# week books (audio feeds) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover week books. Page: Feed: --- ## [On Persian Conspiracies and Modern Myths](https://armenikus.substack.com/p/on-persian-conspiracies-and-modern) _2026-08-16 · Vashik Armenikus · Genius & Ink 🖌_ Letter to the Ancients #8 ## [Friday Reads 8.14.26](https://jtellison.substack.com/p/friday-reads-81426) _2026-08-14 · J.T. Ellison · The Creative Edge_ On The Joy Of Finishing, Some Great Reads, And Is It Time To Start Researching Again??? ## [Francisco de Zurbarán: How to see with Attention and Stillness (Kunstkritik, #1)](https://armenikus.substack.com/p/francisco-zurbaran-faith-money-and) _2026-08-13 · Vashik Armenikus · Genius & Ink 🖌_ The National Gallery's Amazing Exhibition on this forgotten genius. ## [I Lost My Journal with 160+ Pages of Notes in London (The London Dispatch, #1)](https://armenikus.substack.com/p/i-lost-my-journal-with-160-pages) _2026-08-09 · Vashik Armenikus · Genius & Ink 🖌_ Reading notes to Marg ## [Episode 175 - Reading From Our TBRs Again](https://wellread.podbean.com/e/reading-from-our-tbrs/) _2026-08-08 · Well-Read_ We love a TBR episode, and even better is a TBR episode when we pick books for each other! Listen in for our selections, and we’ll end with what we’re reading this week. Books and other media mentioned in this episode: Ann’s picks: The God of the Woods by Liz Moore – Long Bright River by Liz Moore The Mystery Writer by Sulari Gentill – The Woman in the Library in Sulari Gentill – Five Found Dead… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/zh2t3c3ccn4twapt/WR_Ep_175.mp3) ## [Live with J.T. Ellison featuring NYT bestselling author Jayne Ann Krentz](https://jtellison.substack.com/p/live-with-jt-ellison-featuring-nyt) _2026-08-07 · J.T. Ellison · The Creative Edge_ Watch now (48 mins) | A recording from J.T. Ellison's live video [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210096139/b5baffd5efe5cdfa7a841ed19df063aa.mp3) ## [Friday Reads 8.7.26](https://jtellison.substack.com/p/friday-reads-8726) _2026-08-07 · J.T. Ellison · The Creative Edge_ I Need Clones, Losing a Mentor, and "Hey, Kid, Want Some Candy?" ## [Rules of Writing: Marguerite Yourcenar](https://armenikus.substack.com/p/rules-of-writing-marguerite-yourcenar) _2026-08-02 · Genius & Ink 🖌_ The author of Memoirs of Hadrian, one of the greatest novels of the 20th century. ## [The Dangers of Slow Reading and Good Writing](https://armenikus.substack.com/p/the-dangers-of-slow-reading-and-good) _2026-07-26 · Vashik Armenikus · Genius & Ink 🖌_ Some reflections of writing on Substack for two years every week. ## [Friday Reads 7.24.26](https://jtellison.substack.com/p/friday-reads-72426) _2026-07-24 · J.T. Ellison · The Creative Edge_ So We’re Going To Use AI To Ferret Out AI Now? Sigh. ## [Marketplace for AI-Powered Professionals (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/uOyZAxnqsJTt) _2026-07-24 · **Sponsored**_ Find professionals who use ChatGPT, Copilot, and Claude to deliver work faster. ## [Finishing 'The Odyssey' Brought Me To Tears (The Odyssey Read-Along, 11)](https://armenikus.substack.com/p/finishing-the-odyssey-brought-me) _2026-07-19 · Vashik Armenikus · Genius & Ink 🖌_ Week 11: Books 23-24 ## [Friday Reads 7.17.26](https://jtellison.substack.com/p/friday-reads-71726) _2026-07-17 · J.T. Ellison · The Creative Edge_ 10,000 Words in a Day? You Betcha! ## [Episode 174 - 2026 Mid-Year Check-In](https://wellread.podbean.com/e/2026-mid-year-check-in/) _2026-07-12 · Well-Read_ Somehow this year is already halfway over (!!!!!), so it’s time to check in on our reading goals and parts of our book lives. Books and other media mentioned in this episode: Litsy Next Chapter Society Book Club Libba Bray books @mysterymanon on Instagram @mother.horror on Instagram @ash.reads.horror on Instagram Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë Wuthering Heights (film) War and Peace by Leo… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/76imfnft8pb8sei5/WR_Ep_174.mp3) ## [Sodom and Ithaca: Odysseus Brings Justice (The Odyssey Read-Along, 