# reading room (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 6 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover reading room. Page: Feed: --- ## [💬 The Reading Room: Let’s Talk About Not Finishing Books](https://itsbooktalk.substack.com/p/the-reading-room-lets-talk-about) _2026-08-21 · Renee - ItsBookTalk · ItsBookTalk_ When do you decide to DNF a book? ## [Friday Fun BIG APPLE COMIX "Man Without a City!"](http://atocom.blogspot.com/2026/08/to-true-new-yorker-theres-no-fate-more.html) _2026-08-21 · Britt Reid · Atomic Kommie Comics_ To a true New Yorker, there's no fate more frightening... ...than to be (gasp) forever exiled from the Big Apple! I speak from first-hand experience. Born and raised in Brooklyn, I went to high school in Manhattan and lived there after graduating college until 1999, when I began commuting between NYC and Chicago, eventually settling in Chi-town full-time. Only taking occasional trips back to the… ## [AVENGERS BATTLE THE EARTH-WRECKER "Chapter Seventeen: Avenger vs Avenger"](http://atocom.blogspot.com/2026/08/avengers-battle-earth-wrecker-chapter_01477950067.html) _2026-08-20 · Britt Reid · Atomic Kommie Comics_ Art by John Buscema & Vince Colletta Read the Previous Chapter HERE Chapter Seventeen: Avenger vs Avenger It was not many hours later, after a Quinjet flight and a deep-sea dive, that the other Avengers approached the sea-hatch door of the dome, wary of blast-rays that did not blaze forth. “That’s funny,” said Cap uneasily. “If Karzz is back in control of the dome, having somehow taken Goliath… ## [Thinking About These Books 10 Years Later](https://itsbooktalk.substack.com/p/thinking-about-these-books-10-years) _2026-08-19 · Renee - ItsBookTalk · ItsBookTalk_ Three reviews from the first year of ItsBookTalk- exactly as I wrote them and why I'm ready to reread each one ## [That was Reading Room #12](https://readingroooom.substack.com/p/that-was-reading-room-12) _2026-08-19 · Reading Room · Reading Room_ Recapping our garden edition at the iconic Hansabibliothek. ## [Wednesday Worlds of Wonder JUDGE DREDD "He IS the Law" Part 1](http://atocom.blogspot.com/2026/08/wednesday-worlds-of-wonder-judge-dredd.html) _2026-08-19 · Britt Reid · Atomic Kommie Comics_ What Happens When Americans Take a British Comic Series about Americans...and Reboot It? You're about to find out! We Pause the Narrative Until Next Wednesday Written by Andrew Helfer and illustrated by Michael Avon Oeming, this never-reprinted premiere issue of Judge Dredd (1994) was a continuation of a partnership between DC and England's Fleetway Press which began with a highly-successful… ## [The Bones Didn’t Change](https://authenticglow.substack.com/p/the-bones-didnt-change) _2026-08-18 · IB Girl · The Reading Room_ A Bronze Age goldworker, a Viking warrior, two “lovers,” and what happens when new science audits old certainty ## [AVENGERS BATTLE THE EARTH-WRECKER "Chapter Sixteen: Alien Hunt"](http://atocom.blogspot.com/2026/08/avengers-battle-earth-wrecker-chapter_01301007779.html) _2026-08-18 · Britt Reid · Atomic Kommie Comics_ Art by John Buscema Read the Previous Chapter HERE Chapter Sixteen: Alien Hunt “Keep turning the dial one notch at a time,” instructed Iron Man. It was the next day and they were back at headquarters, using equipment that came from one of Anthony Stark’s labs. There were four monitor screens attended by the four Avengers present. The monitors were connected to a huge computer, and also to four… ## [Monday Mecha Madness SHOGUN WARRIORS "Moon Menace!" part 1](http://atocom.blogspot.com/2026/08/monday-mecha-madness-shogun-warriors.html) _2026-08-17 · Britt Reid · Atomic Kommie Comics_ When Last We left Out Favorite Mecha... ...the Shogun Warriors apparently defeated three simultaneous menaces spawned by meteors! But what was the unifying element behind the trio of extremely-diifferent threats? To Be Continued Next Week..as the MasterMind behind the Threat is Revealed! Note: It's a Kaiju-Sized Surprise! Written by Doug Moench, penciled by Herb Trimpe and inked by Mike Esposito,… ## [They Called Her a