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 Brea Grant, filmmaker, and e-reader.

This episode, we're going through our most anticipated books for July and August.

Y'all, you freaking love these episodes. You love them. This one's a good one too. There's some

really exciting summer books. No, I'm actually going to say, I had a little bit of trouble with

July. Really? I had a little trouble with July. Oh, I am, my Libby holds are stacked right now.

Stacked. Where I'm deep in June. June is coming after me like a wave.

Oh, yeah. I'm going to have to like really, June is hard, but there are some good books coming

out and some that we both are very excited about. So get that summer. T.B.R. Ready.

But first, Bria, what are you reading? I am reading the new George Ticay.

Ooh. Graphic novel.

It rhymes with Ticay.

It is...

Is that the name of it?

Yeah.

Oh, that's really cute.

It rhymes with decay.

It's so cute.

And it's illustrated by Harmony Becker.

It is his second graphic memoir.

And this one is more about his activism, but also goes into some of his acting as well on how he ended up becoming the

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