Hey, Glassers, Mallory here. Just dropping something into this week's episode that was recorded a few weeks ago.

And we wanted to let everyone know because people have been messaging us, posting on Slack and wondering online, Bree and I are okay from the fires.

Our pets are okay. Our homes are okay. Our loved ones are okay. It's been a really scary time, but we really

appreciate the love and support and the care that you've all shown, checking up on us. We're

pretty stressed out and very, very heartbroken, but we're okay. And we love you all. If you're

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Brea will be posting some links.

And we hope all of our Los Angeles glasses are safe just as we are.

And again, we love you.

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 Grant filmmaker and e-reader.

This episode, we're talking about how to deal with book snubs.

Someone who's telling you what you're reading isn't cool. Plus, we test out those

snack trays for Stanley Cups, see if they're good for a reading accessory. We have opinions,

and we recommend historical fiction. But first, Brea, what are you reading? I'm reading a backlist

book. I'm on my backlist times from 2018. It's Spending Silver by Naomi Novick.

Ooh. Have you read this Naomi Novick? No, I've read, I've read a few of other books, but I haven't read this one. Yeah, I've only read the Dark Academia one. I read uprooted, which I really

liked. Yeah, this one is another fantasy. I thought, this is the time of year I like to read

fantasy because I'm thinking about it being cold and this is a cold fantasy there's cold stuff

happening in this

and this is definitely

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