Man](https://authenticglow.substack.com/p/they-called-her-a-man) _2026-08-16 · IB Girl · The Reading Room_ For two centuries, archaeologists looked at a Bronze Age goldworker and saw a man. DNA had other ideas. ## [Follow Releases, Get Reminders (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/P3bMizlY6D2D) _2026-08-16 · **Sponsored**_ Follow a genre or a name and receive reminders on release day — free. ## [As One Tale Ends, Another Begins During the RetroBlogs' Summer Blogathon...](http://atocom.blogspot.com/2026/08/as-one-tale-ends-another-begins-during.html) _2026-08-16 · Britt Reid · Atomic Kommie Comics_ ...as we conclude our re-presentation of the historic, never-reprinted premiere Marvel Comics -based 1960s prose novel... ... Avengers Battle the Earth-Wrecker by noted sci-fi/fantasy/pulp/comics author Otto Binder! Continue the journey on Monday at Hero Histories as Avenger battles Avenger in a fight to the death! But, starting today, we begin re-presenting another never-reprinted, time-lost… ## [Space Hero Saturdays SPACE VOYAGERS "Hot Spot"](http://atocom.blogspot.com/2026/08/space-hero-saturdays-space-voyagers-hot.html) _2026-08-15 · Britt Reid · Atomic Kommie Comics_ Every few years in comics, there's a short-lived never-reprinted sci-fi space adventure series... In the 1960s it was Gold Key's Explorers in the Unknown . In the 1970s, it was DC's Space Voyagers , appearing in the back of Rima the Jungle Girl . Though this is the origin tale, it appeared in DC's Rima the Jungle Girl #3 (1974), after a two-parter (set after the events of this tale) ran in #1 &… ## [💬 The Reading Room: What Are You Reading?](https://itsbooktalk.substack.com/p/the-reading-room-what-are-you-reading) _2026-08-14 · Renee - ItsBookTalk · ItsBookTalk_ And what fall releases are you anticipating the most? ## [5 Artists You Should Study This Month](https://artdirectionlibrary.substack.com/p/5-artists-you-should-study-this-month) _2026-08-14 · Zoë Yasemin · ART DIRECTION LIBRARY_ László Moholy-Nagy, Sukeban, Neville Brody, Saul Leiter, Malick Sidibé ## [Friday Fun BIG APPLE COMIX "My Word"](http://atocom.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-legendary-wally-wood-contributed.html) _2026-08-14 · Britt Reid · Atomic Kommie Comics_ The legendary Wally Wood contributed several pieces to this historic one-shot comic... ...but none was better than his New York City-themed re-do of one of his most famous tales... ...from EC's Weird Science #22 (1953) and written by Al Feldstein, not Wood. Unfortunately, due to nudity and naughty words, we can't run it here, but you can find it on our "brother" blog Not Safe for Work Comics !… ## [Work With Me: Book Coaching Services](https://itsbooktalk.substack.com/p/friday-thread-what-is-your-reading) _2026-08-13 · Renee - ItsBookTalk · ItsBookTalk_ Are you a fiction writer with questions? Let me help! ## [AVENGERS BATTLE THE EARTH-WRECKER "Chapter Thirteen: The Avengers' Darkest Hour"](http://atocom.blogspot.com/2026/08/avengers-battle-earthwreckers-chapter.html) _2026-08-13 · Britt Reid · Atomic Kommie Comics_ Art by Don Heck & George Roussos Read the Previous Chapter HERE Chapter Thirteen: The Avengers’ Darkest Hour Cap fell back as a roar burst from the rear of the rocket and a glowing flame drove it upward out of its launch cradle. “Too late!” crowed Karzz. “My rocket is on its way to space orbit above Earth.” Cap clutched at him desperately but once again met the diamond-hard invisible shield of… ## [Wednesday Worlds of Wonder ALIEN WORLDS "Ride the Blue Bus"](http://atocom.blogspot.com/2026/08/wednesday-worlds-of-wonder-alien-worlds.html) _2026-08-12 · Britt Reid · Atomic Kommie Comics_ As Our Economy Collapses, We Ask "Is This the Future Don the Con has in mind for us?" Thanks to him, we are edging ever closer and closer to it! This never-reprinted post-apocalyptic tale by writer Bruce Jones and artist George Perez from Pacific's Alien Worlds #7 (1984) has an odd quirk. Both Toby's friend, Juke , and the unnamed bus driver are illustrated as Black. Yet neither is colored… ## [Women in Translation: 13 Books I've Loved (and 10 More I Can't Wait to