTerra Book Riot Article Books Mentioned - Angel Down by Daniel Kraus Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman The Kamogawa Food Detectives by Hisashi Kishiwai, translated by Jesse Kirkwood Shady Hollow by Juneau Black Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree Payback’s a Witch by Lana Harper Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz Wretched Waterpark by Kiersten White Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto Hotel of Secrets by Diana Biller

Brea and Mallory name their most anticipated books for November and December! Plus, they interview the filmmaker behind the new documentary The Librarians, Kim A. Snyder. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses Merch Recommendations Store The Reading Glasses Book! Sponsors - IngramSpark www.ingramspark.com/learnmore GreenChef www.greenchef.com/50GLASSES CODE: 50GLASSES Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Wish List Newsletter Libro.fm To join our Discord channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership! www.maximumfun.org/join The Librarians Books Mentioned - Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab Somebody is Walking on Your Grave by Mariana Enriquez, translated by Megan McDowell November Bitter Honey by Lolá Ákínmádé Åkerström Literary fiction, mother-daughter relationship, Swedish pop star whose mother is trying to protect her from the past Cursed Daughters by Oyinkan Braithwaite Literary fiction, family curse, a woman whose family believes she is another family member reincarnated Lucky Seed by Justinian Huang Literary fiction, matriarch of a wealthy family is pushing her gay nephew to produce an heir for the family Next Time Will Be Our Turn by Jesse Q. Sutanto Literary fiction, woman learning the truth of her glamorous grandmother’s star crossed queer love story That’s Not How It Happened by Craig Thomas Literary fiction, family whose lives get adapted into a movie and chaos ensues, creator of HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER The White Hot by Quiara Alegría Hudes Literary fiction, bad-mom trope, generational trauma, Siddhartha reimagining Queen Esther by John Irving Return to the world of The Cider House Rules The Amberglow Candy Store by Hiyoko Kurisu, translated by Matt Treyvaud Magical realism, a fox spirit who sells magic healing treats to humans Deeper than the Ocean by Mirta Ojito Literary fiction, multigenerational, immigration, family ties The Eleventh Hour by Salman Rushdie Short stories, magical realism Palaver by Bryan Washington Literary fiction, family, healing The Pelican Child by Joy Williams Short stories, the struggle of living Days at the Torunka Cafe by Satoshi Yagisawa, translated by Eric Ozawa Literary fiction, set in Tokyo, three people find literal and emotional nourishment The Botanist’s Assistant by Peggy Townsend Mystery, cozy, research assistant to a botanist must solve a murder The Mysterious Death of Junetta Plum Historical mystery, Jazz Age Harlem, woman and her orphaned charge must solve a murder The Perfect Hosts by Heather Gudenkauf Thriller, someone dies at a “pistols and pearls” gender reveal party, secrets Best Offer Wins by Marisa Kashino Thriller, satire, competitive real estate market, woman who has lost out on 11 houses will do anything to get her dream home With Friends Like These by Alissa Lee Thriller, group of college friends who have been playing a killing game known as The Circus for 20 years The Burning Library by Gilly Macmillan Thriller, dark academia, Scotland, rivalling secret orders of women battling to find a medieval manuscript, murder Turns of Fate by Anne Bishop Fantasy, contemporary, paranormal detective, start of series The Nameless Land by Kate Elliot Fantasy, epic, sequel to The Witch Roads The Merge by Grace Walker Sci fi, dystopian, a world where the separate consciousnesses of two people can be put in one body Brigands and Breadknives by Travis Baldree Third book of Legends and Lattes I, Media by Ayana Gray Historical fiction, retelling, Greek mythology, villain origin story Aphrodite by Phoenicia Rogerson Historical fiction, retelling, Greek mythology Beasts of the Sea by Iida Turpeinen, translated by David Hackston Historical fiction, Finland, triple timeline, 1700s naturalist, 1850s Alaskan governor finds mysterious skeleton, 1950s museum curator Last Call at the Savoy by Brisa...

Brea and Mallory recommend horror novels with human monsters for Halloween! Plus they interview Glasser favorite Alma Katsu about her new book FIEND. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses Merch Recommendations Store The Reading Glasses Book! Sponsors - GreenChef www.greenchef.com/50GLASSES CODE: 50GLASSES IngramSpark www.ingramspark.com/learnmore Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Wish List Newsletter Libro.fm To join our Discord channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership! www.maximumfun.org/join Alma Katsu Fiend Books Mentioned - The Manor of Dreams by Christina Li Strange Houses by Uketsu, translated by Jim Rion The Eyes are the Best Part by Monika Kim The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno Garcia Lakewood by Megan Giddings Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix A Better World by Sarah Langan The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward Gather the Daughters by Jeannie Melamed The Children on the Hill by Jennifer McMahon Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind, translated by John E. Woods I Was a Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones You Weren’t Meant to Be Human by Andrew Joseph White The Taker by Alma Katsu When the Wolf Comes Home by Nat Cassidy What Kind of Mother by Clay McLeod Chapman

