This is a Working Library
I ran across a blog recently that I must share because of its uniquely effective organizing principle: what might be a “tag” or “category” (are they different?) on any other blog is connected explicitly to a book.
The result is rightly titled A Working Library - on it’s face it is just a set of blog posts, but the All Books page shows you the posts categorized by book references. For example, open the Diary of a Bad Year (Coetzee) page and read along with the author as she pulls out quotes, adds her thoughts, and connects ideas to other books in the library.
The format manages to be more interesting than a set of book reviews, which tend to be so wrapped up delivering a verdict. AWL captures something of the reading itself.
