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Reading Glasses

Ep 54 - Reading is Dangerous and Other Health Tips

Reading Glasses

Maximum Fun

Book, Education, Book Tech, Leisure, Reading, Hobbies, Books, Author, Advice, Library, How To, Writer, Audiobook, Arts

4.92.2K Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2018

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Brea and Mallory talk about reader health and try listening to sped up audiobooks. Use the hashtag #ReadingGlassesPodcast to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!   Reading Glasses Merch   Links - Brit Lit Podcast Live Event with Paul Tremblay 7/1 Reading Glasses Transcriptions on Gretta   Reading Glasses Facebook Group   Reading Glasses Goodreads Group   Apex Magazine Page Advice Article   Amazon Wish List     Books Mentioned - The Merry Spinster by Mallory Ortberg So Lucky by Nicola Griffith Mem by Bethany C. Morrow The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin Sweet and Low by Nick White Time Was by Ian McDonald

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You're listening to reading glasses a show about book culture and literary life

0:06.2

designed to help you read better. I'm writer, filmmaker, and book devour,

0:09.4

Mallory Omera, and I'm Briae Grant actress filmmaker and E-reader.

0:12.6

This episode we're talking about reader health and reviewing sped up audio books, but first...

0:17.6

What are you reading, Bria?

0:18.4

I just finished the second book in the in K-Jemason trilogy. It's called the obelisked-gences-a-gences

0:25.0

I'm sure I'm saying that wrong obelisk the obelisk

0:28.1

the obelisk- yes our friend well your friend my best friend lor Panapinto, over at Orbit Books did those covers.

0:35.0

Oh, they're good covers.

0:37.0

They're very good covers.

0:38.0

Yeah, it's the second one in the series.

0:40.0

The first book is very good.

0:42.0

If you, I will say you cannot jump into the second book you know sometimes in a series we're like just jump right in like I know they've already released all three of them so I'm gonna read the third one too but um yeah it's great. The world of this this trilogy is like insane. Like it's a

0:58.8

whole like it's magic but magic based on like earth, like earth and rocks and stuff.

1:03.8

Like geology?

1:04.8

Yeah, it's like geology, magic.

1:06.5

They get more into magic in this second book.

1:09.5

And the first book, there's a lot of like traveling and moving but it's the same

1:13.4

characters in this book and it's just like here's where their lives are going.

1:16.8

I loved the first book I like could not put it down and the second one is also quite good and if you I'm really like attached to these

1:25.8

characters now so like I'm very curious to see where the third book goes I would tell anyone who loves

1:31.1

science fiction fantasy creation of worlds, cool shit, this go read these books.

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