What bookish blogs do you read? [ Edited ]

[Jon_B]

These days almost everyone has a blog, and luckily for us, there are a lot of avid readers out there who started some great blogs reviewing the books that they read.  I encounter cool book bloggers on Twitter and elsewhere all the time, and in fact I know we've got some excellent bloggers among the members of our own community.  So I thought it'd be nice to have a thread where we recommend and discuss the bookish blogs that we read - in addition, of course, to Barnes&Noble.com's own blogs.

Some blogs from the community:

Our very own Melissa_W is the author of a great blog at http://balletbookworm.blogspot.com/ - she's on Twitter as @balletbookworm

Longtime Book Clubs member debbook has a very nicely designed book review blog at http://bookmagic418.blogspot.com/ - not sure if she's on Twitter, so debbook please stop by and say so if you are.

If you are into horror, TheEerieCoterie (also a member of the BN family) has an excellent blog reviewing a ton of great horrorific reads at http://eerie-coterie.blogspot.com/  - and I think our magician avatar looks decidedly creepier when recontextualized over there.

Another longtime community member, shesaxsensation, is one of the three reviews at this great YA lit blog: http://www.bambookreviews.blogspot.com/  - and you can follow them on Twitter at @briana_reads

Also a well known community member, Ryan_G has a blog named after one of our own ranks here (or rather, named after the kingdom named after that rank) at the Book Clubs and covers a number of fun literary topics at http://wordsmithonia.blogspot.com/ and can be found on Twitter as @wordsmithonia

Some blogs I discovered through Twitter (which may well belong to community members and I just haven't matched them up - so give me a shout if one of these is you! ) :

Deborah K, aka @beatccr on Twitter, has a great blog called Books, Movies, and Chinese Food.  A great combination!  Read it at http://books-movies-chinesefood.blogspot.com/ - her most recent review is The Christmas Lamp by Lori Copeland.

Beth F, aka @BethFishReads on Twitter, covers a great variety of books at her Beth Fish Reads blog, which you can find here:  http://bfishreads.blogspot.com/ - her most recent review is The Russian Hill Murders by Shirley Tallman.  I think I might pick that one up myself actually!

S. Krishna, @skrishna on Twitter, reads and reviews an amazing number of books and also does a lot of fun contests.  Her most recent review is about Mennonite in a Little Black Dress  by Rhoda Jansen.

Pam van Hylckam, aka @bookaliciouspam on Twitter, managed to snag one of the best domain names on the literary web! Her blog can be found at http://bookalicio.us/ and her last book review was onTempted

by P.C. Cast.

This is just a handful of the bookish blogs I've come across through working in the community here and on Twitter, and they're some of my favorites.  There are a ton of other great book blogs out there waiting to be discovered.  Please let us know what book blogs you are reading, what kind of books they are about and any other useful info, such as whether we can follow the blogger on Twitter as well. And I know many of you probably have bookish blogs you'd like to tell us about - so please do!

[nomadwriter]

I have a book blog: nomadreader. I'm also on twitter @nomadreader.

Happy reading!

[Melissa_W Moderator]

Awww, thanks, Jon!  I guess I need to get my butt in gear and finish the stack of reviews languishing in the "draft" list   I've been a lazybones today due to my enforced snowday (if you live east of the Midwest, watch out! we got hammered and it's coming your way )

To add to Jon's list:

Deb (debbook) is on Twitter @bookmagicdeb if y'all want to say Hi!

Rebecca is @bookladysblog and blogs at http://www.thebookladysblog.com/ - she loved John Irving's latest, Last Night in Twisted River, and recently completed the "I (heart) the Spark" dare in which she had to read Nicholas Sparks's latest (her review is pretty funny).

Jen is @devourerofbooks and blogs at http://www.devourerofbooks.com/.  Her most recent review is of Her Mother's Daughter.

Rachel is @raychraych and is probably my most favorite sassy Canadian book blogger - http://www.booksidoneread.blogspot.com/. Check out her review of Madame Proust and the Kosher Kitchen (Canadian Edition). 

My most favorite sassy Canadian knit blogger is Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, aka the Yarn Harlot.  Who also writes books (and occasionally blogs about writing amidst a messy house when she really wants to escape and knit).  And twitters @YarnHarlot.

Jenn is @jennsbookshelf and blogs at http://www.jennsbookshelves.com/.  She has a good mix of different types including a few reviews from a young Horrid Henry fan.

I have lots more but I'd rather not hog the page!!  My Google Reader is stuffed full (I should probably go read the posts)

[AlexaB]

I love BethFish reads and S. Krishna's blogs

Three of my favourites are

Book Chic http://bookchicclub.blogspot.com/

The Book Chick http://bookchick.com/

Ten Cent Notes http://tencentnotes.wordpress.com/

And I blog about YA books at http://notenoughbookshelves.blogspot.com/ and have some fabulous authors guest posting this week

[BooksOnTheKnob]

I read

J. Kay's Book Blog

http://j-kaye-book-blog.blogspot.com/ 

@J_Kaye

and

Beth's Book Review

http://bethsbookreviewblog.blogspot.com/

@BethsBookReview

My own blog is about books, but is not focused on book reviews.

