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 O'Mara, and I'm author and book devour, Mallory Omera. And I'm

Bria Grant, filmmaker, and e-reader. This episode we're talking about

alterations for print books to make them cuter or better or worse.

Or worse. We'll see. We'll talk about it. We're giving tips on getting the most

from a used bookstore and we're recommending Gateway Fantasy books. But first, Bria,

what are you reading? I am listening to a book for my book club called Boys in the Valley by Philip

for Kossi. I have never heard of this. It's a horror book, Mallory. Oh it just came

out. That's why it came out in 2023. I didn't realize that. How have I

still not heard of this? I'm mad at myself.

Oh, it takes place in a remote,

Pennsylvania valley.

At the turn of the century,

by the way, I'm listening to you and it's narrated by David Aaron Baker.

And basically it's a boys school and there's a bunch of priests who

are running the school and then at some point on a story night a bunch of men

show up at the door and they're like we have someone who's sick with us and you know this is you

know this is not going to be great he's well I can say because of these books if someone

came up to my door and was like I need help I would be like sorry and

these so it's like the sheriff and his men, they're like, we happened upon this occult.

They were doing these horrible things, but this one, the sheriff's like, this one was my brother.

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