If you've been a devoted reader of this blog or perhaps another blog or two, you may have wondered (as I did) about the odd sounding word "blog". To satisfy my curiosity, and hopefully yours as well, I did a little research.
Imagine a special suitcase. In French, this is a "portmanteau" - a large leather suitcase that opens into two hinged compartments. Borrowing from the French, grammarians have coined the term, "portmanteau word" referring to the combining of two words into one. Blog has been formed from web and log.
When checking our catalog under blog and blogging you'll find a variety of books on how to set up a blog, funny blog experiences and blog importance in business.
When checking our catalog under blog and blogging you'll find a variety of books on how to set up a blog, funny blog experiences and blog importance in business.
The blogsphere is vast territory but I've compiled a shortlist of literary blog delights designed to keep you reading far into the night.
For audiobooks - http://sandynawrot.blogspot.com/
For cookbooks, reviews of food related fiction and non-fiction and tantalizing recipes - http://bethfishreads.com/
For an eclectic potpourri - http://rhapsodyinbooks.wordpress.com/
For historical fiction - http://www.passagestothepast.com/
For literary fiction - http://marksarvas.blogs.com/
For mysteries - http://www.jensbookthoughts.com/
For non-fiction - www.kirkusreviews.com/blog/nonfiction
For romance - http://dearauthor.com/
For speculative fiction - http://thebooksmugglers.com/
For Victorian literature - http://www.thingsmeanalot.com/
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