Brea and Mallory discuss how specific writing styles can make or break a book. Plus, they solve a reader problem about reading in public, and recommend novels about banned books. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses Merch Recommendations Store The Reading Glasses Book! Sponsors - Factor Meals www.factormeals.com CODE: GLASSES50OFF IngramSpark www.ingramspark.com/learnmore Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Wish List Newsletter Libro.fm To join our Discord channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership! www.maximumfun.org/join Books Mentioned - Sister, Sinner by Claire Hoffman Mockingbird Court by Juneau Black Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks by Shauna Robinson

Brea and Mallory tick off another box on the 2025 Reading Glasses Challenge: read an epistolary book! Plus, they discuss the change in Libby’s suspend hold system that has Glassers in a tizzy, and solve a reader problem about wrist pain. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses Merch Recommendations Store The Reading Glasses Book! Sponsor - GreenChef www.greenchef.com/50GLASSES CODE: 50GLASSES Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Wish List Newsletter Libro.fm To join our Discord channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership! www.maximumfun.org/join Books Mentioned - Play Nice by Rachel Harrison Death of an Author by Nnedi Okorafor The Strange Case of Jane O. by Karen Thompson Walker A Letter from the Lonesome Shore by Sylvie Cathrall

Brea and Mallory give out tips on improving your reading focus! Plus, they test out the new app Focus Friend, and interview long time friend of the show Adam Sockel about his new book. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses Merch Recommendations Store The Reading Glasses Book! Sponsors - ZocDoc www.zocdoc.com/GLASSES Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Wish List Newsletter Libro.fm To join our Discord channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership! www.maximumfun.org/join Glasser Book Club - October 10 - 5pm PT Email in for the link! Sci Fi Rex for Dads and Husbands Adam’s new book! Follow Adam Focus Friend Books Mentioned - The Brain at Rest by Dr. Joseph Jebelli The Salvage by Anbara Salam Antiracist Baby by Ibram X. Kendi The Monster at the End of This Book by Jon Stone Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab My Friends by Fredrik Bachman The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka When the Cranes Fly South by Lisa Ridzen

Brea and Mallory discuss a new way to sort out your dumped books, give advice for reluctant book dumpers, and recommend sister books. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses Merch Recommendations Store The Reading Glasses Book! Sponsors - GreenChef www.greenchef.com/50GLASSES CODE: 50GLASSES Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Wish List Newsletter Libro.fm To join our Discord channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership! www.maximumfun.org/join Sci Fi Rex for Dads and Husbands Books Mentioned - Best of All Worlds by Kenneth Oppel Fiend by Alma Katsu Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy The Girls at the Kingfisher Club by Genevieve Valentine

Brea and Mallory tick off another box on the 2025 Reading Glasses Challenge: read a book with a two person book club! Plus, they solve a problem about putting damaged books in a Little Free Library, and recommend books set in Scotland but NOT Edinburgh. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses Merch Recommendations Store Sponsor - Factor www.factormeals.com/GLASSES50OFF CODE: GLASSES50OFF Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Etsy Wish List Newsletter Libro.fm Glasser Book Club - October 10, 5pm PT To join, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership! www.maximumfun.org/join Books Mentioned - We’re Taking Everyone Down with Us by Matthew Rosenberg, Stefano Landini, and Jason Wordie Actress of a Certain Age by Jeff Hiller Last Hour Between Worlds by Melissa Caruso Sister, Sinner by Claire Hoffman Three Eight One by Aliya Whiteley The Wild Hunt by Emma Seckel The Bass Rock by Evie Wyld

Brea and Mallory talk about how to age up your reading tastes from YA to adult (and if you should bother!). Plus, they have Becky Spratford on to discuss her new book WHY I LOVE HORROR, and they recommend fantasy books with NO spice. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses Merch Recommendations Store Sponsors - ZocDoc www.zocdoc.com/GLASSES GreenChef www.greenchef.com/50GLASSES CODE: 50GLASSES Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Etsy Wish List Newsletter Libro.fm To join our Discord channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership! www.maximumfun.org/join RA for All RA for All: Horror Becky's Tour Why I Love Horror Books Mentioned - Wearing the Lion by John Wiswell A Resistance of Witches by Morgan Ryan An Academy for Liars by Alexis Henderson Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo Killer VHS Series Hailey Piper Books The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein The Country Under Heaven by Frederic D. Durbin Cursed Daughters by Oyinkan Braithwaite Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett The Magician’s Daughter by H.G. Parry