Karen

Books On The Knob - a blog about free and bargain books
http://booksontheknob.blogspot.com
Twitter - @BooksOnTheKnob

[bookaliciouspam]

Thanks so much for mentioning me on your list. I absolutely love blogging mostly about YA books!

Some of my favorite bloggers are:

Maw Books: http://blog.mawbooks.com

Trish from Hey Lady: http://heylady.net

Someone already mentioned Jen from Devourer of Books, and you already highlighted Skrishna and Beth Fish.

Amy from over at http://myfriendamy.com

Laura from: http://imbookingit.wordpress.com/

and finally Deb from: hhttp://debbiesworldofbooks.com/

[debbook]

Thanks for the mention Jon and Melissa!

I have Ryan and Melissa on my blog roll as well as Beth F and Skrishna and Devoureofbooks

Deb at Wrighty's Reads

and Kaye at Pudgy Penguin Perusals are former BN bookclubbers

Michelle at The True Book Addict is a new BNer and has a fab Christmas blog also on twitter 

https://twitter.com/truebookaddict

MelLhay (Melissa) from BN blogs at My World

https://twitter.com/MelLHay

I also enjoy Colette's blog A Buckeye Girl Reads - her reviews are always fun

https://twitter.com/buckeyegirl31

Tasha at Heidenkind's Hideaway is currently undertaking a very scientific comparison of Fallen Angel's vs Vampires. check out her blog to see who won! 

https://twitter.com/heidenkind

[Ryan_G]

A lot of my favorite blogs have already been mentioned.

Deb at Bookmagic (I had to bold it because I was a bad brother and left it off the first time) 

Beth a Beth's Book Review

Melissa at My World

Michelle at The True Book Addict

Melissa at Scuffed Slippers and Wormy Books

Colette at A Buckeye Girl Reads

Tasha at Heidenkind's Hideaway

They are all great bloggers and great people.

Some of my other favorites are:

Bella at A Bibliophile's Bookshelf http://www.abibliophile.com/ Great Canadian Blogger

Celia at Adventures of Cecelia Bedelia http://ceceliabedelia.blogspot.com/  Hillarious blogger always makes me laugh

Alexia at Alexia's Books and Such http://alexia561.blogspot.com/ Always has an interesting perspective

Carolyn at Book Chick City http://www.bookchickcity.com/ Great English blogger

Carol at Carol's Notebook http://carolsnotebook.wordpress.com/ Always brings a smile to my face

Peter at KyusiReader http://kyusireader.blogspot.com/ Great blogger from the Phillipines

Krista at Life or Something Like it http://carmen-krista.blogspot.com/ Also a BN member

Stephanie at Misfit Salon http://misfitsalon.blogspot.com/ Her blog never bores and is always fun

Zia at My Life in Not So Many Word http://ziarias.blogspot.com/ Great blogger and wonderful twitterrer

Ceri at Not in the Pink http://notinthepink.blogspot.com/ Fantastic blogger with a strong voice

Sheila at One Person's Journey Through a World of Books http://bookjourney.wordpress.com/ Great blogger from my home state of Minneasoa

Michelle at Red Headed Book Child http://redheadedbookchild.blogspot.com/ Great blogger with an adorable kid

Jaime at Revenge of the Book Nerds http://booknerdextraordinaire.blogspot.com/ Wonderful blogger who has a great attitude towards life and books

Elena at With Extra Pulp http://withextrapulp.com.au/ Cool, strong blogger from Australia

I know between the ones that were mentioned by others and the long list I've just added that it there are a lot of fantastic book blogs out there. 

[debbook]

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Ryan_G wrote:

A lot of my favorite blogs have already been mentioned.

Beth a Beth's Book Review

Melissa at My World

Michelle at The True Book Addict

Melissa at Scuffed Slippers and Wormy Books

Colette at A Buckeye Girl Reads

Tasha at Heidenkind's Hideaway

They are all great bloggers and great people.

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Don't worry Ryan, my heart is not broken for leaving me off the list  *sobbing in a corner*

[Ryan_G]

I promise that I thought I had you on there. Cross my heart, hope to die, stick a thousand needles in my eye!  I should have double checked before I posted though. Sorry sis!

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debbook wrote:

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Ryan_G wrote:

A lot of my favorite blogs have already been mentioned.

Beth a Beth's Book Review

Melissa at My World

Michelle at The True Book Addict

Melissa at Scuffed Slippers and Wormy Books

Colette at A Buckeye Girl Reads

Tasha at Heidenkind's Hideaway

They are all great bloggers and great people.

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Don't worry Ryan, my heart is not broken for leaving me off the list  *sobbing in a corner*

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