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Reading Glasses

Ep 284 - Reading Books and Watching Their Adaptations

Reading Glasses

Maximum Fun

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

4.91.8K Ratings

🗓️ 1 December 2022

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Brea and Mallory discuss reading books and watching their adaptations, talk about what makes a good bookstore shelf talker, and recommend setting-as-a-character books.

Transcript

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0:00.0

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

0:13.8

to help you read better.

0:15.0

I'm author and book devour, Mallory O'Mara, and I'm Brea Grant, filmmaker and e-reader.

0:19.4

This episode, we're taking off another box from the 2022 Reading Glasses Glasses Challenge.

0:25.4

Read a book and then watch the adaptation of that book.

0:29.2

There's actually two boxes.

0:30.6

These are two boxes, right?

0:32.1

This is read that a book.

0:33.3

Yes, oh my god, you're right.

0:34.5

It's two boxes.

0:35.5

So, hey, two boxes, one episode, as they say.

0:39.9

I don't think that's something that we should be saying about this book.

0:44.0

Listen, you're thinking of something dirty and I'm thinking of two birds, one stone,

0:48.6

and you're thinking of something else.

0:50.9

I am definitely thinking of something else, but let's go with two birds, one stone, for

0:55.0

sure.

0:56.0

Let's.

0:57.0

The first?

0:58.0

What do you mean, Brea?

0:59.0

I'm listening to a book that I know is on a lot of top books of the year list, so I decided

1:03.9

to listen to it.

1:04.9

It's Demon Copperhead by Barbara King Solver, narrated by Charlie Thurston.

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