Read)](https://itsbooktalk.substack.com/p/women-in-translation-13-books-ive) _2026-08-12 · Renee - ItsBookTalk · ItsBookTalk_ My favorite translated reads by women (organized by country) and the books at the top of my TBR. ## [The Manuscript in the Vault](https://authenticglow.substack.com/p/the-manuscript-in-the-vault) _2026-08-12 · IB Girl · The Reading Room_ A forgotten writer, a famous author, and a manuscript that vanished into the record. ## [One platform, from silicon to agent (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/VnVDlqJ9CFiT) _2026-08-12 · **Sponsored**_ Serverless inference plus Inference Router to optimize cost and latency at scale. ## [AVENGERS BATTLE THE EARTH-WRECKER "Chapter Twelve: Desert Danger"](http://atocom.blogspot.com/2026/08/avengers-battle-earth-wrecker-chapter_0702475026.html) _2026-08-11 · Britt Reid · Atomic Kommie Comics_ Art by Jack Kirby & Marie Severin Read the Previous Chapter HERE Chapter Twelve: Desert Danger For many wasted hours, Captain America had been searching the vast Sahara desert. “Three and a half million square miles,” rode the nagging thought with him; “or almost as big as the United States. It’s like searching from the East Coast. to the West Coast, and from Minnesota down to Texas, for the Storm… ## [The Precedent](https://authenticglow.substack.com/p/the-precedent) _2026-08-09 · IB Girl · The Reading Room_ Florence Deeks spent fifteen years proving H.G. Wells used her manuscript. She lost and her loss is still Canadian law. ## [💬 The Reading Room: Let's Talk The Best Thrillers of the 21st Century](https://itsbooktalk.substack.com/p/the-reading-room-lets-talk-the-best) _2026-08-07 · Renee - ItsBookTalk · ItsBookTalk_ + what are you reading? ## [It's Book Talk: Behind the Scenes 🎙️](https://itsbooktalk.substack.com/p/its-book-talk-behind-the-scenes) _2026-08-05 · Renee - ItsBookTalk · ItsBookTalk_ A very disappointing fall (+ a July) new release I didn't finish & why, the predicted 5 star read I'm currently reading, an upcoming must read and more.... ## [Marthe Gautier: The Woman Who Made Forty-Seven Visible](https://authenticglow.substack.com/p/marthe-gautier-the-woman-who-made) _2026-08-05 · IB Girl · The Reading Room_ How a French pediatrician built the laboratory, revealed the chromosomal cause of Down syndrome, and watched the credit gather around someone else. ## [Reading Together Again](https://readingroooom.substack.com/p/reading-together-again) _2026-08-05 · Reading Room · Reading Room_ Welcome to the Reading Room newsletter – your digital reading community. ## [RSVP NOW OPEN: Reading Room #12 at Hansabibliothek](https://readingroooom.substack.com/p/rsvp-now-open-reading-room-12-at) _2026-08-05 · Reading Room · Reading Room_ Join us for another in-person reading session on August 12. ## [Fellow Readers #17: Theresia Enzensberger, Berlin](https://readingroooom.substack.com/p/fellow-readers-17-theresia-enzensberger) _2026-08-04 · Reading Room · Reading Room_ Fellow Readers is all about highlighting a new book lover from our community, their current projects and favorite reads. ## [What We Are Reading This Summer](https://readingroooom.substack.com/p/what-we-are-reading-this-summer) _2026-08-04 · Reading Room · Reading Room_ A little snapshot of our summer reading so far. ## [That was Reading Room x Filter](https://readingroooom.substack.com/p/that-was-reading-room-x-filter) _2026-08-04 · Reading Room · Reading Room_ A recap of our Reading Room x Filter Special Edition at Bar Neiro. ## [Ask the crowd: AI or not (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/CxWeYgydU7nQ) _2026-08-04 · **Sponsored**_ Get a transparent verdict from verified humans via web, RSS, or API. ## [Listed: Under the Radar August Books](https://itsbooktalk.substack.com/p/listed-under-the-radar-august-books) _2026-08-04 · Renee - ItsBookTalk · ItsBookTalk_ 10 highly curated new books you might not know about ## [The Reading Room: Colour in Image-Making](https://artdirectionlibrary.substack.com/p/the-reading-room-colour-in-image) _2026-08-04 · Zoë Yasemin · ART DIRECTION LIBRARY_ Three books on why colour is a decision, and how