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.

In this episode, we're giving out Rex for escapist books because we're all stressed.

We're all stressed.

Are you stressed?

Are you stressed? Are you? Sorry. I know you're stressed. I don't even have to ask. I'm preparing to go to a film festival. We'll talk about it at the break. But hey, if you're in Austin, come see my movie. Plus, we solved a book tech problem about buying an e-reader,

and we answer a question about the jacket copy on books.

Fascinating. my movie. Plus, we solved a book tech problem about buying an e-reader and we answer a question

about the jacket copy on books. Fascinating.

The jacket copy. That's right. That's right. That's right. Summary on the back of a book.

This is the hard-hitting news you're here for and we're here to provide it.

Listen, nobody does it like reading glasses. Okay. We're the only podcast doing this hard-getting journalism.

We're talking about jacket cover copy.

And we're going to get deep into it.

But first, Brea, what are you reading?

And you're going to listen.

I am reading, okay, I just told you, I'm on a real Mallory kick.

I think both the books I'm reading right now are recommendations from you. So I'm reading right now The Cautious Traveler's Guide to the Way Slams by Sarah Brooks. It's so fucking good, isn't it? Which is a, yeah, I'm only like maybe 20% of the way through. I dream about you directing this movie, Briya. It's so good. I mean, you can, too, because I'm only 20% of the way through it, but it is about a train.

Okay, we're in an apocalyptic sort of situation.

So basically, there's a wasteland where you have to get, the train is going across.

And the rule is when you get to the other side of this wasteland, they can't bring anything with them from the wasteland.

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