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Librarian Becky Spratford not only writes books, blogs non-stop, and is a reader’s advisor extraordinaire,  (and yes, she is a personal friend of ours, but we’d be impressed with her even if she wasn’t!) she also teaches an RA course at Dominican University with Joyce Sariks (a familiar face to Booklist readers!) One of the [...]

Science Fiction and Fantasy publishing imprint Tor maintains a vibrant site that highlights not only their own work, but posts stories, news, and has a reall great blog. Recent posts include:  Women and Power in Star Trek: The Next Generation by  Elisabeth Sherman Forgotten Classics: Joy Chant’s Red Moon and Black Mountain by Erin Horakova [...]

In honor of Valentine’s Day, a romance blog is the Web Crush of the Week! (Yeah, it’s a day late, sorry.  Karen gave you one last week so don’t hassle me!) All About Romance is on a mission to  “provide a back-fence atmosphere, a sense of community for lovers of romance novels, to provide honest, [...]

Is it hot in here or is just the books? Smexy Books reviews and recommends romance and urban fantasy books. In addition to great reviews, searchable by genre and letter grade, the site has regular features like Top Ten lists and Smex Scene Sunday. (You spend your day of rest how you want to, I’ll [...]

Hopefully all of you e-reading library folks are already familiar with NetGalley, but in case you aren’t I thought we should give ‘em a plug. NetGally offers free e-galleys to any “professional” reader:  book reviewers, journalists, librarians, professors, booksellers, bloggers, etc.   They feature over 30 categories from 325 imprints, from the big publishers to small [...]

For a chatty, behind-the-scenes look at the publishing industry, check out Pub Rants, in which “a very nice literary agent indulges in polite rants about queries, writers, and the publishing industry.” (She doesn’t exaggerate. Her rants are very polite.) Every wondered what goes through an agent’s mind as he or she is whittling through a stack [...]

Librarians and readers are often very focused on the “now”: what’s on the bestseller lists, what are people talking about,  who’s the hot debut author to watch.  However, The Neglected Books Page focuses on books that have been “stranded by changing tides in critical or popular taste.” This website lists of thousands of books that [...]

BV Lawson’s mystery blog,  In Reference to Murder, provides a weekly recap of mystery-related tv-shows, podcasts, movies, etc. She also does a wonderful  ”forgotton” books post on Fridays. Great for genre fans or those who need to do some catching up. Lawson describes her content this way, “For mystery fans, check out the Bibliographies section, with book and [...]

The Millions is an online magazine offering coverage on books, arts, and culture since 2003. The Millions distinguishes itself from other literary web sites by focusing more on original essays and reviews, not just linking to and commenting on book news found elsewhere. We’re particularly crushing on them today for their Year in Reading feature, [...]

As fellow lovers of dusty tomes, how could we not crush on Land of Lost Books: For Those Who Love Getting Lost in a Good Story. Creators Lynne and Ryann wonder “…what about those others stories that made a splash, then disappeared? Or never made a big impact, but should have? How about the books that [...]