Brea and Mallory talk about reading signed books and debate how precious you need to be with them. Plus, they review Book Beau book covers and discuss how much protection books really need. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses Merch Recommendations Store Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Amazon Wish List Newsletter Libro.fm To join our Discord channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership! www.maximumfun.org/join Forest of Reading Book Beau Readathon - 9/13 Glasser Book Club Pick - The Bewitching Books Mentioned - Esperance by Adam Oyebanji Forest Euphoria by Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian

Brea and Mallory talk about their most anticipated books for September and October! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses Merch Recommendations Store Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Amazon Wish List Newsletter Libro.fm To join our Discord channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership! www.maximumfun.org/join Readathon - 9/13 Glasser Book Club Pick - The Bewitching Books Mentioned - The Good House by Tananarive Due Another by Paul Tremblay September Mother Mary Comes to Me by Arundhati Roy Nonfiction, memoir, mother/daughter relationship, India Hot Desk by Laura Dickerman Romance, book world, rival book editors Wild Reverence by Rebecca Ross Set in the Divine Rivals universe All the Way to the River by Elizabeth Gilbert Memoir, love, queer, addiction, codependency The Secret of Secrets by Dan Brown New Robert Langdon book History Matters by David McCullough Essay collection Awake by Jen Hatmaker Memoir, grief, divorce, infidelity, marriage What Can We Know by Ian McEwan Sci fi, a hundred years in the future an academic searches for a mysterious poem read out loud in 2014 What a Time to Be Alive by Jade Chang Grieving broke young woman accidentally become viral self help guru It’s Me They Follow by Jeannine Cook Magical realism, bookstore owner helps people find love through books but is lonely herself Best Woman by Rose Dommu Literary fiction, family dramedy, coming-of-age, trans protagonist, wedding drama The Wilderness by Angela Flournoy Literary fiction, female friendship across 25 years Vianne by Joanne Harris Sequel to Chocolat Whatever Happened to Lori Lovely? by Sarah McCoy Literary fiction, 1950s actress leaves to become a nun Life and Death and Giants by Ron Rindo Literary fiction, teenage boy who is almost eight feet tall and changes people who meet him The Healing Hippo of Hinode Park by Michiko Aoyama, translated by Takami Nieda Literary fiction, feel good, Japan, people get emotionally healed by a hippo ride at a playground We Love You, Bunny by Mona Awad Weird fiction, both prequel and sequel to Bunny One of Us by Dan Chaon Horror, historical, 1915, orphaned twins on the run join a carnival Dinner at the Night Library by Hika Harada, translated by Philip Gabriel Literary, Japan, food, Tokyo library/cafe that is only open at night and serves meals inspired by books by dead authors A Different Kind of Tension by Jonathan Lethem Short stories, literary, surreal, specific Will There Ever Be Another You by Patricia Lockwood Literary, woman with strange disease starts to lose grip on reality in pandemic Little Movements by Lauren Morrow Literary, race, class, art, small town, choreography Sympathy Tower Tokyo by Rie Qudan, translated by Jesse Kirkwood Sci fi, Japan, near future, architect designing a skyscraper for housing criminals becomes friends with chatbot The Killer Question by Janice Hallett Mystery, amateur sleuth must solve a murder set during pub trivia, clubs are revealed through trivia questions, texts, and emails A Killer Wedding by Joan O’Leary Mystery, matriarch of ultra-rich Irish family is found dead at expensive wedding A Murderous Business by Cathy Pegau Mystery, queer, historical, NYC A Rather Peculiar Poisoning by Chrystal Schleyer Historical cozy mystery, turn of the century, two brothers vie for the same woman, one gets poisoned The Librarians by Sherry Thomas Mystery, four librarians band together after two patrons show up dead The Belles by Lacey N. Dunham Thriller, dark academia, historical, 1950s, secluded college Old Money by Kelsey Miller Thriller, returning to a small town twenty years later to solve murder of family member Hot Wax by M. L. Rio Thriller, rock and roll, road trip Witch You Would by Lia Amador Contemporary romance, paranormal, low stakes, witches Sweet Heat by Bolu Babalola Contemporary...

