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 Graham, filmmaker, and e-reader. This episode, we're doing our last anticipated books for 2024. What's coming out in December?

What are we excited to read? The last, the stragglers of the year, we've got them for you folks.

The dregs, just kidding, they're great.

We love them, not dregs at all.

Plus, we test out the books, books.

It's pronounced books, we figured it out.

It is pronounced books, but I want to pronounce it books. The books, e-reader, and settle a debate about audible originals.

But first, what are you reading, Bram?

I'm reading The Paring by Casey McQuiston.

Oh, nice.

You like it?

Yes, it's really enjoyable.

Very, look, if you're looking for something where you're like, it's fun, nice romance. And there's food. There's a food and travel element.

Talk about people on a journey.

This is like made for you.

It's a couple that broke up.

It's two bisexuals.

And they dated.

And they're having like a bang off but with other people, right?

Yes.

But it starts with them.

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