Ep 482 – Dump ‘Em Out – When Good Books Peter Out

Episode 482

1st October 2026

Brea and Mallory discuss what to do when a book starts out amazing…and peters out into a boring read.

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Brea and Mallory discuss what to do when a book starts out amazing…and peters out into a boring read. Plus, they solve a problem about taking books from a little free library, and recommend starter horror books. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!

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Books Mentioned –

Bride by Ali Hazelwood

Runner by Ashton Lattimore

We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

The Bewitching by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

 

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Do you love books? Want to learn how to make the most of your reading life? Join hosts Brea Grant and Mallory O’Meara every week as they discuss tips and tricks for reading better on Reading Glasses, a podcast designed to help you get more out of your literary experiences.

As professional creatives and mega-readers, Mallory and Brea are experts on integrating a love of reading into a busy lifestyle. Listeners will get help for bookish problems, like how to vanquish that To-Be-Read pile and organize those bookshelves. Brea and Mallory also offer advice on reader dilemmas. How do you climb out of a reading slump? How do you support authors while still getting books on the cheap? Where do you hide the bodies of the people who won’t stop talking while you’re trying to read? No matter what you read or how you read it, Reading Glasses will help you do it better.

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