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

Passionate about food and language? These online epicures have got your number.

Polyglot Vegetarian

New York City Food and Drink

The Food Timeline

Gernot Katzer's Spice Pages

Cruciverbalists unite! Some serious crossword types talk about their puzzling obsession.

Diary of a Crossword Fiend

Madness... Crossword and Otherwise

Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle

The JimH Crossword Blog

Ryan and Brian Do Crosswords

Whether your abbreviation of choice is ESL or EFL, here are some great blogs on teaching English to non-native speakers.

ESL Podcast Blog

TEFLtastic

ESL Trail

EFL Geek