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 Graham filmmaker and e-reader.

In this episode, we're talking about a new way to sort out your dumped books.

We're giving advice for reluctant book dumpers, and we're talking about a new way to sort out your dumped books. We're giving advice

for reluctant book dumpers and we're recommending sister books. I don't know why that sounded

gross. Yeah, there's some weird terminology in this episode that I don't like. But first,

Brea, what are you reading? I'm reading, I'm actually a little bit on a Mallory train right now where

I'm reading books that you really liked this year. Because I've had a few duds and I'm reading, I'm actually a little bit on a Mallory train right now where I'm reading books that you really liked this year. Because I've had a few duds and I'm like maybe if I just read books that Melanie recommends. That I'm, I just read on the plane on my way home, Best of All Worlds by Kenneth Opel. So good. You was so good. Oh my God, I can't believe how much. I'm like, to me about this. I, well, I'm telling you now. Oh my God, I can't believe how much. I can't ask me about this. I, well, I'm telling you now.

Oh, my God.

I, this book was incredible.

And if you haven't heard, Mallory's talked about it a few times on the show now, but it's so good.

Oh, my God.

It's such a me book, so it's interesting you read it first, but it's basically these,

these, this family wakes up and they're on vacation.

House is no longer where, they're like a little vacation home is no longer where it was.

Now it's in on a farm and there's goats and there's chickens.

Like, why are they there?

And they're not, the house has been moved. And then they walk to

the edge, they keep, they walk out and they realize they're also in a dome. And it's very wild.

And then they basically figure out how to farm and stuff. And then three years later, another

family arrives. And there's, that is so interesting because it's another family that's very different from them. Yes. And they have to deal with them and they're stuck in this dome together. And what I loved about this book is this is not a spoiler, but there is an ending. Yes. There is a explanation. You know what? I'm glad you said that because it's something that I keep for getting to put in, uh, in my descriptions of it because there's a lot of books like this where like the whole book you're walking the line of like what is happening. We're not sure what's happening. This book gives you a definitive. This is what's fucking happening. And I love that about it. Yeah. Yeah. It's it and I and because you are questioning the whole time about what the fuck is happening. Yeah. Yeah. It's it and I, and because you are questioning the whole time about what the fuck is happening

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