Books & Reading Blogs

Discussions and reviews of printed works of all kinds.

Resources in this category:

Blogcritics.org
http://blogcritics.org/index.php

A collaborative blog where bloggers review "music, books, film, popular culture, and technology." Popular culture is a grab bag of responses to politics, recent news items, controversial issues, and things to see and do around the country and the world (like the Dachua Beer festival). One can also find discussions/responses to current events in music, books, and film here.

BookBlog
http://www.bookblog.net/

A book discussion group that meets once a month online. Each member of BookBlog volunteers to choose a book, begin the discussion by making the first post, and moderate that discussion.

Brandywine Books
http://www.brandywinebooks.net/

An homage to Tolkien's Lord of the Rings Trilogy, this blog by book lover Phil Wade of Chattanooga, TN, gives book news, reviews, and usually book-related digresses. It also offers a number of other book blogs and links.

Collected Miscellany
http://www.collectedmiscellany.com/

The blog is maintained by Kevin Holtsberry, a freelance writer in Ohio. Along with other contributors, the blog provides opinions and musings about books and writing. It also has long list of other blogs on art and culture.

Cosmopoetica
http://www.cosmopoetica.com/blog/

Blogger/poet Chris Lott, who blogs on a variety of subjects on the internet, blogs here on books, book news, art, and his own attendant psychoses. The site also provides numerous links to book, poetry, art, and music sites and blogs.

Galleycat
http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/

A site hosted by MediaBistro dedicated to books, book reviews, publishing news, and writing and contributed to by various writers/bloggers. A great place to start to find book and publishing resources and news.

The Literary Saloon at The Complete Review: A Literary Weblog
http://www.complete-review.com/saloon/

The Literary Saloon is the weblog of The Complete Review, which reviews books and provides blurbs from other reputable book review sources, as well as news and commentary (which is definitely not restricted to items that can be found on the net).

Maud Newton
http://maudnewton.com/blog/

Insight into the public industry, as well as literary links and news, from the perspective of a Manhattan editor and writer.

MOBYlives
http://www.mobylives.com/

Dennis Loy Johnson, short-story writer and winner of the Pushcart Prize and a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship, has written his syndicated newspaper column of the same name since 1998, discussing books and writers and occasionally giving hope to those fearing the literary arts are dead as Moby Dick -- who didn't die in the Melville's story -- and who is also a fictional creation -- not Melville, the whale. Instead of pondering the viability of the metaphor, attend to the great literary industry gossip and news. There is usually a weekly guest columnist as well.

NewPages Weblog
http://newpagesblog.blogspot.com/

Provides commentary and news on new books, magazines, and music from an alternative perspective. The blog is part of the NewPages internet portal, a gateway to hundreds of alternative and/or independent literary and publishing magazines, publishers, press links, and review sources. NewPages also has its own book and magazine reviews.