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 talking about our favorite establishments in books.

That's like location establishments. Yeah. cafes mine are all cafes I was surprised I thought

there would be more bookstores on this list but it's a very cafe heavy list we may have to do a

bookstore we long for a cafe uh-huh uh-huh we test out story terra, which we'll talk about.

Some fun location book tech.

Yeah, and solve a listener problem about library districts.

But first, Brea, what are you reading?

I am reading a book I was very much looking forward to.

It's the new Daniel Krauss.

Ooh.

Angel Down is the title.

It was on my most Down is the title.

It was on my most most anticipated of the year.

And I was correct to anticipate it.

It is fantastic.

It is set.

I actually finished this book already, but I have to talk about it.

Because, okay, this is one of the most gruesome, gory, intense books I've ever read.

It all takes place during World War I in the trenches,

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