to make it deliberately ## [The Woman Who Counted 47](https://authenticglow.substack.com/p/the-woman-who-counted-47) _2026-08-02 · IB Girl · The Reading Room_ Marthe Gautier built the lab that revealed the chromosomal cause of Down syndrome. History remembered someone else. ## [💬 The Reading Room: What Are Your Favorite Reads, Watches, Podcasts, Products, etc of July?](https://itsbooktalk.substack.com/p/the-reading-room-what-are-your-favorite) _2026-07-31 · Renee - ItsBookTalk · ItsBookTalk_ And what are you reading now? ## [Upcoming Closures, September 2026](https://www.lambethpalacelibrary.info/upcoming-closures-september-2026/) _2026-07-30 · hcahill · Lambeth Palace Library_ Please note that the Library building (including the reading room) will be closed to the public on Wednesday 30 September 2026. We are sorry for any inconvenience that this may \[…\] ## [She Read the Sky](https://authenticglow.substack.com/p/she-read-the-sky) _2026-07-29 · IB Girl · The Reading Room_ Wang Zhenyi and the intellectual life women were not supposed to have ## [Links & Lit: Big News](https://itsbooktalk.substack.com/p/links-and-lit-big-news) _2026-07-28 · Renee - ItsBookTalk · ItsBookTalk_ A new chapter, a great recent read, links worth reading! ## [Who Says Daughters Cannot Be Heros?](https://authenticglow.substack.com/p/who-says-daughters-cannot-be-heros) _2026-07-26 · IB Girl · The Reading Room_ She looked at the heavens and saw mathematics instead of myth. ## [💬 The Reading Room: What's Your LAST Five Star Read, Your CURRENT Read, & What Are You Reading NEXT?](https://itsbooktalk.substack.com/p/the-reading-room-whats-your-last) _2026-07-24 · Renee - ItsBookTalk · ItsBookTalk_ Ditto for your tv watching + do you have a favorite paper planner? ## [The Mosque Remembers](https://authenticglow.substack.com/p/the-mosque-remembers) _2026-07-22 · IB Girl · The Reading Room_ Fatima al-Fihri, a fourteenth-century chronicle, and what eleven centuries can't erase. ## [I Don't Care What This Book Is About, I'll Read It.](https://itsbooktalk.substack.com/p/i-dont-care-what-this-book-is-about) _2026-07-22 · Renee - ItsBookTalk · ItsBookTalk_ Ode to an auto read author and becoming a completist ## [The Woman the Walls Remembered](https://authenticglow.substack.com/p/the-woman-the-walls-remembered) _2026-07-20 · IB Girl · The Reading Room_ Fatima al-Fihri, al-Qarawiyyin, and the history we cannot quite prove. ## [The Brief: Gucci Fall/Winter 2007](https://artdirectionlibrary.substack.com/p/the-brief-gucci-fallwinter-2007) _2026-07-18 · Zoë Yasemin · ART DIRECTION LIBRARY_ How a painted backdrop repositioned a brand between old Hollywood and the jungle ## [Mileva Marić: One Stone](https://authenticglow.substack.com/p/mileva-maric-one-stone) _2026-07-15 · IB Girl · The Reading Room_ The woman who believed in "we." ## [One Stone](https://authenticglow.substack.com/p/one-stone) _2026-07-13 · IB Girl · The Reading Room_ Ein Stein. She said it explained why her name wasn't on the papers. It explains everything else, too. ## [Who Was Permitted to Sign](https://authenticglow.substack.com/p/who-was-permitted-to-sign) _2026-07-07 · IB Girl · The Reading Room_ The Structural Design of Scientific Erasure ## [The Gate Had A Lock](https://authenticglow.substack.com/p/the-gate-had-a-lock) _2026-07-05 · IB Girl · The Reading Room_ They weren't missing from science. They were kept out of the record. ## [Upcoming Closures, July-August 2026](https://www.lambethpalacelibrary.info/upcoming-closures-july-august-2026/) _2026-07-03 · Lucy Pinkney · Lambeth Palace Library_ Please note that the Library building will be closed to the public on the following days: The Reading Room and Readers’ Common Room will also be closed to the public \[…\] ## [Wilamaya](https://authenticglow.substack.com/p/wilamaya) _2026-06-30 · IB Girl · The Reading Room_ A 9,000-year-old burial cracked open the myth of “man the hunter.” ## [The Hunter They Assumed Was a Man](https://authenticglow.substack.com/p/the-hunter-they-assumed-was-a-man) _2026-06-29 · IB Girl · The Reading Room_ She was buried with her tools. They assumed wrong anyway.