A Fuse #8 Production: Children's literature is not for the weak. It's a ruthless cutthroat business with lots of gnashes of the teeth. Children's librarianship, in contrast, is a sweet sweet ride. This site includes links and tips to kidlit related sites of interest as well as reviews of the newest children's books.

Abundant Books: The blog of a self confessed book addict. Reviews and musing about what, where and how she reads. She is a teacher librarian with a bent for fantasy and vampire fiction, as well as popular fiction read with the reading group that she belongs to.
Amazon's Monday Book Blog: nice compendium of book-related news.

Biblio File is where a working librarian and library student who spends too much time reading shares all she has read. She is not genre specific, but her job makes her heavy on children's and YA.

Big A little a--Kelly Herold reviews children's books and links to news items about children's literature. Kelly also edits a children's literature monthly, The Edge of the Forest.

Bluestalking Reader, Independent Reviewer/Freelance Writer and library program coordinator located in the Chicago metro area. Member, National Book Critics Circle.

A Book is Like a Garden Carried in the Pocket

Book-a-rama, a reader's blog, from chick-lit to classic literature. Also general discussions, memes and quizzes on book related topics.

Poet Kay Day's Book Beat is subtitled "Lions, tigers, and books! Oh yes." Her blog is filled with wise advice, humor and news.

BookClubGirl is a blog dedicated to sharing great books, news and tips with book club girls everywhere.

BookFox covers literary fiction, readings and news from the Los Angeles literary scene, includes reviews of recent books, and offers news about authors and prizes.

Bookgasm is a daily book reviews/news website dedicated to genre fiction (thrillers, mystery, horror, sci-fi, fantasy), as well as entertainment, oddball nonfiction and comics/graphic novels.

BookMums is a book review blog site reviewing books for babies and children. All the books have been reviewed by blog owner and mum of three young children, Sinead Hoben, a qualified English teacher.

Book Nut: blog from Melissa of Wichita, KS

BookTryst .. well, after seeing the other blogs here, I can only describe this as my own uncool, un-intellectual but interesting blog on books (new, old, bought, borrowed, found, discovered) I've recently read! And you may enjoy it anyway!

The Boston Bibliophile is a Boston-area librarian who blogs about books, reading and the Internet. It's a fun, chatty blog with reviews and opinions. And every Monday is Graphic Novel Monday, with a new or favorite comic book reviewed and discussed. Come visit!

Brandywine Books: Primarily a book news blog, we talk about literary and non-literary matters as the urge strikes.

Daughters of Catastrophe: Award-winning Seattle fiction writer and playwright S. P. Miskowski prepares for an upcoming production of her play examining American values in the age of affluence. Includes excerpts as well as serialized fiction.

Dotcomwomen's Book Blog (www.dcwblogs.com/books) is written by Pattie Reitz and is updated periodically. She writes about a variety of books and her book addiction.

DoveGrey Reader a daily must-read about books, life and stuff.

Exxie's Book Lounge: A 52 books in 52 weeks yearly challenge.

Great Reads-Book reviews on fantasy, sci-fi and romance in and out of mainstream...all great books you need to read!

Historical / Present

http://dannyreviews.com/ Over 900 book reviews, covering all kinds of books - fiction and nonfiction, with a broad range of genre and subject.

I, The Author, author Ray Wong's blog.

Independent Bookstore Photo Gallery: Our goal is to gain exposure for Independent Bookstores through the posting of photographs and information pertaining to those stores. We strive to be an invaluable resource for the book buying public by giving the reader/traveler the option of viewing the bookshop before visiting the specific area.

In the Pages: Youth Services Librarian shares her reading list. Was started as a way to answer patrons' question: What have you read that's good lately???

It's All About the Book, from librarian Patricia Uttaro in Rochester, NY.

Lesa Holstine's comments about books, with an emphasis on mysteries.

Librarian Maggie Moran inspires Mississippians to read at MaggieReads. Her book talks, mostly non-fiction, appear weekly in five local newspapers in northern Mississippi.

London Review of Books Online

Necessary Acts of Devotion "We visit bookshops not so often to buy any one special book, but rather to discover, in the happier and more expressive words of others, our own encumbered souls."

Occasional Book Reviews

Reader's Advisory Librarian Lora Bruggeman has a new book blog called Pop Goes Fiction. She includes read-alikes and suggestions for further reading, as well as her "Best of" list.

PfeifferBooknotes All things books -- book reviews, news, awards, etc.

Public Readings A blog about books, book news, and using the public library

Reading Life (Days with Cats and Books) is a blog about my reading, which includes a lot of YA and children's literature, and literary fiction. I like sentences and syntax as well as great characters, plots, illustrations, and all that. Philip Pullman, Henry James, Michael Ondaatje, Beatrix Potter and Jane Austen are in my pantheon.

ricklibrarian is a blog for the reviewing of books, media, and the web and commenting on libraries and library services.

Ruining My Eyes: Book reviewer Amy Brozio-Andrews blogs about books!

Santa Monica Citywide Reads Blog: Santa Monica, CA's one city one book program, celebrating its 6th year in 2008 with Jim Lynch's The Highest Tide, has now joined the blogosphere. Check out the blog for information on the program, the book & author, as well as special related events, like a visit from Jean-Michel Cousteau.

Semicolon: A homeschool mom blogs about the books we read.

Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast -- Eisha and Jules are both librarians. They love to read. They need books like they need air and water. And when they review a children's book (which they do -- a lot), they pledge to never use the word "cute" to describe it. Enjoy their blog and all the reviews and links therein.

Soliloquy in Blue is a book review site featuring recent reads and conforming to no specific genre. Historical fiction, mystery, young adult, and manga predominate at the moment.

So Many Books: The agony and ecstasy of a reading life.

Stephanie's Confessions of a Book-a-holic

The Long and the Short of It-- A resource for romance readers including reviews, author interviews, contests, free short stories, and more.

Tillabooks: Will's Book Blog: A reading blog devoted first to science fiction and fantasy, with a good dose of mystery, suspense, other fiction and nonfiction thrown in.

Trashionista "We read books like they're going out of fashion."

Why We Read What We Read: This blog analyzes the themes of bestselling books and what they reveal about American culture. A continuation of the book Why We Read What We Read: A Delightfully Opinionated Journey Through Contemporary Bestsellers by Lisa Adams and John Heath.

Wordswimmer offers writers a chance to explore the writing process, as well as exchange insights into favorite books for children and young adults.

Other Book Related Links

Booklist Online

Likely Stories

• But He’s Irish
• And While We’re on the Subject of Short Stories…
• Does Alice Munro Really Mean It?

Powell's Books: Author Interviews

• Interview with Steven Johnson
• Interview with Philip Gourevitch
• Interview with Kate Atkinson

See also:

• DCW Book Blog
• Literati Lust
• A Book is Like a Garden Carried in the Pocket
• Abundant Books