Saturday, April 14, 2007
Thursday bloghop #11
Two days late, but better late than never.
1. One of my continuing favorites is Kitty Litter, a dependably funny / sad / perceptive / clever / observant blog. Typical of its character was Tuesday's post about a white cat nicknamed Macavity who takes the Wolverhampton bus at the same time every morning and gets off at the same row of stores (near a fish & chips store!) is typical and absolutely should not be missed.
2. Grumpy Old Bookman is (yet another) terrific blog by a Brit. There really must be something in the water around that isle. Every last one of them can act and write well. What's the deal? My enthusing aside, this is a neat blog that's mainly about books and the book business. For posts you particularly should not miss to get a feel for the blog, read this about the literary life and this about Penguin (best to have an anger management class phone number handy) and this about reading in general, among others. His sidebar is replete with dozens of places I want to check out, including more blogging references than I've seen gathered together before.
3. The Tempest describes itself as "a literary blog for smart readers" which is a bit self-important, but it's a good place to visit. What it really means by "smart" is non-mainstream, so the writers under discussion are somewhat intellectual and academic. But the enthusiasm and excitement is pure blog-ery and for that I am most grateful. There are entries by several different people and as you read the posts, you begin to discern their "takes" on things. Kathy's post on Oprah's naming Corman McCarthy's The Road asks a question I wonder about too; Curley's post on Zbigniew Herbert's The Collected Poems 1956-1998 is tantalizing; and I really liked (read: found myself thinking about) Renaissance's post on Megachurch, Megabusiness: an Impossibly Wide Berth (which isn't what it sounds like, honest). Poetry, commentary, observation, a bit of wit, and loads of opinions...definitely worth repeated visits.
1. One of my continuing favorites is Kitty Litter, a dependably funny / sad / perceptive / clever / observant blog. Typical of its character was Tuesday's post about a white cat nicknamed Macavity who takes the Wolverhampton bus at the same time every morning and gets off at the same row of stores (near a fish & chips store!) is typical and absolutely should not be missed.
2. Grumpy Old Bookman is (yet another) terrific blog by a Brit. There really must be something in the water around that isle. Every last one of them can act and write well. What's the deal? My enthusing aside, this is a neat blog that's mainly about books and the book business. For posts you particularly should not miss to get a feel for the blog, read this about the literary life and this about Penguin (best to have an anger management class phone number handy) and this about reading in general, among others. His sidebar is replete with dozens of places I want to check out, including more blogging references than I've seen gathered together before.
3. The Tempest describes itself as "a literary blog for smart readers" which is a bit self-important, but it's a good place to visit. What it really means by "smart" is non-mainstream, so the writers under discussion are somewhat intellectual and academic. But the enthusiasm and excitement is pure blog-ery and for that I am most grateful. There are entries by several different people and as you read the posts, you begin to discern their "takes" on things. Kathy's post on Oprah's naming Corman McCarthy's The Road asks a question I wonder about too; Curley's post on Zbigniew Herbert's The Collected Poems 1956-1998 is tantalizing; and I really liked (read: found myself thinking about) Renaissance's post on Megachurch, Megabusiness: an Impossibly Wide Berth (which isn't what it sounds like, honest). Poetry, commentary, observation, a bit of wit, and loads of opinions...definitely worth repeated visits.
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