Ep 9 Who Did the Murdering in this Book & Beach Reads Reclaimed! Plus Banned Books with Tonia Thompson

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4.9 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 3 August 2017

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

This week, Brea and Mallory defend the much maligned term “beach read”, review some weird reading glasses and debate book sharing. Reading Glasses is sponsoring Tonia Thompson’s drive to get copies of The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas into the hands of teens. Link below for details! Use the hashtag #TakeBackBeachRead to participate in online discussion on Twitter and Instagram! Tonia Thompson https://toniathompson.com/fiction/ https://twitter.com/missdefying The Hate U Give Donation Link - https://toniathompson.com/thug-for-teens/ Banned Books- http://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks https://www.aclu.org/issues/free-speech/artistic-expression/banned-books Prism Spectacles- https://www.amazon.com/Prism-Glasses-Eye-Bed-Spectacles/dp/B000RZNBF4 Books Mentioned- Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew Sullivan https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781501116841 Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life by Ruth Franklin https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780871403131 The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780143038092 The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780062498533 Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780399184598 Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780374104092 The Hike by Drew Magary https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780399563850

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0:00.0	You're listening to reading glasses, a show about book culture and literary life designed to help you read better.
0:11.0	I'm writer, filmmaker, and book devour, Mallory Omera.
0:13.4	And I'm Briette, actress, filmmaker, and e-reader.
0:15.6	This episode we're defending something that is often mocked, the beach read.
0:19.5	Plus, we test some super weird book tech and debate about book sharing. But first, what are you
0:25.7	reading, Bria? I'm reading a book that you're going to love if you haven't already read it.
0:28.7	It's called Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore. Do you know about this?
0:31.8	No.
0:33.0	Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew Sullivan.
0:35.8	It is a thriller involving people with trigger warnings,
0:39.8	involves a suicide in the first chapter.
0:41.3	Yikes.
0:42.3	And it takes all the thriller takes place at a bookstore.
0:44.8	Oh my God.
0:45.8	And I am with a girl who grew up with the father as a librarian as the main character.
0:50.0	And also Mallory you would love it.
0:51.7	She's kind of plucky, but she's a little down on her left.
0:54.0	Oh my god, that's perfect for me.
0:55.4	The only other way would be make it better if she was a talking bear.
0:58.0	She's not a talking bear.
0:59.2	But I still take it.
0:59.9	But it's really good.
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