Which "Professional" Book Blogs Do You Read?

[Greg Zimmerman]

Yes, I know many bloggers here are professionals, too, but I mean, which blogs that are produced in conjunction with a major publication do you read, like, and admire? My personal favorites are:
- Entertainment Weekly's Shelf Life
- The LA Time's Jacket Copy
- The New Yorker's Book Bench
- The New York Review of Books' NYR Blog

What other good sources of book and publishing-industry related info are out there?

Thanks!

Greg Zimmerman
The New Dork Review of Books

[Stephanie Dellosa]

I'll add a couple of these to my reader. I also subscribe to Book Bench & EW Books.

[Stacy-Deanne (Novelist)]

My favorite professional reviewing site is Dear Author. That place rocks! I get entertainment from their reviews as well as needed industry news. It's a must-site for authors and readers. I hope to have one of my books reviewed there one day.

I also enjoy Smart Bitches and Trashy Books. They were recently in time magazine I believe.

I used to read the book reviews from Essence Magazine, but I don't anymore.

I read book reviews online. I also enjoy the smaller bloggers (like the ones on book blogs) more than I do some big publication's reviews. I find some of the other book reviews too stuffy and boring. The online bloggers seem to have more of a personality with reviewing and it's easy for an author and reader to relate to them. I've never read the NYT in my life and I've only read Publisher's Weekly reviews occassionally.

The only book reviews I read from a paper was from the Houston Chronicle, my home paper. I never bothered with papers that were from other places and never felt the need to really.

Best Wishes!

http://www.stacy-deanne.net

[Niranjana Iyer]

The Guardian's book blog is excellent. http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog

Bookslut's blog http://www.bookslut.com/blog/

The Complete Review's blog, Literary Saloon http://www.complete-review.com/saloon/

The last is esp. notable for the breadth of its coverage.