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Reading Glasses

Ep 249 - What’s the Ideal Amount of Time to Read For?

Reading Glasses

Maximum Fun

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

4.92.2K Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2022

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Brea and Mallory talk about the ideal amount of time to read for, recommend YA books, and discuss re-reading.

Transcript

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You're listening to Reading Glasses, a show about book culture and literary life designed

0:12.3

to help you read better.

0:13.5

I'm author and book of hour, Mallory O'Mara, and I'm Grier Grant, filmmaker, Ed E. Reader.

0:18.0

This episode, we're talking about how long you read for, like in a session, like in

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like one, one session, like is it better to read for hours at a time, a little small, small

0:29.1

verse, a little sprint.

0:30.1

A little sprint, I might say.

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A reading sprint?

0:32.6

Yeah, reading sprint.

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What's better?

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But first, what are you reading, Brie?

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I am reading.

0:38.1

I'm listening to a book that will check off one of the Reading Glasses Challenge items,

0:45.6

which is one for all.

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It's a retelling of three musketeers.

0:50.6

It is written by Lily Lainoff, and it's narrated by Mara Wilson.

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Oh, hey, exciting, isn't it?

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That's exciting.

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And basically, it's about a young girl who lives in a town, I guess, in France.

1:07.2

I actually, everyone's talking in French with little, saying little French words.

1:10.8

I don't.

1:11.8

Everyone's eating baguettes.

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