Ep 244 - Why Am I Reading This Book?!

Reading Glasses

Maximum Fun

Book, Education, Book Tech, Leisure, Reading, Hobbies, Books, Author, Advice, Library, How To, Writer, Audiobook, Arts

4.9 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2022

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Brea and Mallory talk about that weird reading feeling - “why am I reading this book?!” They also give advice on getting rid of academic books and recommend books to read before you fall asleep.

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0:00.0	You're listening to Reading Glasses, a show about book culture and literary life designed
0:14.4	to help you read better.
0:15.9	I'm author and book devour, Mallory O'Mara, and I'm Briette Grant, filmmaker and e-reader.
0:20.7	This episode, we're talking about that weird feeling when you can't figure out why you're
0:25.6	reading a particular book.
0:26.8	You're like, where did this come from?
0:29.1	Why am I reading it?
0:29.9	Why am I keeping on reading it?
0:31.5	What is happening here?
0:33.8	Have you had this?
0:35.7	Let us know.
0:36.7	We're going to get into it.
0:37.7	But Ferris, what are you reading, Briette?
0:39.7	Mallory, I read the best comic book last night.
0:43.0	I saw this on your Instagram story.
0:45.2	I was immediately curious.
0:47.3	It's the trade paperback version of God Country issues one through six, but it's called God
0:53.8	Country.
0:54.8	It's by Donnie Kates and Jeff Shaw's illustrator.
0:59.0	And it is, wow, listen to this wheelhouse that is going to cover for me.
1:03.1	It is about a family who, as basically we had a son and his dad, who's older and he has
1:11.3	Alzheimer's.
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