Ep 247 - Do Visual Novels Count as Books?

Reading Glasses

Maximum Fun

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4.9 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2022

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Brea and Mallory discuss whether or not playing visual novels counts as reading, decide the best place to leave books in public, and recommend short books. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!

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0:00.0	You're listening to Reading Glasses, a show about book culture and literary life designed
0:17.2	to help you read better.
0:18.5	I'm author and book devour, Mallory O'Mara, and I'm Bria Grant, filmmaker and e-reader
0:22.7	at this episode.
0:23.7	We're finally talking about visual novels.
0:26.7	What are they?
0:27.7	We figured it out for you.
0:29.4	Where are they books?
0:30.4	Should you count them up?
0:31.4	Not books.
0:32.4	Are they not books?
0:33.4	Are they just erotic games?
0:34.4	We'll let you know.
0:36.4	Folks, we figured it out for you, but first, what are you reading, Bria?
0:42.1	My friend sent me a book and said, and it's a friend I really trust, but I'm not very
0:46.3	far into the book, but I'm going to talk about the book, and it's a book called Anthem
0:50.4	by Noah Hawley, HAWL.
0:53.6	I've heard this author is wicked good.
0:56.0	Okay.
0:57.0	I've never read anything of his, but I know him.
0:59.1	He works in the television world, and I am a fan of his work in TV.
1:04.8	What really drew me in was not the story, but apparently the writing style, and I'll agree
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