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

to help you read better.

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

This episode, we're recommending some of our favorite beat reads, discussing a book-tank

problem of sharing e-books and solving a problem about translated books.

I need a little ukulele, you know, Pena Calada.

But first, where were you at all that?

What are you reading, Brea?

Okay, Mallory, I have to tell you, I think like half of my favorite books of this year

have been nonfiction.

Wow, big nonfiction year.

I know, which is really not normal for me, but I'm listening to one right now and it

could not be better.

It is called, oh, and also bird book alert.

Oh, tweet, tweet, tweet, tweet.

Better living through birding notes from a black man in the natural world by Christian Cooper.

I wanted to read this.

Okay, can I tell you to listen to it?

Is it wicked good?

Here's what, yes, it is, first of all, he reads it and from now on, I would like him to

read every book that I listen to because he is so enthusiastic, like, can he just read

every book I ever, because he's enthusiastic, he's funny, he's charming, okay, so if you

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