If you're a fan of the mystery genre, you'll enjoy the writerly insights on these blogs.

Poe's Deadly Daughters

The Little Blog of Murder

Mysterious Musings

Type M for Murder

Lawyers and language don't have to be adversaries. Some blogs to help transcend legalese.

The Party of the First Part

Legalwriting.net

Set in Style

The (New) Legal Writer

The book review sections of major newspapers are branching out to the blogosphere.

Washington Post: Short Stack

New York Times: Paper Cuts

The Guardian: Books

The cult of Jane is as strong as ever. Take a stroll through these blogs for all things Austenian.

Jane Austen Today

Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict

Austenprose

Jane Austen's World

Austen-tatious

If you like checking out staff recommendations at your local bookstore, you'll enjoy these blogs from independent booksellers.

Powell's Books

Book Passage

The Inkwell Bookstore

Wordsmiths Books

The Inside Flap

In Japanese, dogs say wan wan, but in Greek they say gav gav. Onomatopoetic words for animal sounds can be surprisingly different from language to language.

Derek Abbott's Animal Noise Page

Quack-Project

Animal Sounds in Foreign Languages