Book/Lit Blogs

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Somebody asked in the "Introduce Yourself" thread about good book/lit blogs.

I only read two, at the moment, because they're the only ones I really know about:

Bookslut (www.bookslut.com/blog/)
The Elegant Variation (http://marksarvas.blogs.com/elegvar/)

I have my own at www.vestige.org/daily/ but I won't comment on its quality.

Anyone else have some recommendations?

August (August), Wednesday, 25 February 2004 04:37 (twenty years ago) link

www.chicklit.com

It's not the currently popular genre - it's discussions on who's reading what, recommendations, etc. And Bookslut.com is excellent!

yesabibliophile (yesabibliophile), Wednesday, 25 February 2004 05:25 (twenty years ago) link

Is there a problem with the server, do you know? I can't seem to connect.

August (August), Wednesday, 25 February 2004 05:26 (twenty years ago) link

Thanks for the kind words about my blog; if you look at the left side, under "The Objects of My Affection" I link to about a half dozen others. Maud Newton's is the best of the bunch. Enjoy!

The Elegant Varation, Wednesday, 25 February 2004 06:24 (twenty years ago) link

Nice blog. The Unbearable Lightness of Beijing made me snort with laughter.

Mikey G (Mikey G), Wednesday, 25 February 2004 10:09 (twenty years ago) link

I find myself looking at the Literary Saloon a lot.

Your blog looks excellent, btw, August.

Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Wednesday, 25 February 2004 12:30 (twenty years ago) link

I like going to All Consuming to see what books are mentioned in blogs. It's cool because they list books mentioned in the last hour, day, week, etc.

Vermont Girl (Vermont Girl), Wednesday, 25 February 2004 13:24 (twenty years ago) link

August, chicklit.com is back up - no idea why it wasn't connecting for me either...

yesabibliophile (yesabibliophile), Wednesday, 25 February 2004 15:18 (twenty years ago) link

I was the one who brought up the good lit blogs in the 'Introduce Yourself' thread. Guess I should have started a new thread there. Anyway, here are some of the ones I read daily:

http://www.artsjournal.com/aboutlastnight/ (more cultural than literary)
http://bookninja.com/
http://sarahweinman.blogspot.com/
http://www.nchicha.com/cupofchicha/
http://www.identitytheory.com/ (good interviews with authors)
http://www.complete-review.com/saloon/
http://www.maudnewton.com/blog/ (probably my favorite)
http://moorishgirl.com/
http://www.edrants.com/
http://marksarvas.blogs.com/elegvar/
Its a lot I know. But these are the most interesting in my opinion.

Bookdwarf (bookdwarf), Wednesday, 25 February 2004 16:21 (twenty years ago) link

August, your blog looks excellent. Have added it to my links.

Bookdwarf (bookdwarf), Wednesday, 25 February 2004 16:29 (twenty years ago) link

Me again. Here are 2 Canadian literary magazines:
http://geist.com/
http://www.maisonneuve.org/index.php

bookdwarf (bookdwarf), Wednesday, 25 February 2004 16:32 (twenty years ago) link

here is my book blog:

http://trialshoe.blogspot.com/newbooks/index.html

I can, and will, talk all day about books. Especially if you feed me Guinness beer.

"The world will not be saved by politics, but by art."
--Copenhagen

McDowell Crook, Friday, 5 March 2004 06:58 (twenty years ago) link

Bugger, here's mine: paulisaacs.blogspot.com

Chuck Tatum (Chuck Tatum), Friday, 5 March 2004 21:43 (twenty years ago) link

Heyo Chuck,

I dig yer blog, but it's about films, not books. This is a book/lit category, and I hate to say it but usually the book is way better than the movie. Unless we're talking about Apocalypse Now. Or One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

Come to think of it, what are your ideas on books/movies, and which convey the idea better?

McDowell Crook, Saturday, 6 March 2004 14:18 (twenty years ago) link

Okay... I'll post my blog. It's not all about books (random/personal bits appear now and then), but it mostly is. Fluid Motion.

Vermont Girl (Vermont Girl), Tuesday, 9 March 2004 13:22 (twenty years ago) link

Hey! There's two books on there, The Book Against God and some other thing, with more to come.

Chuck Tatum (Chuck Tatum), Tuesday, 9 March 2004 16:55 (twenty years ago) link

four years pass...

update pls

cozen (cozwn), Sunday, 21 September 2008 13:33 (fifteen years ago) link

Jaq, do you still blog on books at illiterati?

Aimless, Sunday, 21 September 2008 17:14 (fifteen years ago) link

http://buggeryville.blogspot.com cough cough.

Casuistry, Tuesday, 23 September 2008 03:24 (fifteen years ago) link

www.bookgasm.com

argle bargle HOOSa slobber (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Tuesday, 23 September 2008 03:28 (fifteen years ago) link

http://www.bookride.com/

Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 23 September 2008 03:37 (fifteen years ago) link

eight years pass...

http://languagehat.com/mark-woods-rip/

wood s lot proprietor mark woods has died

j., Wednesday, 22 February 2017 16:59 (seven years ago) link

Ach, that's horrible news. Always one of my go-to sites back in the day. He seemed inexhaustible.

The shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums (Chinaski), Sunday, 26 February 2017 17:50 (seven years ago) link


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