10)](https://armenikus.substack.com/p/sodom-and-ithaca-odysseus-brings) _2026-07-12 · Vashik Armenikus · Genius & Ink 🖌_ Week 10: Books 21-22 ## [Friday Reads 7.10.26](https://jtellison.substack.com/p/friday-reads-71026) _2026-07-10 · J.T. Ellison · The Creative Edge_ What I Did On My Summer Vacation ## [Odysseus's Secret to (Un)Happy Marriage (The Odyssey Read-Along, 9)](https://armenikus.substack.com/p/odysseuss-secret-to-unhappy-marriage) _2026-07-05 · Vashik Armenikus · Genius & Ink 🖌_ Week 9: Books 19-20 ## [Odysseus Confronts His Shadow (The Odyssey Read-Along, 8)](https://armenikus.substack.com/p/odysseus-confronts-his-shadow-the) _2026-06-28 · Vashik Armenikus · Genius & Ink 🖌_ Week 8: Books 17-18 ## [Episode 173 - Pride Month Reads](https://wellread.podbean.com/e/episode-173-pride-month-reads/) _2026-06-21 · Well-Read_ [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/8i5gvgydsiuwbybp/WR_Ep_173.mp3) ## [When Sons Don't Recognise Their Fathers: Odysseus and Telemachus (The Odyssey Read-Along, 7)](https://armenikus.substack.com/p/when-sons-dont-recognise-their-fathers) _2026-06-21 · Vashik Armenikus · Genius & Ink 🖌_ Week 7: Books 15-16 ## [Odysseus: How To Stop Being a Stranger in Your Own Home (The Odyssey Read-Along)](https://armenikus.substack.com/p/odysseus-how-to-stop-being-a-stranger) _2026-06-14 · Vashik Armenikus · Genius & Ink 🖌_ Week 7: Books 13-14 ## [Never miss a game (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/lSqBL0EmVU77) _2026-06-14 · **Sponsored**_ Follow any team; get an hour and one-minute web and email reminders. ## [Homer's Inferno: Odysseus Meets Achilles (The Odyssey Read-Along)](https://armenikus.substack.com/p/homers-inferno-odysseus-meets-achilles) _2026-06-07 · Vashik Armenikus · Genius & Ink 🖌_ Week 6: Books 11-12 ## [Friday Reads 6.5.26](https://jtellison.substack.com/p/friday-reads-6526) _2026-06-05 · J.T. Ellison · The Creative Edge_ Summer Sabbatical, Killer Thriller Picks, and the Contentification of Books ## [Episode 172 – Authors We Want To Read More From](https://wellread.podbean.com/e/authors-we-want-to-read-more-from/) _2026-05-31 · Well-Read_ If you’re anything like us, you often read a book you love, add the author’s books to your TBR…and there they sit, unread. Thanks to a listener suggestion, we’re making goals this week to rectify that! Books and other media mentioned in this episode: Meg Mitchell Moore books Ann’s picks: All We Were Promised by Ashton Lattimore – Runner by Ashton Lattimore – Ariel Lawhon books – The Pirate Queen… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/nhqdydsg6va4eif4/WR_Ep_172.mp3) ## [Odysseus: Athena Against Cyclops, Hermes Against Circe (Odyssey Read-Along #5)](https://armenikus.substack.com/p/odysseus-athena-against-cyclops-hermes) _2026-05-31 · Vashik Armenikus · Genius & Ink 🖌_ Week 5: Books 9-10 ## [Friday Reads 5.29.26](https://jtellison.substack.com/p/friday-reads-52925-0ae) _2026-05-29 · J.T. Ellison · The Creative Edge_ Cardinals, Lip Butter, and Being Rocked By A Great Thriller ## [Paralysed Life: William James' Essay on Justification of Faith](https://armenikus.substack.com/p/paralysed-life-william-james-essay) _2026-05-28 · Vashik Armenikus · Genius & Ink 🖌_ Between two Wills: William Clifford vs William James ## [Odysseus: How to Heal Your Trauma (Odyssey Read-Along #4)](https://armenikus.substack.com/p/odysseus-how-to-heal-your-trauma) _2026-05-24 · Vashik Armenikus · Genius & Ink 🖌_ Week 4: Books 7-8 ## [Friday Reads 5.22.26](https://jtellison.substack.com/p/friday-reads-52226) _2026-05-22 · J.T. Ellison · The Creative Edge_ When Is It Okay To Quit Reading A Book? ## [Inside 14: Writing the Snow White Killer](https://jtellison.substack.com/p/inside-14-writing-the-snow-white) _2026-05-19 · J.T. Ellison · The Creative Edge_ J.T. Ellison on Taylor Jackson, Sequels, and a Book that Practically Wrote Itself ## [Odysseus: How to Cross the Threshold of the Unconscious (Odyssey Read-Along #3)](https://armenikus.substack.com/p/odysseus-how-to-cross-the-threshold) _2026-05-17 · Vashik Armenikus · Genius & Ink 🖌_ Week 3: Books 5-6 ## [Meet Claude, the AI assistant (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/m2WW1hYbMnA2) _2026-05-17 · **Sponsored**_ Conversational AI to answer questions, brainstorm ideas, and help with tasks. ## [How to Read The Odyssey with Professor Emily Katz Anhalt (Podcast)](https://armenikus.substack.com/p/how-to-read-the-odyssey-with-professor) _2026-05-16 · Vashik Armenikus · Genius & Ink 🖌_ “The immortality the Greeks understood was of other people remembering you and telling your stories — as we are still doing with Odysseus.” [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/197406799/7c11181d62228dbf480edd9a42e01c65.mp3) ## [Episode 171 - Summer 2026 Book Preview](https://wellread.podbean.com/e/summer-2026-book-preview/) _2026-05-10 · Well-Read_ Summer is here, and so is a new crop of books! Relax by the pool, go on vacation, or just hang out in air conditioning with our picks. Books and other media mentioned in this episode: Japanese Gothic by Kylie Lee Baker This Is Not About Us by Allegra Goodman Ann Patchett books Catherine Newman books Katherine Center books The Ending Writes Itself by Evelyn Clarke And Then There Were None by Agatha… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/qtksjs5tqnmwcguy/WR_Ep_171.mp3) ## [Would You Pass the Helen of Troy Test? (Odyssey Read-Along #2)](https://armenikus.substack.com/p/would-you-pass-the-helen-of-troy) _2026-05-10 · Vashik Armenikus · Genius & Ink 🖌_ Week 2: Books 3-4 ## [Comfort Without Meaning is a Form of Death (Odyssey Read-Along, #1)](https://armenikus.substack.com/p/comfort-without-meaning-is-a-form) _2026-05-03 · Vashik Armenikus · Genius & Ink 🖌_ Week 1: Books 1-2 ## [Victor Hugo: The Ghost of Dante in His Haunted Drawings](https://armenikus.substack.com/p/victor-hugo-the-ghost-of-dante-in) _2026-04-26 · Vashik Armenikus · Genius & Ink 🖌_ From the shores of Guernsey to the City of Dis ## [Our Bookish Confessions](https://wellread.podbean.com/e/our-bookish-confessions/) _2026-04-12 · Well-Read_ [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/q2t98cj3haqtis4w/WR_Ep_170.mp3) ## [Episode 169 - Readalikes for Our Childhood Favorites](https://wellread.podbean.com/e/read-alikes-for-our-childhood-favorites/) _2026-03-29 · Well-Read_ Thanks to a listener suggestion, we’re finding adult-audience readalikes for the books we loved as kids! Books and other media mentioned in this episode: Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder The Little House Cookbook by Barbara M. Walker Ann’s picks: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis and The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow Anne of Green Gables by L.M.… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/9qjvmupdae6gci7a/Ep_1696uggr.mp3) ## [Celebrating Irish Stories](https://wellread.podbean.com/e/celebrating-irish-stories/) _2026-03-14 · Well-Read_ [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/8fvj9fd2g7zaus4f/WR_Ep_168.mp3) ## [Episode 167 - Reading from our TBRs: Pink Covers](https://wellread.podbean.com/e/reading-from-our-tbrs-pink-covers/) _2026-02-14 · Well-Read_ Get in the mood for Valentine’s Day (and to clear space off your shelves) when we tackle the pink books on our TBRs! Books and other media mentioned in this episode: Ann’s picks: The Ex Talk by Rachel Lynn Solomon – Sarah Vowell books – Audie Cornish on NPR The Guncle Abroad by Steven Rowley – The Guncle by Steven Rowley American Fantasy by Emma Straub – New Kids on the Block (band) Halle’s picks:… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/azxzpx5rvaxwpgxy/WR_Ep_167.mp3) ## [Episode 166 - Winter/Spring 2026 Book Preview](https://wellread.podbean.com/e/winter-2026-book-preview/) _2026-01-25 · Well-Read_ It’s a new year and we’re so excited about the roster of books coming out in 2026! Find out what we can’t wait to dive into this winter and spring. Books and other media mentioned in this episode: Jane Austen books Good Things: Recipes and Rituals to Share with People You Love by Samin Nosrat Amity by Nathan Harris Buckeye by Patrick Ryan The Wilderness by Angela Flournoy The Heartbreak Hotel by… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/e6x37df3b6x4m2rs/WR_Ep_166.mp3)