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 devour,

Mallory Omera. And I'm Bria Grant filmmaker and e-reader. This episode we're

finally doing it. We're recommending a ton of sci-fi books for all your dad's

boyfriends and husbands so you can stop emailing us.

We are ready.

Okay?

Number one requested thing so we're just gonna do a whole goddamn episode about it for you.

We're also solving a book dumping problem

and giving advice on being judgmental in your book club.

Some of this question.

But first, Bria, what are you reading?

I finished a book that is the perfect sci-fi book for Dad.

It's not on my list, but the author is on my list.

I just really enjoyed this one.

It was starter villain by John Scaldy.

It's the new John Scaldy best cover of the year too it's like a cat it's a cat and a little it has a lot of

listen there's a lot of cats in it actually if you like cats but a cat in a

little suit with a little tie on I love love John Scalsey. You're going to hear me talk about him in a second.

This one is about this man, Charlie. He's a divorce substitute teacher. He's living at his

parents home. He has like these older siblings who

who they never talks to and they want to sell the home, but he's like super broke, he's trying to buy this

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