Blogs to Watch

This is an incomplete list of blogs that I and a couple of my colleagues follow.  (Shout out to Tamara Cox and Jen Chesney!)  You may see some blogs in more than one category.  If you know of others, let me know in the comments, and I’ll add them as soon as possible!

My blogs

• Fork Shoals Reads! – http://forkshoalsreads.blog.greenville.k12.sc.us/
• Adventures in Library Land - http://libraryland.blog.greenville.k12.sc.us/
• Knight Reader – http://knightreader.wordpress.com/
• Knight Reader Junior – http://knightreaderjunior.blog.greenville.k12.sc.us/

General book review blogs (all levels)

• Nerdy Book Club – http://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/
• A Patchwork of Books – http://apatchworkofbooks.blogspot.com/
• Bookshelves of Doom – http://bookshelvesofdoom.blogs.com/
• Nonfiction Monday – http://www.nonfictionmonday.wordpress.com

Elementary blogs

• Waking Brain Cells – http://wakingbraincells.com/
• The Brown Bookshelf – http://thebrownbookshelf.com/
• BookMoot – http://www.bookmoot.com/
• Chicken Spaghetti – http://chickenspaghetti.typepad.com/chicken_spaghetti/
• Cragmont Elementary Library Blog – http://craglibrary.blogspot.com/
• Let Me Think: Adventures in a School Library – http://letmethinklibrary.blogspot.com/
• The LibBlog – http://orringtonlibrary.blogspot.com/
• Voices from the Inglenook – http://csslibrary.wordpress.com/
• Watch. Connect. Read. – http://mrschureads.blogspot.com/
• Kid Lit Frenzy – http://www.kidlitfrenzy.com/
• Great Kid Books – http://greatkidbooks.blogspot.com/
• Book Jeannie – http://bookjeannie.blogspot.com/
• Van Meter Elementary Library Voice – http://vanmeterelementarylibraryvoice.blogspot.com/
• Read This Book! – http://ldelia.edublogs.org/
• Becky’s Book Reviews – http://blbooks.blogspot.com/

Middle level blogs

• The Enchanted Inkpot – http://enchantedinkpot.livejournal.com/
• Guys Lit Wire – http://guyslitwire.blogspot.com/
• Ms. Yingling Reads – http://msyinglingreads.blogspot.com/
• Mighty Little Librarian – http://www.mightylittlelibrarian.com/
• Adventures of Library Girl – http://www.librarygirl.net/
• The Daring Librarian – http://www.thedaringlibrarian.com/

Young adult blogs

• Dear Diary, my teen angst has a book count…and a blog - http://thejenchesney.blogspot.com/
• A Life Bound By Books – http://alifeboundbybooks.blogspot.com/
• Goddess Librarian – http://goddesslibrarian.blogspot.com/
• La Femme Readers – http://lafemmereaders.blogspot.com/
• Tales of Whimsy… – http://www.talesofwhimsy.com/
• Teens Read and Write – http://www.teensreadandwrite.com/
• Young Adult Books Central – http://yabookscentral.blogspot.com/
• Becky’s Book Reviews – http://blbooks.blogspot.com/
• A Chair, a Fireplace, and a Tea Cozy – http://blog.schoollibraryjournal.com/teacozy
• Page Turners – http://www.pageturnersblog.com/
• All-Consuming Media – http://tigersallconsumingbooks.blogspot.com/
• Booklopedia – http://thebooklopedia.blogspot.com/
• GreenBeanTeenQueen – http://www.greenbeanteenqueen.com/
• Love YA Lit – http://loveyalit.com/
• Mundie Moms – http://mundiemoms.blogspot.com/
• Reading Rants! – http://www.readingrants.org/
• The YA Sisterhood – http://www.thestorysiren.com/
• YA Book Shelf – http://www.yabookshelf.com/
• YA Books and More – http://naomibates.blogspot.com/
• TLT: Teen Librarian’s Toolbox – http://teenlibrarianstoolbox.blogspot.com/
• Guys Lit Wire – http://guyslitwire.blogspot.com/
• Rookie Magazine – http://rookiemag.com/
• Loquacious Library (Spartanburg High School) – http://loquaciouslibrary.com/

Professional (library, technology) blogs

• Cathy Nelson’s Professional Thoughts – http://blog.cathyjonelson.com/
• Eliterate Librarian – http://e-literatelibrarian.blogspot.com/
• Free Technology for Teachers – http://www.freetech4teachers.com/
• Doug Johnson’s Blue Skunk Blog – http://doug-johnson.squarespace.com/blue-skunk-blog/
• Informania – http://informania.wordpress.com/
• Librarian by Day – http://librarianbyday.net/
• Stephen’s Lighthouse – http://stephenslighthouse.com/
• The e-Educator Blog – http://timcushman.wordpress.com/
• The Edublogger – http://theedublogger.com/
• The Unquiet Librarian – http://theunquietlibrarian.wordpress.com/
• Moving at the Speed of Creativity – http://www.speedofcreativity.org/
• Mighty Little Librarian – http://www.mightylittlelibrarian.com/
• Daily Infographic – http://dailyinfographic.com/
• NCTE Media Blog – http://www.ncte-ama.blogspot.com/

Author blogs (unbelievably incomplete list)

• Cynsations (blog of Cynthia Leitich Smith) – http://cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com/
• Cinda Williams Chima – http://cindachima.blogspot.com/
• Neil Gaiman – http://journal.neilgaiman.com/index.html
• Libba Bray – http://libba-bray.livejournal.com/
• Lisa Yee – http://lisayee.livejournal.com/
• Maureen Johnson – http://maureenjohnson.blogspot.com/
• Myth and Mystery (Rick Riordan’s blog) – http://rickriordan.blogspot.com/
• Robin Brande – http://robinbrande.com/
• Stephanie Perkins – http://naturalartificial.blogspot.com/
• Scott Westerfeld – http://scottwesterfeld.com/
• Kiersten White – http://www.kierstenwhite.com/home
• Beth Revis – http://bethrevis.blogspot.com/
• Cassandra Clare – http://cassandraclare.livejournal.com/
• Deliriously Falling (Lauren Oliver’s blog) – http://deliriouslyfalling.blogspot.com/
• Karsten Knight – http://www.karstenknight.com/
• Kristin Cashore – http://kristincashore.blogspot.com/
• Lauren Kate – http://laurenkatebooks.net/
• Veronica Roth – http://veronicarothbooks.blogspot.com/