Ep. 19 - The Dragon and Murderer Book Club and Also Other Book Club Advice

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🗓️ 12 October 2017

⏱️ 36 minutes

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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?ie=UTF8&qid=1507678651&sr=8-4&keywords=peeramid https://www.amazon.com/Worlds-Best-Tablet-Support-Pillow/dp/B00EXL5F2A/ref=sr_1_12?s=home-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1507678689&sr=1-12&keywords=ereader+pillow Books - The Good People by Hannah Kent https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780316243964 In The Days of Rain by Rebecca Stott https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780812989083 The Girls by Emma Cline https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780812988024 You Too Can Have A Body Like Mine by Alexandra Kleeman https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780062388681 The Passage by Justin Cronin https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780345504975 The Strain by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780061558245

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0:00.0	You're listening to reading glasses, a show about book culture and literary life designed to help you read better.
0:10.8	I'm writer, filmmaker, and book devour, Mallory O'Mara.
0:13.4	And I'm Bria Grant, actress filmmaker, and e-reader.
0:15.6	This episode we talk about book clubs and some really weird looking pillows.
0:21.0	Yeah, that's what we're doing this episode.
0:23.0	That we're doing.
0:24.0	We made that decision.
0:25.0	It's relevant, we promise.
0:27.0	It's going to be important.
0:28.0	But first.
0:29.0	What are you reading, Bria?
0:30.0	I am reading a book called The Good People by Hannah Kent, which I just looked up what it's about because I just started it,
0:38.0	but it's set in sort of a 19th century Ireland, not sort of, that is exactly when it is set in 19th century Ireland, and it is about
0:47.0	at the beginning a woman's husband dies and she's left with this child who has who who has some disabilities and the people
0:55.8	seem to think there's something wrong with the child and that they think he might
1:00.0	might be a changeling and so it so I think what's going to happen
1:05.0	is that it's going to become like about a fight
1:07.3	between the community and who think that it's a change,
1:09.8	he's a changeling, and the mother,
1:12.3	grandmother, who's now taking care of this child who thinks that he's not
1:16.0	but I'm not totally sure what it's gonna be about because I'm not very far into it.
1:19.0	But it's very good, it's pretty spooky, and like 19th century Ireland is a really interesting place.
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