Brea and Mallory talk about 2025 books they think are underrated! Plus, they talk about what to do if you don’t like an audiobook narrator, and recommend reluctant love stories. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses Merch Recommendations Store Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Amazon Wish List Newsletter Libro.fm To join our Discord channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership! www.maximumfun.org/join Readathon - 9/13 Glasser Book Club Pick - The Bewitching by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Books Mentioned - Sweet Berries by C.M. Nacosta Predatory Natures by Amy Goldsmith It Rhymes with Takei by George Takei, illustrations by Harmony Becker Old Soul by Susan Barker Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert by Bob the Drag Queen Best of All Worlds by Kenneth Oppel Shark Heart by Emily Habeck Hazardous Spirits by Anbara Salam The Extinction of Experience by Christine Rosen This Town Sleeps by Dennis E. Staples The Pairing by Casey McQuiston The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer House on the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes Flying Solo by Linda Holmes

Brea and Mallory debate about gifting books to nonreaders. Plus, they give advice on when you receive a book gift you don’t want, and recommend locked room mysteries! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses Merch Recommendations Store Sponsors - ZocDoc www.zocdoc.com/GLASSES Green Chef www.greenchef.com/50GLASSES CODE: 50GLASSES Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Amazon Wish List Newsletter Libro.fm To join our Discord channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership! www.maximumfun.org/join Readathon - 9/13 Books Mentioned - Barstow by Rebekah and David McKendry and Tyler Jenkins Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson The Woman in Cabin Ten by Ruth Ware

Brea and Mallory tick off another box on the 2025 Reading Glasses Challenge: read a honker! Plus, they offer advice about attending specialty book events, and recommend books that feature loving friends and family! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses Merch Recommendations Store Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Amazon Wish List Newsletter Libro.fm To join our Discord channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership! www.maximumfun.org/join Books Mentioned - When the Moon Hits Your Eye by John Scalzi El Dorado by Megan Abbott Credence by Penelope Douglas Starter Villain by John Scalzi The Staircase in the Woods by Chuck Wendig

Brea and Mallory discuss jailbreaking ereaders, figure out when to look at the photo section of a celebrity memoir, and recommend funny sci fi. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses Merch Recommendations Store Sponsors - Pair Eyewear www.paireyewear.com CODE: GLASSES Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Amazon Wish List Newsletter Libro.fm To join our Discord channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership! www.maximumfun.org/join Secret Histories of Nerd Mysteries https://youtu.be/Qtk7ERwlIAk Glamorous Trash Books Mentioned - Girl on Girl by Sophie Gilbert The Original by Nell Stevens When the Moon Hits Your Eye by John Scalzi The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells Floating Hotel by Grace Curtis

Brea and Mallory recommend books for every mood. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses Merch Recommendations Store Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Amazon Wish List Newsletter Libro.fm To join our Discord channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership! www.maximumfun.org/join No Pressure Book Journal! www.booksbymood.com The Bewitching by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Books Mentioned - When the Wolf Comes by Nat Cassidy The Dad Rock that Made Me a Woman by Niko Stratis Catfishing on Catnet by Naomi Kritzer I’m Most Here to Enjoy Myself by Glynnis MacNicol The Eyes are the Best Part by Monika Kim Which Side Are You On by Ryan Lee Wong Starter Villain by John Scalzi The New Town Librarian by Kathy Anderson Book Lovers by Emily Henry Angelika Frankenstein Makes Her Match by Sally Thorne Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield Going with Diary of a Void by Emi Yagi, translated by David Boyd You Too Can Have A Body Like Mine by Alexandra Kleeman Wake Up and Open Your Eyes by Clay McLeod Chapman Margo’s Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe Seek You by Kristen Radtke The Giant’s House by Elizabeth McCracken Mouthful of Birds by Samanta Schweblin, translated by Megan McDowell What is Not Yours is Not Yours by Helen Oyeyemi Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop by Huang Bo-Reum, translated by Shanna Tam Phoebe’s Diary by Phoebe Wahl The Husbands by Holly Gramazio We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry

Brea and Mallory discuss problems with book marketing, plus they solve a book tech question about letting your friends borrow books, and recommend books about moms on adventures. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses Merch Recommendations Store Sponsors - GreenChef www.greenchef.com/50GLASSES CODE: 50GLASSES Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Amazon Wish List Newsletter Libro.fm To join our Discord channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership! www.maximumfun.org/join LibraryThing No Pressure Book Journal! Books Mentioned - Murder on Sex Island by Jo Firestone Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One by Kristen Arnett Monsters: A Fans Dilemma by Claire Dederer All Fours by Miranda July The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by S.A. Chakraborty

Brea and Mallory tick off another box on the 2025 Reading Glasses Challenge: read a book slowly! Plus, they test out a stretchy bookmark and recommend scary books with no body horror. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses Merch Recommendations Store Sponsor - Pair Eyewear www.paireyewear.com CODE: GLASSES Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Amazon Wish List Newsletter Libro.fm To join our Discord channel, email us proof of your Reading-Glasses-supporting Maximum Fun membership! www.maximumfun.org/join Last Word Bookmark Dracula Daily Books Mentioned - The Spirit Collection of Thorne Hall by J. Ann Thomas Murder at Gulls Nest by Jess Kidd Ethan of Athos by Lois McMaster Bujold Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier Universal Harvester by John Darnielle