I just wanted to drop a note to encourage you to check out a new group book review blog.  It has no particular focus that I can tell, although probably most of us are serious about our reading and writing and fall somewhere between progressive and anarchists on the political spectrum.  In the long run, I hope that site will have more active reviewers and active comment discussions, as well.

You will find me under the handle gardensofresistance and I will continue posting all of my reviews to this blog, as well.  I will continue to keep a focus on adoption and child-development themed books, but I have also been loving getting back to some fiction reading and thinking critically and constructively about it.

I have also been actively using Goodreads lately.  It is a great spot to look at book ratings and reviews.  My favorite thing about it, though, are that I can see what my friends are reading and have read and how they like it.  I was turned onto one book that 10 of my friends had read and I had never even heard of it.  Users can also create “bookshelves” under different topics (parenting, bodywork, food, etc.) or categories (top 10 favorite books, best non-fiction, etc.)  Now, when I go to the used bookstore, I print my “to-read” list am armed with a list of authors and titles to look for.