tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-178779736451277146.post2998024280416843281..comments2024-02-25T17:01:10.739+13:00Comments on World of the Written Word: Can book blogs replace literary reviews?World of the Written Wordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10695926585496640941noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-178779736451277146.post-46601854633296133212008-08-02T12:14:00.000+12:002008-08-02T12:14:00.000+12:00I think blogs are a great addition to the pool of ...I think blogs are a great addition to the pool of book reviews, and we need them as well as the newspaper reviews. I like to read several opinions on a book before deciding if I want to add it to my groaning shelves.<BR/><BR/>Blogs I regularly read and enjoy the reviews on are Beattie's Book Blog, and the writer's blogs in New Zealand. <BR/><BR/>My thing is crime fiction, so I get reviews of books I'd never otherwise hear about in NZ on Detectives Without Borders and Eurocrime. Crime Down Under for Australian titles.<BR/><BR/>Arts and Letters Daily is also good for a peruse.<BR/><BR/>I would hate to see the demise of the print review, my daily newspaper experience would be all the poorer without them. <BR/>Blog reviews have certainly enabled me to expand my reading horizons.Vanda Symonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956034768397598056noreply@blogger.com