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Ep 80 - Cats With Knives and Our Fav Books of 2018!

Reading Glasses

Maximum Fun

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

4.92.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2018

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Brea and Mallory talk about their favorite books of 2018! Use the hashtag #ReadingGlassesPodcast to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!   Reading Glasses Merch Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group   Amazon Wish List     Books Mentioned - The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden The Library Book by Susan Orlean The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay Tell the Machine Goodnight by Katie Williams Undead Girl Gang by Lily Anderson Convenience Store Woman b Sayaka Murata, translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori Troubling Love by Elena Ferrante, translated by Ann Goldstein Sweet and Low by Nick White Dread Nation by Justina Ireland Eternal Life by Dara Horn There There by Tommy Orange How To Be Famous by Caitlin Moran My Life as a Goddess by Guy Branum Eloquent Rage by Brittney Cooper Text Me When You Get Home by Kayleen Schaefer Meaty by Samantha Irby Like Brothers by Mark Duplass and Jay Duplass Foe by Iain Reid Animosity - Evolution Vol. 1 by Marguerite Bennett and art by Eric Gapstur So Lucky by Nicola Griffith Give Me Your Hand by Megan Abbott Circe by Madeline Miller So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo

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You're listening to reading classes, a show about book culture and literary life designed to help you read better.

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I'm writer, filmmaker, and book to bower, Mallory O'Mara.

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And I'm Bria Grant, actress filmmaker and e-reader.

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This episode we're talking about our favorite books. And I'm Bria Grant, actress filmmaker and e-reader.

0:12.8

This episode we're talking about our favorite books of the year.

0:16.0

Whoa, but first...

0:18.0

What are you reading, Bria?

0:19.0

I just finished a book.

0:21.0

So a few weeks ago on the podcast, said I would really like to read fantasy

0:26.2

set in cold weather which you called cold dragon books I wanted a

0:30.9

those dragons need some hats and mittens.

0:33.0

A December cold dragon book and a book that had been on my list for a while,

0:37.0

but also, and I don't know your name and I apologize,

0:40.0

but someone tweeted at me and said,

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you should read this book.

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Oh, the Bear and the Nightingale.

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By Catherine Arden.

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And I just finished it.

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Wicked Good.

0:48.4

And it was great because it was cold here last week in LA.

0:50.6

It's never fucking cold here.

0:52.1

And by cold, we're talking about

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